{"id":37163,"date":"2024-10-12T02:27:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T06:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/global-visitors-enjoy-towns-shanty-festival\/12\/10\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-10-12T02:27:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T06:27:10","slug":"global-visitors-enjoy-towns-shanty-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/global-visitors-enjoy-towns-shanty-festival\/12\/10\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Global visitors enjoy town&#8217;s shanty festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Hundreds of people descended on a seaside town on the first day of a three-day sea shanty festival.<\/p>\n<p>People came from as far as Canada and the US to enjoy the not-for-profit event in Harwich, Essex, on Friday, festival chairman Mick Verrier said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/czrm7zkv8rxo?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Harwich International Shanty Festival;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Harwich International Shanty Festival<\/a> and we do our best to live up to the name,&#8221; he told BBC News outside a packed out Alma Inn, one of the venues playing live music.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of the weekend, more than 40 traditional shanty acts will have performed in the town.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 540px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-lightbox caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%\" data-lightbox-src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/Z1cEQ9CPKNlZ4ZUdvAD4.Q--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTI0MDA7aD0xMzUw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/bbc_us_articles_995\/0d24c519f251975313e6aad9cb4857fa\"><span class=\"caas-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A man looking straight at the camera. 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