How Was RainyCamp 2003?

Subject: How Was RainyCamp 2003?
From: GUEST,sharyn
Date: 10 Feb 03 - 10:58 PM

Do tell. How was it? Who was there? What was sung? What did I miss?

Subject: RE: How Was RainyCamp 2003?
From: mg
Date: 11 Feb 03 - 12:37 AM

It was very nice..chilly though. The highlight for me was seeing the increasing numbers of accordians..a great player came from Cheney and some great ones as well..plus me of course...not in the great category. Some new younger people were there; some old stalwarts..Stan James dropped in...I always like the late night sessions..stayed up till 5:30 or 6::/?? on Friday...just a few of us...had a great after concert circle in the chapel...great acoustics..set some ground rules..go fast, no chatter or scholarly monologues, and no going around the circle. So we ended up with the bestest music...I think you have to balance the strict take turns policy, which is probably necessary in official song circles..with some free for alls..in which truly some people do predominate..and it is with the approval of those who remain...Linda Allen sang a great new song..oh Reggie was there and finally we got him to do the one about the girl with the shimmy in her pants..as always the small unexpected moments are sometimes the greatest..I do get bored at the length of the concerts and take lots of walks, bathroom breaks etc..came across two Japanese (one Japanese Americans) playing the flute and guitar..and old Japanese song..seeing the children grow up before our eyes.. seeing some great couples who have met at Rainycamp and gotten married...

see you at Singtime for more of the same hopefully...

mg

Subject: RE: How Was RainyCamp 2003?
From: Genie
Date: 11 Feb 03 - 06:41 AM

Well, though I pooped out about 2:30 Saturday morning and by 3 on Sunday morning (after Flip Breskin's "slumber party," complete with those fuzzy balls you throw at each other), I managed to get run down enough to develop a nasty cold by Sunday evening and have to use most of Monday for catching up on sleep. But it was hard to find time for a nap between workshops, meals, and song circles.

Personally, I enjoyed the concert Sat. night. Lots of great talent, humor, good songs, etc., and a lot of variety. I do wish they'd have a small amplifier available, though, since a few people were hard to hear in the big room (with some ambient noise at times). This was more of a problem in the Friday night big song circle, since there was a lot more extraneous noise then. Even some of the "big-voice" folks were hard to hear at times on Friday night.

Rob Lopreski, Zeke Hoskin, and some others sang some hilarious original songs, and quite a few folks introduced me to other folks' really funny parodies. I'll have to post some of them here if they're not already in the forum.

All told, my first time at Rainy Camp was great -- over 'way too soon.

Genie

Subject: RE: How Was RainyCamp 2003?
From: reggie miles
Date: 11 Feb 03 - 09:37 AM

Having a day pass, for donation, was a great way to a feel for the camp. I live nearby and and didn't really need the overnight accomodations. I missed Friday having another event to attend and arrived too late on both Saturday and Sunday to do as much as I would have liked. The workshops were so plentiful that it was difficult to choose. I wish I could have had time to visit all of them. I noticed that some folks were running on too little sleep by Saturday and were really operating on coffee's virtues alone after Friday's fun. I ended up staying till 2:30am Saturday/Sunday and so was feeling about the same when I arrived back on Sunday near noon. I don't partake of the bean myself but the M&Ms helped. ;~)

I especially enjoyed having a chance to share my songs and mix my saw with so many fine female vocalists. I does offer me an opportunity to get in touch with my feminine side, vocally I mean. I can hit notes with it that I couldn't normally touch with my voice, even if I wore my tightest underware. *BG*

I met some new folks like Mary Garvey, btw thanks for the request, and Flip and had the chance to get to hear the Mudcat cds via Genie's set which she brought to advertise to the campers. Wow, what a compilation it is! I'm so glad that my meager talents were able to be a part of such a project.