Mystic Seaport to Host Pub Sing and Chantey Blast in Support of Sea Music Festival
Thirty-second annual festival to be held June 9-12, 2011

 

Mystic, Conn. ~ Mystic Seaport will host a Pub Sing and Chantey Blast in support of the Museum’s 32nd annual Sea Music Festival Saturday, January 8, 2011, from 1- 5 p.m. Snow date is Sunday, January 9.

            Attendees are invited to join with the Mystic Seaport chantey staff as they share maritime ballads, chanteys and songs of the sea. Admission is free, but donations are welcome. The event seeks to raise support for the Museum’s upcoming Sea Music Festival, one of the world’s premier sea music events. More than 5,000 people gather each year to hear a gathering of American and international performers of maritime music celebrate the classic musical traditions of the Golden Age of Sail, as well as the timeless relationship between humanity and the sea. The annual festival has featured music from maritime cultures around the world.

The event is co-sponsored by the Pinewoods Folk Music Club and will be held at Frohsinn Hall, located at 54 Greenmanville Avenue in Mystic, CT, across from the Museum’s main entrance.
            For more information, visit www.mysticseaport.org/smffundraiser.

The fundraising event is organized as part of the Friends of the Festival program that seeks to generate support for the annual Sea Music Festival. For more information about Friends of the Festival, contact the Museum’s Advancement Department at 860.572.5365.

Mystic Seaport is the nation’s leading maritime museum. Founded in 1929, the Museum is home to four National Historic Landmark vessels, including the Charles W. Morgan, the last wooden whaleship in the world. Mystic Seaport also features a working preservation shipyard, a re-created 19th-century coastal village, exhibits and a planetarium. For more information, visit www.mysticseaport.org.