Sea Ballads with Stephen Canright
Tuesday, November 18, 12:00-1:00PM
Aboard the Balclutha, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco
Ships admission fees apply: Adults, $5, 15 and under (accompanied by an adult), Free
http://www.nps.gov/safr/historyculture/historic-vessels.htm
http://www.nps.gov/safr/historyculture/balclutha.htm

“Park Maritime Historian Stephen Canright presents a program of sea ballads, with a few chanteys for good measure. He has sung at a number of the park’s festivals, and has researched sailors’ ballad traditions. Ballads were sung at the ‘dogwatch,’ when ships’ crews had some time to relax from the daily and nightly routine of shipboard work. They were also sung ashore by men and women in seafaring and fishing communities. Experience this porthole into our past, through song. The program is part of the park’s Lunchtime Lecture Series, presented by the Maritime Research Center.”