Our June 15th Annual Meeting: Songs Our Ancestors Sang

Our Annual Meeting will be held at 12 noon, Saturday, June 15^th at the Long Beach Yacht Club, 6201 E. Appian Way. Long Beach, CA 90803. Click here for directions..

Long Beach Yacht Clib

Sea faring has always been accompanied by music, and our ancestors likely spent much of their Virginia-bound shipboard weeks singing 17^th century English folksongs. You will be able to enjoy some of them at our June 15^th meeting; something that you and your friends will not want to miss.

We will be most fortunate to be able to feature the talents of Simon Spalding, one of the best-known interpreters of traditional maritime music, His lecture-concert will include what was sung, played and heard in Jamestown and early Virginia and on the way. He has performed at festivals all over the globe.

Special out of state speaker Simon Spalding, Maritime Music Historian of New Bern, NC

This talented speaker and performer will sing sea chanties, tell us about voyages to Jamestown and the life of a colonial sailor, tell us some of the history of maritime music, and play several instruments.  Though Spalding is best known internationally as a musician, he has worked as an educator, museum director, and a consultant for historic properties throughout the U.S. and in Britain, France, and Scandinavia.  He has held management positions at Tryon Palace, the colonial governor of North Carolina’s home, and elsewhere.  Spalding received coverage from the National Geographic and other worldwide media for reviving the Afro-Caribbean Jonkonnu Festival in his adopted town of New Bern, NC.  He has sailed square rigger ships. Spalding’s perspective on maritime history comes from decades of studying the culture of the seas and from the experience of someone who has practiced traditional arts and skills.  A native of California, Spalding began his career as a Park Ranger at Alcatraz Island.  Click here to learn about the interesting activities of Simon Spalding at his website.

RSVP by June 10 with a $35 per person check payable to
First California Company, Jamestowne Society
and mailed to:

Harry Holgate, FCC Treasurer
115 West Fourth Street #208
Long Beach, CA 90802

Please indicate choice of entrée:

Cobb Salad or Candied Walnut Salad with Grilled Chicken

For additional information, contact FCC Governor Ginny Gotlieb