History
Bounding Main was formed when Dean Calin contacted five other veteran environmental theater performers, Christie Dalby, Gina Dalby, Maggie Hannington, Jon Krivitzky, and David Yondorf, inquiring if they wanted to join together to sing maritime music. The group met for rehearsal for the first time on January 19, 2003. They performed as a sextet until March 2010, when Maggie Hannington retired from the group to make time for her family, especially her young child, but the group continues to perform as a quintet.
As all six performers were vocalists, and traditional sea shanties were often performed a cappella, the group decided to perform their music a cappella with minimal percussion for some songs. The group originally collaborated with instrumentalists on their first CD, Maiden Voyage, but since then have elected to mainly produce a capella tracks.
Bounding Main has performed at maritime museums, maritime music festivals, including the Chicago Maritime Festival, tall ship festivals, harbor festivals, arts festivals, pirate festivals, renaissance faires, wooden boat shows, corporate events and private parties. Additionally, the group has performed at several international music festivals.
Bounding Main has produced five CDs: Maiden Voyage, Lost at Sea, Going Overboard, Operation Share the Shanties, and Kraken Up. Going Overboard was favorably reviewed in Dirty Linen magazine in 2010.
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