Maritime Music and Songs of the Sea Chris will present an informative concert of traditional Shanties (sailor’s work songs) and Forebitters (Ballads) from our maritime past. We will virtually journey out to sea as our forbearers did in the 19th and early 20th centuries. We’ll hear the shanties and see the shipboard jobs for which they were used, as well as the stories and lore of our connection to the sea. Short journeys for fishing, or 2 to 5 years on a whaler or merchant ship, all had their songs, and Chris will give us a taste of what that might have sounded like on deck, and below. Chris is delighted to to make a return to his hometown "Port" and sing in a room where so much time was spent in his younger days!