Anyone with time to run SkarpiFund? (Getaway)

Subject: RE: Anyone with time to run SkarpiFund? (Getaway)
From: Maryrrf
Date: 23 Jul 09 - 09:36 PM

Well said, Kendall.

Subject: RE: Anyone with time to run SkarpiFund? (Getaway)
From: jeddy
Date: 23 Jul 09 - 09:39 PM

it is a noble thing you are all offering to do but wouldn't it have been better if someone had asked skarpi first and the started this thread?

like crow sister i have no idea of what you are talking about, don't people get paid for performing at festies in the U.S.?

take care

jade x x x x

Subject: RE: Anyone with time to run SkarpiFund? (Getaway)
From: Bill D
Date: 23 Jul 09 - 10:15 PM

This is not a festival, but a party our folk society has for itself each Oct. We have always has some "out of town" friends come to it, and now that Mudcat is so popular, we have some people from other countries who have heard about it...and as long as there is room, we try to enjoy meeting new friends. The current camp has an absolute limit of about 200....and a practical limit of a few less, due to types of beds...etc.

I don't think there is anything 'quite' like it in the UK or Europe, so it can be confusing to those reading about it for the first time.
Skarpi has posted on Mudcat for many years and we had enjoyed talking with him online... and several years ago we managed to have him over, where he made many friends.
This thread is a discussion of whether it is possible to have him back again.

Subject: RE: Anyone with time to run SkarpiFund? (Getaway)
From: jeddy
Date: 23 Jul 09 - 10:21 PM

thankyou for pointing this out to me. i am used to festivals in the UK and i know things work slighly differently in the US.

like i said it is a wonderful thing you are all trying to do but this puts alot of pressure onto skarpi and his wife, not from you but from your offers of generosity(?).

it is never easy or nice to say no thankyou.

take care all

jade x x x x

Subject: RE: Anyone with time to run SkarpiFund? (Getaway)
From: Charlie Baum
Date: 23 Jul 09 - 10:53 PM

Ferrara gave a pretty good description of the scholarship fund. It basically offers price breaks to those who cannot afford the whole cost of the Getaway. The usual question, asked in private and confidentially, is "well, how much CAN you afford?" Most years, we can make it affordable for everybody who wants to come. It covers only "tuition" and does not cover travel expenses.

However, there's a long tradition of folks helping friends to come to the Getaway, from privately funding travel, to organizing carpools, to arranging for hospitality in the days surrounding the Getaway so people don't need to spend on hotels. I don't think anyone is planning to drive to Maryland passing through Iceland, so we'll need to arrange a different form of journey.

Nobody gets paid for performing--it's not a festival in that sense, but rather much more of a sharing time.

--Charlie Baum

Subject: RE: Anyone with time to run SkarpiFund? (Getaway)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 24 Jul 09 - 01:32 AM

Seattle, San Francisco, and Washington (DC) have gatherings like the Getaway. Are there others?

-Joe-

Subject: RE: Anyone with time to run SkarpiFund? (Getaway)
From: SINSULL
Date: 24 Jul 09 - 08:01 AM

Pinewoods has one in upstate NY.

Subject: RE: Anyone with time to run SkarpiFund? (Getaway)
From: Charlie Baum
Date: 24 Jul 09 - 08:23 AM

New York Folk Music Club (Pinewoods) has one, which moves about upstate New York depending on where they can get space. Last time I went, they got a good deal at a hotel in the Catskills (or Ketskills, as I call them--the old Borscht Belt area near Ellenville).

FSGGB has one near Boston.

PFSS has one near Philadelphia.

But I like the Getaway best--people from everywhere is something you don't often get at other gatherings.

--Charlie Baum

Subject: RE: Anyone with time to run SkarpiFund? (Getaway)
From: Leadfingers
Date: 24 Jul 09 - 08:30 AM

The Influx of MudCatters seems to be what makes THIS Getaway special ! Singers and musicians from outside your own are makes a world (Intentional) of difference

Subject: RE: Anyone with time to run SkarpiFund? (Getaway)
From: SINSULL
Date: 25 Jul 09 - 04:50 PM

OK guys. All systems go.
PM Jacqui if you would like to participate. She will give you instructions on how to donate.
Please don't contact me. If you have already, I will PM you with this message.
So many of you have offered to help - I am really touched. Our Viking has made quite an impression on this crowd.
Please don't post to this thread. We will let it drop off and handle via PMs.
Mary

Subject: RE: Anyone with time to run SkarpiFund? (Getaway)
From: open mike
Date: 25 Jul 09 - 06:54 PM

refresh -- just so it is seen

Subject: RE: Anyone with time to run SkarpiFund? (Getaway)
From: Rasener
Date: 26 Jul 09 - 04:41 PM

ROTFLMAO

Subject: RE: Anyone with time to run SkarpiFund? (Getaway)
From: Art Thieme
Date: 26 Jul 09 - 05:59 PM

If not for Mudcatters and their generosity I'd not be on line today. No way can I find words enough to show how much it all was appreciated. If it is possible to bring Skarpi to the Getaway, it would be very nice of you. I do wish there was more I could do to help...

Skarpi, the best to you.-------Art

Subject: RE: Anyone with time to run SkarpiFund? (Getaway)
From: Maryrrf
Date: 26 Jul 09 - 06:04 PM

Skarpi is special, no doubt about it.

Subject: RE: Anyone with time to run SkarpiFund? (Getaway)
From: Micca
Date: 26 Jul 09 - 06:16 PM

Art, you ought to hear Skarpi sing " She'll be coming round the mountain" in Icelandic!!!!! I think we ought to make it a codition of his attending the Getaway that he does it!!!

Subject: RE: Anyone with time to run SkarpiFund? (Getaway)
From: SINSULL
Date: 26 Jul 09 - 08:45 PM

Repeat: Contact Jacqui.
Thank you, Art. As most revered senior Mudcatter your opinion really matters.
m

Subject: RE: Anyone with time to run SkarpiFund? (Getaway)
From: jeddy
Date: 26 Jul 09 - 09:59 PM

i understand that maybe on this, my opinion doesn't matter. but i do hope you weren't talking generally sinsull?

take care all

jade x x x

Subject: RE: Anyone with time to run SkarpiFund? (Getaway)
From: jeddy
Date: 26 Jul 09 - 10:06 PM

sorry if that sounded confrontational it was supposed to be more of a reassurance question but it turned out wrongly!!!!!!!
i have respect for everyones views and will listen to everyones opinions. that was the point i was trying to make, but made it badly.

i will shut up now before i dig myself in any deeper.

jade x x x x x

Subject: RE: Anyone with time to run SkarpiFund? (Getaway)
From: My guru always said
Date: 27 Jul 09 - 07:55 AM

Don't worry Jade, black & white stuff is often tricky to do & I'm certain that Sinsull understands *hrin*

Subject: RE: Anyone with time to run SkarpiFund? (Getaway)
From: SINSULL
Date: 27 Jul 09 - 08:00 AM

Yes. I am Hrinning. No problem, Jade.

Subject: RE: Anyone with time to run SkarpiFund? (Getaway)
From: My guru always said
Date: 27 Jul 09 - 08:08 AM

Glad you know my keyboard Sins *LOL*

Subject: RE: Anyone with time to run SkarpiFund? (Getaway)
From: jeddy
Date: 27 Jul 09 - 08:15 AM

thanks guys, i can stop digging and saying sorry now.

take care all

jade x x x x x    *hrin*