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For Those in Peril on the Sea

Friday, April 13, 2012, beginning at 7:00 p.m.

At David and Mary's in commemoration of the 100th anniverary of the sinking of the Titanic

Christina Carlson

  • THOMAS HARDY, "The Convergence of the Twain."

    Stephen Helfer

  • Hymn "How Great Thou Art."

    David Herder

  • WILLIAM COWPER, "The Castaway."

    Rich Johnson

  • Haikus on travel experiences and the Costa Concordia and
  • W.S. GILBERT, "The Yarn of the Nancy Bell."

    • Patricia Lynch

  • RIGEL CROCKETT, excerpt treating of her own experience on a tall ship from Chapter 1 of Fair Wind And Plenty Of It: A Modern-day Tall Ship Adventure.

    Chris Morgan

  • Folk song: "It Was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down."

    Mary Trumbull

  • LOGAN MARSHALL, Chapter 15 "Jack Thayer's Own Story Of The Wreck," from Sinking Of The Titanic And Great Sea Disasters.

    David Trumbull

  • JOHN RUSKIN, Turner's "Slave Ship" from Modern Painters.

    Lorenzo Wigfall

  • A tale of an actual case of cannibalism at sea.