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THE YOUNGEST EVER SEA SHANTY PERFORMERS TO APPEAR AT THE POLPERRO MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL

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PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ? 15th of June 2012
CONTACT: Leo Eddolls, CoastNet
Tel. 01752 426164
Mob. 07506 153947
leo.eddolls@coastnet.org.uk
Devonport Guildhall, Ker Street, Devonport, Plymouth, PL1 4EL

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THE YOUNGEST EVER SEA SHANTY PERFORMERS TO APPEAR AT THE POLPERRO MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL
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CoastNet is proud to present the performances of young people from local schools in concert on Wednesday, 20th of June from 11 to 1pm, at the Polperro Music and Arts Festival.

Students from the? Marlborough Primary School, Fourlanesend Community Primary School, Duloe CE VA Junior & Infant School and Antony CE VA School have taken part in the Lost at Sea project run by CoastNet. They have received the visits at school from local groups such as the Miner Quay Shanty Men from Looe who have taught them the words and how to sing sea shanties.

Shanties are work songs in which sailors minds were occupied in chanting while their hands were hauling or heaving to the rhythm. Interestingly, the ?call & response? shanty ?Plymouth Town? could possibly be the oldest recorded shanty, at least in English!

One of the favourite shanties of our students is ?Sammy?s gone away? that charts the progression of a young sailor from cabin boy to Captain. It is from the time of Nelson and is thought to have been sung on the journey to the battle of Trafalgar where Nelson was shot and died.

Leo Eddolls, the Lost at Sea project officer from CoastNet said ?Kids are enjoying and learning so much from the local sea shanty groups. They are looking forward to the big day?

Lost at Sea is a Heritage Lottery Funded programme that encourages young people to engage with their local history in fishing ports from Polperro to Plymouth.

CoastNet works to improve the lives of coastal communities through education, community action and social enterprise.? CoastNet is the only national charity dedicated to sustainable development of the UK?s coasts.

THE POLPERRO FESTIVAL
As well as the Sea Shanties on the schools day, the coming of Summer will be celebrated with live music, street theatre, parades, Morris Dancers, arts and crafts, drama, poetry, children?s entertainment, coastal walks, a treasure hunt and a new music day.

According to the Cornwall Tourist Board ?Polperro still has a small fishing fleet and the village is renowned for its shellfish. While you?re there try a delicious crab sandwich. Polperro?s secluded position made the village an ideal base for smuggling back in the 1700s when high taxes on commodities such as tea and salt created an illicit trade with ports on the continent?.

Leo Eddolls, the Lost at Sea Project Officer, is available for phone interview. Please contact her by email or telephone to set up a time that is convenient.
Tel. 01752 426164
Mob. 07506 153947
leo.eddolls@coastnet.org.uk

Please visit the Lost at Sea blog at: http://coastnetlostatsea.wordpress.com for more information, including a video of a sea shanty rehearsal at school.

More information about CoastNet at:
www.coastnet.org.uk

More information about participating schools at:

http://www.fourlanesendprimary.co.uk/

http://www.duloe.cornwall.sch.uk/

http://www.antony.cornwall.sch.uk/

http://www.marlborough.plymouth.sch.uk/

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We have attached separately and shown below a photograph that can be used, ?A sailor and his accordion onboard the Parma? in .jpg with the following Licence:

?This work has been released into the public domain by its author, National Maritime Museum. This applies worldwide.
In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so:
National Maritime Museum grants anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.?

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