Local sea shanty group raise money for Horton and Port Eynon Lifeboat Station
Local sea shanty group raise money for Horton and Port Eynon Lifeboat Station
Lifeboats News Release
The Bay Buccaneers, a local group with a passion for sea shanty singing, together with other performers, raised £156 performing at the Gower Heritage Centre.
RNLI/Horton and Port Eynon
Local sea shanty group raise money for Horton and Port Eynon RNLI
They donated the money to the Horton and Port Eynon Lifeboat Station at the Station’s Open Day and performed a number of rousing sea shanties.
Stu Argue of the Bay Buccanneers said: ‘I am grateful to Rich and Hayley of the Gower Heritage for inviting us to perform so we could raise money for the RNLI. As a member of the Rhossili Coastguard Team, I regularly see the important work carried out by the RNLI and we are grateful to be able to assist their efforts. We really enjoyed performing at the Open Day and am sure people at the Open Day enjoyed listening to what is a snapshot of our sea faring heritage.’
Lawrie Grove Lifeboat Operations Manager said :‘We are very grateful for the monies raised. The RNLI is a charity and depends on donations to support its work. I really enjoyed the singing and look forward to welcoming the Bay Buccaneers back to other events at the Station.’
Notes to editors
The above photograph shows members of the Bay Buccaneers with Steve Davies (Chair of the lifeboat station) of the Station and RNLI Mascot Stormy Sam (Claire Payne (Chair of the fundraising committee).
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