Motley Tones Pirate Singing

Motley Tones are cohosting a new shanty sing with Ship's Company Chantymen!

What: Open Chantey/Sing

When: Monthly on the Second Friday - 7pm-9pm

Where: The Colonial Inn, 153 W King St, Hillsborough, NC 27278

Who: Hosted by Ship’s Company Chanteymen for anyone who wants to lead, request or listen to sea-related maritime & tavern songs.

Why: Because we like it, and to preserve sea lore, history and sea music; and, act as a springboard for others to start their own sea music groups, activities and open sings.

Some additional details: cohosted by Jim Rockwell, Mike Bosworth & Kat Tarsaswarm, with Hillsborough local support by Dani Black. The Colonial Inn is 'since 1759' and definately maritime music appreciative, and appropriate colonial, pirate, American War of Independence period clothing is encouraged but in no way required. Parking is on the street, free, and Spencer's Tavern is on the premises for your gastronomic and liquid refreshment needs. We will gather either in the Inn lobby (in cold or wet) or outside at the firepit (in nice weather). As always with a new pubsing, we appreciate you passing word to your friends who might be interested and within range....Hillsborough is a lovely historic town between Greensboro and Raleigh, and nearest to Durham and Chapel Hill.

Come join us for a rip-roaring night of fun & singing. Dust off your shanties, bring yourselves, friends, family, musical instruments--and have some maritime fun.

This meetup is a fun, interactive opportunity to experience live music on the third Thursday of each month. It is a combination pub sing and show which helps teach pub songs and sea shanties to the multitudes and allows us to hone our performances as we enjoy our 15th season performing. We have a songbook. We are outdoors when the weather permits, indoors otherwise. We will be in pirate gear, but you can come as you are!

The pirate sing is loosely run, but typically we have a board for requests, (to sing for the group, lead a song, or have us do something). We treat it as an open rehearsal so we may also work on our numbers for an upcoming festival or try some new songs on an audience. Everyone can listen, join in, offer a song, or just drink one or more of the $5-6 beers fresh out of the brewing tanks.

Our music is a mix of a capella and accompanied music; we sing a mix of madrigals, pub songs, love songs, sing-along pub songs, sailor songs, drinking songs, and even some children's songs, just to balance things out.

Bring an instrument and join us, sing along, or just listen.

Come join us. We have fun.

Motley Tones are cohosting a new shanty sing with Ship's Company Chantymen!

What: Open Chantey/Sing

When: Monthly on the Second Friday - 7pm-9pm

Where: The Colonial Inn, 153 W King St, Hillsborough, NC 27278

Who: Hosted by Ship’s Company Chanteymen for anyone who wants to lead, request or listen to sea-related maritime & tavern songs.

Why: Because we like it, and to preserve sea lore, history and sea music; and, act as a springboard for others to start their own sea music groups, activities and open sings.

Some additional details: cohosted by Jim Rockwell, Mike Bosworth & Kat Tarsaswarm, with Hillsborough local support by Dani Black. The Colonial Inn is 'since 1759' and definately maritime music appreciative, and appropriate colonial, pirate, American War of Independence period clothing is encouraged but in no way required. Parking is on the street, free, and Spencer's Tavern is on the premises for your gastronomic and liquid refreshment needs. We will gather either in the Inn lobby (in cold or wet) or outside at the firepit (in nice weather). As always with a new pubsing, we appreciate you passing word to your friends who might be interested and within range....Hillsborough is a lovely historic town between Greensboro and Raleigh, and nearest to Durham and Chapel Hill.