I don't know the first thing about sea shanties

August the 22nd is the day set for the monument to be re-opened and Ford Park are putting on a gala, to celebrate the day. I have suggested that I try to get some singers and musicians to perform a set of sea shanties. Now I don't know the first thing about sea shanties but I am now in the throws of gathering some musicians and singers together and looking for sea shanties on you tube. I've found a lot of rubbish, or at least stuff I don't gel with but I've found a few that I think are doable. In fact it's been quite fun, and after getting into sailing recently I can quite appreciate what these songs were about. I've got our first get together with Mike and Ash planned for Friday. I've written a song for the occasion already to go and Mike is going to write something too. So we'll have a couple of original songs just for the occasion along with whatever else we can find. I hope to get about 6 to eight singers but we're right at the start, we've about six or seven weeks to go so I'll keep you posted to our progress.