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Actually, according to the Disney site, Pirates of the Caribbean Facts and Figures: Opening Day: March 18, 1967 . So in 2007, it'll be 40. I knew it couldn't be 50. I was there in 1959 and there was no ride then. Back then, you had to be content with Safariland, Sleeping Beauty's Castle and the PeterPan ride. It IS the 50th Anniversary of Disneyland, however. Trapper

This is the weekend for TallShipsTacoma, where you'll see the likes of the Lady Washington, Zodiac, Adventuress and many more. Thrill to the many chantey singers at various stages for your edification and entertainment. See Tom Lewis, Broadside, Sanger & Didele, Spinnaker, The Shifty Sailors and many more on 3 stages all weekend! All this entertainment and tall ships, too, for the paltry price of $10.00. http://www.tallshipstacoma for more information. Fair winds, Trapper

Go to http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/savethewawona One of the cuts is Haul Away for Rosie-o, and you can hear it done by singers who are not out of tune. Fair winds, Trapper

I agree, Roguespierre! The musicians are some of, if not THE best around, singing some truly fine songs of the sea. And there is no better cause (especially for pirates) than saving the Wawona. We'd like to be able to sell enough cds to really put a dent in the budget for restoring her. Fair winds, a fine song and a full tankard, Trapper

Agh. Forgive me, m'lady. The link SHOULD be: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/savethewawona That should bring ye t' the page with sound clips. Trapper

Normally, instrumentation wouldn't have been used at all on shanties. No one would've had a free hand, since the songs were used to keep people in rhythm while performing tasks (raising sails, anchors, etc.). Didn't even have to have a good voice to lead. The nightingale was picked by how loud they were. That being said, according to everything I've read and been taught on the subject, the instruments on board were things not too damaged by moisture, like whistles, concertinas. fiddles. Guitars and the like weren't used on ships, since they were too fragile (not to mention that they're a later invention). Though I have read about a banjo-like instrument, as well as mandolins. Think small instruments, since there wasn't a lot of space. Fair winds, Trapper

And if ye navigate yerself t' the CDBaby site, there be rousin' chanteys t' listen t' as well. http://www.cdbaby.com/savethewawona Fair winds, Trapper

Aye. Not only the picture on the CD cover on CDBaby, from her days as a cod fisher, but if you go to https://home.comcast.net/~thedailyflash/wawona.htm there are several pictures of her, both from the old days and now. Trapper

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/savethewawona Save the Wawona, One Song at a Time is a collection of sea music and chanteys by some of the Northwest's finest musicians. They have generously donated these songs to this project, in the hope of raising awareness and money for needed repairs and restoration of the Schooner Wawona. You'll hear everyone from William Pint and Felicia Dale to Toucan Pirates to Tom Lewis, all performing the best maritime music you'll find anywhere, and all on one CD! Come listen to rousing sea chanteys, drinking songs, ballads and instrumentals, all music of the sea and sailors. When she was built in 1897, the sailing schooner Wawona was the largest three-masted schooner built in North America. Today she is one of two survivors of the once immense commercial sailing fleet in the Pacific Northwest. Hundreds more large commercial sailing ships were built in other West Coast shipyards; they are now all gone. Only the C.A. Thayer in San Francisco and the Wawona remain. The Wawona became a National Historic Site in 1970, the first ship in the nation to be listed on the National Register. Lumber hauler, cod fisher and military barge in WWII, her career has been long and varied. As a fishing schooner, her lifetime catch of 7.2 million cod far surpassed the career catch of any other Pacific schooner. During World War II the Wawona was drafted as a military barge , hauling military supplies to Alaska and returning to Washington with wood for the aircraft industry Built at the end of the great age of sail, the Wawona stands as a living monument to the skilled craftsmen who built her, the industries that supported her, and the fortunate crewmen who sailed her. Through the sale of this CD and continuing volunteer efforts, we hope to raise funds to continue her restoration. Equally important, we want to raise public awareness of this grand ship, the last part of our great maritime heritage that we can still see and touch. We would love to see Wawona as the centerpiece of a vibrant maritime park like Hyde St. Pier in San Francisco. Seattle needs Wawona, the last, best reminder of our maritime heritage. We want to see her here in Seattle so future generations can experience what it was like in the age of sail. All production costs have been donated and ALL money from the sale of this CD goes to buy materials to continue the restoration.

http://www.cdbaby/cd/savethewawona ave the Wawona, One Song at a Time is a collection of sea music and chanteys by some of the Northwest's finest musicians. They have generously donated these songs to this project, in the hope of raising awareness and money for needed repairs and restoration of the Schooner Wawona. You'll hear everyone from William Pint and Felicia Dale to Toucan Pirates to Tom Lewis, all performing the best maritime music you'll find anywhere, and all on one CD! Come listen to rousing sea chanteys, drinking songs, ballads and instrumentals, all music of the sea and sailors. When she was built in 1897, the sailing schooner Wawona was the largest three-masted schooner built in North America. Today she is one of two survivors of the once immense commercial sailing fleet in the Pacific Northwest. Hundreds more large commercial sailing ships were built in other West Coast shipyards; they are now all gone. Only the C.A. Thayer in San Francisco and the Wawona remain. The Wawona became a National Historic Site in 1970, the first ship in the nation to be listed on the National Register. Lumber hauler, cod fisher and military barge in WWII, her career has been long and varied. As a fishing schooner, her lifetime catch of 7.2 million cod far surpassed the career catch of any other Pacific schooner. During World War II the Wawona was drafted as a military barge , hauling military supplies to Alaska and returning to Washington with wood for the aircraft industry Built at the end of the great age of sail, the Wawona stands as a living monument to the skilled craftsmen who built her, the industries that supported her, and the fortunate crewmen who sailed her. Through the sale of this CD and continuing volunteer efforts, we hope to raise funds to continue her restoration. Equally important, we want to raise public awareness of this grand ship, the last part of our great maritime heritage that we can still see and touch. We would love to see Wawona as the centerpiece of a vibrant maritime park like Hyde St. Pier in San Francisco. Seattle needs Wawona, the last, best reminder of our maritime heritage. We want to see her here in Seattle so future generations can experience what it was like in the age of sail. All production costs have been donated and ALL money from the sale of this CD goes to buy materials to continue the restoration.

At last it's here! "Save the Wawona - One Song at a Time" can now be purchased on CDBaby. We also have several cuts you can listen to there. Here be the site: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/savethewawona Trapper

I'd suggest anything by Pint and Dale. Wonderful singers with great, gutsy music. www.pintndale.com. You can also hear some of their music at www.cdbaby.com/pintanddale If it's chanteys you're looking for, you can try Broadside (available by emailing chrisroe@folkhosts.com) or Coventry (www.cdbaby.com/coventry), which features guest lead guitar by none other than Pyracy's own Nigel. Rousing sea and pirate music all. Fair winds, Trapper

Thank ye kindly, Lorien! And as soon as the Wawona CDs are on CDBaby, I'll be sure t' post. Fair winds, Trapper

Greetin's, mates! It be time again for the monthly chantey sing at the Wawona, S. end of Lake Union in Seattle. This month's leader is none other than Mary Benson, of Howling Gael, St. Elmo's Choir, Broadside and Spinnaker. Come down and join in! We be always lookin' fer new voices. And it's free. What more could a pirate be askin' for? And there'll probably be "Save the Wawona" CDs for purchase. For directions or more information, get ye t' http://www.nwseaport.org Fair winds, full tankards and a rousing song, Trapper

If you want a real tear-jerker, you should listen to Stan's "White Squall". It's a great song. Fair winds, Trapper

As soon as it is, I'll let you know. I couldn't make them fast enough over the weekend. As soon as we turned around, we'd sold out again. I just want it to generate some decent income for Wawona. So far, so good. Thanks so much for spreadin' the word, lass! Fair winds, Trapper

Just wanted to mention that the new CD, "Save the Wawona, One Song at a Time" was a rousing success at Folklife. We sold all 51 that we'd made. The CD will be available on CDBaby as soon as we can get it listed. In the meantime, if you just can't wait, please email walice1@qwest.net, and mention "Wawona CD" in the subject line. We'll make sure you get one asap. Altogether, we made around $700 that will go straight to Wawona. Trapper

Well, if you were in Seattle, I'd suggest you go to the NW Folklife Festival this weekend. There'll be chanteys galore. If it's CDs you want, go to www.pintndale.com They do some of the best sea music you're going to find, be it sea chantey or other. www.toucanpirates.com have great stuff as well. www.tomlewis.net is another site with great stuff. There's tons out there if you know where t' look, me lad. Fair winds, Trapper

The fair Alice will probably get back t' ye after the weekend. It be Folklife, and we have our annual party at the Wawona she's prepping for. If any o' yer crewe be at the festival, the chantey concert will be grand and there's a singers' party Sunday night at McHugh's that's great fun. I'll pm ye with the price and address t' send monies to. I'd love t' do something during Tall Ships, but we needs someone what lives in Tacoma t' do most of the set up. I'm just too far away in Seattle to coordinate it. Fair winds, Trapper

It depends on what you mean by "Pirate" music. If it's a sea chantey, chances are I either have it on a CD or I sing it already. If it's something new, I'll look for it online if I can't find it any other way. Fair winds and full tankards, Trapper

Haul Away for Rosie-O, by Spinnaker, on the Save the Wawona CD. Trapper

The annual Sea Chanteys and Maritime Songs Concert will be held at the NW Folklife Festival in Seattle on Saturday, May 28th at the Henry Weinhard's NW Court Stagefrom 1pm to 5pm. Musical acts are as follows: Bold Horizon - boldly going wherever John Bartlett & Rika Ruebsaat - BC & Canadian trad, choruses Blue Peter - shanties from the age of sail William Pint & Felicia Dale - singers of the sea The Pyrettes - westcoastwomensingseachanteys Steve Levy - original submarine chanteys Hank Cramer & Constellation's Crew - historical sea songs & chanteys Sanger & Didele - seamen of the inland empire Budd Bay Buccaneers - songs & tunes by scurvy pirates The Cutters - a family band Shanghaied on the Willamette - songs plundered from land & c North By West - Fraser River shanties On Saturday night at 8:30, Coventry (featuring yours truly) will be performing as part of the Folklife Shillelagh Smackdown. On Monday, at EMP's Liquid Lounge, the chantey program is entitled, "What Do You Do With a Drunken Sailor?" from 6:20 to 9pm. Featured acts are: Blue Peter Sanger & Didele Allan Hirsch & Stan James Bold Horizon So, come to Folklife at the Seattle Center this weekend for a rollicking good chantey time! Fair winds, Trapper

An excellent question, mon capitan! We are hoping to have a lot of them (depending on how many my burner can turn out) ready by Folklife, and to have them for sale there. For anyone who can't get to Folklife, you may email me for more information at traepischke@gmail.com Fair winds, Trapper

Thanks to the dedicated musicians that have played on the Wawona over the years, we are proud to offer a CD of songs donated by these musicians for the purpose of continuing the restoration of the Schooner Wawona. As the songs, production and materials have been donated, ALL monies raised will go to the Wawona. The musicians on this compilation include: William Pint & Felicia Dale The Cutters The Rounders (Hank Cramer and Steve Guthe) Broadside Spinnaker St. Elmo's Choir Chris Roe J.W. Sparrow Tom Lewis Coventry The Toucan Pirates Shifty Sailors Steve Lalor Victory Sings at Sea (featuring Bob Kotta) Sanger & Didele Dan Roberts Dan Maher This is a great CD for a great cause. We want to prove that we can save the Wawona one song at a time Fair Winds, Trapper

Thank ye, lass! We'll be sure t' give 'em a warm welcome, should they show up t' sing chanteys! We also have work parties on the Wawona every Saturday, 10am to 4pm, should anyone be so inclined. Harmon Brewery is a great place! That's not a bad idea. I'll keep that in mind. Thanks again Fair winds, Trapper