I'm of several minds over Getaway workshop subjects. Sometimes I think of kinds of songs I'm doing these days -- Civil War and / or 19th C. music, songwriting, political/topical songs -- and other times I think of topics I don't do myself -- well, at least don't do now -- like old-time string-band music or blues; in other words, genres of music, rather than topics of the songs themselves.

The best workshop schedule would be a mixture of genre workshops, topical workshops, even geographical workshops (since I think we'll have a few folks from "far away" as well as local folkals).

So, genres:

blues
old-time banjo, guitar, fiddle
ballad singing
harmony singing
Gospel
dance music (and even dancing, if that is possible)

topics:

political/topical/war/anti-war
historical eras (19th C., Civil War, WWI, WWII, 1950s?)
animal / vegetable / mineral / spirit world
work / play
money / lack of it

geographical styles (both vocal and instrumental)
Canadian / New England / British Isles / etc.
US regions (South, East, West, in-between)

I think we should look to having a balance of kinds, some genres, some topics, some geography, some styles (vocal, spoken, dance, instrumental, etc.), some pot-luck, some showcases for guests, etc.

Bob