Shanty Singing Crew - Lytham St Annes Shanty Crew

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Recent appearances include the 2016 Lytham Festival in which they were the first artists to be sold out.

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Lytham St Anne's Shanty Crew

Lytham St Annes Shanty Crew

Comprises:
Clive Marquis-Carr: Vocals, Guitar, Banjitar
Steven Green: Vocals, Guitar, Bass Guitar,
Melodica
Julian Bowden: Vocals
Mike Leach: Vocals, Cajon, RumDrum
Roy Turner: Vocals, Guitar, Rainstick
Mike Brown: Vocals, Monkeystick
Ken Russell: Vocals
Murray Rigg: Vocals
Tony Cox: Vocals
Elizabeth Young: Sound Engineer, Vocals

Acknowledgments

The Lytham St Annes Shanty Crew gratefully acknowledge:

The attention to detail, patience and professionalism of
Get Your Mobi in the creation of this website.
The generosity of the RNLI Lytham St Annes Lifeboat Station in allowing us to rehearse and perform in their boathouses.
The generosity of members of the public who have come to see us and contributed to the charitable causes we are proud to support.
The photographs credited to the RNLI, Mark Liebenberg Photography, Stevan Beattie, Hannah Marquis-Carr, Linda Lawson, Julian Bowden, Nigel Millard, Martin Fish, David Forshaw, Mark Astin, Elizabeth Young, and Roy Turner (if we have missed anybody, please let us know and we will add them to the credits. Similarly if anybody has any photos they would like us to add, please contact us and we would be delighted to include them).

Welcome to Lytham St Annes Shanty Crew

The 'Lytham St Annes Shanty Crew' are a group of singers of shanties and sea songs happy to raise money for charities especially the RNLI. Although they perform mostly in the north-west, they are happy to appear further afield.

They sing traditional working shanties and songs of the sea, mixed effortlessly with self-penned original material. They have a unique style, with many of their songs being boisterous or thought-provoking. But the humour, camaraderie and harmonies are never far away.

What makes them particularly special is that they don't have one lead singer. In fact each takes a turn to lead a song. This means that there is always plenty of variety, but this is underpinned with strong tight harmonious and powerful choruses for which the Lytham St Annes Shanty Crew are renowned!

During the summer months their voices can be heard rolling across Lytham Green from the Mussel Tank (near to RNLI Lytham Lifeboat Station) where they rehearse on a Monday evening from 19:30 hrs, and encourage passers-by to stop a while and listen, and make a contribution to the RNLI- it costs £200,000 a year to run the Lytham St Annes Lifeboat Station, so every penny counts!

They are available for gigs and fundraising appearances in and around the Fylde Coast, and further afield.

The Lytham St Annes Shanty Crew are particularly delighted to support other lifeboat stations and make regular appearances for RNLI Blackpool, RNLI Fleetwood, RNLI Morecambe and as far afield as RNLI Llandudno.

A selection of appearances booked for 2022 include-

31 Mar (Thu) 19:30 'Haul Away Again', Lowther Pavilion Theatre, Lytham
04 Jun (Sat) 14:15 and 15:40 St Annes Carnival, Ashton Gardens Big Top
25 Jun (Sat) 14:00 Lytham Club Day, Mussel Tank
01 Jul (Fri) 14:00 RNLI National Excellence In Volunteering Awards, York
03 Sep (Sat) 14:00 Fylde Folk Festival, The Mount, Fleetwood

They are also in discussion regarding the 2023 Barrow Maritime Festival.

For further details of the above, please view the Events page

Past appearances include 2021 WonderHall Event at Lytham Hall, and the 2016 Lytham Festival in which they were the first artists to be sold out. A second night was hastily added, and that sold out too!

For further information please call Clive on 07772 434 670 or send an email via the Email Enquiry Form.

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