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Trinity United Methodist’s Candlelight Concerts

is proud to present:

Chris Gilbert with Songs from England and Ireland

Admission is free, with a suggested donation $10 per person. Half of the proceeds from this concert will be donated to NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness), https://namijeffcowa.org/, whose mission is to empower families and individuals living with mental illness to better understand and cope with the special challenges posed by this kind of illness.

Chris’s repertoire contains an eclectic mix of traditional and contemporary folk songs from across the British Isles, but for this concert he will focus on Folk Songs from England and Ireland. He sings soft lilting ballads, dramatic story-songs, upbeat drinking songs, maritime songs, rollicking roaring shanties, and more. Chris will be joined by Hap Smith on bass. Hap has played in many popular bands and was a founder member of Chris’s PT Irish band “Happenstance”.  If you enjoy the songs of the Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem, the Dubliners, and Ewan MacColl, then you’ll love this concert. Audience participation on choruses is absolutely encouraged; and chorus words will be provided for you.

Chris has played at many venues in the Puget Sound area, including the Wooden Boat Festival, the Port Gamble Maritime Festival, the Port Angeles Maritime Festival, and the Northwest Folklife festival. He was the leader of the Irish band “Happenstance,” one part of the duo “Gilbert and McHagar,” and a member of the shanty band “Nelson’s Blood”. (“Happenstance” and “Nelson’s Blood” have performed at previous Candlelight Concerts.). ”

Chris Gilbert spent his professional career in healthcare software engineering in both the UK and the US and has now returned to his passions as an artist, singer, and storyteller splitting his time between Port Townsend and Gloucestershire, England. He was born in the East End of London and often lets his Cockney accent shine through. He cut his “folk-teeth” on the traditional English pursuit of Morris Dancing and learned to sing folk songs the hard way – in front of rough-and-tough British pub audiences.  You can learn more from his website www.cj-gilbert.com.