As a special addition to open house celebrations Sunday, March 25, from 1-5 p.m., the UNC Wilmington Center for Marine Science will feature Tom Callinan and songs of the sea.
Admission is free.
Parking for the event will be at Myrtle Grove Middle School on Piner Road, and a free shuttle will transport visitors to the open house. Callinan, a former Connecticut junior high school teacher, has been a full-time creative and performing artist since 1977. Annually, he presents hundreds of programs from Maine to Florida for audiences spanning nursery schools through nursing homes. On the lighter side, his participatory songs, spoon-playing, and antics reach out to audiences of all ages, inviting everyone to join in with his performance. Adept at performing the folk music of Ireland and the British Isles, Americana, and a wide variety of songs and tunes from many times and places, Callinan will be self-accompanied on a variety of musical instruments from the wind, string, and percussion families.