The Shanty Club is not a membership organisation.
The reasons why are many and varied, ranging from because we never got around to it to we’re all secret anarchists.
There are no membership fees (buy a drink, wear stripes).
There is no membership list (you’re on the list if you turn up. If you’re wearing stripes you’re definitely on the list).
If you come regularly you start to see the unstated hierarchies and possibilities, but we cannot name them here.
Know this. We want you to come sing.
We welcome you back when we start to recognise you.
If you have any questions for us about how things work, we’re more than happy to wax lyrical.
And here’s the best kept secret.You’re already a member.
Fair winds and following seas!
Image shows some of Redfern Shanty Club at the Kangaroo Valley folk festival in 2024.
Back Row: Tom Densem, Fergus Miller, Jono Odlum
Second back row: Ewan Lawrie (Canberra Shanty Club), Isabel, Cindy Tonkin
Second row from front: Dan Schneider, Ruaidrhi Cinnsealach (Rory Kinsella), Cleo Woolf
Almost front row Kiera McGilion, Robert Boddington
Reclined at the front Dan Werndly.
