Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: jacqui.c
Date: 20 Oct 04 - 07:18 PM

MMario - I wish that you had stayed when you saw us on the deck. I wished that I could have just contacted everyone to come and see what was happening - it was something that should have been shared by all Kendall's friends. However, I did manage to put parts of it on video so may have something that can be kept.

Tinker - I hope the tape does turn up - it would be a reminder of a wonderful afternoon. If anyone has any ideas of where it might have gone please let Tinker know. I think it was probably a good idea that you didn't know me better - poor Kendall could really have suffered otherwise!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Bill D
Date: 20 Oct 04 - 07:25 PM

folks...I heard Ebbie sing Sunday night, and she has a lovely voice and plays the guitar just fine. Her taste is excellent, because she immediately had a harp, a viola, a fiddle and Mick's guitar helping her...*smile*
next time, I will contrive to find a space with 5-6 folks and hear her when she is more comfy. (yes, YOU, Ebbie.)

(them folks from Alaska all make good music! KT has a voice to melt you, and does a wide variety...and Bashful Alaska Mike (*grin*) just fills a room with sound)

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Bill D
Date: 20 Oct 04 - 08:04 PM

well, some of us were not too bashful to stop and hear the good music!

here are 3 pics of the event.

one (the sun WAS bright, huh?)

two

three

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Amos
Date: 20 Oct 04 - 08:08 PM

Gee, Bill -- who ARE all those folks!! :D

A

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Bill D
Date: 20 Oct 04 - 08:09 PM

(I have cropped, color balanced and 'enhanced' about 60 of 105 or so usable pics...those on the porch were in nice sun and are left exactly as I took them, so it was easy to send them up. Some of the rest need more work and all need some labels and disclaimers..*grin*, but I'm working on it.)

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Bill D
Date: 20 Oct 04 - 08:10 PM

lolol..Amos, next year, we need folks asking who YOU are!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Bill D
Date: 20 Oct 04 - 08:12 PM

SINSULL, KT, Jacqui, Kendall, Ed Trickett, Susan A-R, George Stephens

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: jacqui.c
Date: 20 Oct 04 - 08:18 PM

Thanks for those Bill - they really did sum up the good feeling out there.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Oct 04 - 08:34 PM

I have definately not recovered. A lovely lovely getaway. Thank you to all who slaved before hand- yes Rita- you must admit that I know how you sweat over each change and all the personalities involved to balance the weekend as much as possible. And to Charlie for his hard work. And to all who came from near and far (Alaska, Canada, California, England, Scotland...amazing)and participated gloriously (and sometimes not so gloriously as when I lost my words) - very very good getaway. Too many wonderful moments and songs and people to single out yet. A special thanks to Susan A-R who mentioned my Ballad of the Fox Hunter in the In Other Words session. It is a thrill to have ones song really remembered. Thanks-Grin.~ Lorraine "Not a regular poster"

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Jeri
Date: 20 Oct 04 - 08:51 PM

Jacqui, all of Kendall's friends who were at the Getaway wouldn't have fit on the porch! Anyway, too many people, and that magic moment might not have happened the way it did.

You know you can change your 'c' to an 'm' if you want?

I know the Sunday night concert spot didn't go the way Kendall wanted (what did he expect, I wonder?) but he and SINSULL ought to find some more serious material and take that act on the road.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: jacqui.c
Date: 20 Oct 04 - 09:24 PM

Yes, I know - They work so well together. Actually, he enjoyed it with the comic bits - it really went well that way.

I'm thinking about changing the c - haven't made up my mind yet.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Micca
Date: 20 Oct 04 - 09:41 PM

Here in the salubrious metropolis of South Portland Maine the memories of the w/e are strong, the moments like Joes Dance in the hut,
KT's singing in the concerts and in the after hours,
Ebbie, you were a treat and a tonic!! no maatter what you sang, or when, and even if you had stayed shtum all w/e you were "value for money any day"
The contributors to the Parodies workshop, especially my co-host Gary and his Jabberwocky parody
MMario's "Rudolph the Blue-balled reindeer" a treat if ever there was!!!
Seeing and greeting Max and Pene and many more, I am suffering from withdrawel symptoms,BTW where DID all that booze come from?
and the one BAD!!!! memory of the Getawy, which I will carry to my Grave, The taste of Blackberry Brandy... YEUCHHHH!!!!! It defies description, and I can still taste it 3 days later!!!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Annie
Date: 20 Oct 04 - 10:06 PM

jamqui? Kendall wouldn't like that.

Annie

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Janie
Date: 20 Oct 04 - 10:36 PM

heeheeheehee!

Janie

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: SINSULL
Date: 20 Oct 04 - 10:37 PM

High point of the Trickett/Morse/Stephen's pick along? Ed Trickett thanking us for indulging him. Most of us were pinching ourselves and quietly wondering: "Am I really here listening to Kendall Morse and Ed Trickett jam?"

Lord, I cried a lot this weekend. Jeri coaxed a tear or two at the Rick F. workshop. Mick (who still owes me a ring) coaxed a few more at the Sunday concert. Max attempted to give me a hickey (SP? It's been so long I don't know how to spell it) and I laughed until I cried. The wedding emotions, chats with close friends, sad tales of the year's sorrows, happy tales of babies, and of course laughing until I cried.

El Greco is a sweetheart. Someone will have to convince him that I will not hurt him. BUT he is still in contention for replacement Mudcat heartthrob. Ebbie is so modest and shyly hides her talent. The lady can play and sing and fill a room with happiness. KT - WOW says it all. She is beautiful inside and out and talented as well. Susan A-R is just bad - another laughed until I cried moment when she described her run-in with a flight of stairs. Another lady who can sing and play and fill a room with light. Alaska Mike playing his guitar on a side street in Princeton while awaiting his ride. Our beautiful Dani lit up the room with her music and her smile. Janie - I secretly watched her swaying as she practised her wedding song in a small outdoor amphitheater. A beautiful lady. AllanC's California Dreamin'. Micca...just Micca. What more is there to say. I can't wait to meet the lady who has him under control - Miss Phiddle must be remarkable and a saint in the making. Tinker, my friend and playmate with her raunchy lyrics and innocent demeanor. Bro Joe - all dimples and mischief and innocence (Anybody buying it?) Jacqui and Kendall at the wedding - who would believe we could touch the old crank and make him teary? Who could sit dry eyed through Jacqui's "Love Me Tender" then watch as Kendall questioned Dan Schatz whether he was bawling or balling? Some things never change.

I don't know who handled all the arrangements this year. I know Nancy King helped Rita put it all together. Thank you.

Post Getaway blues have already set in. I missed Miss Annie and Barry Finn and the Patons...next year.

More to come as I wind down and remember.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Ferrara
Date: 20 Oct 04 - 10:48 PM

Oh, Noreen, it's good to hear from you! Such happy memories of last year's Getaway and like Bill, I figure those Cadbury biscuits are worth waiting for.

Rita

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Ferrara
Date: 20 Oct 04 - 10:57 PM

Yeah, I really missed Barry Finn, the Patons, and the Soup Kitchen but maybe Barry most of all because first of all he brings such intensity to every song he sings but second of all, he always gives Mick a Really hard time which of course no one else does....

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Ferrara
Date: 20 Oct 04 - 11:24 PM

Carly Gewirz, the red haired lady who provided the drop spindles and who led the "Becoming a More Confident Singer" workshop, was the third person who helped set up the Getaway program this year (with me and Nancy King). Many, many other people made suggestions and contributed ideas.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 06:09 AM

Such wonderful posts!

Thank you again for sharing the joy.

..xx..e

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Alaska Mike
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 07:24 AM

OK, Getaway started for me sitting on my daughter's front steps singing and playing guitar while various people walked by looking at me like I was crazy.   Then Sinsull and Tinker coming by sharing hugs and allowing me to add my stuff to their substantial amount of wedding reception gear. The trip to Maryland was filled with great stories and much laughter. Thank you so much Tinker for transportation and conversations.

When we got to Ramblewood, there were so many wonderful memories:
*meeting El Greko, sharing songs with this talented fellow, and finding out that he must be a previously unknown brother.
*Once again hearing David's marvelous harp as he accompanied Lucy's unusually haunting voice, magnificent.
*Ron's viola and Susan's violin so sweetly playing behind me as I sang my song for the concert, Thanks again you two.
*The great planning on the part of FSGW, and superb meals provided by the kitchen staff.
*Singing my mini-concert in the wonderfully WARM sunshine on Saturday morning.
*Watching my good friend Mick get so embarassed when he tripped over his tongue.
*The incredible love and joy that was so obvious between Kendall and Jacqui.
*The harmonies of the Schatz family at the Saturday concert. WOW!!
*Putting a smiling face to the name "Bobert".
*Sharing a brew (or two) in Stalag 14 with the late night song demolition crew.
*Seeing KT and Ebbie (both fellow Alaskans) enjoying the Getaway as much as I did.
*Getting shushed for singing too loud.
*Hugs and hugs and hugs and hugs and hugs and hugs and songs and then more hugs from damn near everyone.

Sharing two fantastic days on the road with Mick as we traveled up to WYSIWYG's for a night of music, food, songs and blessed sleep. Then traveling through Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan stopping occasionally to eat, pee and find out about the mysterious paintings on the bridge in Hazel Hurst (2 words), PA.   Spending the second night in Cincinatti watching the Reds pulverize the Yankees and then visiting the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame the next morning. Missing time deadlines and finally arriving at my son's house in Traverse City after getting lost because my stupid Map program likes me to take the scenic route.

Thanks so much to all of you for making my visit to the Getaway so wonderful. I won't know if I can be there next year until it gets closer to the time, but I promise to try.

Mike

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: SINSULL
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 09:51 AM

I am finally awake.
Bobert - he talks the way he posts. It is scary. Bobert has all the "Bad Boy" good looks of Sam Elliot in a biker movie but he is a sweetheart. And the boy can play and sing. He was a pleasant surprise.

More favorite moments:
Alaska Mike singing "So Lonesome I Could Cry" just for me. Tawmmie better come next year or I may have to add Mike to the Mudcat Heart Throb list.

Ed Trickett leaving a workshop to come back with lyrics to "Old Wing" when I requested it. Ed, in the tradition of Kendall and Rick and so many others, is incredibly modest about his incredible talent.

Big Mick's wedding song for the happy couple that left Kendall teary-eyed...or did I mention that already.

Meeting Tinker's children. Do not miss a chance to spend an evening in front of the TV with DeWalt family. AJ, Ben, Zach and Julian were pure fun. Funny to watch the petite Tinker herding her brood and keeping them semi-under control. Favorite line? As we discussed good and bad TV programs, Zach, with an impish grin, quietly states "Sex In The City is a pretty good show."

For the record: "Too Many Parties" was supposed to be done seriously. Judy Cook caught my eye, mimed dabbing rouge on her cheeks, and I was led astray. I think Kendall meant it when he snarled "I will kill you" at me. I might have stayed on the path of the righteous had he remembered the key we practiced in. (No - I will never learn)

So good to see old friends - Gutbuster Jim, Dick the hurdy-gurdy man and his meatballs (there in lies a tale. Alaska Mike does blush), Dottie and her uke, our beloved Pene with "limpid eyes", and more later.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: SINSULL
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 09:55 AM

Also for the record - that mug was filled with water at least when I was on stage.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Tinker
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 10:49 AM

"Semi under control" ah yes Micca, Sinsull and I with Getaway fever added to excited teens wathcing a Yankee Redsox Playoff Game, I felt like a sheep dog as a storm circles the mountains. Exciting and dangerous and just waiting for someone to charge off a cliff. Not that Micca or Sinsull (or Jarius for that matter) would ever subtly egg on borderline behavior..... It was a ton of fun, but highly challenging. And just for the record I'm still four inches taller than Zach.

The Friday night sing in the dining room with crowds joining in to all the "traditional" top 40 favorites.... and having John LaPrelle laughingly say if someone starts Jet Plane I'm leaving just as Sinsull began Kumbya....

Hug and Hugs and inner warmth, connections instantly restored
Pictures of Lily of the amazing blue eyes
Sinsull covering herself with almost as much frosting as the wedding cake --leaning over is a bitch. ElGrecko muttering to himself through the Bob Song and cracking me up. Singing Baby Owlet at 4am in attempts to lullabye the cabin to bed.
Talking with Ron Davies on the way up the hill, missing Jan with him and the duets saved for next year.

Ebbie's watchful eyes and bright smile occaisionally fussing at KT. And her thoughful goodbye that touched me deeply.

I've got Solomon's Seal to plant too... perhaps Bobert is just spreading Mudcat wisdom up and down the coast..

tink

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Janie
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 11:05 AM

Sins, I agree with Jacqui, you and Kendall need to put a comedy routine on the road. When you kept saying that you didn't
intend to perform as you did, I kept thinking "how could they make it any funnier?" I loved it.

Janie

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Col K
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 11:17 AM

Thanks for all the posts,I have been constantly thinking about you all enjoying ??? the cool(cold) huts at night and the warmth of the fellowship during the day to help you all through the chill of the nights. At the time I was busy sunning myself in Ibiza with Angela. We hope to be able to come next year or whenever the Shellbacks come over again.
Keep the stories coming, I missed you all this year,
Till we meet again
Colin

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Carly
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 11:30 AM

I'm still processing.... Looking over at Jacqui and Kendall as I was singing to them during the Wedding Party I had to look away in order to continue; the love in Jacqui's smile was so moving, and as for Kendall, well, he looked positively stunned with happiness!Witnessing Nancy King and her two sons singing together on stage for the first time ( and I've known them for decades!) was a moment I won't forget.Seeing so many talented folks again: Elizabeth LaPrelle and her family-don't miss her CD, Ed Trickett, Mike, Mick, Mmario, Tinker,Jeri.....the list is a lot longer, but I must run.
One more thing; the gift of a lovely Monday spent with K.T. and Ebbie, my newest old friends.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: wysiwyg
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 11:46 AM

At the Getaway extension, my best memory is leaning over the "broken" inner parts of the loo with Alaska Mike leaning over me as expert consultant and water-bearer, with me laughing in great whoops when the water-fill-valve spritzed me in the face with COLD water, every time I let loose my hold on the slimy, corroded float ball, as he poured in coffeepots-full of water.... and then, after telling the assembled company the downstairs loo was now on "emergency-flush-only" status, having Susan come downstairs from the UPstairs loo, telling me... it wasn't working so good, either.

Gee, after that, people sure got on the road fast..... sissies!

Both pottys were fine BTW-- the downstairs one is a very slow fill and the upstairs one is sometimes a slow drain. Hardi checked them out and determined that mutiple users downstairs had simply not allowed the tank to refill completely after each flush, making it seem like it had been running continuously, forever. And he adjusted the upper.

This memory was made all the better for Dick having sung "Pity the Downtrodden Landlord" the night before, because ours truly is, and we bother him only for true emergencies. Country livin' is grand!

Also I now have secret knowledge of neat sleepers and cover-flingers, and I know who threw a heavy lamp in whose face in the night. From this one can easily deduce who arrived the most exhausted and slept the most deeply! :~) Alaska Mike, that was you in the middle bed, right?

The next guests in the Mudcat Attic Dorm will find that the upgraded amenities include a special new "Alaska Mike" pee-bucket!

~Susan

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: MMario
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 12:15 PM

I know I snore - but is that any reason for lamp-flinging? Or maybe he wasn't as thrilled over my stealing his song lyrics as he said he was...

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: MMario
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 12:23 PM

BTW - as far as cover-flinging goes - I erred in the oppisete direction from the "no heat" cabins -(yes, 'twas I who turned the heater on!) it was pretty dang toasty in the dorm when we went to bed - and it held the heat well - which may account for much of the cover flinging.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: wysiwyg
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 12:31 PM

It was just like having Mike and Dave (the teen step-twins) back in the house! :~)

As usual, MMario did heavy duty helping to co-host. I don't think we could do these without Mmario and our local friend, Booster Terrik.

~Susan

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Big Mick
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 01:17 PM

El Greko ...... what can I say? This man has a voice to die for, and has honed his use of it to a razor sharp edge. His delivery is right on, and his guitar work is really something. He knows how to mix it all up just right for a spectacular performance. And his lyrics .... well, he has become a favorite songwriter for me after one exposure. Wonderful talent, wonderful old friend just met. I am in awe, sir.

Yeah, we had a time, didn't we, lads and lasses? MESSAGE TO KENDALL: I am watching, and one slip and I am going to rob that lady from you. She is a catch of the first order. The love she has for our dear friend (he of the wrinkled .... nevermind) is equalled only by the love that her presence makes others feel for her. I am honored to have been able to sing "His English Rose" for them.

I absolutely loved being able to sing "Mary and the Seal" with karenk. Does this woman have a voice, or what? I was worried going in about voice match, but that dissipated quickly. What a treat!

KT sang her most stunning song, IMHO, which she wrote about her Mother. Her Mama "got away" some time ago, and the last time she sang it was at the funeral. What a gift she gave us by singing it for the first time. It affected her, but that pain gave the song even more meaning for me.

Jeri, when are you and I going to sing some of those marvelous songs you write?

The big lad himself (Alaska Mike) and I had a great ramble. I don't think we stopped chatting during the whole of two days, except when we put the occasional CD on. Between him and KT, I feel pretty confident that there are songs coming. Mike spent a lot of time sharing his passion for people with me. This man feels there are songs in and about every person he meets. He laid out for me how he uncovers them, gives the focus, creates them. And then, as we rambled the hills, valleys, and wonderful villages of Northern Pennsylvania, Providence decided that it would show me the wisdom of Mike's words. You will have to wait for the songs to hear the stories, but they will be worth the wait. You will hear of Hazel Hurst, a one armed waitress, Snorky, Tranzue, a piece of pine, and a bridge. We will introduce you to a woman, who started out prim and proper, and later showed us her heart, and let us glimpse the beautiful young woman she was years ago. She told us of the beauty when she was in bloom, and let us see the greater beauty of her soul in bloom. I couldn't have had a better guide on this journey than Alaska Mike Campbell.

And thanks to Dick Swain for the journeyman tuning duties .... I am in your debt ......LOL.

My goal is that you will all come to this special event, and make these memories. That is my goal for purely selfish reasons. I am always a better person when this is over. Won't you start to save now for next year? You won't be sorry.

All the best,

Mick

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Alaska Mike
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 02:04 PM

To WYSIWYG:

Susan, I know nothing about lamp or cover flinging. Your comments are a complete mystery to me. Perhaps that lay-about in the bed closest to the door rumpled my bed covers after I had left. And I'm pretty sure that when your lamp decided (on its own) to sail through the air, I was the one who saved it from destruction. That's how I remember it and I'm sticking to my story.

Thank you so much for the food, bed and hospitality that you and Greg provided to us weary travelers. I hope you enjoy the CD's.

Mike

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: kendall
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 02:23 PM

I really don't know where to start. Still sleep deprived, up and down all night...
Anyway, I've been to many gatherings of like minded whackos like us, but this has to be the best yet. I can't thank Mary, Tinker and Carly for that wonderful reception, and a special thanks to Big Mick for his song, His English Rose; that was a winner my large friend! The words will remain in our collection of wedding memorabilia for ever.

There were so many high spots it's hard to put them all down here, but I must mention meeting and hearing KT. Such talent combined with honesty and straightforwardness is rare. Especially when combined with a lack of ego. This lady is a real treasure, and when she sang The Old Salt for me I felt very priviledged to know her. KT, you haven't seen the last of me! You and me gonna "pick" together some day.
Another high was "picking" with my dear friend, Ed Trickett on the porch. It has been so long since we swapped songs that it really felt good. MMario, you would have been welcome to stop and listen, it was not a closed session.
Once again, I thank the FSGW for inviting me to return, and, I thank everyone for being so accepting of my bride, Jacqui. You all made her feel so welcome, she can't wait for next year to come again.

The only low point was missing the Patons. Let's all hope they make it next year.
We will be posting pictures of the wedding and reception very soon.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Sorcha
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 02:36 PM

You damn well better be!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: wysiwyg
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 02:44 PM

Nope, Mike, not at all-- I have you down with the neat-sleepers. The layabout as well-- clearly you two tied for the most-exhausted, and I am sure you both earned it honorably. The beds looked like elves had merely stretched out weightlessly and hovered in a tidy fashion!

You'll have to resolve the lamp mystery with MMario. He's never lied to me before.... but I suppose there could be a first time! :~)

We're saving the CDs for a time Hardiman and I can hear them together-- so much we never get to share because of time constraints, so we make gift-CDs a priority to save & share together. Tomorrow is a wandering day off-- so I bet we will be hearing both CDs by bedtime, or AT bedtime! :~) Hmmm, is there anything romantic on those...... I bet there is!

~Susan

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Ferrara
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 03:01 PM

When Kendall wrote, "I've been to many gatherings of like minded whackos like us, but this has to be the best yet," I decided that just has to be the first quote in next year's Getaway blurb -- it just about sums it up, doesn't it?

Yeah, Mick, Karen K's voice when she sang with you just about blew me away. I've heard her do some really good singing but that was the best. Her voice rang like a silver bell.

And thank you Mick for the insights into how Alaska Mike creates those songs.

Who heard Saul Broudy's concert? What were the highlights? (These Memories threads help everybody share in the stuff they missed because of lack of proper cloning equipment at the camp.)

I remember the first time I met Colleen and Saul, at Camp Letts some years ago. I wasn't involved with putting on the Getaway then, I was just the first person Saul ran into when he arrived and realized there were NO bed linens, pillows, blankets, etc in the cabins. Bill and I always brought enough stuff to furnish a small cottage, and we borrowed more stuff (pillows, etc) from Laura and Peter Sailer, and got them fixed up. By the time Bill and I chased all over the camp to do that, we had spent quite a bit of time chatting with Saul and Colleen, and for me Colleen had already become one of those people where you start to smile inside when you catch sight of them.

That's part of the magic that happens at the Getaway, isn't it? At a "normal" folk festival you enjoy the music together but you're not likely to feel that you're spending time with 100 or so of the dearest people on earth.

Rita

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Bill D
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 03:56 PM

What I heard of Saul's was most of the "Soldier Songs" workshop.
He collected some amazing stuff 'from the source' in VietNam and knows how they were presented. An amazing treasure. And Edmund & Charmion added some neat stuff also.

Then Sunday night, heard his mouth-harp playing for the first time in years...wow!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: My guru always said
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 04:00 PM

Congrats to JacquiC & Kendall!

Oh, what wonderful pictures you all paint of a Fabulous weekend.    Just wish I could hear the singing & the songs.

So glad you enjoyed meeting & hearing El Greko, we're all so entranced by his words & music, he shows his soul!

Will be saving my pennies just in case I get a chance to come along next year - room for a little 'un?

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Carly
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 04:13 PM

Please do come.... and we welcome all ages; my son was 10 days old at his first Getaway (although I confess we did not stay the night that year!)Now, at 14, he considers the Getaway an indispensible part of his year, and looks forward to seeing friends there he has made over the years (and, although sometimes it seems as though the young ones are off playing and not listening, at least ours comes home with a head full of music!)

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: GUEST,Alaska Mike's Secret Santa
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 04:15 PM

Mike, are you home yet? I'm having the devil of a time keeping up with you! Did you see me at the Getaway? (I was the one in the red suit.)

And about that lamp, I sure hope you've been good!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: My guru always said
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 04:19 PM

Ah, by little 'un I was jokingly referring to myself! But good to hear that all enjoy the Getaway - as if they had a choice *grin*

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Big Mick
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 04:22 PM

Secret Santa for Alaska Mike, he is in Traverse City, Michigan (a spectacular town, btw) until Sunday when he flies home. Just watch the papers.

Mick

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: MMario
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 04:22 PM

as if they had a choice - alright, who let slip the information about the Getaway Police rounding up and disposing of anyone not having a good time?

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: GUEST,Alaska Mike's Secret Santa
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 04:35 PM

Does this mean that he is under your watchful eye, Big Mick? I don't know about this. Mudcat people - can Big Mick be trusted?

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Big Mick
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 04:37 PM

Don't try blaming this on me, wee elf!! .... I dropped him off last night and went home which is 2 1/2 hours south. Besides ..... I would never dream of behaving badly ...... ouch ....... shit ........ I hate it when I get struck by lightening.

Mick

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Alaska Mike
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 04:40 PM

Santa, dear Santa. Of course I saw you there. (if you was there I saw you). I'll be home Sunday night 10/25. Then I will be leaving for the Aleutian Islands on 11/1 for a few weeks. Can't wait to see if I made the naughty list again this year.

Mike

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Janie
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 04:47 PM

Ohh Secret Santa--that is a tough one. Depends on the circumstances, ya know. Big Mick is mostly good as gold and right as rain, but I worry sometimes that he has kissed the Blarney STone one too many times. Of course, all the above could also be said about Alaska Mike!

The more I think about those two careening around the lower 48 in cahoots with one another....the worrieder I get;-)

Janie

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Janie
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 04:51 PM

Whoo! Thank goodness they are safely apart now. It was ok at the Getaway, because there were all of the rest of us unusually stable, sane, sensible types to keep them on an even keel, and I knew Susan would be a calming influence. After that though....I were afeared!

Janie

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Jeri
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 06:41 PM

Sez Mick, "Jeri, when are you and I going to sing some of those marvelous songs you write?"

Sez me: Thanks for the "marvelous". It'd have to be at next year's Getaway, wouldn't it? Or when you're up somewhere recording something. You tell me which one or ones you're gonna learn. Then I'll learn it/them. While I was nailing down the ones I've done so far, another one squeaked out, so please think fast.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2004 - MEMORIES
From: Ferrara
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 07:11 PM

About kids, my own offspring has only missed one Getaway (away at college) although I admit for the first one, my mom brought him down as a day-tripper. He thought he hated the music until one of his friends started singing songs from the Pyrates Royale and Darriel realized he knew a bunch of them -- and at least one of the Pyrates -- as a result of his misspent youth.

When friends asked him how he knew the shanties when "he didn't have the Pyrates CD," he said, "Didn't you know? My real parents abandoned me as a baby and I was raised by a pack of wild folk singers."

He was one of the leaders of the Getaway Shantey Sing this year :-) and when he's in town is a regular at the Royale Mile Pub Shantey Sing in Wheaton, MD.

A few years back Charlie set up a "Passing it On" workshop at the Washington Folk Festival. The performers were: Nancy King, Ken & Dan Schatz (not singing all together yet....); Carly Gewirz & Dean & Sam Clamons; and Rita Ferrara, Bill and Darriel Day. Sound familiar? ALL of the younger generation blamed their folk musical leanings on their years of going to the FSGW Getaway.

So be warned if you're thinking of bringing the younger generation: This stuff is contagious.