Getaway 2016 coming soon!; schedule posted

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: Dave Earl
Date: 21 Jun 16 - 09:33 PM

I will get there one day

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: Charmion
Date: 22 Jun 16 - 08:22 AM

Racking our brains for new songs. Good challenge -- thanks, Nancy.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: Nancy King
Date: 30 Jun 16 - 10:01 AM

News Flash! Getaway registration is now open! You can register on line here, or print out the registration form and mail it in to the address at the bottom of the form.

The program is shaping up nicely -- still quite a few issues to be resolved, but we're confident it will be great. It's ALWAYS great! Hope to see lots of Mudcatters there!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: Cool Beans
Date: 30 Jun 16 - 12:06 PM

Songs cited in classic novels? There are four in "The Great Gatsby," dozens of tunes in the major novels of Thomas Hardy...

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: Nancy King
Date: 01 Jul 16 - 09:37 AM

Refresh

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: artbrooks
Date: 02 Jul 16 - 09:11 AM

Something that should be corrected in the registration information: it says something to the effect that the Getaway is cheaper if one joins FSGW. FSGW is a wonderful organization, especially if one lives in the Greater DC area (we don't). OTOH, it costs more for a family membership ($45) plus two adult 3-day camps ($422, total $467) than for two non-member 3-day registrations ($462). Just saying.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: ranger1
Date: 02 Jul 16 - 12:00 PM

Is there no discount for a three-night non-member upper bunk this year?

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: ranger1
Date: 02 Jul 16 - 12:05 PM

Never mind, found it on the registration form :)

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: Nancy King
Date: 02 Jul 16 - 05:40 PM

Art -- I have brought your comment to the attention of the committee. We'll see what happens, if anything. Thanks for pointing it out.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 10 Jul 16 - 02:43 PM

I'm going to the Getaway! I'm going to the Getaway!!!

Bat Goddess

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: maeve
Date: 10 Jul 16 - 03:07 PM

That's wonderful news, Linn!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: Donuel
Date: 10 Jul 16 - 09:25 PM

OK already, and I'm bringing the agoraphobic side of the family to the music all night section. Just in case I'll print out a registration form and snail it in.

Art Brooks, I noticed that too but found it worth it to join FSGW later just for the Echo Park events.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: Max
Date: 11 Jul 16 - 08:03 PM

How about a mudcat.org 20th birthday party?

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: Nancy King
Date: 12 Jul 16 - 02:07 PM

Max -- really? Wow! We'll see what we can do...

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: MMario
Date: 18 Jul 16 - 06:30 PM

Linn is coming! Huzzah!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: MMario
Date: 11 Aug 16 - 11:41 AM

And I am registered.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: Charmion
Date: 12 Aug 16 - 08:15 AM

Linn, will you have reliable transport to West River? If not, Edmund and I could make a detour to fetch you on our way south.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: Janie
Date: 13 Aug 16 - 04:40 AM

I think I'm registered. Haven't received a confirmation yet.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: Gorgeous Gary
Date: 14 Aug 16 - 10:15 PM

We're looking forward to our Getaway return after missing last year due to a poorly-scheduled work commitment.

It is going to be a very *interesting* Getaway for us. As the local gang knows - but the rest of you likely don't since lazy me never posted it here - we adopted a baby boy last year. So there will be THREE of us turning up in lovely West River.

BTW, the little guy is already a showman. Score one for environment versus genetics... 8-)

-- Gary

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: Amos
Date: 15 Aug 16 - 12:31 AM

Mudcat's TWENTIETH? OMG!! "SOngs from the Mudcat Songbook" would be an hour well spent!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: Amos
Date: 15 Aug 16 - 12:46 AM

I'll be there with bells on. Well, no actual bells, but, well, you know what I mean... :D

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: GUEST,Roger in Baltimore
Date: 19 Aug 16 - 12:49 PM

I have sent in my registration. I believe I have convinced my wife Marge to attend this year. We recently purchased a used Road Trek RV. We are not sure why we did it since we have never been in an RV before. I believe the RV will also be attending.

I officially retired and I hope to learn some new tunes and songs.

I believe I will be assisting in a Humorous Songs Workshop along with another old hand and I'll be aassisting Donna Fletcher in a workshop on "ways to sing the blues".

I am looking forward to all of it.

Roger in Baltimore (who now lives in Virginia)

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: Severn
Date: 19 Aug 16 - 11:36 PM

Well folks, for all of you folks visiting the Getaway that are still in town on Monday night September 26th, as well as those who are here all the time, once again I will be hosting a sing at Zed's Cafe 8225 Georgia Avenue in downtown Silver Spring MD from 6:30-8:45pm for all who are not completely sung out yet. Good food served in a living room atmosphere. We did this last year on Getaway Monday, and I do it when special people pass through town for a while now. No alcoholic beverages and we're just singing for the hell of it, but good times have always been had. I'd like to make this a yearly tradition, and the owner likes having us there. Let's join together for one more night of song to complete our Getaway weeKend memories. I hope to see you there, if you're still in town and available.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: Severn
Date: 21 Aug 16 - 02:56 AM

Re: Fresh

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: Leadfingers
Date: 21 Aug 16 - 07:36 PM

I'll be there - Flying in to Kennedy for a couple of nights in N Y before driving down to Maryland . Monday evening looks like a good idea for a session .

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: maeve
Date: 21 Aug 16 - 07:41 PM

Good for you, Terry! Have a great time.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: Nancy King
Date: 22 Aug 16 - 03:50 PM

Looking forward to seeing you all!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: Max
Date: 23 Aug 16 - 08:13 PM

Is there a draft of the schedule yet?

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: Nancy King
Date: 23 Aug 16 - 11:18 PM

Coming soon, Max!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: Janie
Date: 28 Aug 16 - 10:56 PM

If you are coming, pleas remember to bring something for the silent auction, which funds the Getaway scholarship fund. Equally important, bring a little cash or your check book so you can bid.

Items small and large welcomed. Many of us Mudcatters, me included, have in the past been able to attend the Getaway because of scholarships.

If it is covered in dirt or fuzzy bunnies, or is actual trash, please don't bring it. Otherwise, one person's trash is another's treasure.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: maeve
Date: 29 Aug 16 - 11:37 AM

Janie, I have an interesting pile of sheet music and music books I think would be good for the auction. If I can get it to the Getaway via some kind soul traveling from here to there, I'll send it along. Does that sound like something that would be welcomed?

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: GUEST,Janie
Date: 29 Aug 16 - 01:00 PM

Maeve,

Most definitely!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: maeve
Date: 29 Aug 16 - 02:02 PM

Thanks, Janie. I'll negotiate with friends out this way for a travel berth for a very nice stack of music for the scholarship auction.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: Nancy King
Date: 31 Aug 16 - 01:32 PM

Maeve, one of these times we'd love for YOU to dip into that scholarship fund and get yourself to the Getaway!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: maeve
Date: 31 Aug 16 - 02:05 PM

Thank you, Nancy. "I wish, I wish, I wish in vain..." Makes me sad every year.

It seems such delights are not in my foreseeable future, but I can maybe help others go.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: GUEST,LynnT
Date: 31 Aug 16 - 02:55 PM

I am trying to rearrange my schedule to attend.

I'd be happy to help with random craft activities (I have fond memories of an impromptu let's make stuff out of broken jewelry" workshop last time I came, mumblety-many years ago.)

Would home-canned goodies, or fresh-baked ones, or jars of fudge sauce, be good for the auction?

LynnT

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: maeve
Date: 31 Aug 16 - 03:13 PM

Some pickles and preserves I sent in previous years sold. :)

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: hsempl
Date: 31 Aug 16 - 05:28 PM

Jars of Fudge Sauce, Ye Gods, Yes!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: Charmion
Date: 01 Sep 16 - 09:58 AM

I have set aside some jars of home-made reduced-sugar jam for the silent auction. Also, a cast-iron candle-lantern in the shape of an owl (nice for outside, with a citronella candle in it) and an enormous Chinese porcelain teapot, both previously the property of my elder brother. Both items have been in my house for three years without being used even once, so Out They Go. But they're nice (at least in my opinion), so the silent auction is the destination.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: Janie
Date: 05 Sep 16 - 06:31 PM

The schedule is up! As usual, it looks fabulous and gonna once again be hard to figure out how to be in 3 places at once.

http://fsgw.org/wff/Getaway2016schedule.pdf

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!
From: Nancy King
Date: 05 Sep 16 - 09:11 PM

Thanks, Janie! Earlier today I tried to post this monumental news myself, but even the Mudcat link-maker could not overcome my essential techno-klutziness, and I was unsuccessful. There's just no explaining some things.

Anyhow, do keep in mind that the schedule is subject to change -- though we fervently hope not to have to make changes!

Enjoy! See you all at the Getaway!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2016 coming soon!; schedule posted
From: maeve
Date: 26 Sep 16 - 02:32 PM

Refresh ♫♫♪♪