Secret Shore Singers Meeting-Tuesday 12th March
This extra session took place at Emily's house; thanks to Emily, Jonny and the girls for allowing it to take place. It was a solid turn out for fellow Shanty Singers for this gathering. As we have no  confirmed performances for the next couple of months we had an open floor to what songs we would like to sing, plus the opportunity to learn a new song. We started off the evening with a hearty version of  'The Bonny Ship the Diamond', closely followed by John Kanaka. After this we went over the new song introduced in February, Loyal Lover. A beautiful, deep song echoing through Winchester Road. We were then introduced to a new song introduced by Steve A, 'It's Time to Go Now' which could be a serious contender for a song to add to our repertoire
 for future use at sessions and performances whenever needed! 
During the break, where we were bombarded by refreshments including lovely cakes and biscuits curtesy of Emily and members of the group.
After the break we had another run through of the new song to practice the melody and various harmonies. After this we were treated to two new songs from our members. The first song was provided by David G which he had recently heard at a SDFS (Chichester Group) meeting. David introduced  us to 'Bold Riley.. To finish off the evening we were provided with a song from Johnny who had identified a Smuggling song within the Oxford Book of Sea Songs. Though the words were included in the book but the music was not available within the book or on the Internet. Therefore Jonny had used his amazing musical skills to put the  words to music. 'The Smugglers Victory' is descriptive and detailed song about Smugglers getting the 'upper hand' of the Preventive Men along the coast of Bognor. A lovely evening bringing much song and fun. Thanks to all for making a wonderful night.