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| Dave Blakeley |
As captain, I enjoy researching the origins and meanings of shanties. I use these notes to
effect in workshops and concerts which have proved very popular. Having spent my career
in primary schools, I particularly enjoy sharing shanties with young children and getting them to join in actions to imitate the work done by sailors. |
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Music Director & Available Seaman
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| Alan Twelftree |
| Retired civil engineer, now enjoying two hobbies: sailing and folk music - singing (voice like a foghorn which is also useful when sailing), dancing and playing the button accordion. |
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| Jacquie Hall |
| Jacquie a (now retired) Council worker for 25+ years, and a grandmother. Also the Wareham Town Crier, Mini lover, Whaler and no need to add, but also a wonderful wife and mother! |
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| Lead Swinger |
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| Peter Orton |
| I have been a solo folk singer for many years until Lookout pressganged me into the Whalers. In a former life I was with Poole Bay Shantymen along with Ian. |
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| Boatswain |
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| Chris Hall |
| Chris a retired precision engineer and an MG enthusiast who has taken over 12 years renovating a Midget! He was Betsy for Dorset Button Rapper, is Mother to the Purbeck Mummers and Chairman of P.I.S.S. As Boatswain to the Whalers he's not afraid to use his starter on the scurvy crew. |
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Ship's Surgeon |
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| Steve Earwicker |
| Retired Doctor, Coastguard, Morris Dancer, Rapper Sword Dancer, Step Dancer, Melodeon Player & Drummer, Signalman on Swanage Railway. |
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| Pete Watts |
| Being press-ganged by the Whalers saved him from a life of misery as a folk singer. |
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| PR & Cook |
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| Kevin Brooks |
| Kevin is Director at BrooksKebbey Limited. He joined the Whalers in 2011 and has claimed that this was a turning point in his life which hitherto had been songless and beerless! |
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| Purser |
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| Pippa Daniels |
I joined the Whalers in Feb 2018 and haven't looked back. Having taken ( very early ;-) )
retirement in 2019 I spend my free time playing golf, travelling on buses and supporting
Poole Town FC. |
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| Diver |
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| Les Sullivan |
| Originally from Croydon, singer/songwriter, Les is the latest recruit to the Whalers. After serving with the Royal Navy and a spell in the Marines he became a diving instructor in Corfu and the South of France. Les is a well known character in the UK folk scene, with an international reputation. His website is howlingtoad.webs.com
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| Ian May |
Native of Stockport, I moved to Dorset about 35 years ago. In the absence of anything else
to do, I joined Bourne River Morris and discovered they sang as well as danced. Started
singing with them, and although I gave up the dancing, I've kept on singing. Initially with
Poole Bay Shantymen, Free Toast and now Wareham Whalers! |
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| Logan Rebello |
Film maker, animator, and voiceover artist from Wareham. Initially got into shanties due to
playing Assassin's Creed Black Flag. It's history and music, what's not to love! Loves to sing in foreign languages and bake, often at the same time! |
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