Upcoming Appearances

Monday 8/4/08 - Thursday 8/7/08 I will be boarding the J & E Riggin for a Maine Windjammer cruise out of Rockland, ME, doing daily music programs and evening concerts. Flyer available here (pdf). Go to riggin.com for more information and booking, or call 800-869-0604.

Wednesday, 8/13/08, 7-9 PM Concert on the lawn at the Annapolis Maritime Museum in Annapolis, MD

Thursday, 8/14/08, 12:15-1 PM Concert aboard the skipjack Lydia D at Annapolis City Dock as part of the Annapolis Maritime Museum's Summertime Lunchtime Maritime Concert series.

Thursday, 8/14/08, 2-2:45 PM Program for Annapolis Park & Rec summer camp.

Thursday, 8/14/08, 6:30-8:30 PM Sunset Sail on the 74-foot, Schooner Woodwind "Songs of the Bay Concert Series".

Friday, 8/15/08 House Concert at the home of Mark Wolfire and Susan Gresen, 2205 Sulgrave Avenue, Baltimore. Call 410-542-2921 for reservations and directions.

Saturday 8/16/08Evening concert aboard the Mr. Jim at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, MD. Contact Kate at klivie@cbmm.org or phone 410-745-2916, x103 for details.

Monday, 8/18/08 7:00 p.m. Concert at Havre de Grace Maritime Museum, 100 Lafayette Street, Havre de Grace, MD. Call 410-939-4800 or go to http://www.hdgmaritimemuseum.org/

Tuesday 8/19/08 6:30-9:00 p.m. Dev's on Bank Street (formerly Ye Olde Tavern, on the corner near The Shaw Mansion, first building on the right heading toward Waterford after turning onto Bank Street by the fire station). Nice room and great food! Call 860-442-3387 for directions.

Sunday, 8/24/08Evening concert aboard the Mr. Jim at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, MD. Contact Kate at klivie@cbmm.org or phone 410-745-2916, x103 for details.

Sunday, 8/24/08 LI Maritime Seafood Festival at the Long Island Maritime Museum in West Sayville, NY. With STOUT on the Sea Shanty Stage.

Wednesday 9/3/08 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. Dev's on Bank Street (formerly Ye Olde Tavern, on the corner near The Shaw Mansion, first building on the right heading toward Waterford after turning onto Bank Street by the fire station). Nice room and great food! Call 860-442-3387 for directions.

Tuesday 9/16/08, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. Dev's on Bank Street (formerly Ye Olde Tavern, on the corner near The Shaw Mansion, first building on the right heading toward Waterford after turning onto Bank Street by the fire station). Nice room and great food! Call 860-442-3387 for directions.

Thursday 9/18/08 7 - 9 p.m. 9 Muses Acoustic Tavern, 2715 SE Belmont St., Portland, OR (503) 236-3848.

Saturday, 9/20/08, 8 PM Concert Series at NW Seaport in Seattle, WA (with a duo from Portland called "Shanghaied on the Willamettte") at the Center for Wooden Boats, 1010 Valley St. $15 general; $10 youth, seniors, and NW Seaport members. Call (206) 281-9514 or e-mail Philip Morgan at morgan@seanet.com for details.

Sunday, 9/21/08, 7:30 PM Concert at the Orcas grange on Orcas Island, WA. $12 admission. Contact Elly Hoague, 360-376-7101, echoague@gmail.com for details.

Friday 9/26/08, 8 PM House concert in Davis, CA as part of Bill Wagman's House Concerts. Contact: Bill Wagman, (530) 753-3472, wjwagman @ dcn.org, wagmanhouseconcerts.org

Saturday, 9/27/08, 8 PM Concert as part of the Sea Music Concert Series 2008 on board the tall ship Balclutha at San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park in San Francisco, CA. Call Peter Kasin at 415-561-7169 or e-mail at peter_kasin@nps.gov for details.

Tuesday 9/30/08, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. Dev's on Bank Street (formerly Ye Olde Tavern, on the corner near The Shaw Mansion, first building on the right heading toward Waterford after turning onto Bank Street by the fire station). Nice room and great food! Call 860-442-3387 for directions.

Friday-Sunday, 10/3-10/5/08 Sail with me on the Mystic Whaler from the city dock finger piers in Baltimore, MD on a "Chronicles of the Bay" cruise. Board any time after 6 pm on October 2. The Whaler's berth is near the National Aquarium in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. Call the Mystic Whaler at 1-800-697-8420 or go to www.mysticwhaler.com

Friday-Sunday, 10/10-10/12/08. Another chance to sail with me on the Mystic Whaler from the city dock finger piers in Baltimore, MD. Board any time after 6 pm on October 9. The Whaler's berth is near the National Aquarium in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. Call the Mystic Whaler at 1-800-697-8420 or go to www.mysticwhaler.com. Sail with me on the Mystic Whaler from the city dock finger piers in Baltimore, MD on a "Chronicles of the Bay" cruise. Board any time after 6 pm on October 2. The Whaler's berth is near the National Aquarium in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. Call the Mystic Whaler at 1-800-697-8420 or go to www.mysticwhaler.com.

Saturday & Sunday, 10/25-26/08 ECHO Music and Technology Performance in Anchorage, Alaska as part of a cast including native Alaskans and native Hawaiians with the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra. Contact Steven Alvarez at 907-330-8091 or e-mail at salvarez@alakanative.net for details.

Nobody could have planned a better way to finish off the Alliance's Annual Meeting & Conference! If I seemed somewhat speechless after your performance, it was simply because I was overwhelmed and couldn't find the words to say.

Elizabeth H. Howard, The Alliance of New York State Arts Councils, Inc.