Our Sing Shanties Song Circle is always the first Thursday of each month, except during the week of the Wooden Boat Festival in September, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Come learn and share shanties and other maritime music; join the song circle and sing along. Play a guitar, fiddle, pipe... bring it along. Everyone is invited - all ages welcome. This is a FREE family-friendly event. Singin' is encouraged, but knot required.
January Song Circle Leader - Mike James - Celebrating our 1st Year Anniversary! - Cotton Building
February Song Circle Leader - Wayne Palsson (from Northwest Seaport, Seattle) - Community Center
March Song Circle Leader - Tugboat Bromberg - Cotton Building
April Song Circle Leader - Mark Olson - Community Center
May Song Circle Leader - The Shifty Sailors - Cotton Building
June Song Circle Leader - Helen Gilbert - Community Center
July Song Circle Leader - Mark Olson - Theme: Singin' Shanties Aboard American Tall Ships - Cotton Building
August Song Circle Leaders - Matthew Orr - Community Center
September - No Sing Shanties Song Circle. We encourage you to participate in one or both scheduled, Friday and Saturday at the *WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL, September 6 and 7.
October Song Circle Leader - John Sparrow - Cotton Building
November Song Circle Leader - Dan Roberts - Community Center
December Song Circle Leader - Dano Quinn (from Seattle) - Cotton Building
2013 - Port Townsend Sing Shanties Song Circle
In 2013, our Sing Shanties Song Circle will alternate meeting at two different locations in Port Townsend. Jan, March, May, July, October and December we gather at the Cotton Building located at 607 Water Street in downtown Port Townsend, next to Pope Marine Park and across from City Hall.
February, April, June, August, and November, we gather at the Port Townsend Community Center located at 620 Tyler Street in Uptown Port Townsend off Lawrence, between Taylor and Tyler streets.
We do not have a Sing Shanties Song Circle in September, as we encourage all shanty enthusiasts to support and attend the two shanty sings held in the Marina Room at Port Hudson, both Friday and Saturday nights during the Wooden Boat Festival*.
June Song Circle Leader - Helen Gilbert - Community Center
July Song Circle Leader - Mark Olson - Theme: Singin' Shanties Aboard American Tall Ships - Cotton Building
August Song Circle Leaders - Matthew Orr - Community Center
September - No Sing Shanties Song Circle. We encourage you to participate in one or both scheduled, Friday and Saturday at the *WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL, September 6 and 7.
October Song Circle Leader - John Sparrow - Cotton Building
November Song Circle Leader - Dan Roberts - Community Center
December Song Circle Leader - Dano Quinn (from Seattle) - Cotton Building
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PORT TOWNSEND COMMUNITY CENTER
PORT TOWNSEND FRIENDS OF THE ARTS
2012 Port Townsend Sing Shanties Song Circle
January through October (except in September during the Wooden Boat Festival) we gather at the NW Maritime Center located at 431 Water Street in Port Townsend, WA. November and December we gather at the Port Townsend Community Center located at 620 Tyler Street in Uptown Port Townsend on Lawrence, between Taylor and Tyler streets.
For more information or to have your email address added for monthly updates, email: singshanties[at]gmail [dot]com. Look for signs posted around the Maritime Center to lead the way to our gathering space, which may change from time to time. Save these dates on your calendar for 2012:
Northwest Maritime Center
Crossroads Music
Friends of the Arts
Local Calendars: PTguide.com PTLeader PDN
Crossroads Music
Friends of the Arts
Local Calendars: PTguide.com PTLeader PDN
PDN Article: Sea Shanty Sing-Along Set Thursday
Stephen Gottlieb Lewis 1942-2011 – “Lewis doesn’t think the shanty tradition will disappear, as there are several song circles and events like the Wooden Boat Festival that keep the tradition alive.” PDN
