Sea Chantey Singers Concert
Saturday, October 1912:00—1:00 PMWheaton J. Lane RoomLane Memorial Library2 Academy Ave, Hampton, NH, 03842
Please join us for the next concert in the Friends of Lane Memorial Library's "Move & Groove" series
Sea chanteys are fun songs, but in the old days of the tall-masted sailing ships they were the work songs by which the sailors labored in unison to hoist the sails, haul up the anchor and pump the bilge. It was exhausting work, icy cold in the Arctic gales, sweaty in the tropic calms. But the chanteys (from the French verb, "to sing") told tales of high adventure - of harpooned whales that dragged them on a "Nantucket sleigh ride," of pirates they fought on the high seas, of girls they wooed in ports around the globe. For hard-bitten men, they were great romantics!
It is the special joy of the Chantey Singers to bring alive the folklore of the great days of sail - politics, economics, science and fun, all in one rousing concert!
Capacity: 43 of 60 spaces available.
Note: Registering more attendees than spaces available will automatically place your attendees on this event's wait list.
To register, please provide the following information:
Email reminders are sent 48 hours before the event takes place.