I was reunited with a number of my former students from the Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School at the Moosup Valley Grange on October 29. It was my great pleasure to serve as a long-term substitute music teacher last year for a few months. And the kids and their parents showed up for my presentation sponsored by the Foster Libraries. Thanks to Lori and the staff at the Tyler Free Library and to all of the families that attended to show. Great singers and Molly and Jackson did a wonderful job on the ‘pump’ as we sang “Cape Cod Girls.”

I’ll be at the North Kingstown Free Library as they open on Sundays again. Sunday, October 16 at 2PM. The program is free and open to the public. You can check a video preview at: The Shanteyman on YouTube Come along and sing a few shanties and forebitters as you support the re-opening of the library on Sundays at the beautiful North Kingstown Library, 100 Boone Street in North Kingstown, RI.