An Evening with Geoff Kaufman at the Ruark Boatworks

     Cambridge, Md. --  The Ruark Boatworks in Cambridge, Maryland will host an evening with Geoff Kaufman on Wednesday, August 10, from 6 to 8 p.m.
     The live music event will take place on Cambridge Creek at the Ruark Boatworks, Maryland Avenue and Hayward Street. The James B Richardson Foundation, Inc. is presenting live music Wednesday evenings throughout the summer months.
     Admission is a $5 donation for those 12 and older. Lawn seating only, bring chairs or blankets. Hot dogs, nachos, snow cones, ice cream and drinks will be available for purchase. The rain location for the concert is inside the Richardson Maritime Museum, 401 High Street in Cambridge.
     The Summer Concert Series benefits the James B. Richardson Foundation, Inc., a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization. For more information on this live music series, contact Gladys Taylor at 410-221-1871, stop by the Ruark Boatworks or visit http://www.richardsonmuseum.org/.
     Accompanying himself on guitar, bones and squeeze box, Kaufman calls on a wide and varied repertoire of songs collected over a lifetime of travel. Whether he’s singing songs of the spirit, music of the sea or songs that extol the beauty of the earth, Kaufman has touched and entertained audiences from the Alaskan northwest to the Florida Keys, with a sprinkling of European festivals tossed in for good measure. He’s even done a stint or two aboard the Sloop Clearwater, the Hudson River’s floating advocate. Ancient ballads, work songs, love songs, songs of hope and struggle—all are likely to come alive in Kaufman’s concerts. Moreover his rich tenor voice and enthusiastic presentations welcome audience participation, and his personal warmth and congeniality create a family atmosphere where everyone joins in.
     Long a chanteyman for the Mystic Seaport, Kaufman now travels the world entertaining audiences with his songs and stories about the sea, cultivated from his travels and his quick ear. Giving us the origins of a long familiar tune, for example, he provides a glimpse of a sailor's life from long ago and gives us a greater understanding of the trials and triumphs of commercial seafaring.