Getaway 2008

Subject: Getaway 2008
From: beardedbruce
Date: 06 Nov 07 - 08:49 AM

While we are all thinking about it...


The 2008 dates will be October 3-6, 2008.
The 2009 dates will be October 2-5, 2009.



With proper advanced planning ( get into town the THURSDAY night and get to Chance's party that night, stay over until Wednesday and catch the Sea Chanty sing in Wheaton) it CAN all be arranged.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: MMario
Date: 06 Nov 07 - 10:23 AM

oooooohhhhhh - that "stay over until wednesday part sounds like something....When is columbus day next year? ahhh - the NEXT weekend. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..........

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: beardedbruce
Date: 06 Nov 07 - 10:25 AM

...at LEAST until...

The Sea Chanty sing is the 1st Tuesday of the month there...

But I am sure we can find things to do later in the week.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Amos
Date: 06 Nov 07 - 10:29 AM

Can we do it tomorrow instead? :D

Thanks, BB.


A

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Midchuck
Date: 06 Nov 07 - 10:32 AM

All these years and we've never been to a Getaway, because Kris is a public school teacher and we'd really need to take two or three days outside of the weekend off, to go to the full thing and have enough time for travel, not to get back home half dead.

She's talking seriously about getting out at the end of this school year. Hope springs eternal...

Peter

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: beardedbruce
Date: 06 Nov 07 - 10:32 AM

Get some sleep- we will still be here tomorrow.

(GW&tcdr)

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: jacqui.c
Date: 06 Nov 07 - 10:32 AM

Now, if I can get the Ancient Mariner to leave Maine for that long.......

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: MMario
Date: 06 Nov 07 - 10:38 AM

I'm thinking I might splurge and actually take A weekend at MDRF, then Getaway, Wheaton, and end up in Massachusetts for another ren-faire over Columbus day. hmmmmmm - possibilities.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: jacqui.c
Date: 06 Nov 07 - 10:47 AM

And if you've got a spare day in there Leo - you could come visit us in Maine!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Severn
Date: 06 Nov 07 - 10:56 AM

There's another Sea Chanty sing in Baltimore the second Wednesday of every month at the Wharf Rat in Fells Point, if the calendar works that way, not to mention the Institute Of Musical Traditions Concert Series with folk acts every Monday night at that time of year. (Hammered Dulcimer player Maggie Sansone was there last night).

A scan of both the the FSGW newsletter and the Weekender supplement published every Friday in the Washington Post will bring you up to date on the rich music and dance scene here, while The Weekender will also clue you in on what's at the museums, theatres and such and other odd special events in town as well. Historical sites abound in Maryland Notheren Virginia and DC and it's an easy day trip to seashore, bay , piedmont, river and mountain settings as well as Frederick Annapolis and Baltimore.

Friends from FSGW or Mudcat will put you up through a post on a Mudcat thread and link up for rides or shelter on the other legs of your trip as well.

The music and the friendships to be made are lasting.

Go for it!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Charley Noble
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 09:42 AM

I'm thinking I may be able to make this one. It's been two years since I last attended one, with Barry Finn and his wife Justine.

Would there be general interest in another sea shanty workshop?

I'd also be interested in leading a workshop based on adapting the poems of old sailor-poets for singing.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: MMario
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 09:49 AM

crap - I was afraid of that - Just found out my Nephew is getting married on the 5th.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Amos
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 09:59 AM

Dammit, Leo, this is grossly unfair. EVERY YEAR you come up with a cousin or nephew or some other ilk that is either giving birth, dying or getting married or all of the above.

I'm all for strong families, pal, but this is just too much of a good thing!!


A

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: MMario
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 10:07 AM

I give thanks daily that none of my sibs reproduced at the rate my parents aunts and uncles did.

only 13 nieces and nephews out of 8 sibs is pretty good.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 10:48 AM

Shall we call you Sir Joseph?

(Now, how long will it take the Mudcat to catch THAT reference?)

Dan

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Midchuck
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 10:48 AM

Kris has given her notice, and her position is being advertised. (My Gawd, that sounds awful when you read it back!) She's talking with a "ski academy" about work from Nov. - March.

It could....work!

Peter

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Amos
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 12:18 PM

MAKE IT SO, then....


:) >=======>

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: jacqui.c
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 12:23 PM

That would be wonderful Peter! What a treat to have you two at the Getaway.

Leo - get the lad to change the date!!!!!!!! You will be missed.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: ClaireBear
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 01:31 PM

You mean I'm going to not get to exchange recipes and renfaire stories with MMario for two years in a row? With whom do I lodge a formal protest?

Claire

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: MMario
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 01:33 PM

This is the lad who had to cancel last summer because his daughter was to be born the weekend they had planned to marry...so I'm not saying a word to him! Especially since they brought the baby to see me at a renfaire the next month.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: kendall
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 03:08 PM

Peter, Kris at the Getaway? That could be an incentive to attend.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Amos
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 03:21 PM

Kendall --

You damn better, mate! I would have to hunt you down and chastise you if ya didna.

MMario -- I understand that blood is thicker than water, and all that, but music is thicker than both of them put together. Surely you can see that!

A

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: skarpi
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 03:27 PM

hmmmm start savin money people , I have already started

all the best Skarpi

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Leadfingers
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 03:36 PM

There are plans afoot ! Its FAR too long since 'O5 , and I havent even seen the New Camp !!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: GUEST,Dan's laptop
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 04:44 PM

Kendall will be there, won't you Kendall? He just likes to keep us anxious. Leo, I'm sorry you won't be there, but glad we'll have other folks.

And _still_ nobody gets the Sir Joseph reference? "With his sisters and his counsins whom he reckons out by dozens...."

*Sigh* I guess Gilbert and Sullivan isn't folkie enough.

Warmly,
Dan

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: GUEST,Dani
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 05:02 PM

public school teachers get sick, too, you know.

I plan to be there this year (wait, I think I've said THAT before). But the job that kept me away for so long is a distant memory, so here's to re-aligning priorities : )

Dani

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: ClaireBear
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 05:10 PM

Dani,

Oh goody, 'cause I want to meet you too. It was frustrating to spend a week in Durham last fall -- some of it even at Duke -- but not have time to hunt you up. My sister and brother-in-law had every minute scheduled for me. Which was fun, but...

Staying with relatives is a joy and a boon financially, but it can occasionally be limiting in other ways. I'll look forward to meeting you at the Getaway.

Claire

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: skarpi
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 05:13 PM

hey Dani , dont forget you and me are gonna sing together :>)

atb skarpi

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Big Mick
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 05:44 PM

Then figure on me hostin' the Friday night hoolie, cause this is shaping up to be a good 'un.

All the best,

Mick

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Barry Finn
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 06:53 PM

Can you get there by Friday night Mick or will you be waltzing in again on what's called "early" Saturday morning. We won't be waiting up for you this time, we're gettin to old to be carrying on at 4 in the AM, 3am is ok.
See you there.
lad you'll be making this one Dani

Barry

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: ClaireBear
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 06:55 PM

Where were you carrying on at 3am? Clearly I missed out last year!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: skarpi
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 07:03 PM

I just found out that Icelandair have no flight to Baltimore in October ?
thats odd ,I hope I dont have to fly to Boston , Minneapolis or NY , I must look better .I will be in US on the 1 th
of October ,where ? have no idea yet.

Dont even know how to get to the Getawayside .

any way this time I ´ll be there on time I think . o( " z " )o

All the best Skarpi

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Big Mick
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 07:19 PM

Barry, I will be there on time. I am clearing the boards so I have nothing to stop me from leaving to make it at a decent hour. Shall I bring a goatskin on a stick or are you in charge of the torture this year?

Mick

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Susan A-R
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 09:09 PM

I'm planning on it. The music budget is slim this year, no Northeast Heritage camp, but I'm planning on Old Songs and the Getaway, hopefully paid for by either music or cooking gigs.

Mmario the Mmonarch of the Sea, (And we are his siters and his cousins and his aunts)

See you all in October, if not before.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: kendall
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 09:28 PM

I don't know why we can't have the Getaway in Maine so everyone could go.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Bill D
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 10:20 PM

Start one, Kendall...call it "The Gotaway"....*grin*,,we sorta have 40 years of history in this one.

(and be sure and pick a WARM month)

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: ranger1
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 10:35 PM

Mmmm...I'm gonna have to finagle, because the first two days of the Getaway covers my last two days of work at the park which wouldn't be a big deal except that I'm the only person working on Fridays and Saturdays! I think Andy will have to cope...

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: GUEST,Dani
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 10:46 PM

I haven't forgotten, Skarpi!

See if you can fly into Raleigh, and we'll practice on the way!

Dani

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: GUEST,Dani
Date: 02 Apr 08 - 11:28 PM

You, too, Claire! I'm glad you had a good time, but I always feel like a bad hostess when a mudcatter comes through town and we don't get to catch up. Maybe next time? But for sure at Getaway...

Dani

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: skarpi
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 03:29 AM

that might be a good idea Dani .
where do I fly from Iceland ? JFK and to Raleigh from there or....
sorry just asking , dont know around there I am afraid :>)

ATB Skarpi .

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: kendall
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 07:54 AM

Bill, I'm sure you relize that I was being excessivly geocentric.I was hoping to stir up some humor.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: artbrooks
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 09:40 AM

We will be coming from New Mexico - driving - and bringing salsa. Anybody up for HOT or do all you East Coast wimps top out at medium? Should we bring chili chocolates and/or jalapeño brittle?

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: SINSULL
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 09:43 AM

Salsa????? Oh NO!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: MMario
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 09:58 AM

Sinsull, don't you Dance?

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Bill D
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 10:20 AM

(yes, Kendall...and I hope YOU know I was seeking to add to the humor....but still, pick a warm month)

artbrooks...HOT salsa tends to be an exercise to prove you can do it; like grilled Habeneros, or Thai fish sauce. I love good salsa, but I like to still be able to experience flavor. Color me wimpy

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Midchuck
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 10:59 AM

I don't know why we can't have the Getaway in Maine so everyone could go.

Because you can't get to Maine from anywhere except Boston, and who wants to go to Boston?

Peter (Nuck, Nyuck).

PS - Eastern upstate New York, like the Adirondacks, might be a good compromise. Like Old Songs but without having to pay for the "name" musicians that a lot of us spend very little time listening to anyway.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 11:39 AM

A Getaway in every place, on every weekend! It's a world movement!

And I'm so glad Susan, at least, knows her HMS Pinafore.

Dan

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Micca
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 11:46 AM

Dont worry Dan, I knew what you meant,( Sir Joseph Porter KCB and well known Knocker Polisher) and I will include you as "I've got a little list...." (and I do NOT mean a nautical slant!!!)

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: jacqui.c
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 12:08 PM

Depends on the time of day, doesn't it Micca?

jacqui.c - running for cover...........

Subject: RE: Getaway 2008
From: Amos
Date: 03 Apr 08 - 12:40 PM

Naw, Micca's is gotten chronic...


A