Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival

[anteros_lmc]

Falmouth Customs House Quay

The Guardian today has a short article Waves of emotion: what makes a great sea shanty? about the Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival which took place in the town earlier in June. The Festival attracted singers from all over the UK as well as from Brittany and the Netherlands and featured performances at Customs House Quay, Falmouth harbour and on board the replica vessel Matthew. I wonder what Ned would have made of it all? :) Or indeed his brother Samuel Pellew who was His Majesty's Custom's officer at Falmouth for a time.

It's an interesting little article and the comments below are also worth a read. I was chuffed to see that someone has recommended Decemberists The Mariner's Revenge Song as their favourite shanty. venusinfurs90 gave me a copy of this last year, it's a fabulous song but much as I love it I had to stop listening to it because there is a very creepy curse in the middle of it that was keeping me awake at night!

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_likimeya/]

The sea looks so beautiful in the picture! Almost mediterranean, except for the houses. :)

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Doesn't it look nice? I've never been as far south as Cornwall but I would love to visit :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_likimeya/]

I've wanted to travel to Cornwall ever since I've read The Mists of Avalon. :D

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Somerset is is closest I've been to Cornwall and then only for the Glastonbury festival many year ago.

One of my best mates spent years excavating at Tintagel Castle in Cornwall though. She was supervising the excavation in 1998 when the famous Artognou stone was found.

[nodbear.livejournal.com]

I think a fangirl trip to feature Falmouth, Plymouth, the museum at Teignmouth and other points of interest is in order.
Cornwall is very nice and there are a lot of sights to see
Not only Ned and Susan who lived at Flushing ( across the estuary ) when they were first married but, Samuel who was indeed chief Customs officer at Falmouth for a lot of his life, but Joseph Emidy,whose colleague on first violin in the Falmouth orchestra was Mr Jordan, Samuel's deputy...

I would love to see places like Emidy's grave and Captain Mullon's grave - and of course a certain tomb in Christow church.

And Canonteign is turned into hotel now so there is even a place to stay that is relevant!

Maybe I will sketch out an intinerary just in case we ever get the chance!

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

You mean we could go and stay at Canonteign?! *faints* Start working on that itinerary NOW! Seriously, we must make it our mission to do a fangirls' tour of Devon and Cornwall one day. I seem to remember that Luny's house is also a guest house of some kind now and I would also love to see the collection of Henry Scott Tuke's work held by the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society in Falmouth. :D