Subject: RE: FSGW 2000 PART DEUX From: GutBucketeer Date: 07 Aug 00 - 09:36 AM Hi Everyone: I'm a FSGW member but have neve been to a getaway. I'm definitely coming this year but I am also trying to get my family to come. Even though it is very reasonable, the cost for all four of us is a bit outside our budget (It seems we are always running at the margin at about the time school starts). Does the area have tent camping close by, and/or is there the ability to set up a tent on the grounds? Would this allow us to pay the day tripper rates? JAB |
Subject: RE: FSGW 2000 PART DEUX From: GUEST,Barry Finn Date: 06 Aug 00 - 11:09 PM Hi moonchild, I'll be heading north to get there only if I can go by way of the West Indies but no matter, if I see you & your thumb I'll stop for you anyway. And yes, at one time, when my feet had a bit more flex in them I could merengue & when I was 25 yrs younger I could limbo with the best, won a contest in the land of limbo, my back could bend my feet could creep from dusk till dawn be dancing in the street, ah, but now the back's gone stiff & the feet's are weak, & from sun down to up I only sleep. If I don't see you on the highway I'll see you at the camp. Barry |
Subject: RE: FSGW 2000 PART DEUX From: Charlie Baum Date: 06 Aug 00 - 03:22 PM Print out the registration form . It's in the .pdf format, which means it's readable using Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free program obtainable here if you don't have it already. You can print it out on your printer--just set your page setup to "fit to page". Fill out the form, write out a check for the appropriate amount, and send it to: FSGW Getaway c/o J. Woods, 8401 Cedar St., Silver Spring, MD 20910 The
Folklore Society
of Greater Washington
GETAWAY! |
Subject: RE: FSGW 2000 PART DEUX From: Big Mick Date: 05 Aug 00 - 09:40 PM LOL.............shit, Bill, I forgot about that. I will PM you my addy, you do the same and I will send you a check for shipping. If I take the same route in, I will need that damn cup..........hahahahahaha. Mick |
Subject: RE: FSGW 2000 PART DEUX From: Bill D Date: 05 Aug 00 - 07:54 PM hey, Mick..shall I send you your coffee mug for your trip? *grin*...(I guess the potato is a bit too far gone) (Mick had a good time in spite of being pretty tired and under the weather last Oct...as salvage commissar, I got custody of the lost & found...still have a few items) |
Subject: RE: FSGW 2000 PART DEUX From: Big Mick Date: 05 Aug 00 - 07:26 PM You will love this gathering if you attend. I drove from Michigan last year and had a great time. I will be there again this year, and I can't wait. Big Mick |
Subject: RE: FSGW 2000 PART DEUX From: Bill D Date: 05 Aug 00 - 06:39 PM and RiB & Barry Finn co-led a session on work songs...and Max led an hour on blues...etc. etc...those who know they are coming can send ideas/suggestions for format, topics...etc..Ferrara and her team will be posting about the workshop schedule soon... |
Subject: RE: FSGW 2000 PART DEUX From: GUEST,Roger in Baltimore Date: 05 Aug 00 - 12:01 PM GUEST, ME, FSGW is the Folklore Society of Greater Washington. They have an annual Getaway that is a weekend of music, most of it produced by the people who attend, not necessarily professional performers. Although there are a few "open mike" type concerts, the guts of the Getaway are the workshops where people gather to share songs based on some specific theme. F'rinstance, last year Joe Offer led one on "camp songs" (songs from scout camp, church camp, etc.). There is also time for getting together and talking and late night informal song circles. Last year, about 30 Mudcatters decided to use this event as a rendezvous and FSGW was very accomodating. We even had a workshop that was purely Mudcatters sharing their music. If you search the archives for Getaway, you should get some threads that include people's reaction to getting together with folks that only knew through the Mudcat. "A natural high" is an apt description in my book. I have had a wonderful time the two years I have attended. Marge and I have already sent in our bucks and registered for the weekend. Roger in Baltimore |
Subject: RE: FSGW 2000 PART DEUX From: GUEST,me Date: 05 Aug 00 - 09:28 AM i are igorent of whut fsgw means. cud you tel me. an no i ain't cletus. he are my edikated cousin. |
Subject: RE: FSGW 2000 PART DEUX From: GUEST,Lorraine Date: 05 Aug 00 - 09:01 AM Charlie I'm afraid you'll have to wait longer than the ending of Champlain Valley Fest. Thye are renting a cabin for a week on an island on lake Champlain. The Getaway sound wonderful. See every one there I hope Lorraine |
Subject: RE: FSGW 2000 PART DEUX From: bbelle Date: 04 Aug 00 - 06:06 PM Ok, Barry ... you're on! I'll be the one standing out on I-95 carrying a guitar, backpack, straw hat, and sunscreen. So ... can you merengue? Limbo, Limbo, Limbo, like me? moonchild |
Subject: RE: FSGW 2000 PART DEUX From: Charlie Baum Date: 04 Aug 00 - 05:56 PM Sorry for the delay-- I need to get the final registration file back from the newsletter editor, so I can turn it into a .pdf file and mount it on the FSGW website. Final word: The cost will be between $125 and $150 for an adult, depending on whether you stay over on Sunday night or not, and whether you're an FSGW member. Children under 18 are less, but how much depends on their age and FSGW member status. The two-day fee includes housing for Friday and Saturday. Friday dinner is a pot-luck, but the fee includes three meals Saturday and two on Sunday. The three-day fee includes Sunday dinner and overnight accommodations on Sunday night and Monday breakfast. All accommodations are on real box-spring mattress beds (never a bunk bed!) in cabins. Flush plumbing and hot showers are within the cabins. Being an FSGW member gives you a discount, and you can join when you register. It you've got two or more people in your family, you'll amortize your family membership immediately. Membership is $24/year for an individual; $33/year for a family, and includes all sorts of other benefits beyond reduced price at the Getaway, such as a monthly newsletter (an interesting read even if you live at a distance), and free admission to 9 concerts and 2 dances a year, plus discounts at another 150 or so concerts and dances in the greater DC area (okay, it's useless if you live at a distance, unless you visit Our Nation's Capital at some point in the year, but the Getaway discount itself might be reason to join.) There is plenty of space for all, so joining the FSGW won't increase your chance of getting a place there. Ont he other hand, if you were a member, you would already have received your registration information and form in your August newsletter. I'll send the detailed info and the registration form to the webmaster to be mounted as soon as I can get my hands on it. (On the other hand, the newsletter editor may be off in Vermont this weekend for the Champlain Valley Folk Festival.) IN the meantime, go to Southwest Airlines to see what cheap flights you can get for the weekend to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)--$222 round trip or less from the West Coast; less than $110 round trip from many places east of the Mississippi--assuming you purchase in advance. The nearest airports to Camp Ramblewood are Baltimore (BWI) and Philadelphia. --Charlie Baum |
Subject: RE: FSGW 2000 PART DEUX From: Bill D Date: 04 Aug 00 - 05:52 PM well, this is a nice beginning!..Ferrara..(Rita) will be popping on soon to discuss the program...we are all hoping this new camp will work out. |
Subject: RE: FSGW 2000 PART DEUX From: GUEST,Barry Finn Date: 04 Aug 00 - 05:28 PM Hi Moonchild, I'm there & if by BWI you mean the West Indies I'd glady turn my truck into a bluewater vessel & pick you up on the way, if the truck can't make it though could you just foreward a ticket & I'll fly by. See you there. Barry |
Subject: RE: FSGW 2000 PART DEUX From: bbelle Date: 04 Aug 00 - 12:38 PM Ignorance is bliss. |
Subject: RE: FSGW 2000 PART DEUX From: MMario Date: 04 Aug 00 - 08:21 AM she don' know me vewwy well, do she? |
Subject: RE: FSGW 2000 PART DEUX From: bbelle Date: 03 Aug 00 - 05:03 PM Oh, thank you, MMario! You are a scholar and a gentleman. moonchild |
Subject: RE: FSGW 2000 PART DEUX From: MMario Date: 03 Aug 00 - 04:50 PM previous thread |
Subject: FSGW 2000 PART DEUX From: bbelle Date: 03 Aug 00 - 04:47 PM The other thread was getting kind of long, and since we're getting closer, thought it was time to start a new thread. If someone would put in a blue clicky thing to the previous thread, that would be nice. On my trip to mudcatville, I passed very close to Camp Ramblewood, and it is a beautiful area. It's been many years, since I was north of D.C., and I was glad to see that the natural beauty of the Susquehana hasn't seen too much wear and tear. So, Charlie, et. al., any word on what it's going to cost us? Some of us have to start planning our finances. I've heard a couple of people say it was going to be too expenseive for a weekend, but knowing what other events like the getaway cost, it really isn't too expensive. (that's just my opinion) When can we expect to be able to register? Will mudcatters have to wait until all the FSGW registrations are received before we can register? Since word has gotten around, via the mudcat form, of what a wonderful experience last year's getaway was, there will probably be more mudcatters, who will want to go, than last year. Is this going to be a problem? I'm already getting excited and checking airfares into Baltimore-Washington International. BTW ... would anyone be interested in picking up a hitchhiking mudcatter from BWI, on their way to Camp Ramblewood? moonchild |
Share Thread: |
Subject: | Help |
From: | |
Preview Automatic Linebreaks Make a link ("blue clicky") |