Subject: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Charlie Baum Date: 08 Dec 99 - 02:16 PM The date: the weekend of October 20-22, 2000.
The place: Camp Ramblewood, near Darlington, Maryland, on the banks of the Susquehanna River. It's about an hour-an-a-half North of Washington, DC. If you're flying in , the nearest airports are actually Baltimore and Philadelphia. The place is not too far away from beatiful downtown Mudcatville (Max's place, in real life, where the server for Mudcat resides physically). For those who need to fly in, Baltimore has lots of Mark your calendars now. --Charlie Baum 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 Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Vixen Date: 08 Dec 99 - 02:35 PM So Charlie, what kind of connections do you have, anyway? Looks like you've managed to rent Eden! Wow! Can I put VicTim's registration in NOW? V |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Joe Offer Date: 08 Dec 99 - 02:54 PM Hmmm. The dates are good, although the weather could get darn cold by then. It'll give me time to do laundry after my September trip to Germany, and it's after leaf-peeper season so I can wander the east after the Getaway without worrying about finding lodging. Hold a space for me, Charlie. I can hardly wait. -Joe Offer- |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: KathWestra Date: 08 Dec 99 - 06:27 PM Hey Joe, it COULD get cold, but it could just as easily be 75 degrees in late October (at least if THIS fall is any indication). There may even be a few leaves left to peep at. Glad you, Vixen, and Tim liked us all well enough to come back! Kath |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Barry Finn Date: 08 Dec 99 - 07:07 PM Even this far off I can say barring disaster I'll be making the trek again, in a second, well maybe 8-9 hrs. Thanks Charlie, I think that's gotta be at least 2 hrs shorter than the last year, though it wouldn't matter if it was 10 hrs longer. Barry |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Big Mick Date: 08 Dec 99 - 07:16 PM I will be there.........period...........let me know when I can send my money. Big Mick |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Susan of DT Date: 08 Dec 99 - 07:35 PM Sounds great, Charlie, and CLOSER. We'll be there, as always |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: jeffp Date: 08 Dec 99 - 08:00 PM If finances and family obligations permit, Bonnie and I will try to be there. Would it be possible to drive up for the day if we can't afford to camp? |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Dani Date: 08 Dec 99 - 08:18 PM Count me in, barring disaster. Keep us posted! Caravan up the coast, anyone?
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Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Charlie Baum Date: 09 Dec 99 - 02:21 AM Answers to questions: Barry and Suan of DT--It's a lot closer to New York, New Jersey, and New England than the old venues. JeffP--Day-trippers will be most welcome; you can come for the day and don't need to camp. Joe Offer--It will be the PEAK of fall foliage in that part of the country on that weekend. Everyone else--while we've set the date and the place, we still need to set the menu for the food, and then determine prices, so no registration just yet. But believe you me--we'll make sure you all know when registration forms are available. Hell, the local members of the FSGW who aren't mudcatters haven't even heard about the dates yet! You heard it first here on Mudcat! |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Date: 09 Dec 99 - 05:27 AM Charlie, Great news! Can't wait. It gives me something to live for and look forward to. Thanks for posting the dates and location so early. No one can now say that they didn't have enough notice! How is the time ever going to pass? It seems like an eternity away. |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Roger in Baltimore Date: 09 Dec 99 - 06:23 AM I'm putting in my vacation request at work today! And Catspaw doesn't need to register, something will come up. Big RiB |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: catspaw49 Date: 09 Dec 99 - 06:54 AM Geez RiB, I always like it when something comes up.....I didn't know you called yours "Something" though. I knew a guy who called his "Joe Smackers" which I always found interesting, but "Something" has merit too. Brings new meaning to everyday phrases. I think I like it. Spaw |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Dani Date: 09 Dec 99 - 08:27 AM Yeesh, Roger, catspaw, what time do you wake UP in the morning? I hate when I spit my coffee all over my keyboard!! |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Roger in Baltimore Date: 09 Dec 99 - 09:02 PM Dani, Either you are quite the sleepy head or you are not completely addicted. After showering and dressing, but before heading off to work, it is nearly imperative that I check the Mudcat. So, I have to be at work at 7:30 AM, I have a 45 - 60 minute commute, and I prefer to be awake when I drive. Hence, the alarm rings at 5:00 AM. Good thing old folks tend to get up early, right 'Spaw? Big RiB |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: alison Date: 09 Dec 99 - 09:13 PM Damn..... if it had been at the start of October I could have dropped in on my way back from Ireland..... ah well.... some other year......... slainte alison |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Big Mick Date: 09 Dec 99 - 09:22 PM Hell, Rog, I was up at 4:45 too. Doesn't everyone get up at that time????? Damn, you mean to tell me that if the date was different THE FAIR ONE could attend??????? Shit,......CHAAAARRRRRLLLLLIIIIIIEEEEE..........can't we do something??????...............LOL Big Mick |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Bill D Date: 09 Dec 99 - 09:39 PM well, the date has 'almost' always been Columbus Day...not sure if that would have helped...perhaps we could take up a special collection?..or sell potato recipes?..or...*sigh*...(if wishes were horses...) |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Charlie Baum Date: 10 Dec 99 - 02:45 AM Perhaps we can convince Alison to fly back to Australia via the U.S., but extend her layover... I'll bet there are folks in, say, Michigan, who might put her up for some extra time. --yr travel agent |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Big Mick Date: 10 Dec 99 - 09:12 AM I already suggested it Charley, but she has time constraints as to when she has to be back in Oz. DRATS!!!! And what the hell are you doing up at 2:45 A.M., Mr. Baum???????? Mick |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Bert Date: 10 Dec 99 - 09:15 AM Alison, drop in on your way back from Ireland and we'll have a special festival just for you. |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: catspaw49 Date: 10 Dec 99 - 10:14 AM Which would be what Bert? The "Festival of the Slobbering Mick?" The "Celebration of Spuds, Suds, and Dud Studs?" "Songs, Thongs, and Koko-Kongs?" Spaw |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: moonchild Date: 10 Dec 99 - 10:16 AM I'll be there, barring disasters, natural or otherwise. Actually, it would have to be pretty awful for me NOT to attend! I still carry the memories of the last one in my mind and in my heart. Any idea of cost? I seem to recall that it was going to be more expensive. The sooner I know the particulars, the sooner I can start planning my finances. Charlie ... THANKS for posting the dates and location ... moonchild |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Bert Date: 10 Dec 99 - 11:52 AM I dunno, perhaps we shouldn't let him come anywhere near the multicolored fair one. |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Jeri Date: 10 Dec 99 - 12:06 PM C'mon Bert, I think it'd be fun to watch. Either "drool, grab, smooch, drool," or "Er...hi, I'm...um, Big Mick. So, um, how's it goin?" I will be there, if I have to crawl all the way on my hands and knees over a very long hot bed of coals. (To the Getaway, not the meeting of Mick and Alison, the object of his obsession :-) |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: annamill Date: 10 Dec 99 - 12:29 PM Gee I'm being presumptious again. How about a gathering at annap's when alison's here. Did that occur to you Bert? I'll bet anything Mick will find a way to my gathering then,huh Mick? Alison, when will you be here? Are you leaving via NY? You are welcome to stay at our house till you leave. Of course, we'll have other gatherings during the summer, but this will be a definite. What do you all think? Love, annap |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: annamill Date: 10 Dec 99 - 12:30 PM Oh, and of course Honey and I will be in Washington. I think he might have a work song, or prison song for you all. He's such a ham. Love, annap |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Dani Date: 10 Dec 99 - 07:24 PM Roger, I resent your implication that my addiction is not complete and total. If I cannot give the 'cat all my money, at least I can offer my undying devotion. Can you spend that on legal expenses, Max? I could not possibly get up early enough to check in BEFORE getting my family off to work and school. Once things quiet down a bit I can find a minute before I'M off to work. Sometimes before sleep. Sometimes a quicky in the afternoon. Whatever... We all get it however we can though, huh? Sometimes I'll get busy and go a couple of DAYS without. That's tough... Dani |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Big Mick Date: 10 Dec 99 - 08:58 PM Atta Girl, Dani, don't let that big eejit question your complete and absolute domination by the 'Cat......Not am I hooked completely, finally and joyously, but I am responsible for causing others to lose all their spare time...........hgahahahahahahaha Anna, my love, you are a devious woman, indeed. How could a dacent Irish gentleman turn down an offer like that?????? I wouldna want the poor dear FAIR ONE to have to go to a gathering and not have someone to fawn over her and take care of her every wish..............Why, I could probably even be convinced to make up some seafood delights if she would assist in the kitchen........and bring a dacent bottle of white wine..........necessary for the preparing, don'tcha know........ I await breathlessly the reply..........LOL. Big Mick |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: momnopp Date: 10 Dec 99 - 11:59 PM Oh, silly ones, I look forward to seeing you all next October. Charlie - thanks for putting a bee in my bonnet so early - it's going on the calendar right away! JudyO |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: dick greenhaus Date: 11 Dec 99 - 04:43 PM Charlie- As far as I can tell, the camp is doing the food prep.Could I suggest that Debbie McC be invited as a guest? I, for one, would miss her. |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Lorraine Date: 11 Dec 99 - 06:32 PM Great Idea! Lorraine |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: annamill Date: 11 Dec 99 - 07:13 PM Now Mick, is that "Laugh Out Loud" or..."Love On Line"... Anyone else byte...excuse me..biteing...?? Or is that a way too soon commitment? Aaallliisssoonnn... Mick, I think we'll have plenty of white wine at hand. |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: alison Date: 11 Dec 99 - 07:18 PM LOL...... Well.. thanks everyone for the offers..... (if and when I do make a stopover in the US... I'll be starting a thread.."Alison needs somewhere to sleep..... oh and is it OK if she brings the hubby and kids too?" hahahaha Festival of the slobbering Mick...... I like that.... I do intend to do some stop overs.... but as yet I'm not sure where... but if there is a way for any of us to meet up..... I'll be there.... slainte alison |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: annamill Date: 11 Dec 99 - 07:38 PM Alison, Hubby and kids are more than welcome. Everyone is welcome at the gatherings, especially family! Let us know when the plans are final. It would be wonderful to meet you, and yours. I think you might like our little place. Love, annap |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Roger in Baltimore Date: 11 Dec 99 - 09:49 PM HEY!!! MICK!!! Who you callin' an eejit? Neither of you have any idea what addiction is really like. Oh, sure, you log on a couple of times a day and maybe you miss it when you are gone for a little while. But until you've mainlined a half a day or more here, you are just small time "chippers". Big RiB, who can't find his cookie. |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Big Mick Date: 11 Dec 99 - 11:16 PM OH YEAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!. ..........Sure Rib, just remember, ;you don't look that big to me............I have every bit the addiction you have.......sometimes when I am on the road, I find the libraries first.......I have mainlined half a day, ..................Mine's bigger than yerz........... Mick |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: catspaw49 Date: 11 Dec 99 - 11:24 PM Addiction? Addiction? You speak of ADDICTION??? With over 3000 posts this year, I can tell you all about addiction! Spaw |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Barry Finn Date: 11 Dec 99 - 11:52 PM Hi Mick, it'll be great to see you again. I'm just wondering though if you'll be do any singing this time around or are you gonna just talk your way through the weekend again, well maybe you could manage a few songs inbetween the sneezes & the snivils. If you come feeling a bit under the weather again I'll just have to mix up a old seceret family remedy (would've brought it last time but I didn't know you'd be feeling low). It's a poultice to pack on your chest, makes you sing like an angel no matter what, you could play that whistle of yours through your nose & it'd sound like Gabriel playing his horn, oh, one draw back you'd smell like goat sh&%$#@it for the weekend. Yours in playful song. Barry |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: thosp Date: 12 Dec 99 - 12:05 AM i'm not addicted - i can stop anytime i want! |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: catspaw49 Date: 12 Dec 99 - 12:28 AM Yeah thosp....sure........... And Barry, bring the poultice.....Mick has a theory that smelling like a guy who's been et by a bear and shit over a cliff is appealing to the opposite sex and as he is director of Fertility Rites, I hesitate to argue. Spaw |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Charlie Baum Date: 12 Dec 99 - 04:10 AM Answers-- It's not clear yet that Debby McClatchy won't be doing at least some of the cooking. The camp will permit us to bring in a chef, provided she works with the regular staff. But whether she cooks or not, we've already decided to invite her as a guest!
Oh, another thing--about kids--since some people who hadn't been before didn't know last year--CHILDREN ARE VERY WELCOME, and there's lots of activities for them, so there's no need to park them with grandma or find a babysitter for the weekend. And since this new place has dance floors to die for (sprung hardwood floors!), we'd like to try to have at least some dancing as part of the weekend schedule. --Charlie Baum |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: bbelle Date: 12 Dec 99 - 10:45 PM I cooked dinner for harpgirl and son tonight (jeesh! I wish I lost weight as good as I cook!) and I think I've convinced her that sharing driving expenses and driving duties is better than me going it alone (and walking with a cane I am now). Since our first night will be spent in Rocky Mount with my flatpicker cousin and his fiddlin' wife, we could pick up Dani on the way! Charlie ... have you decided on fees, yet, or must we wait! Mick ... I'll bring my grandfather's terpin hydrate cough medicine next year, which will cure ANYTHING that ails you. Makes me shivver to think of it. moonchild |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Barry Finn Date: 12 Dec 99 - 11:28 PM Hi Moonchild, hope you're bringing along a few new Irish songs with you, eh? Well I hope you can convince harpgirl into coming, it's hard to explain what a great time was had by all & while you're convincing her & getting Dani (that's a push as well as a hint Dani, hope you make it again) you might as well convince your cousin & his wife too, make it a full house. If not sooner see you then, Barry |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Charlie Baum Date: 13 Dec 99 - 12:49 AM Fees have not yet been determined. I'd guess that for an adult for the whole weekend, they'll be more than $110 and less than $150. We'll have them figured out more precisely by February or March. When we know what the fees are, you'll hear it here first! --Charlie Baum |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Big Mick Date: 13 Dec 99 - 01:12 AM I won't need any medicine, I think we have this thing whupped. And, Brother Barry...............how much friggin' singin' do I have to do??????????Didn't we sit up half the night Saturday singin? And Sunday all day??? And I promise not to do more than about a 15 minute intro of my song for the "Music of the Mudcat" workshop next year. Anna P., if our gal from Oz makes it out to your place, I will make the meal, or at least some of my specialties. Wouldn't that be a hoot??? New Jersey at the end of September and the Getaway three weeks later. Damn, so much good music.......food.............and THE FAIR ONE...........Mick |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Dani Date: 13 Dec 99 - 08:38 AM Bet on it, Moonchild. I'll take over the driving when you get here. Maybe we could rent a big ol' van and do it up in style. The Waffle House tour of the coast!! Just among friends... I'm SO frustrated getting started on my banjo that I'm thinking of coming around to the guitar. Maybe by October I'll be able to accompany myself on a tune or two. Any requests? I'm a blank slate. Dani PS - I am an eyewitness. I was staggering to bed when I found y'all in the dining hall that Saturday night. Barry, Mick was indeed singing. And though I enjoyed every bit of your own singing as well, I'll have to give HIM the medal for at least LOOKING awake. Only his eyes gave him away. You were a part of the upholstery on that throne there. |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Dani Date: 13 Dec 99 - 09:38 AM You know what just occurred to me? We could go up 86 instead of 85 and pick up Allan C on the way! |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: Charlie Baum Date: 13 Dec 99 - 01:02 PM Nice idea Dani, but it's 81, not 86...and you'd probably do just as well to use US29 instead to get to C'ville, home of Allan C. As time draws nearer, I can come up with suggestions on how to avoid the immediate Washington DC area (e.g., I-81 to Hagerstown, MD, I-70 to Baltimore, I-695 clockwise around Baltimore) |
Subject: RE: FSGW Getaway 2000: October 20-22, 2000 From: bbelle Date: 13 Dec 99 - 04:26 PM Barry ... the Irish is going very well, since I've discovered Mary Black! Specifically, I'm working on "Song For Ireland" and "Fare Thee Well My Own True Love." There's a lovely song called "Mo Ghile Mear" and I'd love to learn it, but my prowess in the romance languages has not prepared me for gaelic. Dani ... That sounds great! I drive a Ford Tempo, which actually seats 3-4 pretty comfortably, however, a van sounds even better. Gosh ... we could even pick up one or two more m'catters on the way. Anyone interested? Let's talk! Charlie ... Thanks for the info. I'll start budgeting. moonchild |
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