Deanna Dove

Deanna Dove has been entertaining all her life. She was born on the Patuxent River on Broomes Island, Maryland. When this little girl wasn't listening to music, she was crabbing or fishing on the river and the adjacent Chesapeake Bay. At an early age, Deanna and her sisters formed the Dove Sisters Trio, singing popular southern gospel hymns. Her lifelong experiences on the Chesapeake Bay contribute to her compositional writing style. Her powerful, earthy vocal style earned her the accolade of “musical Nirvana” during a 1998 review of her band, “Deanna Dove & Blues Power.” Dove’s solo debut CD entitled Chesapeake was released in May 2003. The title track, “Chesapeake” is currently the theme song for the “Voices of the Chesapeake Bay,” a Sunday morning radio program on WRNR 103.1, and has recently been released on the 2005 compilation disc entitled, Songs of the Chesapeake Bay.

http://www.deannadove.com/

Tom Mc Hugh

“Banjo Man” Tom McHugh, Tom Anthony, Bill Matthews and Andrew McCown pack a powerful punch when they present a performance of Chesapeake Scenes, a mixture of songs, story and recitation about the vanishing traditions of the Bay. McHugh, founder of The Mainstay, in Rock Hall, Md., has been on the local music scene for about 15 years now, when he returned to Chestertown after a stint as a professor at Vassar College. Rooted in folk tradition, his songs come straight from the heart and describe people and places that are passing away. Anthony adds bass, Matthews adds guitar and McCown adds poetry with a mellow and sensitive voice that captures the language of the Eastern Shoremen, including their laughter and their tears. McHugh will be performing solo for the Thursday Woodwind concert.

Caryl Weiss

Caryl is a diverse performer who has played 36 instruments in a variety of musical genres. She is a well respected traditional performer and has specialized in the art of sea shanty. She has performed on our boat for many years and wrote the original song "She's the Woodwind".

www.carylpweiss.com

Ship's Company

This jolly band of merrymakers has been seen and heard all up and down the east coast of the United States. These chanteymen perform at living history events, music festivals, private parties and many other settings.

www.shipscompany.org

Letter of Marque

Letter of Marque formed as a happy accident during the summer of 2006. We're in the Baltimore-Washington area, and as friends, we share a passion for maritime history and the music that comes out of that heritage. One coincidental occasion brought us together as individuals to sing - unrehearsed (yikes!) - for a party. Though not perfect, we had one of those rare moments of synchronicity. Thus, we decided to take that special moment and make it intentional. Unbeknownst to him, one of the party guests even gave us our name!

www.letterofmarque.org

Them Eastport Oyster Boys

Meet the Maritime Republic of Eastport's own musical sons, Jefferson Holland and Kevin Brooks, who provide a knee tapping, toe-slapping, comical musical history tour of Annapolis, Eastport and the Chesapeake through original songs and stories.

www.oysterboys.com