Port Society News » Ladies Branch http://portsociety.org/blog News from the historic Seamen's Bethel and Mariner's Home in New Bedford, MA, USA Sat, 07 May 2011 03:18:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= 2011 New Bedford Port Society’s Ladies Branch Undergraduate Scholarship Program http://portsociety.org/blog/2011/2011-new-bedford-port-society%e2%80%99s-ladies-branch-undergraduate-scholarship-program/ http://portsociety.org/blog/2011/2011-new-bedford-port-society%e2%80%99s-ladies-branch-undergraduate-scholarship-program/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:59:40 +0000 admin http://portsociety.org/blog/?p=146 The deadline for the the New Bedford Port Society’s Ladies Branch Undergraduate Scholarship Program is April 8, 2011. Each year a scholarship is awarded to a deserving undergraduate from the Greater New Bedford area.

From the Ladies Branch By-Laws:

The object of Our Corporation shall be to provide financial assistance for the education of needy and deserving students giving first consideration to families of descendants of seamen. Our policy has been to consider only applications of students from the Greater New Bedford area.

Downloadable Scholarship Guidelines and Application (PDF)

Any inquiries can be made directly to ladiesbranch@portsociety.org.

For more information about the Ladies Branch of the New Bedford Port Society, please visit the Ladies Branch webpage.

]]> http://portsociety.org/blog/2011/2011-new-bedford-port-society%e2%80%99s-ladies-branch-undergraduate-scholarship-program/feed/ 0 Dillon & Crooks present an evening of traditional maritime song, story and tales of the Port of New Bedford http://portsociety.org/blog/2010/dillon-crooks-present-an-evening-of-traditional-maritime-song-story-and-tales-of-the-port-of-new-bedford/ http://portsociety.org/blog/2010/dillon-crooks-present-an-evening-of-traditional-maritime-song-story-and-tales-of-the-port-of-new-bedford/#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:12:37 +0000 admin http://portsociety.org/blog/?p=109 The Ladies Branch and Board of Managers of the New Bedford Port Society are pleased to invite you to join us on Thursday , October 21 at 7 PM for “an evening of traditional maritime song, story and tales of the Port of New Bedford” with Dillon Bustin and the Rum-Soaked Crooks. This will be is the first event of The Concert Series for the Seamen’s Bethel Restoration Fund.  Ticket are $25 and can be ordered below or at the Port Society’s Mariner Home, 15 Johnny Cake Hill, New Bedford (508.992.3295)

Dillon Bustin

Dillon Bustin, former folklorist for the Commonwealth and storyteller extraordinaire who has created the story of George Fred Tilton joins with Tom Goux, Dan Lanier and Jacek Sulanowski of the Rum-Soaked Crooks to provide an evening of traditional maritime song, story and tales of the Port of New Bedford.

Rum Soaked Crooks

The Rum Soaked Crooks  ~ Tom Goux, Jacek Sulanowski, Dan Lanier and Iain Geddes have been cruising the New England shoreline (and beyond) for the last three decades and have inflicted much musical and poetic damage with a pungent mix of sailors’ chanteys, ballads and ditties.  There is often irrefutable evidence left in their wake: victims leaving the scene with toes tapping and choruses ringing in their heads, as they happily hum and whistle all the way home.

The Crooks have shared their songs and stories, both historical and contemporary, at festivals and maritime events across the country and in Europe, and have recorded on the Smithsonian-Folkways and Whaling City Sound labels.Their repertoire spans four centuries of Yankee seafaring and contains an extensive collection of Cape and Islands sea songs and poetry.

]]> http://portsociety.org/blog/2010/dillon-crooks-present-an-evening-of-traditional-maritime-song-story-and-tales-of-the-port-of-new-bedford/feed/ 0 The Ladies Branch of the Port Society Undergraduate Scholarship Deadline is April 9, 2009 http://portsociety.org/blog/2009/the-ladies-branch-of-the-port-society-undergraduate-scholarship-deadline-is-april-9-2009/ http://portsociety.org/blog/2009/the-ladies-branch-of-the-port-society-undergraduate-scholarship-deadline-is-april-9-2009/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:29:41 +0000 admin http://portsociety.org/blog/?p=8 The deadline for the the New Bedford Port Society’s Ladies Branch Undergraduate Scholarship Program is April 9, 2009. Each year a scholarship is awarded to a deserving undergraduate from the Greater New Bedford area. From  the Ladies Branch By-Laws:

The object of Our Corporation shall be to provide financial assistance for the education of needy and deserving students giving first consideration to families of descendants of seamen. Our policy has been to consider only applications of students from the Greater New Bedford area.

Downloadable Scholarship Guidelines (PDF)

Any inquiries can be made directly to lbnbportsociety@yahoo.com.

For more information about the Ladies Branch of the New Bedford Port Society, please visit the Ladies Branch webpage.

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