Live Music / Concert
05 Jun
06:30 PM
Until
05 Jun, 08:30 PM
2h
Sea Music of the Ernestina-Morrissey
Gallery X - Main Gallery
169 William Street, New Bedford, MA 02740
Organized by
Gallery X
Gallery X
The New Bedford Harbor Sea Chantey Chorus and Butler Flats Chantey and Chowdah Society will present a sea-music concert at Gallery X on Thursday, June 5 from 6:30 to 8:30. During this free event the groups will sing songs reflecting the far-reaching voyages, history, and resilience of the historic Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey. Gallery X presents the concert as part of Ship Shape II, its exhibit of maritime-themed art featuring works using material connected with the SSV Ernestina-Morrissey, now in its “fifth life” in the fleet of Mass Maritime Academy and homeported in New Bedford. Enjoy songs about waters the Schooner has sailed and cultures and trades spanning its one-hundred-thirty-one-year history. From Greenland and the East Arctic, the Maritime Provinces, New England, the Great Lakes, the Caribbean, and Bering Sea to Cabo Verde and back, the Ernestina-Morrissey has, “done more than she oughta,” in the words of Tom Goux, director of the Chorus founded as a volunteer activity of the Schooner.
This program is supported in part by the Wicked Cool Places grant funded by the City of New Bedford through its Arts, Culture & Tourism Fund, and is facilitated by New Bedford Creative at the NBEDC. Additional support received from the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency, through its Festivals & Projects Program.
Age Group
All