Foc'sle Party!

Nocturne Foc’sle Party Maritime Museum of the Atlantic Saturday, October 13, 2012 Nocturne event – 6 p.m. to 12 Midnight The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in collaboration with the Helen Creighton Folklore Society will re-launch the Helen Creighton Sea Songs collection as part of the annual Nocturne events on Saturday, October 13 at the Museum. Events will feature music, storytelling, and a special presentation of artwork by internationally renowned artist Tom Forrestall. The Sea Songs CD is a selection of the actual field recordings made by Dr. Helen Creighton during her years of collecting folk songs and stories from around our region. The tracks on this recording include many sea songs, sea shanties and the stories behind them as told and sung by the tradition bearers in our communities. Music will include performances by members of the Helen Creighton Folklore Society, which includes Dan McKinnon who was the principle researcher behind the collection of sea songs on the recording project. Performances will also include sea songs from the sea shanty group "The Dory Bungholes"; storyteller Cindy Campbell will do a story and song from the Creighton Collection; and a special "flash mob" musical performance by Scott MacMillan based on his acclaimed work Celtic mass for the Sea; Rosalee Peppard will be singing some traditional songs; Vince Morash and James Crouse will perform some original sea songs; and the five-member group "From The Heart" will perform some songs inspired by the Sambro Lighthouse as well as some other sea songs. There will also be a special performance by Jay Perry of the “Shannon and Chesapeake” which was one of the songs collected by Dr. Creighton from Catherine Gallagher in the early 1940s. This performance will be held in the Navy gallery where displayed are actual artifacts from the famous naval engagement of the War of 1812. Events are scheduled between 6 p.m and midnight. A detailed schedule will be posted at the museum and on the museum's website.