This event will feature traditional shanties and sea songs from off the west coast of the Americas. Choruses will be taught and songs will be briefly described. Members of the audience will be encouraged to lead on-theme songs.
Dick Holdstock will join with Aaron Clegg and Travis Pratt again for this year’s festival. Together, these talented singers will sing sea songs and shanties from the Pacific Ocean in a way that makes every attendee to sing along. All those within hearing distance will feel compelled to join the chorus, feeling the energy rush that sailors need to complete the difficult tasks on board square-rigged ships.
Travis Pratt, part of the Bay Area’s folk-music-loving Pratt family, has sung sea songs and shanties all his life. Aaron Clegg continues to perform with the popular sea music group Charmas in Santa Cruz. Dick Holdstock has performed music of the sea for decades at music festivals throughout the U.S. and abroad. A sea-song session with the Holdstock, Clegg and Pratt is just the ticket for a great shanty experience!