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20th annual International Shanty (or Chantey) Festival, Workum 2007 (The Netherlands) -- Friday 12 October - Monday 15 October
The festival will be held from Friday October 12 untill Monday October 15 in the Friesian harbour town of Workum. Scroll down this page or use the blue links to find information about the performers, the program, tickets, how to travel, housing.
The festival is always very pleased, proud and honoured to welcome, year after year, many guests and visitors from all over Europe and the United States. The festival hopes to see them again this year, and also hopes to welcome new visitors. But beware; this famous festival is extremely addictive! If you want to come to the festival and need support such as transportation or a place to stay, don't hesitate to contact the organization. Mail your question to: Anneke van der Wal. But first try it yourself on the website of Tourist Information: Tourist Information: VVV, de Friese Kust. This site is only in Dutch and German though. You can mail the tourist information with a question in English at vvvijsselmeergeb@tref.nl.
The festival provides concerts, singalongs, theatre, harbour acts and an open stage. The focus this year will be on England. The New Scorpion Band, Shanty Jack and of course Johnny Collins and Jim Mageean. Other groups will perform with shanties in the harbour and in pubs.
As always, the festival begins a week of sailing events with traditional vessels, the so-called Strontrace. Therefore part of the festival will be held in the harbour of the old Zuiderzee city of Workum. The start of the race with traditional ships built for the inland waters is on the Monday.
Jim Mageean and Johnny Collins in Workum
Friday October 12, 2007
8 pm De zee zingt - The sea sings
In the Jopie Huisman Museum the Dutch group Waterwijs will give a concert with self made songs of the former Zuiderzee and the people who lived on and around this sea. The museum opens at 7.30 pm so you can have a look at the paintings.Saturday October 13, 2007
1.30 pm ‘Om de Loden Kiel’
Children’s Sailing race with freight boats made of wooden shoes compete for the trofee ‘Om de Loden Kiel’. Children with home-made boats made of wooden shoes can register for the race at the Doopsgezinde Kerk, followed by a march to the racing water ‘Het Diepe Holt’. The boats should carry tyheir freight, consisting of a way bill with original self-composed song text about, for example, sailing, ships, skippers, adventures at sea, longing for home, etc. A Jury will judge for sailing expertise as well as the creative content of the way bill. The Winner will take home a trofee and a taylor-made sailors’ smock and the winning song will be performed race during the children’s concert after the race.
Registeration: 12.30-1 pm at the Doopsgezinde Kerk (Baptist Church)
Venue: Behind the Doopsgezinde Kerk (Baptist Church) in Het Diepe Holt.3 pm ‘Bij ‘t Hijsen van ‘t Zeil Zingen wij ons Lied’
Children’s Concert: ‘We sing our song at the hoisting of the sails’ in the Doopsgezinde Kerk ‘De Vermaning’. Performing artists New Scorpion Band and Nanne & Ankie. Children are invited to sing a self-made sailing song, for instance the songs they wrote for the race.7.30 pm and 9.30 p.m. Admission fee: €12,50
Internationaal Shantyconcerts in the church De Vermaning
with Johnny Collins & Jim Mageean , The New Scorpion Band and Shanty Jack. All from Great Britain11.30 pm. Admission fee: €3,-
Liereliet-sing-around in the community centre, De Klameare
Sunday October 14, 2007
11 am. Admission fee: €10,-
Concert in the community centre, De Klameare
with Johnny Collins & Jim Mageean , The New Scorpion Band and Shanty Jack. All from Great Britain.1 pm. Free admission
Traditional sailor and ship market with music in the harbour by Dutch groups3 pm. Admission fee: € 5,-
Open Stage in Scheepstimmerwerf De Hoop at ' t Scheepsfolk . Individual artists and groups up to 10 persons will perform authentic shanties. This is your chance to perform at Workum. You can subscribe until October 1. Please contact Jan Buijs:3 p.m. 'Songs and Sailors of the East Coast of Great Britain'
Admission fee: € 7,50
A program by Shanty Jack. The show is held in the Klameare until 4.15 pm.
5 pm: 'At sea with the New Scorpion Band'
Admission fee: € 7,50
This concert is given by New Scorpion Band and is held in the Klameare until 6 pm..8 pm: 'Dyke full of Music'
Admission fee: € 7,50
Special program on 75 years of the Afsluitdijk between Holland and Friesland. by Nanne & Ankie.
Monday October 15, 2007
12 pm: Free admisssion
Traditional sailor and ship market with music in the harbour by Dutch groups1 pm: Free admission
Tickets
Start of the traditional boat races and fishing days; Stront- and Beurtrace and Fishing daysTickets are required for most concerts. Some other activities are free of charge. There will be tickets at the counters but to be sure of access, it's better to make a reservation Call: 0031-515-543377.
Do you want to support the Workum Festival? Then you can become member. Call Rob Laarhoven tel: 0031-512-544692 or email: shantyfestival@uwnet.nlTo perform at the Open Stage, Sunday, October 14 please contact Jan Buijs: jibuijs@quicknet.nl or +316-50265626.
Take a sail in the Beurtrace
On Monday the cargoboats will leave on a round trip to Amsterdam. In the old days they took passengers and that is what they do now. You have to work a little, though. To make a reservation for this amazing trip call 0031 515-541300 of email to info@friesekust.nl.
For more information and prices: www.zeilvracht.nlHow to get to Workum
Traditional ships loaded with dried cow manure (stront = manure) leave Workum.
Workum is a harbour town in the province of Friesland. It is situated on the IJsselmeer. When you come by car, there won't be any problem. The town has free parking.As for public transportation there are busses, but it will be faster to come by train. First travel to the town of Leeuwarden, then take the train to Stavoren and exit at Workum station, this takes more that half an hour. The train leaves every hour from Leeuwarden, 22 minutes past the hour. The last train is at 10.22 pm.
If you take a plane to the Netherlands you will arrive at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam. From here there are trains to Leeuwarden. Sometimes there is a direct line, but most of the time you will have to take 1 or 2 trains (change at Amersfoort and Zwolle) Trains leave twice every hour. From Leeuwarden, you take the train to Stavoren and exit at Workum station. The whole trip will take approximately 3 hours.
Information airport: Schiphol
Information trains: Nederlandse SpoorwegenWorkum station is just outside the town. It is walkable. If you need a ride you can try to contact the organization of the festival, so someone can pick you up.
Where to stay
Workum is a popular tourist attraction. Lodgings and restaurants are no problem in Workum. For housing you can find a good overview on B&Bs and hotels on the website: VVV, de Friese Kust. There you also find ways to contact these accomodations. There is even a camp site, if you want to bring a camper or caravan. (this site is only in Dutch and German). You can mail the tourist information with a question in English at vvvijsselmeergeb@tref.nl or contact the organization of the festival.If there is important information missing or if you see any mistakes on the page, please contact the webmaster. Mail to mail@stephankraan.info
"SHANTY JACK" was born as Pete Hayselden (quite a few years ago) and was brought up in the industrial town of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, quite a distance from the sea. Many of his summer holidays as a small boy were spent with relatives in the East Coast fishing port of Grimsby and he was fascinated by the trawlers, tugs and merchant ships he saw during his frequent visits to the docks.
After leaving school he pursued a somewhat chequered career ranging from banking and insurance to the motor trade and engineering, most of these jobs lasting not more than a couple of years. In 1974 a chance visit to his old East Coast childhood haunts led to his finding a "snug berth" on a Tugboat, based at Immingham on the river Humber. After more than 30 years he has left the Tugboats and has more time for "Shantying".
He also has a strong interest in Yacht sailing and has a transatlantic crossing to his credit. His current sailing project is the restoration of a 110 years old Tjalk (Dutch Barge) in The Netherlands to take shows to waterside venues throughout the UK and Europe.
Folk music and song provided the foundation upon which his interest in the music and songs of the sea developed. The hobby has now grown into a busy semi-profession, with performances throughout the U.K. & Europe and the occasional visit to the U.S.A. In addition to deep-sea Shanties and sailors' songs he has a repertoire of songs from the traditions of the barges and fishing smacks of the east coast of the U.K. and lots of tunes on the melodeon collected from here, there and everywhere.
In addition to the usual range of performances for festivals and clubs he can offer "Shanty Workshops" and programmes tailored to School requirements. By special arrangement performances can be arranged with Liverpool shanty group "Stormalong John" who are featured on the C.D. "Maiden Voyage".
A few years ago he formed the trio "MONKEY'S ORPHAN" with Paul Gough and Robin Garside to develop a three-part harmony presentation of some of the maritime songs and to throw in a few instrumental arrangements on fiddle, mandolin, guitar, melodeon, bones etc. for good measure.
The experience gained and contacts made as a performer were put to good use in September 1990 when he played a major part in the organisation of the first "SEA FEVER" international Sea Shanty Festival in the port of Hull. "Sea Fever", now regarded as one of that City's flagship events, has gained an enviable reputation both in the U.K. and abroad and last year celebrated its' seventeenth anniversary.
At the present time "Shanty Jack" is planning a recording of Fishing and other songs from the East Coast of the U.K. and another recording of Sea Songs and Shanties with “Monkey’s Orphan”.
RECORDINGS:
C.D. "MAIDEN VOYAGE". Traditional style Shanties and Sea Songs. Recorded in Liverpool with choruses very ably supplied by the well - known Liverpool Shanty group "Stormalong John".C.D.s "SAILORS' SONG" & “MORE MONKEY BUSINESS” Recorded with "MONKEY'S ORPHAN"
“SHANTY JACK” is also a guest performer on 3 CDs: "IN THE SHADOW OF THE MAINSAIL", "I THOUGHT I HEARD THE OLD MAN SAY" and “HEAVING LINE” recorded in the Netherlands by Compagniezangers from Medemblik.
The band-members are all distinguished performers in their own fields.
A typical New Scorpion Band concert contains an entertaining mix of traditional songs and ballads about love, the sea, work and war, interspersed with lively jigs, polkas, hornpipes, reels and marches. Often the songs are sung in harmony with accompaniment on a wide variety of unusual instruments, including strings (plucked and bowed), wood and brasswind, "free" reed, and percussion (a concert will typically contain twenty five instruments and five voices).
The introductions place the songs and tunes in their historical context in an informative and humorous manner, and the whole audience is strongly encouraged to join in with the chorus.The New Scorpion Band enjoys working in schools and colleges. The band is happy to devise programmes suitable for all Key Stages and particular scenarios on any subject of "folk" life. (Industrial, agricultural, etc).
La Moresca antica
early italian music from a seafaring traditionLa Moresca antica is an italian music band based in Milano. It was created in 1989 by Umberto Mosca and Angelo Maffezzoli with the aim of exploring and performing Italian Renaissance music inspired by folk tradition and actual folk music originating from Renaissance.
In 1999 the band became, almost by chance, interested in the rich repertoire of Italian shanties and maritime music, which is, not surprisingly, very rich as it is. Surprisingly, it is almost unknown and totally unperformed by Italian folk musicians. As a result of the band’s interest in this field, they recorded “Marinaresca. Early Italian music from seafaring tradition” in 2002, which was the first CD ever recorded in Italy of maritime music. The CD was quite successful and the band fell in love with this kind of music. So they decided to go on exploring this vast repertoire, working both on written, even unpublished documents dating as far as 12th century as well as original recordings by ethnomusicologists. As a result of this further research the band published their second CD in 2004 on maritime Italian music, “Li turchi alla marina” (“The turks are coming to the shore”) in which they perform more shanties (including a 15th century shanty…) and beautiful sea songs from the Italian tradition, some of them referring to the time of arab pirates’ raids on Italian shores.
La Moresca antica have been touring extensively all around Italy, Europe and Japan.
The actual line up includes:
Roberta Maioli, vocals,
Marco Macchi, vocals and percussions
Sabina Colonna Preti, viola da gamba, vocals
Consuelo De Cea, viola da gamba
Angelo Maffezzoli, recorders, baroque and Reanaissance flutes, shawms, krumhorns and vocals
Umberto Mosca, vocals, colascione, baroque guitar, bouzouki, recorders, krumhorns, bagpipes, percussions, dulcimer.Johnny Collins & Jim Mageean have cheered up the opening of the Strontrace for the past 26 years with their powerful duets and inspiring chorus songs. They have been the backbone of the annual song festival since its origin. The two British singers joined up as a duo in 1975 and have been performing at maritime festivals all over the world. They always manage to surprise their audience with new songs and they challenge the Frisian audience with fresh choruses.
Their first experience as a duo was at the start of the Strontrace in 1980 which was held at the occasion of the third Frisian Tsjoch Festival (its 29th anniversary is held on 16 th September). They were instantly enchanted with the audience and haven’t missed a Tsjoch Festival since. Johnny and Jim perform together as well as solo or with other musicians. Jim sings with The Keelers, a shany group dat frequented the Shanty Festival Workum in the 1990s. Johnny travels around the planet as solo shanty singer. Since 1960 he has been a frequent guest at folk festivals in his native country where he is famous for his shanties and traditional songs, accompanying himself on the guitar.
Their close link with the Shanty Festival Workum has been established on two CDs: ‘Strontrace’ and ‘Coming of Age’, both recorded live during the Workum Shanty Festival. Johnny Collins & Jim Mageean are highly appreciated performers and experts in historical facts and usage of shanties.
