Friday 4th December was a bumper
night in the Olde Plough, Bere Ferrers – there was a Sing-along-a-Tars evening
to raise funds for the local youth organisation, Youth2Youth. Previously the Tavy Tars had helped to fund the
new Youth Hut, and this evening was specifically to pay for a cooker for the
hut, and a series of cookery sessions.
The folk of the Bere Peninsula responded
enthusiastically, with a full house for the delicious seafood supper provided by
Sarah and Ted, followed by lusty singing of chorus songs led by the Tars. And organiser Rosie was able to report that
the target of £450 had been exceeded, and with a grant from the Rotary Club,
the project could now go ahead.
Tavy Tars on YouTube
- Greenland Whales- Falmouth 2016
- My Last Night in Baltimore at Falmouth Int Shanty Festival 2014
- Plymouth Pirate Weekend-May 2014
- Tars in Bere Ferrers-December 2013
- Tavy Tars singing on the ketch Irene at Bristol Harbour Festival 2011
- Tavy Tars sing James Craig
- Watch the Tars sing 'Roots'
- Watch the Tars sing Cousin Jack
- Watch the Tars sing High Barbary at Falmouth Int. Shanty Festival 09
- Watch the Tars singing Barrett's Privateers at Falmouth Int. Shanty Festival 09
- Watch the Tars singing Roll Alabama Roll at Falmouth Int. Shanty Festival 09
- Watch the Tars singing Sloop John B at Falmouth Int. Shanty Festival 09
- Watch the Tars singing Whip Jamboree at Falmouth Int. Shanty Festival 08
A Bit about the Tavy Tars
The Tars celebrated their 10th anniversary in 2013. Formed originally to sing shanties at the launch of a new pilot gig on the river Tamar, the pleasure of performing together has kept us going ever since.
The Tars mostly live on the Bere Peninsula in West Devon, where there is a fine tradition of amateur music making. Apart from the music, we are bound together by a shared interest in rowing, sailing and all things nautical. Our music reflects that shared interest - we perform a mixture of traditional sea shanties and other 'songs of the sea', blending male voice harmonies with instrumental support from guitar, concertina and banjo.
As our reputation has grown, we have been invited to perform at some very different events, across the South West and beyond. Favourites have included surprising the passengers on the 'Scillonian III' ferry between Penzance and the Isles of Scilly, and the Christmas shoppers at the John Lewis store on Oxford Street. We have attended the Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival for many years. Whatever next?
The Tars mostly live on the Bere Peninsula in West Devon, where there is a fine tradition of amateur music making. Apart from the music, we are bound together by a shared interest in rowing, sailing and all things nautical. Our music reflects that shared interest - we perform a mixture of traditional sea shanties and other 'songs of the sea', blending male voice harmonies with instrumental support from guitar, concertina and banjo.
As our reputation has grown, we have been invited to perform at some very different events, across the South West and beyond. Favourites have included surprising the passengers on the 'Scillonian III' ferry between Penzance and the Isles of Scilly, and the Christmas shoppers at the John Lewis store on Oxford Street. We have attended the Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival for many years. Whatever next?
Contact and Bookings
- To contact us about anything or discuss a possible booking, please email us at: tavytars@gmail.com
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