St. Ives Shanty Shout Vibes: Celebrating Music, Community, and Fundraising!
We’re diving into some seriously exciting news this time around! The Port of Bristol Shanty Crew has officially smashed through the £50,000 mark in fundraising for the Teenage Cancer Trust, and let me tell you, that’s a monumental feat! We’re gonna share all the juicy details on how we pulled this off, from rocking gigs to heartwarming donations from our amazing fans and supporters. Plus, we’ve got some fun anecdotes and laughs, all while we get hyped for our live show at the St. Ives Shanty Shout – where we’re mingling with fellow sea shanty lovers! So, grab your shanty hats, and let’s set sail on this festive adventure together!
Shipshape and Bristol Fashion takes you on a wild ride through the heart of the sea shanty scene, and boy, is it a fun one! Kicking things off, Oggie and the crew are live at a gig, warming up for none other than the legendary Wurzels! The vibe is electric as they share their excitement about the buzzing weekend ahead, packed with three gigs back-to-back. The crew is not just about music; they’ve been making waves by fundraising for the Teenage Cancer Trust, sharing how they’ve smashed their goal by raising over £50,000! It’s a heartwarming tale that’s bound to make you smile. Rev Rev, the founder, takes the mic to celebrate this monumental achievement alongside the crew, who recount their adventures and the special badge they received to commemorate their hard work. The laughter flows as they joke about how they manage to collect donations – a mix of charm and cheeky banter that makes you feel like you’re part of the crew.
As the episode sails on, we dive into the essence of shanty singing and the community surrounding it. The crew chats with fellow shanty lovers at the Senn Ives Shanty Shout, capturing the spirit of camaraderie that makes these gatherings so special. They interview fellow groups, sharing stories that highlight the joy of singing together and the importance of keeping the tradition alive. Listening to this episode feels like sitting around a warm fire with friends, sharing tales and songs that resonate with all who love the sea. With plenty of laughs, heartfelt moments, and beautiful melodies, this episode encapsulates the rich tapestry of shanty life, reminding us all of the power of music to bring people together.
Finally, as the episode wraps up, the crew gives a shout-out to their upcoming gigs and events, including a festive performance at Cheltenham College Chapel, promising a night filled with merriment and joy. They invite listeners to join them in celebrating the holiday spirit while supporting a worthy cause. So grab your grog, settle in, and get ready to ride the waves of laughter and song with Shipshape and Bristol Fashion!
Takeaways:
- In our latest episode, we celebrated raising over £50,000 for the Teenage Cancer Trust, which is totally epic!
- We shared our gig experiences from the St Ives Shanty Festival, where the vibes were just amazing and everyone was singing along!
- The crew's camaraderie is strong, and it was awesome to hear how everyone contributes to our charity efforts with passion and joy.
- We reminisced about our fun-filled weekend of back-to-back gigs and how performing together keeps our spirits high and lively!
- We discussed the importance of community in the shanty scene, and how it's a unique space for connection and good times!
- Listeners got a sneak peek into our upcoming events, including a festive gig at Cheltenham College Chapel that promises to be a blast!
Companies mentioned in this episode:
- Nova Scotia Pub
- Wurzels
- Teenage Cancer Trust
- St. Peter's Hospice
- Port of Bristol Shanty Crew
- Falmouth Marine Band
- Rhys the Night Church Pianist
- Robert Palomo - Maritime Folk Musician
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00:00 - Untitled
00:04 - Introduction to the Show
02:27 - Fundraising Success for Teenage Cancer Trust
09:35 - The Formation of Kimber's Men
17:28 - Inspiration Behind the Music
17:36 - The Sea and Its Traditions
25:14 - The Evolution of Pilcher the Pirate
29:02 - The Spirit of Shanty Festivals
36:08 - The Upcoming Charity Events and Christmas Greetings
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Speaker AHello and welcome to the next episode of Shipshape and Bristol Fashion.
Speaker AI'm Oggy and it's great to have you on board.
Speaker AAnd it is December time, so I hope you guys are all getting yourself well prepared for Christmas.
Speaker ANow, as you probably can hear, we're recording the opening in a slightly different location.
Speaker AWe are actually live at one of our gigs.
Speaker AIn fact, we are the warm up act tonight to the one and only the Wurzels.
Speaker AHowever, more less about them and more about us.
Speaker AI'm here with some of the crew and the crew.
Speaker AHow are you all?
Speaker AAre you all okay?
Speaker AAbsolutely.
Speaker AVery happy, very happy.
Speaker ATop hole, ultra nice to be doing a second gig in two days.
Speaker AIt's a very busy weekend for us.
Speaker AWe've got three gigs on back to back.
Speaker AIt's.
Speaker AIt's a crazy weekend.
Speaker AAnyway, chaps, we have some really important news to deliver to you because clearly you might have seen on our social medias that a really important thing happened at the kind of end of November.
Speaker AAnd now we've kind of got the founder of the crew with us, which of course is the one and only Rev Rev.
Speaker AShall I leave it to you to deliver the good news to the wonderful podcast listeners?
Speaker AWell, the most amazing thing that happened to us at the end of November was that Nobby actually remembered all his words, Ray.
Speaker ABut the other fantastic thing is, you probably all know when we got founded, we wanted to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust and we aimed to raise just a thousand or something like that.
Speaker AAnd we've kept going and kept going and kept going.
Speaker AWe've had collections at our gigs, we've had wonderful donations made from Masonic lodges and individuals in other groups.
Speaker AAnd today I can very, very proudly tell you, if you haven't heard already, that we've broken the 50,000 pound mark.
Speaker AIn fact, we've raised £50,535 for that wonderful charity, the Teenage Cancer Trust.
Speaker ANow Fish, you are the wonderful man that clearly is our treasurer.
Speaker AHow do you feel?
Speaker AWell, he's holding a phone in his hand with a massive total that we've got here.
Speaker AWhat's your reflections on raising so much money?
Speaker AI've never had so much fun doing something so lovely for someone else.
Speaker AReally good.
Speaker AAnd there was a special thing that happened to us as well because there was a special gift given to us as the crew for reaching that wonderful total.
Speaker ATell us a little bit more about that.
Speaker AWhen we first kicked off the Teenage Cancer Trust, rep Tracie Burns came along and saw us and said, let us know how you get on.
Speaker AOh, are you staying with us?
Speaker AYes.
Speaker AOh, lovely.
Speaker ASo she's been with us right the way through.
Speaker ABut she recently left Teenage Cancer Trust and went to Joint Peter's Hospice.
Speaker ABut before she left, she gave me a present to give to all the crew members when we hit the £50,000.
Speaker AAnd that is a specially made, effectively brooch which says Teenage Cancer Trust.
Speaker AThank you.
Speaker A£50,000 raised.
Speaker AAnd each one of the crew members, when we've seen them all, will have one of those badges and probably the wags as well.
Speaker ASo thank you very much, Tracey.
Speaker AThat is amazing.
Speaker AAnd she's done that off her own back as well.
Speaker AOh, Bill, how does that feel?
Speaker A£50,000?
Speaker AIt's amazing, isn't it?
Speaker AEveryone we speak to, other shanty groups, they say, how do you manage it?
Speaker AHow do you manage to raise that much money?
Speaker AAnd it's because it's good having knives and guns and we can actually hold people up.
Speaker ABut that's one from Chile.
Speaker ABut no, we're great to have certain great, great supporters.
Speaker ATheresa, Ben and Jackie and Claire who Francis, who basically shake the buckets and persuade people to part where they're hard earned cash.
Speaker ABut I think most of it is that they're giving it to us.
Speaker AThey hope they will shut up.
Speaker AAnd all those requests we had and we still haven't stopped.
Speaker AMuff, you're with us.
Speaker AYou're obviously one of the newer lads to the crew.
Speaker AHow does it feel?
Speaker AOr being part of a collective group that has reached that 50,000 pound mark.
Speaker AI'm glad you asked me that because as the relatively new member, what have I been, about nine months?
Speaker AYeah, about nine months.
Speaker AI feel a bit of a fraud being in at the end of it and everybody say, well done, you've raised all that money.
Speaker AI've made a small contribution which I've really thoroughly enjoyed and glad to do.
Speaker AIt's been.
Speaker AThank you.
Speaker AYeah, I am short.
Speaker ABut no, it's been great, has been fantastic now and it's a wonderful achievement for, for us all together.
Speaker AWell, there we are.
Speaker ARev.
Speaker AFinal words from you, just a quickie she's not here tonight with Ian, Teresa, Pete, Teresa D. And she's been one of our best collectors of money.
Speaker AI don't know how she does it, but she goes around with a bucket and it comes back full up sometimes with money, which is great.
Speaker AWell, it's been great.
Speaker AWe are now about to go off and do a bit of a rehearsal because we need to sound amazing before the Wurzels follow us.
Speaker ASo for the rest of the show, we're gonna go right down to a wonderful festival down in Sennheise where the crew was there.
Speaker AI'm gonna hand over to shanty boy who has done all of the wraparound audio for that.
Speaker AAnd so we'll hand over.
Speaker AHello.
Speaker AToday I'm here at the Sina's Shanty Shout.
Speaker ASadly, Oggy couldn't be here today.
Speaker AI'm.
Speaker AI'm here with the crew.
Speaker AWhat you're gonna hear is some segments from other.
Speaker AMainly the crew and also some other other groups and me interviewing some lovely people, of course, from the Shani community.
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Speaker AHello.
Speaker AWho are you all?
Speaker AWe are Kimber's men.
Speaker ASo what?
Speaker AHow did you guys form as Kimber's men?
Speaker AWe had a pal who's no longer with us, put us together 25 years ago.
Speaker AYeah, or just short 25 years.
Speaker AAnd we're based in Yorkshire and he said there was a gap for a sea shanty band in.
Speaker AIn the Scene really around the folk.
Speaker AThe folk sing.
Speaker AYeah, yeah.
Speaker AAnd we were all folk singers in a way before that.
Speaker AAnd we put the band together and sounded good.
Speaker AHe actually asked if.
Speaker AIf John would join us because of his bass voice.
Speaker ASay hello, John.
Speaker AHello, John.
Speaker AHello.
Speaker AI can admit that's very low.
Speaker AYeah, exactly.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker AAnd that was the basis of the band.
Speaker AAnd with like a few sea shanties.
Speaker AWas that.
Speaker AWas that meant to be a joke?
Speaker AThe basis of the band, the bass.
Speaker AThat's very good.
Speaker AOther than that, the other reason was it was pure misfortune that we got together.
Speaker AWe got thrown together.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker AWe've been together 25 years and hated each other ever since.
Speaker ASo also, I've heard you guys are also working.
Speaker AYou also work on a ship.
Speaker ACan you tell me more about that?
Speaker AYes.
Speaker ASince about 2000, so 25 years now, we've worked on a tall ship, Stabros Esniakos.
Speaker AIt was a two masted brig.
Speaker AAnd we actually worked as crew and we set the sails, climbed the rigging.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker ADid all that.
Speaker AWe taught the crew how to work the ship to shanty.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker AAs they were traditionally done back in the 60s.
Speaker ADo you think working on the ship has also helped you understand like sea sh.
Speaker AIs as well?
Speaker AAbsolutely.
Speaker AAnd respect what hard work it was.
Speaker AYes, of course.
Speaker AMust be hard work for sailors.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker AIt's made it more enjoyable understanding what the songs were all about also like what.
Speaker AWhat's been your favorite festival you've.
Speaker AYou've sang in so far?
Speaker ASame time.
Speaker ABeen coming down here for about.
Speaker AIs it about eight years?
Speaker ATen?
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker ASince early.
Speaker AWe've been all over.
Speaker AWe went.
Speaker AWe did some nice ones in Australia.
Speaker AWe did some great ones in Norway.
Speaker AFrance.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker AWe have a nice time.
Speaker AIt was very good.
Speaker AVery good.
Speaker ALike, can I just say, like, what's been your favorite shanties you've all sang?
Speaker AThere's so many, right?
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker AWhat's your favorite Shanti?
Speaker AThat's the point.
Speaker AThere's so many and everyone changes them so much.
Speaker ABut it's not Willaman.
Speaker ARight.
Speaker AI want to say if anyone.
Speaker AI do this bit in the show where I ask people what they want me to sing.
Speaker AIf they ever say she's well a man, I'll be going like, nope, I'm not.
Speaker AI'm not playing that.
Speaker AJesus.
Speaker AWhat's your favorite one?
Speaker AMy favorite one, it's.
Speaker AI. I've not got a favorite sea shade, but I've got a very favorite folk song which is called Rattling Bog.
Speaker AIt's like one of the first songs I ever sang like publicly.
Speaker ASo.
Speaker AI love that.
Speaker ALove that song.
Speaker ALove that song.
Speaker AFor we do love bullying in the alley.
Speaker ABully in the alley is just great.
Speaker AWe've.
Speaker AThat's on YouTube.
Speaker ASomebody's putting us on YouTube.
Speaker ASinging it in the lifeboat house in the dealing Kent.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker AAnd that's got six million four and a half.
Speaker AOr is it?
Speaker AOh, it was exaggerated.
Speaker AYou slacked off watching it then, aren't you?
Speaker AI don't watch as much of those.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker ASo where else can people see you?
Speaker AInstead of like festivals and Parrish, Mevagissi.
Speaker AWe were there earlier in the year and we got.
Speaker AWe played in.
Speaker AWhat's the Cathedral Winchester.
Speaker ANext year we're in Saint Albans Cathedral.
Speaker AWe're going to sing underneath an installation of Wales.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker AHopefully next year we're going to be singing on the SS Great Britain.
Speaker AThat's very close to us.
Speaker AMaybe we'll on Bristol Bass.
Speaker AYeah, Bristol base on Thursday night we was in Bristol Folk House.
Speaker AYeah, yeah.
Speaker AWish I was there.
Speaker AI got stuff on Thursdays.
Speaker AI wish I was there then, mate.
Speaker AWe'll sing with our pals, the Longest Johns in Bristol on Thursday on the way down.
Speaker AIs that who they was?
Speaker AThat's who they were, yeah.
Speaker AThose three strange guys.
Speaker AYeah, I know this.
Speaker AI know the Longest Johns.
Speaker AI've sang with them a bit.
Speaker ANice fellas.
Speaker AYeah, they are very nice.
Speaker AThat's what Shanti's the community is.
Speaker AIt's just so nice people.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker AAnd if you want to be a singer, you can just be.
Speaker AJust sing and then people just respect.
Speaker APeople encourage you.
Speaker AYeah, people encourage you.
Speaker AYeah, yeah, well, I'll say that.
Speaker ASo, like, what else has.
Speaker AWhere else can people hear you instead of in person?
Speaker AWell, you can hear us on Band Camp.
Speaker ABand Camp.
Speaker ASpotify.
Speaker AYeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker ABut you can buy our CDs.
Speaker AI think we're going to go on Spotify.
Speaker AWell, you know, that's the next one.
Speaker AYeah, yeah.
Speaker ABut you know, if you want to find us, you'll see us all over the YouTubes.
Speaker AYeah, well, thanks for speaking to me.
Speaker AI hope you guys have a lovely rest of your day.
Speaker AAnd you know Badger, He was staring and he got himself under the wheel as the mask came down.
Speaker A50 minutes.
Speaker AWell, we're batting down the hatches.
Speaker AIt's Brian, Derek and Doc.
Speaker ASo could you tell.
Speaker ACould you tell me, like, what's got you guys inspired?
Speaker ACould you Sea Shane or folks on us?
Speaker AWe've been doing the sea shanties for a long time.
Speaker AWe all live by the coast.
Speaker ASome of us worked on the boats.
Speaker AWe love the Tradition.
Speaker AWe love the preference to the sea.
Speaker AWe love the reference to the history and the culture of the traveling people and the way the world is populated, really, with the ships.
Speaker AI'll just pass you over to Derek.
Speaker AHe can answer a few questions.
Speaker ACould you please tell me like, what.
Speaker AWhat drove you all to go together and what got you together?
Speaker AI think we found that we've got compatible voices and we can sing together and we enjoy each other's company and that comes through when we're singing.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker ACould you please tell me like, what's been very shanty you all sang?
Speaker AWhat's been best hobby about being in band down the hatches?
Speaker AWell, for in band down the hatches, we like to get the audience involved.
Speaker ASo we have some songs which really do that.
Speaker ALike Six Feet of Mud is our signature song.
Speaker ABasically get everyone singing.
Speaker ASo we try to sing popular ones that people will know and join in.
Speaker AWe do sing other ones, but yeah, we love the popular ones that everyone else knows and can join in with us.
Speaker ALike, I think shi Shay is like, if everyone knows them, it's just the best.
Speaker AThe best time that you can.
Speaker AIf someone doesn't know them, you can just learn a new sea.
Speaker AShay us as well.
Speaker AI think you've got a chorus that's simple for people's lives.
Speaker ASix feet of mud.
Speaker ASix feet of mud.
Speaker ANine fathoms of water and six feet of mud.
Speaker APeople can pick that very quickly.
Speaker AAnd as we did this evening just a moment ago, soon got the whole room singing with her, which is fantastic.
Speaker AWhat's been your favorite moment of another actress?
Speaker AI think it's continuous.
Speaker AWe're good friends.
Speaker AWe have Chris, who's a new member of the crew.
Speaker AHe's currently having a well earned light refreshment after we've been singing and we enjoy each other's company and that means we sing together well and we stay together well, so that's good.
Speaker AWhere else can people see you like your socials or anything like that?
Speaker AWell, we.
Speaker AWe tend to do.
Speaker AWe do Revergy Festival, the Saint Ives Festival, Western Super Mare.
Speaker AAnd then after that we do private kind of gigs.
Speaker AWe do quite a few church halls, we do village halls, we do weddings.
Speaker AThat's.
Speaker AThat's good.
Speaker AWe enjoy doing those and birthday parties as well.
Speaker ASo it's available.
Speaker AAsk for a seashell on their birthday.
Speaker AI would love to have.
Speaker AOh, we do that quite a bit.
Speaker AEspecially with.
Speaker AWith people's relatives and families.
Speaker AThey come from all over the world, really.
Speaker AThe USA come over here.
Speaker AAnd so, you know, that's that's been really good.
Speaker AWe did a big birthday party in London actually on the banks of the Thames.
Speaker AIsn't that.
Speaker AOh, it's really good fun.
Speaker AHammersmith Sailing Club.
Speaker ASo, yeah, and we're also online, we're on Facebook, we've got our own website so people contact us that way.
Speaker AYou guys like have a charity you guys all support?
Speaker AYeah, no, we support charity and it's the Sea shepherd, really.
Speaker AWe, we kind of play into that individually as we feel as when and as we feel like it.
Speaker AAnd it's to do with people trying to stop the kind of mass, mass industrial scale fishing, particularly by the Chinese, as it goes at the moment.
Speaker AThere's quite a few issues there, so we contribute to them.
Speaker AJust keeping the health of the seas, really.
Speaker AKeeping the seas healthy.
Speaker ABut Sea shepherd does that and obviously saves lots of, you know, sea creatures.
Speaker ASea beautiful.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker AI, I personally want to.
Speaker AWhen I get old, I want to work in like zoology and like Zutsu work.
Speaker AAnd that's Danny.
Speaker AI wish.
Speaker AWe need the young to look after the planet because we made a bit of a job of it so far.
Speaker ASo we need you young ones to clean it up from us.
Speaker AIt's been an absolute pleasure.
Speaker AThank you for inviting us to be interviewed.
Speaker AWe're back in the hatches and it's been an absolute pleasure.
Speaker AHe does a lot of interviewing for us because if you can also go on Tasty Book.
Speaker AThat's it, Tasty Book.
Speaker AAnd look up Port Bristol Shanty Crew.
Speaker AYou will find Shanty Boy because he does a lot of our interviews for the podcast as well.
Speaker ASo.
Speaker ADrake is in his hamlet a thousand miles away.
Speaker ARed Mill's Revenge is at the bottom of the bay.
Speaker AMany a famous Satan never came home from the sea Just take my advice, Jack come and follow me I'm marching inland from the shore over my shoulder I'm carrying a oar Someone asked me one Is that funny thing you got?
Speaker ADid I no one ever go to see the moor no more then I no one ever go to see the moor Will it hurt?
Speaker AMove me from this land until the Lord calls me to set it.
Speaker AAnd this is my home I've left Charlie's footsteps in soft sand and sand and I chased the mates there all giggly and tanned I stood on the clifftops in a westerly blow and heard the waste of thunder on the rocks far below and no one will ever move me from this land.
Speaker ABaby, my money.
Speaker AI met a common face at this shanti festival who are you and who are you?
Speaker AWell, I am known as Pilcher the Pirate?
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker ASo what gave you the.
Speaker AThe identity of Pilcher the Pirate?
Speaker AWell, it's a character that's evolved over the years, visiting lots of shanty festivals.
Speaker AIt actually started nearly 15 years ago as a silly comedy character I had called Captain Mangelwerson.
Speaker ABut as I've been involved with Ashanti festivals, I started wearing the pirate outfit.
Speaker AAnd this Pilcher the Pirate has evolved over the last seven years, but he's been well known for three to four years now.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker ASo what else do you do other than Pilch the Pirate?
Speaker AWell, I'm involved with festivals, Shanti festivals.
Speaker AI'm member of the Falmouth Marine Band, Cornwall.
Speaker AWe are a charity, fun fundraising group.
Speaker ASo we don't play real instruments.
Speaker ABasically, the rules of the band are you can only join the band if you cannot play any instruments.
Speaker AWe never, ever rehearse.
Speaker AAnd if anyone's caught practicing, they get thrown out of the band.
Speaker AAnd we raise a lot of money for charity.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker AHow many festivals have you been in as Pilch as the Pirates?
Speaker AIt's growing every year.
Speaker AI think it's five or six this year, and I'm gonna at least add another three to that next year.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker AIs this, like, what got you interested in Sea Shanes to be Pilcher the Pirate?
Speaker AWell, living in Falmouth.
Speaker AGrew up listening to them, but I knew the choruses like everybody did, but never really expected to be a singer.
Speaker AAnd it wasn't until I joined the Falmouth Marine Band, which was nine years ago, I sang with them and that got me very interested in singing.
Speaker ASo it's come on from nine years ago?
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker ASo how long do you want Pilch the Pirate to be for?
Speaker AOr if you want to extend it longer or not?
Speaker AOh, he's.
Speaker AHe's here to stay for sure now.
Speaker AHe's well established, well known.
Speaker AHe's.
Speaker AHe's known throughout the whole of the West Country.
Speaker AI get invited to all the festivals.
Speaker ALots of people know me now as Pilcher the Pirate.
Speaker AAnd again, I do it all for charity, to help out.
Speaker ASo, yeah, he's here to stay.
Speaker AGood.
Speaker AThat's very good.
Speaker AWhat's been your favorite festival you've been to has Pilch the Pirate?
Speaker AWell, I'm from Falmouth anyway, but I do really like the Mevagissi Festival.
Speaker AThat's fantastic.
Speaker AThis is nice as well, because of the location.
Speaker AWe're in St Ives at the St Ives Shanty Shout right now.
Speaker ABut, yeah, I think Mevargissi is one of my favorites.
Speaker AGuys, where's your next expedition as Pilch the pirate?
Speaker AWell, that's it for this year.
Speaker AI don't know when it's going to start next year.
Speaker AI guess that's your shanty season.
Speaker ALike, your shanty season ends at St Ives, really.
Speaker AYeah, it does, yeah.
Speaker AYeah, the end of the year.
Speaker ASo I guess really the first shanty festival will be Falmouth.
Speaker AAlthough I'll be going to the Bricks and Pirate Festival early May.
Speaker AAnd I believe there's a shanty festival the end of May.
Speaker AYeah, I'll be going to.
Speaker ACan I just ask this because I'm generally curious, what is the difference between a pirate festival and a shanty festival?
Speaker AWhat is the difference?
Speaker AWell, the pirate festivals, where is.
Speaker AWhere everybody dresses as pirate.
Speaker AYou get a lot of reenactors there and people that take that very seriously.
Speaker AThey take the costumes seriously.
Speaker ABut they're a great community.
Speaker AThey're a wonderful bunch of people.
Speaker ABut funny, over the last few years, there's more shanties being sung at pirate festivals and the pirates are sort of to appear more as well at shanty festivals.
Speaker AIt works together.
Speaker AThey work together.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker AI have noticed a lot of buckets around here.
Speaker AI. I don't know what.
Speaker AWhat ship they've came from.
Speaker AAnd they came from the Jolly Roger.
Speaker AI don't know which one.
Speaker AWhich one have you came from?
Speaker AWell, the name of my pirate ship is called She's Got Wind.
Speaker AThat's a very nice name.
Speaker AWhat do you want to do in the future?
Speaker AWell, I. I just like going away for all these festivals.
Speaker AIt turns into a bit of a holiday.
Speaker AYou meet all the people in the.
Speaker AEither the pirate community or the shanty community, and they're all wonderful people.
Speaker AThey're like a big family.
Speaker AThey're all a big family.
Speaker AAnd it's just such good times.
Speaker AEveryone gets on, everyone has fun, everyone enjoys it.
Speaker AIt's wonderful weekends.
Speaker AYeah, I have noticed that.
Speaker AThat just.
Speaker AShanty festivals have that sense of community that no other genre of film of, like, music has.
Speaker ALike, I would go to.
Speaker AI've got a friend that's into Taylor Swift and I know that she likes her for the mood, for the.
Speaker AFor the songs and not for the.
Speaker AFor the community of it.
Speaker ABut really, I think shanty is the best part of his community and I love that.
Speaker AYeah, well, that's true.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker AI don't know anything about Taylor Swift.
Speaker AOh, no.
Speaker AOh, hang on.
Speaker AWe got a.
Speaker AWe got an 85er coming in.
Speaker AAre you all.
Speaker AHello, mate.
Speaker ADoing all right?
Speaker ACurrently.
Speaker AWe're currently Recording something.
Speaker ANo, it's main.
Speaker ASo fine.
Speaker AThat's brilliant.
Speaker AThat's music.
Speaker AGot background music.
Speaker AWe got background all around.
Speaker AWe've just let the 85ers in a locked gate.
Speaker ALet me guess.
Speaker AIt was through the back door.
Speaker AThrough the back door.
Speaker ANot the front door.
Speaker AWe all want to go through the front door.
Speaker AAh, that was fun.
Speaker AKeep and that's like that type of thing happens.
Speaker AAnd it's just the most wonderful thing that happens.
Speaker ATilce has been great talking you.
Speaker AThank you.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker AAnd you.
Speaker AIt's been great.
Speaker AOn the way for Australia Keep her up, me boys Keep away all Keep her up and don't you make a noise Found a way for Australia Same tides boys Ain't got no sleds Give away all the way Slide and trek in a hill with codfish heads Found a way for Australia Beaver up big bully bully voice Heave away all the way Beaver up and don't Jamaican noise Found a way for Australia St I spoke Saint God no no ills he away all away Cuz the same types doctors give you catfish pills Found a way for Australia Fever up me bully bully boys he away all the way Heave her up and don't you make a noise Found a way for Australia I wish I was a pirate aboard a man of war Sam's on the way aboard a man of war Yes, I wish I was a pirate aboard a man of war Sam's on the way aboard a man of war Greaty work, Great boys.
Speaker AGreat work.
Speaker AI say Sam's gone away aboard a man of war Cross brave but it's brave work I say Sam's gone away aboard a man of war I wish I was a corsair aboard a man of war Sam's gone away aboard a man of war I wish I was a corsair aboard a man of war Sam gone away aboard a man.
Speaker AHey.
Speaker AThank you, Ollie.
Speaker AThat was a fantastic attempt at grabbing some audio from other crews.
Speaker AAnd, of course, hanging out with the Port of Bristol shanty crew.
Speaker AReally much appreciate what you did.
Speaker AAnd from the sounds of it, Senn Ives was a fantastic festival.
Speaker AAnd of course, a big thank you to the organizers of the Senn Ives Shanty Shout.
Speaker AWe really do appreciate your invite and the lads really did enjoy enjoy themselves.
Speaker AAnd we look forward to traveling all the way down to St. Ives again next year.
Speaker ANext up, we're going to pop down to the signaler so you can catch up with what we've been up to over November and where you can catch us in December.
Speaker AYo ho ho Shipmates, it's the Signaler here with all the news and reviews from the Port of Bristol Shanty Crew.
Speaker ANovember saw another busy month.
Speaker AStarting off in the month, the first gig that we had was attending the St iveshanti Festival.
Speaker AAbsolutely fantastic event.
Speaker ATwo days of fun and frolics and a few small sweet sherries for most of the crew.
Speaker AEverybody enjoyed themselves.
Speaker AA town full of guys and girls singing chanties, enjoying themselves.
Speaker AAnother great festival.
Speaker AMoving on, we have the pleasure of supporting our good friend oggy at the St. Mary's Church Yate Tree Festival.
Speaker AWe had a good turnout from the crew and I think the crowd that was there enjoyed what we did and we were delighted to be able to support Oggy at this event.
Speaker AMoving on, we then went on to the county ground where we really felt we'd hit the big time because we were on the same bill as the Wurzels and it was a lovely event there for a 60th birthday party.
Speaker AAnd then finally in the month we went and sang at the Great Britain again.
Speaker AWe become the resident shanty band there and we were delighted to be able to entertain all of the visitors.
Speaker ASo moving on into December, our Christmas build up starts on the 6th when we are singing in the Rington Dickensian Evening and we've got a set there about 7 o' clock and I believe our good friend Sam is inviting us along to the golden lion for a couple of drinks afterwards and I'm sure there will be a song or two.
Speaker AOn the 20th we have our big event.
Speaker AIt's at Cheltenham College Chapel and it's when the three musical entries for the local Pride of Britain Award are going to be singing and we're delighted to be part of that evening.
Speaker AIt's going to be fantastic to be able to sing in that chapel and I know all the boys are looking forward to it massively.
Speaker AAnd then finally we finish off for Christmas on the 23rd of December when we're back at the SS Great Britain again, supporting all of their visitors.
Speaker ASo that's the goings on and all the activities that are coming up in the Port of Bristol Shanty Crew.
Speaker AI hope you all have a great Christmas and look forward to continuing to support us moving forward into 2026.
Speaker AHappy New Year.
Speaker AThis is the Signaler signing off.
Speaker AThank you, Ash.
Speaker AAnd guys, please do come and join us during December.
Speaker AThere's plenty of events that you can come along to and support us.
Speaker AYeah, and another big push for our event in December on the 20th of December where we're doing a collaboration with the Reese, the Night Church pianist and us, and in collaboration with delightful pom poms.
Speaker ANow, these are all people that were part of the regional fundraising awards.
Speaker AWe know that Rhys was the the regional winner, but we've all decided to come predominantly to raise some money for the Vail Wildlife Hospital and Rehabilitation Center.
Speaker AAs you can imagine, these little charities don't get the attention they deserve and so we've come together to try and raise some money for them.
Speaker ASo once again, it is at Cheltenham college chapel.
Speaker AIt's £15 per person.
Speaker AThat does include some kind of festive refreshments along the way and it's going to be a great gig.
Speaker ASo if you are in the Cheltenham area, then there is no excuse, please do come along to this fundraising event and if you're thinking about doing something that evening and don't live so near, then, hey, come along, we'd really, really love to see you.
Speaker AWe have got a fun packed evening planned with a special TV celebrity who is our presenter.
Speaker ASo there's some exciting news there, so please do.
Speaker AIf you want to buy tickets then they are available online.
Speaker APlease do head over to our social media on Facebook or you can even pop over to Rees the Night Church Pianist Facebook.
Speaker AWe do.
Speaker AWe will include the Tick it link in our show notes so that will allow you to just follow that.
Speaker ABut it would be great to have you coming along.
Speaker ASo that is it for this episode and it's the final episode of 2025.
Speaker ACan I just please say a huge thank you to you, the listener who has stuck with us all year round.
Speaker AWe have had some fantastic times this year and it's been a, a, it's been a privilege to have the opportunity to showcase the Port of Rachel Shanty Crew.
Speaker ABut also we've had some incredible guests that have been really showcasing the world of shanty and I, I have to admit, the world of shanty is in a good place, not only in our little sphere of influence of the Port of Bristol Shanty Crew, but across the UK and across the world there is some incredible things happening and all in the name of promoting shanti singing.
Speaker AAnd most often or not, it's all about raising CA for charity.
Speaker ASo there's a lot of charities benefiting from this incredible phenomenon.
Speaker AFrom us at the Port of Ritual Shanty Crew, to you, I hope you have an incredible Christmas and we look forward to either seeing you in December or I look forward to talking to you again in January, which will of course be live coverage of our event on the 20th of December.
Speaker ASo that is it.
Speaker AAnd to play us out, we have our last year's Christmas tune, which was a collaboration with Robert Paloma.
Speaker AFair winds and following seas, take care.
Speaker AReefing sails, howling gales, working light and more.
Speaker AOh, what fun it never is Sailing round Cape Horn, ho.
Speaker ASails that sweet men overboard.
Speaker AAnd grub that's not but swill.
Speaker AYou swear you'll not do this again, but you know I'm sure we will.
Speaker ARiding on the waves with wind to fill our sails with a salty spray.
Speaker AWe brave through storms and hearty gales.
Speaker AThe car p our horse, the crew, they sing with cheer.
Speaker AWe'll reach the shore by break of dawn and toast another year.
Speaker AOh, reefing sails in howling gales working night and morn.
Speaker AOh, what fun and ever is sailing round Cape Horn.
Speaker AOh, sea such sweet men overboard and gruff that's not at swill.
Speaker AYou swear you'll not do this again, but you know damn sure you will.
Speaker AThe captain calls to port.
Speaker AThe first mate shouts ahoy, ahoy.
Speaker AI frigate is rough and wild and filled with sailors joy.
Speaker AWe host the anchors high and bid the shore goodbye.
Speaker AWe'll find our fortune in the blue beneath the moonlight sky.
Speaker AO reefing sails, hounding gales to working nights and morning.
Speaker AOh, what fun in ever is sailing round Cape Horn, ho.
Speaker ASeize that sweet man overboard.
Speaker AAnd grub that's not the swill.
Speaker AYou swear you'll not do this again, but you know damn sure you will.
Speaker AA chest of gold below and treacherous in our hold with songs and rum.
Speaker AThe night is young, the tales will soon retold.
Speaker AThe ocean calls us by a sailor's heart won't say we'll set our sights upon the dawn and sail the night away.
Speaker AOh, reefing sails, hounding gales, working night and morn.
Speaker AOh, what fun it never is sailing round Cape Horn.
Speaker AOh, seize that sweet man overboard.
Speaker AA rub that's not but swill.
Speaker AYou swear you'll not do this again, but you know times joy you'll.
Speaker AYou swear you'll not do this again, but you know you sure you will.
Speaker AMerry Christmas.
Speaker AShip shape from Bristol fashion, boys along the harbor side from even gorge to underfall.
Speaker AWill he even haul the line?
Speaker ASecure the barrels.
Speaker ADown below, wind and tie and lash em this vessel shoot, she is certifying Ship shape and Bristol fashion so haul away me laddy boys, haul away, you're free.
Speaker AHaul away me laddy boys and save a drink for me.
Speaker AHaul away me laddy boys, haul away your free.
Speaker AHaul away me laddy boys and save a Dr.