The Yuletide season upon us, it is important to remind you that every Monday this month we start about a half hour later to accommodate the wonderfully talented wandering carolers during the dinner hours.  And while we typically do not offer much by way of Christmas songs, we know that you enjoy adding your voices to the chorus of our myriad sea chanteys and forebitters!!  From Cliff, Tim, Rick, and Joseph – We usually say merry Christmas but whatever your holiday is for the season may it be safe, joyous, and your heart filled with song – most especially along with us!  And watch out for that mistletoe!

Sunday the 6th is Cliff’s birthday!  Come on down and celebrate with us on Monday!

This weekend we’re playing a private party in Chester and then on Monday Tim will be away at a prior engagement, but back the following Monday.  This past Monday it was really nice that you all were in the mood to have us perform some of our more obscure songs and less frenetic selections for the first set, thank you!  And we don’t get in an update beforehand, have a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

Halloween being past, we’re preparing for our return to the Gryphon Pub at GPSCY, Yale Campus, New Haven.  Saturday 7 Nov, 9 – midnight!  While their regulars have gotten largely used to us, there will be new people, too… You can come on down and show them the ropes!

Monday – 26 of October – will be our Jovial Crew Halloween night!  Always the best way to raise your spirits!!  It would be horrible should you attend without proper attire so come your ghoulish best!  SPREAD THE WORD!!!

Cliff is back and it’ll be the observing of Rick’s birthday!  The nights are noticeably colder and so coming inside with us for music, drink, camaraderie… What better way to spend Monday night?  Next Monday will be our Halloween observance so this is your heads-up… Or heads-off, if you like.  Patrick will likely be filming that night so dress yer best!

No worries, I guess!  It seems that the hurricane has decided to take an Atlantic cruise and all we are getting is the wind/rain/cooler temps of autumn.  So Monday will be a GREAT reason to come down to the Gris where it’s warm and dry with good company and great beer!  Oh, yeah – stellar singing and music!

Pub Sing – Univ. of Buffalo Alma Mater.

Well, here we go again!  We are all keeping an eye on Hurricane Joaquin  – It seems that various computer models have it going wildly everywhere but there’s that one which has the storm over us ON MONDAY!  Pay close attention to the weather reports as they update and we’ll let you know on our end what the plans are.  If we stay to form, at least one of us will make it to the tap room and entertain the house guests and those who brave it… But don’t you be a hero and go out in such storms unless you’re already in the area.  Or maybe Sun-Tues might be a good time to get a room AT the Gris!  Our own hurricane party!

In any event, stay tuned…

Although we were going to not bother with Pirate Monday this year – other things being juggled – We have given in to the pressure from you and on Monday the 21st, we will observe our Pirate Monday!!  (cue cat calls, applause, cheers… Aaaannnnd that guy puking in the corner…)

Come attired in your piratical best or as a bar wench or anything you think is relevant!  But DO bring those singing voices!

‘Cause HO is disrespectful, yo!

Starting tomorrow night (Monday the 14th), Patrick Wiley will be filming and interviewing us and all of you regarding sea music in Essex and specifically the Griswold Inn.  In order to not make things TOO hectic we’re foregoing the annual Pirate Monday (the following Monday) as we understand this filming and such will be taking place over the next several weeks.

If you do NOT wish to be captured on filme – by the wife who thinks you’re at CVS picking up a few things – you may wish to avoid these next few Monday nights.  We are not yet aware of a particular schedule but check in every now and then.

To read more about it you might wish to check in on A Fractured Atlas where you can donate to the cause… And you would be doing us a GREAT service to remind Patrick that the spelling is Chantey and NOT Shanty, the latter being an insubstantial shack and a word misused by some English purists to deflect the source of the word from its French origins – really.