Burnham-on-Sea RNLI Lifeboats Sea Shanty Evening
After the success of last year’s sea shanty evening, Burnham RNLI fundraising team have organised a follow-up event, but this year with entertainment from the celebrated sea shanty group - ”the Steepholmers”. There is some information on this successful group in ‘Notes for Editors.
Now on to the details:-
The evening is being held at Burnham-on-Sea Tennis Club on Wednesday 23rd July at 7.30 pm (Doors will be open from 7.00pm).
Tickets are available via Event Brite (www.eventbrite.com) at £12 each plus booking fee - search for Lifeboats Burnham.
There will also be a licensed bar throughout the evening, plus the usual well-stocked raffle table.
Notes for editors
From the Steepholmers website:-
The Steepholmers are a sea shanty group that formed in Weston-super-Mare in early summer 2018, with a little help from a certain popular video game with a nautical theme (seriously). We meet every Wednesday for rehearsal 7.30pm until 9pm (please call Robin on 07790 156 486 if you would like to join us) and perform a range of popular sea shanties while always remaining keen on learning new ones to enhance our repertoire. Some of us like dressing up a bit - think tricorn hats and the 'Poldark' look you won't be too far off - and we are now performing in public for community groups and at our regular monthly 'Shanty Night' in the Fork 'n' Ale .
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
RNLI media contacts
For more information please contact Mike Lang, volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer at Burnham-on-Sea Lifeboat Station on 07889 815860
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