REUNIONS

Ship and Unit Reunions, provide an oppourtunity to share a tot, with old friends and shipmates. Inevitably after a wet or two, inclination turns to song. If anybody would liketo record any of those song sessions and send a copy of the tape to me. I would be very grateful. (All indiscretions edited out.) As we are very short of real evidence of this type.

This in mind and following several requests, I am pleased to provide a link to individual reunion and association websites. If yours is not here, drop me a line. Please note this is not a diary, the Navy News provides that facility but a directory to websites..

REUNION WEBSITES

HMS Fisgard	http://www.fisgardassociation.org
HMS Highflyer (1942-1943)	http://www. mysite.freeserve.com/hmshighflyer
HMS Invincible Comms (Falklands)	http://www. Freewebs.com/hica82

LINKS
To Other Sites

If looking for a particular song, ask us, or you may find the following useful. But remember very few of them concern themselves with the usage of the song, but are more concerned with its existance. Should you therefore find your song, also let us know if it was used in the RN . The following are listed (in no particular order) and may prove useful to your search. SEE SEARCH TIPS BELOW

Mudcat Cafe	A quality site for discussion about particular lyrics http://mudcat.org
Contemplator
Tradamis	Traditional Music in Schools - The publishers of an interesting resource book, 'Bold Nelson's Praise' which provides background informaion on the songs and naval customs of the Nelson period. Of interest is hard to find details of the Sailors Hornpipe and how to make Sailors Costume etc. www.tradamis.co.uk
Navy News	The Navies own newspaper -which has a letters page and an over to you coloumn and is quite amiable in discussing naval songs. www.navynews.co.uk
Maritime History	www.cronab.demon.co.uk/marit.htm
Shep Woolley	www.shepwoolley.co.uk

Some Tips on Finding a Song.

If you are searching for a particular song or set of lyrics. - Please don't hesitate to drop me a line. However on occasions it is nice to see what others may have to say about such a song. - This can be done in a number of ways - At your search engine -

1. Put the first line of your song or chorus between inverted commas i.e. "His trumpet blows loudly"
   - If this is not sucessful - try changing the words to exclude any starting words like The - Their, Our, His etc.
   - Also the end word loudly is better inserted as loud - which covers both options.
   - therefore try "trumpet blows loud"
2. If your search gets too many hits - Try adding Song or Lyrics etc to your search.
3. If you are after tunes try adding - Tune, midi etc.
4. Still no joy, look at what you know, there may be a chorus - try the first line of that.
5. Tiles of songs are often set on the theme or the last line so have a play there i.e. The Loud Trumpet.
6. Twist the knowledge a bit and substitute Drum or Bugle for Trumpet. You never know what will turn up. - The Drum plays Loudly