Mudcat Worldwide Singaround-On Zoom Mondays!!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Worldwide Singaround - On Zoom Mondays!
From: Joe Offer
Date: 26 Aug 23 - 12:39 PM

Hi, Catherine - Email me and I'll put you on the email list. We meet on Zoom every Monday at noon Los Angeles time.
We do our best to post a link here during the Singaround, but the best way is to join our email list.
For security purposes, the link changes every week.




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Subject: RE: Mudcat Worldwide Singaround - On Zoom Mondays!
From: GUEST,David Polacheck
Date: 25 Sep 23 - 10:54 AM

Do I have a Mudcat name? If so, what is it? If not, how do I get one?

I swear I’m legit; my Dad, Charles Polacheck, was an Almanac Singer in his youth.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Worldwide Singaround - On Zoom Mondays!
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 25 Sep 23 - 11:19 AM

You choose a name for yourself and use it consistently. Write to Joe Offer [e-mail] to get set up with an account.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Worldwide Singaround - On Zoom Mondays!
From: Felipa
Date: 25 Sep 23 - 11:36 AM

David Polacheck, I don't think you need to email Joe Offer to register for membership on Mudcat; I think you can still do that directly from the Mudcat website by clicking on "membership" and submitting your email addy and a user name. And it is a good idea to register with this site. But you also don't need to be a Mudcat member to participate in Monday zoom singarounds. To be on the email list to receive the codes weekly, you DO have to email Joe Offer. But Joe is travelling at the moment and Gerry Myerson sent out the zoom code this week. You could get this week's code from someone you know who is a regular participant.

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Incorrect on three counts, Felipa. You do have to register through Joe Offer to become a Mudcat member, and Joe is back home. And he has been working on registrations while traveling.
-Joe-

Subject: RE: Mudcat Worldwide Singaround - On Zoom Mondays!
From: Joe Offer
Date: 26 Sep 23 - 12:14 AM

Hi, Felipa - people DO need to contact me to become a member. I'm still processing memberships while I'm on my Great American Road Trip. I hope I'm still being pretty efficient with that.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Worldwide Singaround - On Zoom Mondays!
From: GUEST,David Polacheck
Date: 25 Sep 23 - 10:54 AM

Do I have a Mudcat name? If so, what is it? If not, how do I get one?

I swear I’m legit; my Dad, Charles Polacheck, was an Almanac Singer in his youth.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Worldwide Singaround - On Zoom Mondays!
From: Joe Offer
Date: 26 Aug 23 - 12:39 PM

Hi, Catherine - Email me and I'll put you on the email list. We meet on Zoom every Monday at noon Los Angeles time.
We do our best to post a link here during the Singaround, but the best way is to join our email list.
For security purposes, the link changes every week.




[e-mail]

Subject: RE: Mudcat Worldwide Singaround - On Zoom Mondays!
From: Joe Offer
Date: 26 Sep 23 - 12:14 AM

Hi, Felipa - people DO need to contact me to become a member. I'm still processing memberships while I'm on my Great American Road Trip. I hope I'm still being pretty efficient with that.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Worldwide Singaround - On Zoom Mondays!
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 25 Sep 23 - 11:19 AM

You choose a name for yourself and use it consistently. Write to Joe Offer [e-mail] to get set up with an account.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Worldwide Singaround - On Zoom Mondays!
From: Felipa
Date: 25 Sep 23 - 11:36 AM

David Polacheck, I don't think you need to email Joe Offer to register for membership on Mudcat; I think you can still do that directly from the Mudcat website by clicking on "membership" and submitting your email addy and a user name. And it is a good idea to register with this site. But you also don't need to be a Mudcat member to participate in Monday zoom singarounds. To be on the email list to receive the codes weekly, you DO have to email Joe Offer. But Joe is travelling at the moment and Gerry Myerson sent out the zoom code this week. You could get this week's code from someone you know who is a regular participant.

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Incorrect on three counts, Felipa. You do have to register through Joe Offer to become a Mudcat member, and Joe is back home. And he has been working on registrations while traveling.
-Joe-

Subject: RE: Mudcat Worldwide Singaround-On Zoom Mondays!!
From: Joe Offer
Date: 22 Dec 23 - 06:44 PM

No Mudcat Singaround on December 25 and January 1. We'll be back January 8.
As the year comes to an end and we've completed 3-1/2 years of the Mudcat Worldwide Singaround, I'd like to thank all the people who help so much to keep this thing going. It's amazing what they do.

David Kidman
Casey Casebeer
Gerry Myerson
Monique
Arlene Immerman
Gayle Wade
Melissa Marosy
Noreen Keene
Dawn Berg

There are several others who help out now and then, but I've tried to list the ones who help out regularly. I thank them all, and I thank everyone who makes this weekly gathering so much fun. It's been such a pleasure to sing with so many Mudcatters online. It's not a perfect way of communication, but it's pretty darn good.

-Joe-

Subject: RE: Next Mudcat Worldwide Singaround-On Zoom January 8
From: GerryM
Date: 22 Dec 23 - 09:56 PM

Thank you, Joe, for hosting (roughly) 180 of these singarounds.

Subject: RE: Next Mudcat Worldwide Singaround-On Zoom January 8
From: MoorleyMan
Date: 23 Dec 23 - 06:17 AM

Yeah biggest thanks go to Joe of course, for his initiative and exemplary leadership, but he sure has a great team onboard and it's a real pleasure to work with these folks.
Live long and prosper!

Subject: RE: Next Mudcat Worldwide Singaround-On Zoom January 8
From: Monique
Date: 24 Dec 23 - 02:56 AM

Thank you indeed Joe and thanks to all the team! I'll be back next time and will resume my work -life has some unavoidable painful moments.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Worldwide Singaround-On Zoom Today!!
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 15 Jan 24 - 11:54 AM

I might well turn up. It will probably be my last. Cancer of the oesophagus. If previous estimates of my median life expectancy turn out to be accurate, it is 50/50 if I make the February one!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Worldwide Singaround-On Zoom Mondays!!
From: GerryM
Date: 16 Jan 24 - 12:18 AM

Richard, here's hoping you beat the odds.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Worldwide Singaround-On Zoom Mondays!!
From: Joe Offer
Date: 16 Jan 24 - 09:41 AM

37 singers this Monday. It was a lovely gathering.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Worldwide Singaround-On Zoom Mondays!!
From: Joe Offer
Date: 20 Jan 24 - 12:19 AM

Hi, Everybody - I hope you can sing with us on Zoom on Monday January 22. Singing starts at noon Los Angeles time, which is 3 PM in New York and 8 PM in London. We sing for 4-5 hours, and always have a good time.

There's been a little discussion lately about our policy on between-song conversation and length of performances, and the like. Different singarounds do things differently. We like to emphasize music and not conversation, and we like to keep the session moving along. We have 25-35 singers every week, and the session can get tedious if there's too much conversation. So please help to keep the session moving along - without being rushed. In general, each person's turn is one song or recitation, plus a brief introduction - limited to five minutes but hopefully shorter. But if a ballad or recitation goes a minute or two overtime, I don't think everybody's going to mind.

And sorry, but we really don't want participants giving technical instructions to participants. That's what we have cohosts for.
I don't want to get all rulesy about this, but the idea is that we want to keep the session moving along and not get bogged down by conversation. Thanks.

-Joe-