Schools are invited to either the Classic Boat Museum in Cowes or the Shipwreck Centre and Maritime Museum in Arreton to take part in workshops and a performance to mark the RNLI Bicentenary celebrations in 2024.  A group or class of 30 students will take part in a half day set of workshops (singing sea shanties, dancing a hornpipe and dramatic storytelling) along with touring the museums and learning about water safety. Children are then invited back after school with their parents to perform.  Following on from attendance parents will be given vouchers to attend the heritage site in the future.  We only have one space left for this project on Tuesday 1st October at the Classic Boat Museum in the morning.  Please contact nia@siowmusic.org if you would like to take this opportunity.  A sample schedule of the day is below.  

Morning workshops & visit

9.20 - Arrive and welcome

9.30 - 10.15 - Session One

10.15 - 11.00 - Session Two

11.00 - 11.15 - Break

11.15 - 12.00 - Session Three

Evening Performance

5.30 - Intro and Welcome (TBC)

5.35 - Parents tour the relevant venue with a provided map - Programme will look like this;

      Shanty school 1

      Dramatic Story school 1

      Hornpipe school 1

      Shanty school 2

      Dramatic Story school 2

      Hornpipe school 2

6.15 - END - It is hoped that each evening will end with an optional Sea Shanty Sing-a-long for 30 minutes or so either at Cowes Corinthian Yacht Club on the Tuesday and or the White Lion pub on the Wednesday