Friday 01/08/10 8:00 p.m. Friday Night Folk concert with Ida Red at All Souls Congregation, 19 Jay Street in New London. We'll be splitting the night, so I'll do the first half and Ida Red the second, although there's a good chance we may all do a few things together. Ida Red is a quartet consisting of our local marvellous singer, Daphne Glover joined by Multi-innstrumentalist and singer Craig Edwards from Mystic and two great voices from NYC, Alison Kelley and Erica Smith. It will be a grand night so call 860-443-0316 to reserve a seat.
Saturday 01/09/2010, 1-5 pm. Stuck in the winter doldrums? Break out with the Barry Finn Memorial CHANTEY BLAST/PUB SING. Co-Sponsored by Mystic Seaport and the Folk Music Society of NY, Inc. (a.k.a. the Pinewoods Folk Music Club). Special Fundraiser for the 31st Annual MYSTIC SEAPORT SEA MUSIC FESTIVAL. Snow Date: January 10, 2010. Frohsinn Hall (aka the German Club), 54 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic, CT. (across from Mystic Seaport main entrance) Free Admission! Donations are welcome. Suggested donation: $15. All proceeds support Sea Music Festival. Cash, checks, and credit cards accepted at the door. No reservations needed. For more information: smf@mysticseaport.org or (860) 572-5302 x5037.
Saturday 01/16/10-Saturday 02/27/10 More Key West!! Sailing on the schooner Appledore: Day Sails from 1 PM-3 PM, Sunset Sails from 5 PM-7 PM, free beer, wine, champagne & hors douvres. Call 305-896-2131 for reservations or visit www.keywestsebago.com/schooner-appledore.php
Saturday 03/13/10 5:30 PM & 7:30 PM Taste of Ireland at the Noah Webster House, 227 South Main St., West Hartford, CT 06107 Phone: 860-521-5362. Tavern Night with two sittings serving Irish soda bread, corned beef*, potatoes, carrots & cabbage, and Apple Charlotte.
Saturday, 03/27/10 7:30 PM Concert with David Littlefield and Don Sineti at the Centerbrook Meeting House to benefit the Mystic Waler Foundation, a 501c3 endeavor to support educational programs on the Mystic Whaler both in her work with the Hudaon River Sloop Clearwater each spring in the Hudson and her educational music programs on board throughout the rest of the year. Contact me (on this website or at 860-326-9859) or mysticwhaler.com for details.
Thursday 06/10/10-Sunday 06/13/10 31st Annual Sea Music Festival at Mystic Seaport. After I stepped back in to be Artistic Director of the 30th annual festival last year, Iv’e now taken on the full Directorship for this year. Again sth some special spport we’re having a Thursday night concert featuring a celebration of the whaleship Charles W. Morgan through performances by the Seaport chantey staff and a couple of Festival favorites, Deb Cowan and Bob Webb, with a second half featuring Nordet, an exciting quartette from Brittsny, Fance. Then we'll have the usual Friday and Saturday Night Concerts and workshops from 12 noon - 5:00 p.m. on Saturday and 11 AM-3:30 PM on Sunday followed by the final concert. An expanded Symposium will be happening at the Avery Point Campusof UConn on Friday and then from 9:30 AM-Noon on Saturday at the Seaport. I'll be doing a solo set during the day sometime and a couple of songs as part of the Saturday Night Concert. Go to mysticseaport.org and click Calendar of Events for more information.
Wednesday, 07/07/10 Daysail on the Mystic Whaler, departing from City Pier in New London at 9:00 a.m. Call 1-800-697-8420 for reservations.
Saturday, 07/10/10 SailFest on the Mystic Whaler, 5 PM-11 PM sail plus dinner, dessert & Fireworks from the river! $175 per person. I've done this sail the last three years - I sing a lot on this one - and it was great fun. Plus, there's no better place to see the fireworks. Call 1-800-697-8420 for reservations.
Tuesday 07/27/10-Saturday 07/31/10 Come sailing and singing in Penobscot Bay! I will be boarding the J & E Riggin for a Maine Windjammer cruise out of Rockland, ME, doing daily music programs and evening concerts. Go to riggin.com for more information and booking, or call 800-869-0604.
Wednesday, 08/18/10 Daysail on the Mystic Whaler, departing from City Pier in New London, CT at 9:00 a.m. Call 1-800-697-8420 for reservations.
Saturday - Monday, 10/10/10-10/12/10 Another chance to sail with me on the Mystic Whaler from the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park in the Fells Point district in Baltimore, MD (go to douglassmyers.org/VisitorInfo.html for directions) on a beautiful cruise of Chesapeake Bay. Board any time after 6 pm on October 9. Call the Mystic Whaler at 1-800-697-8420 or go to mysticwhaler.com
July 25, 2011-July 30 2011 6 days/6 nights. Come sailing and singing in Penobscot Bay! I will be boarding the J & E Riggin for a Maine Windjammer cruise out of Rockland, ME, doing daily music programs and evening concerts. For more information or to make reservations please call 1.800.869.0604 or visit http://www.mainewindjammer.com/.
Nobody could have planned a better way to finish off the Alliance's Annual Meeting & Conference! If I seemed somewhat speechless after your performance, it was simply because I was overwhelmed and couldn't find the words to say.
Elizabeth H. Howard, The Alliance of New York State Arts Councils, Inc.