April Shanty Session at the Press Room (

Subject: April Shanty Session at the Press Room (
From: curmudgeon
Date: 11 Apr 05 - 08:51 PM

This Saturday, 3:30 to 7:30. You know the drill.

Signed on so far, Alisson Freeman, Barbara Benn, Linn and I. Any others?

--    Tom

Subject: RE: April Shanty Session at the Press Room (
From: Charley Noble
Date: 11 Apr 05 - 09:41 PM

Sorry to miss this one but I'm off to NYC to visit family and sing with the Chantey Sing at the South Street Sea Port.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: April Shanty Session at the Press Room (
From: Brían
Date: 11 Apr 05 - 10:05 PM

I apologize for not beong able to attend. It is too close to finals. See everyone at SINSULL's.

Brían

Subject: RE: April Shanty Session at the Press Room (
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 17 Apr 05 - 09:52 AM

Small session and it got off to a late start, but it was a really really GOOD session. Had time to discuss the songs, their origins, collectors, who recorded them, etcet etcet in between actualy singing them.

Tom and I, of course, Scott Bogle (whom we hope will soon be an official Mudcatter), Steve Carrigan, Fran O'Donnell (to whom we've also been extolling the joys of Mudcat) and Barbara Benn.

AND we had a very enthusiastic response from two groups of listeners who had each wandered into the Press Room (in one case, I think, for the first time) to have lunch and found a bunch of people singing around a table in the back. We not only didn't scare them off, they enjoyed it immensely. Both came over to tell us and find out more. One group left reluctantly, but said they'd be back again. The other group stayed til the session ended.

Really helped put me in a better state of mind than I've been in lately.

Subject: RE: April Shanty Session at the Press Room (
From: SINSULL
Date: 17 Apr 05 - 04:49 PM

Sorry guys. I just couldn't do the drive. Sorry I missed it. I even had Skye Boat Song all ready for the anniversary of Bonnie Prince Charlie's defeat.

Subject: RE: April Shanty Session at the Press Room (
From: Brían
Date: 17 Apr 05 - 04:55 PM

). I just had to close that parenthesis. There, I feel better already.

Brían