Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon

Subject: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: David Ingerson
Date: 23 Dec 02 - 06:45 PM

Just to let everyone know, the Portland Folklore Society's Singtime Frolics, a weekend of singing in rustic but comfortable Camp Adams (one hour SE of Portland), will be held March 21 - 23, 2003. About one hundred singers join to create one of the best weekends of the year. Several formal workshops, any number of informal ones, guest artist Richard Scholtz from Bellingham, and little (and big) jams and sharing of songs will be happening all over the place and at all times. Actually, many of us seem to be getting more, uh... staid, so sometimes the singing stops before 2:00 AM. Nice creek and woods to wander through, too.

You can get the flier and registration form here
http://www.portlandfolklore.org/singtime.html. (That's my first attempt at making a blicky. Don't know if it's going to work.)


It's a great weekend. I hope to see some mudcatters there!

David

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: David Ingerson
Date: 23 Dec 02 - 06:47 PM

Nope. Maybe it's http://www.portlandfolklore.org/singtime.html
.

David

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: David Ingerson
Date: 24 Dec 02 - 06:40 PM

I'm hoping to see Blessings Barbara and Genie and Margot and maybe Mary Garvey. Alice, you wouldn't want to come all the way from Montana, would you?

Anyone else for a fine singing weekend in the woods?

David

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: mg
Date: 24 Dec 02 - 06:53 PM

I'm hoping to make it..logistics are difficult from where I am..Seattle is much easier..alhtough I can get to Kelso and then ride with someone from Seattle..so I am hoping. do you have any links to pictures?

Alice has to come and also Mark Cohen. Also anyone in Seattle. mg

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: Genie
Date: 25 Dec 02 - 04:57 AM

Mary, see if you can talk Mousethief into coming. He might be able to meet you in Kelso if he can come to the Frolics.

Alex, we'd love to have you and Mary both there. And Mrs Mouse, if she can make it.

Jeanene

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: David Ingerson
Date: 26 Dec 02 - 06:19 PM

Yes, Mark! If you can make it. I hope I hope.

Not having been on mudcat for very long, I'm just beginning to learn who's who. Just found out the other night that I know Mudjack and Thomas the Rhymer (sp?). I hope both of you can make it, too.

The more the merrier! It's one big, long, singing party.

I'm not sure what you mean, Mary, when you ask about my links to pictures. I happen to be in Mark Cohen's picture here in Mudcat, if that's what you mean.

David

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: mg
Date: 26 Dec 02 - 06:34 PM

thanks David...I know what you look like (and very handsome of course). I meant pictures of Singtime so everyone can see how much fun it is. Also, you know Barb and Craig and probably have met Deckman and Don Firth at one point or another..probably lots more. mg

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: David Ingerson
Date: 26 Dec 02 - 08:42 PM

Duh! and double DUH! Thanks for putting the idea into my thick head, Mary. Good one. I'll work on it.

David

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 26 Dec 02 - 10:59 PM

Hmmm...it will be a little trickier, since my daughter is now in Southern California rather than Southern Oregon, but I'll see if I can swing it. Had a blast in 2000!

Speaking of which, the Portland Folklore Society web page used to have a slide show from the 2000 Singtime Frolics, which is where that picture of me and David and Mary Benson came from. But now, when I click on Singtime Frolics, I get a very nice design bordering an otherwise empty page. Better tell the webmaster to get on the stick, David!

(My very first exposure to the joy of folkies singing together was in the living room of David Ingerson's house in Northeast Portland, in 1982.)

Aloha,
Mark

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 26 Dec 02 - 11:02 PM

PS, anybody know how I might find cheap flights from LAX (or, preferably, Santa Barbara) to PDX?

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: mg
Date: 26 Dec 02 - 11:11 PM

I presume you have tried SW and Alaska..I'll do some checking if you promise not to sing any parodies around me except at carefully selected parody-friendly sites.

mg

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: GUEST
Date: 26 Dec 02 - 11:21 PM

Try going to Cheap tickets.com I have gotten some really good deals from there.

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: Genie
Date: 27 Dec 02 - 01:36 AM

David, you also know me (though you may not know it, since I'm "Jeanene" to my non-cyber friends), and you probably know WinnieMih from Forest Grove and Francy (Frank of Toledo), too.

Amergin (Nathan) is from St. Helens, too.

Some of these good folks may well show up at the Frolics, too.

Genie

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: Genie
Date: 27 Dec 02 - 01:39 AM

David, what's the name of that cheap ticket website that Clark Howard (consumer advocate and certified cheapskate) recommends? HotFlash? HotStuff? something like that
He says it's better than PriceLine.

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 27 Dec 02 - 04:42 AM

Mudcat Travel Agency--I like it! Mary, I will never promise not to sing parodies...but I'll take your request under advisement.

Aloha,
Mark

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: David Ingerson
Date: 27 Dec 02 - 01:26 PM

Mark, It would be fantastic if you could make it. I'd love to see you and sing with you again. When I click on the Singtime button I get a brief description and a link to a .pdf registration form. I wonder if it doesn't show up on certain browsers. The link I put in the second post of this thread goes right to that page.

Mary, I don't really know much about airline tickets on the net. Sorry. Wish I did.

Genie, I looked up your photo in the archives and yes, I do know you...but I can't remember the name you go by at song circle. (red face) Sorry. But I love your singing and would love to see and hear you at Singtime.

I didn't know there were so many 'catters in the area. It would be great to have a mudcat session at Singtime!

Spread the word!

David

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: MAG
Date: 27 Dec 02 - 09:27 PM

I love to sing; I'll see if I can get the weekend off work -- tricky, but worth it. Hope to see ya there. -- MA

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: Genie
Date: 28 Dec 02 - 12:50 AM

David, I use my real name, Jeanene, at song circles. Glad you like my singing. I always enjoy yours, too -- not just your voice, but the songs you choose, like "One Thing Or The Other."

A Mudcat session at Singtime sounds great. We might even draw some of the Seattle/Tacoma area Mudcatters like Stewart, Mousethief, John P., or Haruo.

BTW, Charley Noble has a cousin, Marguerite, who lives in the Portland area and comes to the Artichoke song circle sometimes and knows Barbara. Maybe she'll be at the Frolics,too. (I don't know if she is a Mudcatter or just related to one.)

Maybe we can recruit some new Mudcatters in March.

Genie (Jeanene)

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 28 Dec 02 - 04:13 PM

I believe that Marguerite is Mudcatter Margo, and that she was at Singtime Frolics 2000.

Aloha,
Mark (still working on it)

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: Genie
Date: 28 Dec 02 - 10:43 PM

Thanks, Mark. I didn't make that connection.

Genie

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: David Ingerson
Date: 30 Dec 02 - 02:27 PM

What I'd really love to do is to join the 'catters in Northern Ireland at the end of February, but time and money are against me there. But this will be a great second-best!

Being new here, I'm not sure of the protocol. To attract the attention of more 'catters in the area should I start a new thread with a title like "Singtime Frolics--Mudcat gathering" or something like that? Or is what we have going here enough? Let me know what you think.

David

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon -- Who's going?
From: Genie
Date: 30 Dec 02 - 04:35 PM

David, last year someone started a thread titled: "Who Is Going To RainyCamp?" That seemed to draw folks' attention (even those who already knew about Rainy Camp).

Maybe you could get Joe Offer (or one of the "Joe Clones") to tack "--Who's going?" onto the end of your thread title.

Genie

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: David Ingerson
Date: 30 Dec 02 - 09:18 PM

Thanks, Genie. I'll check into it.

David

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: Genie
Date: 01 Jan 03 - 04:20 PM

Mark, Charley Noble's cousin Marguerite was at the New Year's Jam I went to last night, and she says she is not Mudcatter Margo. (I didn't think she looked that much like Margo's picture.)

Marguerite is not even a Mudcatter, and she claims to be the only one in her clan with no musical talent. (I can't tell, because she sings softly in the song circles.) But she is a music lover and a frequent participant in various song circles in Portland. Maybe we'll persuade her to come to the Frolics.

Genie

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: GUEST,Mudjack
Date: 02 Jan 03 - 12:35 PM

Sorry to say I won't be at Singtime or Rainy Camp this year. Just going to give the camps a rest this year. They are so much fun and just a good time to be with friends and fellow music folks.
Mudjack

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: David Ingerson
Date: 03 Jan 03 - 07:44 PM

Sorry to hear that, Mudjack. Your singing is always a joy to hear, so robust and hearty. I, for one, will miss the way you throw yourself with abandon into your songs. They always come out great!

David

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: Amos
Date: 03 Jan 03 - 07:50 PM

I'll second that one, M'jack -- I still hear ya singing in my dreams!!

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: Lane
Date: 04 Jan 03 - 12:32 AM

OK.. I'll drop in here.... Mudjack, good to see you, and I must agree as well - you know how to throw yourself into the music. Perhaps we can get together and do some Paxton tunes again one of these days!

This camp sounds great - though I don't know most of you, I'd love to meet you. Sounds like there are a lot of us in close proximity here... maybe a local get together would be worth a try too...

Lane

(in Longview)

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: sharyn
Date: 05 Jan 03 - 12:42 AM

I might come -- it's easy enough to get cheap fares on Southwest. Can anyone give me a ride to/from the Portland airport if I do? (If I need witnesses to my worthiness, blessings Barbara, mary garvey and Mark Cohen have heard me sing)

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: Genie
Date: 05 Jan 03 - 01:51 AM

PM me about it, Sharyn. OK?

Genie

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: mg
Date: 05 Jan 03 - 03:06 AM

if they can't make it to the airport there is now an airport train that would run out to some of the suburbs with connections etc..

you should definitely come. I can vouch for your great voice and moral character etc. not that either is a requirement as far as I know.

mg

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: GUEST,sharyn
Date: 05 Jan 03 - 12:14 PM

Thanks all. It will be fun to meet more of you there.

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: GUEST
Date: 05 Jan 03 - 04:12 PM

Hi David et al,
    I am planning to be back from Costa Rica (where I am currently wintering) in time for the Frolics. It will be great to hear some good old folkie stuff - needless to say I haven´t heard any lately.
    By the way I saw a machine called a Mud Cat in the Tortuguero canals- it´s a dredge. Wish I had gotten a picture.   Winnie

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: Barbara
Date: 06 Jan 03 - 12:35 AM

Sharyn, we live south of Portland, so the airport is not on
the way to Singtime, but if you get hung up, let me know and we'll work out something. How about bringing Richard and Arlene, too? It was a delight to sing with you all at Harmony (in Harmony), even if you did muck up my "Rolling Home". I wish I'd been sitting where I could have heard what you were doing (grin). Caught up on your sleep yet?

When Margo first signed on the Mudcat, someone else was using "Margo", so she used "Margarite". She is not Charlie's cousin, though. It does get confusing with our different names and Mudcat names sometimes. Is Craig "Craig" these days, or "Sandy Bob"?
Blessings,
Barbara

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 06 Jan 03 - 03:28 AM

Oh, drat. Not going to be able to make it...too much flying and driving, and my daughter isn't on vacation so I'd have a very limited time with her. (It was much easier when they lived in Eugene.) My mainland trips are pretty much limited to visiting her. Sorry I'll miss everyone. Maybe next year. I'm thinking about an East Coast trip this summer, though...

Aloha,
Mark

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: Genie
Date: 06 Jan 03 - 04:24 AM

Winnie, every so often I slip up and type "www.mudcat.com" instead of "www.mudcat.org" when I'm trying to get to the forum. When I make that error, I'm taken to the website of the Mudcat Company that makes marine dredging equipment. Their website has pictures of those machines.

I told Sharyn about our MAX train from the airport. ("MAX" stands for Metropolitan Area Express -- our light rail.) It only costs $1.55 to ride the MAX train to any destination on the line and unlike the San Francisco BART train, MAX goes right up to the terminal, right by where the cars pick up and drop off passengers.
If anyone is flying in to PDX for the Frolics, especially on Friday afternoon, it may be easier for someone to pick them up at one of the MAX stations than to deal with the airport & freeway rush-hour traffic.

Genie

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: sharyn
Date: 06 Jan 03 - 11:19 AM

Thanks, Genie, Mary and Barbara. Barbara, I'll mention it to Richard (aka radriano) and Arlene, but I make no promises. They are a cantankerous bunch, as you know, at not always open to suggestions. Yes, I have caught up on my sleep, although we spent the weekend partying with Valentine (when she wasn't sleeping on the couch).

My current problem is that when I go to the Portland Folklore website and click on Singtime Frolics I get a strip of a meadow with tulips and no further information. Reload does not help. Does anyone know how to get past this? Do I have to become a member to read the secret code? Should I just call someone, or use the U.S. postal service to acquire a registration form? I'd appreciate any ideas here since I really want to register and book my flights.

Thanks,

Sharyn

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 06 Jan 03 - 09:45 PM

Sharyn, you have to use Internet Explorer.   I've noticed that more and more sites don't fly with Netscape. One more example, I suppose, of Microsoft taking over the world.

Aloha,
Mark

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: Genie
Date: 07 Jan 03 - 04:07 AM

Yeah, Mark, I noticed that with another website I needed to visit the other day -- it wouldn't let me use Netscape. Just makes me dig my heels in further as a Mac user. I hate monopolies.

Sharyn, I'll PM you a couple of email addresses and phone numbers for folks like Meryl and Bonnie who can answer Qs about the Frolics and/or steer you towards whoever is in charge this year.

Genie

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: Genie
Date: 07 Jan 03 - 11:41 PM

BTW, the cheap airline ticket site that Clark Howard recommends is hotwire.com

Genie

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: David Ingerson
Date: 08 Jan 03 - 08:28 PM

I finally got time to get myself back online. It's exciting to see the interest rising!

Lane, almost all of us are very welcoming folks. I'm sure you'll feel accepted. I'm also thinking of setting up an informal Mudcat workshop sometime during the weekend so you'll be able to meet other 'catters.

Sharyn, Don't worry about the quality of your singing. We've got all kinds here and if you've got a good heart, you're one of us. Some of us care for quality more than others but I think most of us are happy just making a joyful noise together. I'll take responsibility for getting you a ride from one of the MAX stations. We can PM each other about that. Speaking of which, is it possible to PM attachments? I'll try to PM you the application (a .pdf) tomorrow.

I spoke with our webmaster and he's working on fixing the site so Netscape users can see it.

Winnie, welcome back!

Mark, darn it. Sorry you won't be able to make it.

This is going to be great!

David

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: David Ingerson
Date: 08 Jan 03 - 08:40 PM

Oops! Mark, that didn't come out right. It would be a lot greater if you were there, of course.

David

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: mg
Date: 08 Jan 03 - 10:06 PM

David...Sharyn is a magnificent singer..not to worry..

I just wish it wasn't so close to Rainycamp..that was not my doing by the way in case anyone is keeping tabs...more of a committee decision. I think it keeps cross-pollination down by a bit with them so close together. But I will be lucky enough to make both of them this year...

I've always sort of wondered why Bellingham didn't have something..there are so many great singers there...Late April/Early May would be nice...of course then Folklife is coming up but something always is.

mg

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 08 Jan 03 - 11:03 PM

Mary, if there's anything going on in Bellingham, Flip Breskin would know about it. See the bottom of this page for how to get in touch with her.

Aloha,
Mark
(who will be there in spirit)

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: Lane
Date: 08 Jan 03 - 11:10 PM

David,
Thanks for the welcome words.. I'll follow this thread and see if I can make this ... sounds like fun.

Meantime... do folks get together informally in the area - small groups on a weekend, etc? I'd like to meet a few catters and would be more than happy to host a gathering here at my place on the big river...

Lane

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: sharyn
Date: 08 Jan 03 - 11:23 PM

Mary, thanks for the compliment. David, an application is on the way already via snail mail (and I'm going to be out of town anyway for a week starting on Sunday)and between you and Genie rides are covered -- thanks. Mary, Rainycamp and Singtime Frolics were a bit too close this year, but all it takes is planning -- I'm hoping to be able to come to both next year, as well as "Sasamat" in its new location and Camp Harmony.

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: mg
Date: 09 Jan 03 - 01:46 AM

Oh but there is another B.C. one in June or early July, and there is one at Duncan on Vancouver Island on Labor Day???? and then there are some in Corvallis or Eugene or somewhere in Oregon..Spokane has something..better use up those frequent flyers.

mg

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: Genie
Date: 09 Jan 03 - 02:12 AM

And don't forget Camp Runamuck in July and August! A smaller but memorable Mudcat gathering in central Washington. PM JenEllen for details.

Genie

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: Genie
Date: 24 Jan 03 - 03:24 PM

refresh

Subject: RE: Singtime Frolics in NW Oregon
From: Francy
Date: 24 Jan 03 - 06:34 PM

Nancy and Casey and I will be there...........Can't wait   Frank of Toledo