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Leigh News. MEMBERS of the Hoy at Anchor Folk Club and Leigh Lions Club organised a free community weekend of sea shanties, folk music, song and dance in the atmospheric setting of Old Leigh Town.
MEMBERS of the Hoy at Anchor Folk Club and Leigh Lions Club organised a free community weekend of sea shanties, folk music, song and dance in the atmospheric setting of Old Leigh Town.
MEMBERS of the Hoy at Anchor Folk Club and Leigh Lions Club organised a free community weekend of sea shanties, folk music, song and dance in the atmospheric setting of Old Leigh Town.
Starting with a folk Singaround, run by local folk celebrity Kiti Theobald, at the Crooked Billet, Old Leigh’s Shanty Festival weekend got underway on Friday May 19.
Crowds flocked to the Old Town to enjoy a weekend of live performances by shanty crews from as far afield as Felixstowe, Kent, Stony Stratford and Milton Keynes, as well as local pirate bands, celebrated folk artistes and dancers.
Many visitors also enjoyed the fine weather, sunbathing and splashing about in the water by Bell Wharf.
Along with the The Crooked Billet, other venues hosting performers included: No 1 Cockleshed, The Peter Boat, Sara’s Tea Gardens, The Boatyard Restaurant, Billet Wharf, The Old Smack and The Mayflower. There was also a dedicated shanty stage on Strand Wharf.
Although the festival was a free event, members of Leigh Lions Club were out collecting donations in aid of the Southend RNLI and Leigh on Sea Endeavour Trust.
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