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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Rapparee Date: 28 Sep 10 - 10:10 AM I can quick pick up crabs for the potluck. Or bedbugs. |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Genie Date: 28 Sep 10 - 12:41 AM Another mediocre guitarist seeking instrumental backup and/or vocal harmonizer for the concert. Not sure what song I'm doing, but I'll have a lyric/chord sheet & it will either be a familiar song (to most people) or pretty easy or both. (Janie, I'd be glad to back you up on guitar on Shake Sugaree, but Amos plays purtier and he knows more than 3 chords. ) |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Genie Date: 28 Sep 10 - 12:36 AM Is Alaska smoked salmon "OK" for the pot luck, Art? Do banjos often need retuning? : D |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Amos Date: 27 Sep 10 - 10:35 PM Any key you want, Janie!! A |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: KT Date: 27 Sep 10 - 10:25 PM I wonder if anyone's bringing a nice little banjo to sell me... |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Janie Date: 27 Sep 10 - 10:01 PM Mediocre and (very) rank amateur vocalist seeking guitar accompaniment for "Shake Shugaree" about 2 keys lower than most folks would do it in. (My Darlin' Sister Annie can't attend this year.) |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Amos Date: 27 Sep 10 - 09:47 PM 38¡49'49.84"N 76¡32'31.61"W Hyar Ah come, ready or no. I don't think I can make the extra swing back to BWI but I will be glad to shuffle dishes or move chairs (not more than two at a time...) or what need you. A |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Bill D Date: 27 Sep 10 - 08:44 PM Oh my... I can see our 'success' at attracting people from all over the country and the world to the Getaway has created some awkward situations as new folks decide to 'try it'. A few years ago, when we had just a few who drove in from 'up North' it was relatively easy...and when we had 2 vans full of English chantey singers, we knew about it months in advance and organized lots of locals to provide both housing and bedding...etc. The problem is, many 'locals' never look at Mudcat, and have to be called or the requests printed in the previous months newsletter. I have picked up folks from 2 different airports in the past...especially when BWI was right on my way. This year, I have logistics problems that prevent me from personally collecting folks. I WILL ask about and see if I can locate a ride for Clare P. in Chevy Chase, but it's short notice. We need to work out a 'system'....*wry smile* I really hate for a prospective good time for folks become a tedious adventure in just getting there. Important to keep in mind... this is not a Mudcat event....Mudcat is just one way folks hear about it. **Hello all you locals who occasionally read Mudcat!** Can anyone help either Clare in Chevy Chase OR go by BWI on Friday eve.? |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Nancy King Date: 27 Sep 10 - 08:21 PM Art -- you bet it is! (I'll try to arrive early enough to get some...) Jerry -- Sinners are allowed in ALL workshops. Otherwise, none of us could go to any of them. PLEASE NOTE that we will be asking folks to sign up for specific tasks this year. Many long years ago, when we did our own cooking (no longer possible), each camper was required to sign up for two hours of (mostly kitchen) work. We no longer need that level of commitment, BUT in order to avoid the problem of the same people doing everything, AND to make sure the necessary tasks are accomplished, we will ask everyone who doesn't already have to a job (auction ladies, you already have jobs -- thanks!) to sign up to do a specific chore at a specific time. Many of these jobs won't even take a whole hour to complete, but they ARE important! Stuff like making sure the snack-and-drink table in the Retreat Center is stocked and clean, helping to set up/clean up after the midnight snacks, manning the registration table -- stuff like that. Sounds like we'll have a lot of new folks this year, in addition to a whole bunch of old friends. Hooray! --Nancy |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: artbrooks Date: 27 Sep 10 - 07:51 PM BB, Jenn says she wants 20 kg of her own. Genie, pull back your hand or it's gonna get bit. We'll share the smoked Alaska salmon, though. Is that ok for the pot luck? |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Jeri Date: 27 Sep 10 - 07:28 PM Please see Charlie Baum's message. Somebody please pick up Rose & Colin. They sing like angels, and I don't think either one is an axe murderer. (They're both wonderful.) |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Janie Date: 27 Sep 10 - 07:02 PM Also, please heed the e-mail you recently received from Dean. Help is always needed to clean up after the pot luck and the midnight snacks, especially. It is often the same few people who step up for clean up, but remember, many hands make light work. Janie, Den Mother |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Janie Date: 27 Sep 10 - 06:58 PM Looks like the weather is going to be quite fine! http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/USMD0421 Don't forget to bring something for the auction, and especially don't forget to bid early and often on items in the auction! |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News - Please, What's On? From: Genie Date: 27 Sep 10 - 06:52 PM OK, Jerry, if you let us floozies in, you can come inside too (for your own workshop). : D |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News - Please, what's on? From: Genie Date: 27 Sep 10 - 06:50 PM Oh, I can prolly get by with half that much, Bruce. But what I don't eat there (breakfast of champions, right?) I can bring home with me. |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Charlie Baum Date: 27 Sep 10 - 06:37 PM We've also got a request for carpooling from Rose Sheehan and her son Colin: > Is it possible that there are folks available to pick-up or drop-off > at the airport (BWI)? > > I am embarrassed to report that I erroneously believed the airport was > closer to the Getaway location than it actually is. In my effort to > select the most affordable flights, I've chosen arrival and departure > times that may be just too inconvenient for others to assist with > pick-up and drop-off. Specifically, we arrive 10:09 PM on Friday and > are scheduled to depart at 8:35 AM. > > I do not want to become a nuisance factor. I realize now that I may > have to rent a car. Before I do so, though, I wanted to check on the > possibility of rides, even just one-way. > If anyone is likely to be going to or from BWI at the hours she mentioned, get in touch directly with her at rose.siochain@gmail.com Thanks. --Charlie Baum, who will show up late Saturday after dinner and stick around through Monday morning |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: CupOfTea Date: 27 Sep 10 - 06:33 PM ok. I'm excited. After hearing about the Getaway for decades, I'm going to my first one. Woot! I have such great memories of the folks from the DC area from when Folk Annoyance..er.. Alliance was there. That was one of the few times at Folk Alliance when traditional singers got a decent space and drew fantastic people to sing together - making it about folk music rather than the "industry" I'd met 'em before, but that event alone made me love Judy & Dennis Cook. I'm looking forward to putting faces and voices to some of the names I've read here. I figure being new, YOU are more likely to figure out who *I* am than viceyversy, so please do introduce yourself to the wide woman from Cleveland who will usually be seen with a mug of tea in hand. I'm a bit nervous, too... will my throat cooperate? Will my fingers behave? Will I forget lyrics I've known for 25 years the way I do at an open mic? It'll be an adventure, anyhow, and a chance to see beloved friends like Caroline, Sally Rogers, the Cooks, and a chance to meet new people who may be my next decade's beloved voices. Joanne in Cleveland who is packing all the weird instruments JUST in case... |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Linda Goodman Zebooker Date: 27 Sep 10 - 05:22 PM My friend Clare P., a Folklore Society member in the Chevy Chase DC area is not able to drive, and she needs a ride to/from The Getaway. She can meet someone at any DC Metro Station. Can anybody help? I can't bring her as I've got a car-full already. Please PM me for her contact details if you are able to offer a ride. |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Amos Date: 27 Sep 10 - 04:32 PM Beautiful lyric, Jerry! A |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Jerry Rasmussen Date: 27 Sep 10 - 04:25 PM Maybe I can sing Last Chance For Salvation, Genie: "There's a sign in the courtyard in front of the church Last Chance For Salvation, Service today There's a sing in the bar says Cold Miller on Tap Where the dreams of a lifetime go drifting away Some turn to Jesus, some turn to the bottle Some find redemption, some find nothing at all Some wait a lifetime for a prayer to be answered Some climb marble stairways, some sleep in the hall The angels in Heaven wear beautiful robes With voices as sweet as an innocent child he Honky Tonk angels, their voices are rough But they offer their comforts, if just for awhile And on it goes... One of my songs If sinners aren't allowed in the workshop, I'll have to wait outside the door. |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: beardedbruce Date: 27 Sep 10 - 03:39 PM Genie, I put it out with a box of baggies, in the scholarship sale area- people take what they want, and donate what they want. Should I get you a 20 kg box of your very own?? |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: ClaireBear Date: 27 Sep 10 - 03:36 PM Pretty sure it's a print, Genie. |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Amos Date: 27 Sep 10 - 03:36 PM I have added my demand to the thread, CB!! A |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Genie Date: 27 Sep 10 - 03:33 PM @ Clairebear Izzat a print or a pint? |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Genie Date: 27 Sep 10 - 03:31 PM Bruce, it depends on whether you intend on sharing it with anyone besides me. |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: ClaireBear Date: 27 Sep 10 - 03:20 PM Hi Amos, Chiming in from the comforrt of Kendall and Jacqui's sitting room to nudge you about something I almost forgot, so maybe you did too: Don't forget to remind Bobert to bring you a Bobert "print" at the Getaway. And if he does and says it's OK, may I please have a peek? C |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: jacqui.c Date: 27 Sep 10 - 02:51 PM Probably not, Bruce. |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: beardedbruce Date: 27 Sep 10 - 02:39 PM Ok, I will be bringing crystalized ginger. Do I need more than 20 kilos??? |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Genie Date: 26 Sep 10 - 12:47 AM Does Jerry allow floozies in his Gospel workshop? |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Janie Date: 26 Sep 10 - 12:37 AM Tinker, will you be there? |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Bobert Date: 25 Sep 10 - 07:42 PM *************MAJOR NEWS ANNOUNCEMNET************* Bobert's Blues Jam will be only a half an hour so bring ***one*** song and we'll get in what we can before... ...headin' over to hear Jerry Rassmussen... B~ |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Janie Date: 25 Sep 10 - 07:41 PM Genie and moi will be hitting the road about lunch-time Friday. Looking forward to the drive through the country and to seeing everyone! MMario, are you definitely coming? Gutbucketter? |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Leadfingers Date: 25 Sep 10 - 07:23 PM THAT was a missed opportunity - Left the 300th and Genie didnt pick it up ! Genie - re Guitar - IF she is there Maryrrf has a nice Martin C0015 that is easy to play ! Try a PM |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Genie Date: 25 Sep 10 - 07:10 PM If anyone has spare guitars with light strings and thin necks, I'd love to borrow one PRN during the Getaway. Not sure if I'll be able to bring my 3/4 size guitar, but I know I won't want to travel with a full-size one, because I don't have a heavy-duty baggage-handler-proof case. I may bring an extra washboard or two - in case anyone wants to do some hand laundry between jug band sessions. Genie |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Leadfingers Date: 25 Sep 10 - 07:04 PM I fly in to Reagan on Tuesday , and will meet Sev at The Laughing Man in DC (Sev says its a good sing). Game plan is to descend on Gene and Sandea Thursday , then head for the coast on Friday . There is the possibility of a seat in the car from Laurel and detours of a reasonable nature could be considered . |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: GUEST,KT Date: 25 Sep 10 - 06:56 PM KT, here, checking in from the north country. At the moment, sitting in front of the newly calved glacier, marveling that anything could be so BLUE! Also putting the packing list together in my head. Last day of work is Tuesday, packing and last minute errands on Wednesday, and hitting the road(er, skies) on Thursday! Like Amos, I'm happily contemplating that we're all simultaneously readying for a weekend of singing together! Can't wait to see you all! |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Amos Date: 25 Sep 10 - 06:11 PM Jacqui: Just make sure you get the Claire Bear out of captivity in time for the Friday night sing. A |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Bill D Date: 25 Sep 10 - 02:37 PM We lucky locals also have planning & packing to do...especially silly ones who have this huge van, and feel compelled to use it! Instruments, bedding, odds & ends, bags & boxes for dead soldiers*, wooden crafts and tables and 'transportation devices'. ....and players to be named later. *just in case any appear late at night.) |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Charmion Date: 25 Sep 10 - 01:55 PM Up in the Ottawa Valley, the plan is complete. Laundry is churning even as I type, so we'll have something to wear when we get there, and the dreaded List (stuff not to forget) is under construction. Cute as it is, the new car is smaller than the (much missed) indigo-blue station wagon, so the stowage geometry of instruments, bedding and baggage has yet to be worked out. We leave after work on Thursday, flop for the night somewhere near Syracuse NY, and arrive on Friday. |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Micca Date: 25 Sep 10 - 12:56 PM Jalapeño Brittle ??? Sounds like something that will damage you at BOTH ends, break teeth and Burn you a**!!!! Look forward to seeing Art and Jen again! Art, any chance of New Mexico w**e? |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Dan Schatz Date: 25 Sep 10 - 09:06 AM I won't make it until Saturday, I'm afraid. I have a rehearsal with Magpie for my CD release concert. 'Course, there's worse reasons to be late.... Dan |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: jacqui.c Date: 25 Sep 10 - 07:17 AM I shall be heading for Portsmouth NH tomorrow, to kidnap Claire Bear for a few days of fun before we all begin the trek to Maryland on Friday. Micca comes in on Thursday and he and Claire will be travelling with SINSULL. Kendall and I will be bringing Jeri with us. Only SIX more days to go! (I suppose we had better get to practising some songs...........) |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Genie Date: 25 Sep 10 - 02:40 AM Jalapeño brittle, Art? Now that sounds like food fit for a floozie! ; D |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: artbrooks Date: 24 Sep 10 - 09:42 PM We will hit the road Sunday morning. Got the car in for a pre-4000 mile drive check-up this morning, and now I have new brakes, a new battery, a new serpentine belt, and am $530 poorer. I guess I can't blame the Getaway, huh? We are bringing New Mexico salsa and jalapeño brittle. |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Amos Date: 24 Sep 10 - 09:27 PM It's really amazing to think about--all over the nation and oher nations people are undergoing huge inconvenience, aches and pains of toting bags and travel, to converge on this little leafy glen in the backwaters of Maryland to spend three days eating so-so food and sleep in hard racks...for the pleasure of hearing each other sing. Now that is really somp'n, I am here to say!! Put we picked 'em where we larned 'em, And for that Getaway I would foller Morse on a sway-back horse To hell, come any day! (Variation on a theme from Frank Warner) |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Alaska Mike Date: 24 Sep 10 - 09:21 PM We are getting ready too. We leave on Tuesday. WOOT!! |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Jerry Rasmussen Date: 24 Sep 10 - 09:07 PM I'm packing our car.... |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Amos Date: 24 Sep 10 - 09:01 PM SIX DAYS.... |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Gorgeous Gary Date: 24 Sep 10 - 07:57 PM I can't believe I'm the first to say this, but here goes... ONE MORE WEEK TO THE GETAWAY!!!! Ahem. Sorry to disturb everyone's rehearsals. Y'all can go back to practicing songs now. -- Gary |
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Subject: RE: Getaway 2010 News --- Please .. whats on .... From: Amos Date: 17 Sep 10 - 12:38 PM I think we should beat Rapaire's saber into a ploughshare. Then whoever he gets to plough can share! A |
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