Victoria Nautical Song Circle
SAILING ORDERSWhat: Victoria Nautical Song Circle - Victoria, BC, Canada
When: Saturday evenings, every second week commencing 10 January 2009. NEW! Calendar file available below.
10 & 24 Jan 2009
07 & 21 Feb 2009
07 & 21 Mar 2009
04 & 18 Apr 2009
02, 16 & 30 May 2009
13 & 27 Jun 2009
11 & 25 Jul 2009
08 & 22 Aug 2009
05 & 19 Sep 2009 (19 Sep most are heading to Sooke Folk Coffeehouse to sing along with Hank Cramer)
03, 17 & 31 Oct 2009
CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE as of end of October 2009 - both VSC & VNSC. BM Liquor license undergoing updating to allow "entertainment". News as we have it.Hope you can discern the dates now, I just do not use 'Bank date' format.
Time: Three Bells in the Last Dog Watch!
That's 1930 or 7:30 p.m. for song circles at the Bent Mast ('til about three bells in the First Watch, 9:30 p.m. Go when you like or need, stay longer if you'd like, your level of comfort is up to you)New experimental calendar file (vnsc2009.ics) available for Harv and anyone else who might use it. UPDATED It has a tendency to simply open as confusing text for a number of folks, so Download it by "right clicking" and saving the file, then import it to or open it in Mozilla Sunbird, Mozilla Lightning (in Mozilla Thunderbird Mail), Apple iCal, Outlook, etc. For now the file name will change to indicate updates. We'll see how it handles the switch to standard time. Please report success or failure.
The Victoria Song Circle, a non-themed public song circle (I call it the "ickle" song circle, this being the "not.. ickle". Err...), started the winter of 2004 using the same venue and times on the Saturdays, alternating between our sessions. So, a song circle here every week! For info on the Victoria Song Circle please give Stewart a call 250.382.5707
Where: Upstairs at The Bent Mast Restaurant, 512 Simcoe St. in James Bay.
The Bent Mast is "across" from the Thrifty Food mart (James Bay Square) at the 5-way intersection of Menzies, Simcoe and Toronto Streets.How: Parking around back, or some on any of the streets (one way approach on Toronto from Government by the JBI), be cautious of 'residential parking' sections. Bike racks by sidewalk. Transit available. Victoria Regional Transit System, "BC Transit". Call 250.382.6161, check their 'Rider's Guide' book or web site for info.
Bus routes now serving the Bent Mast are 27 & 28 Downtown/Beacon Hill South and 30 James Bay/Beacon Hill South or 31 James Bay South, both South bound. The "just in time" selections are the 28 leaving at 7:16 p.m. from Fort & Douglas, 'C' though mis-named on their map, jump off at Thrifty Foods/Simcoe St. and there you are, or the 31 leaving at 7:06 p.m. from Douglas & Pandora, 'C' on that map, get off at Menzies and walk South two blocks if it's a 'James Bay Terminus' bus terminating at Erie & Dallas. If you are on a 30 stay on if it's a 'Beacon Hill Terminus' bus and like the 27 & 28 get off at Simcoe St./Thrifty Foods.
Gerry of The Bent Mast has graciously allowed us the use of the upstairs room. They are licensed as a restaurant, so last call is 4 Bells of the Middle Watch, ok, that's 0200 (yup, 2:00 a.m.). This also means minors are allowed and encouraged. Bring family and friends and sing.
The best way to keep up with the scuttle butt is to call 250.382.5707 to leave a msg, check this web page regularly, get on our e-mail list or subscribe to the Island Folk e-mail discussion list and get lots of good folk info from around Vancouver Island and neighbouring islands. http://ml.islandnet.com/mailman/listinfo/islandfolk/
Victoria Nautical Song Circle
Updated 2009/10/02