Burnham-on-Sea RNLI fundraisers Successful Shanty evening
On Wednesday, 23 July. The Steepholmers shanty band from Weston-super-mare treated a sold-out audience to an evening of Sea Chanties (Steepholmer style).
The performance was organised by our Burnham-on-Sea RNLI fundraising team, and held at Burnham's tennis club. We were in for a real treat, as the group of seven steepholmers ploughed through two sets (interrupted by the raffle and a comfort break).
The performance was lively with convincing harmony and light hearted cheeky humour. The result at the end of the evening was a boost of almost £1200 into RNLI funds.
Many thanks go to fundraising Chair Denise and her dedicated team, for all their hard work.
Fundraiser Anne Rose summarised the evening; ‘I want to thank the Steepholmers for a great evening’s entertainment, and also thanks go to you all, for we have raised one thousand , one hundred and nineteen pounds, towards supporting our lifeboat crews.’
; RNLI Lifeboats at Burnham-on-Sea
A 8.5m Atlantic 85 named Doris Day and Brian plus a smaller 4.95m D class IB1 inflatable named Burnham Reach The station was opened officially on 15th May 2004, but has been operational since December 2003
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