The 16th annual Port Gamble Maritime Music Festival (August 14th, 2021)
PERFORMERS:
• Gordon Bok
• The Johnson Girls
• J.W. Sparrow
• Helen Shilladay
• 2021 Winners of the Bob Kotta Memorial Songwriting Contest

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ABOUT THE PERFORMERS:
• GORDON BOK grew up around the boatyards of Camden, Maine where he worked on a variety of vessels, from passenger schooners to yachts. He learned many tunes, sea songs, stories, legends and ballads from the people he worked with, and he began to write his own. He has made over 30 recordings, and performed extensively in the US, UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Gordon received an honorary Doctorate of Science from the Maine Maritime Academys.

• THE JOHNSON GIRLS is an energetic all-woman a cappella ensemble, performing traditional and contemporary music with an emphasis on songs of the sea and shore. With a sound that has been called "exciting," "haunting," and "uplifting,". rousing work songs, haunting ballads and laments, and hair-raising harmonies, The Johnson Girls have performed at major festivals, clubs, coffeehouses, and more across the United States, Canada, the UK, Ireland, and Europe.

• "American Balladeer" JOHN SPARROW writes and sings songs about the Northwest and America, stories of people and places, ships and trains, everyday people and extraordinary lives.

• HELEN SHILLADAY is a traditional English singer with a powerful voice, who's repertoire of ballads and sea shanties span the bawdy, the jolly, the melancholy, and the raucous - songs of love betrayed, crimes of passion, disaster, and drinking and carousing. Originally from the historic port city of Liverpool, Helen moved to British Columbia 10 years ago and has performed at many concerts and festivals across the Pacific Northwest. She lives on the beautiful island of Gabriol.

MARITIME FOLKNET is a federal 501(c)3 NON-PROFIT organization dedicated to preserving maritime culture and history, primarily through music and cool boats in the Pacific Northwest.

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