Jed--There's a PM from me.

Don Meixner (and everyone else who is interested in coming)--

The FSGW minifest is one day, Saturday, February 15, at the Takoma Park Middle School on Piney Branch Road in Takoma Park, Maryland. It's a half-mile from the Takoma Metro station, and there are Ride-On bus routes for those who don't want to walk.

From 11 am until 6 pm, there are 7 or 8 simultaneous programs--dances, singarounds on a topic, jam sessions, storytellers, mini-concerts, etc., in every nook and cranny of the school. Everyone takes a short break for dinner (except us organizer types) and then from 7:30 until 10:30, there's a danc ein the gym and a concert in the auditorium. There are also crafters in the cafetorium during the day, and food is available for purchase there as well

Admission for FSGW members:
$7 half day
$12 full day

For non-members:
$10 half day
$15 full day

Students and children
$5 half day
$7 full day

A half day is either the 11am to 6pm stint or the evening session.
A full day is both.


More details are on the website www.fsgw.org and then click on the MiniFest or scroll down in a calendar until you get to Feb. 15th. Also here . If details are sketchy today, there will be more detail by the end of the weekend--it's just that the organizers are busy writing it up for the organization's newsletter, and this weekend is the deadline--so check back there in a couple of days for even more information.

There's no organized lodging, but there areso many Mudcatters within a two-mile radius of the school that requests here and in private messages can almost guarantee out-of-towners will snag an invitation to stay with somebody.

--Charlie Baum