Interested in diving deeper into sea shanties and Great Lakes maritime lore? Join actor, singer and tall ship sailor Tom Kastle for a look at sea shanties both on the wide open sea as well as the Great Lakes. Tom has travelled a goodly part of the world collecting and singing shanties and has actually used them aboard sailing ships doing environmental education and sailing training programs. Join us for an interactive sea shanty workshop with Tom taking place before his performance!
Date: Saturday, June 28
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM
Location: PrairieWind Park, Viroqua, WI
Price: Donation-based (collected the day of the event)
Dan Seavey: Confessions of a Great Lakes Pirate
June 28th, 3pm at PrairieWind Park, Viroqua, WI
Dan Seavey: Confessions of A Great Lakes Pirate is a one man play written and performed by actor, musician, and tall ships sailor Tom Kastle for adult and young adult audiences, It looks, both comically, and seriously, at the life of THE Great Lakes pirate of all time; Dan Seavey. Like his literary contemporaries like Long John Silver, our treatment of Seavey as a colorful character, a flawed character, a man who has done terrible things but, in the end, you somehow want things to go well for him.
Directed by Francisco C. Torres and starring Tom Kastle
Tune into our latest episode of The Folk School Radio Hour...
Julie Tomaro talks with Liam McGilligan and Tom Kastle about the upcoming 4th Annual Viroqua Shakespeare Festival and Piracy on the Great Lakes. Join us for this enlightening episode and get excited about the upcoming festival running June 27, 28th and 29th.