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Fall Getaway Weekend
Each fall, FSSGB sponsors a weekend in a tranquil setting within easy driving distance of Boston. The weekend is filled with music -- song swaps, workshops and mini-concerts led by professional staff and campers on Saturday and Sunday. The Fall Getaway gives campers a chance to meet each other, trade songs and tunes, and enjoy a relaxing weekend away from the city.
The next Fall Getaway Weekend will be held October 10-12, 2009 (Saturday through Monday of Columbus Day Weekend) at Prindle Pond Conference Center in Charlton, MA. (This is a new location!)
Staff members for 2009 are John Roberts, Lynn Noel, Claire Boucher and Brad Hurley.
Widely acclaimed for his lively and entertaining presentations of English folk songs, John Roberts has performed at major festivals, colleges, clubs and coffeehouses throughout the United States, Canada, and his native Britain. Along with his music partner Tony Barrand, he sings the ballads and songs of the sea, of rural pursuits, of social and sociable situations, of industrial toil and strife, and much more, typically arranging his material thematically to better illustrate the lives and the social history of the people who made and sang the songs. John is a leading exponent of both Anglo and English concertina, as well as being a fine banjo and guitar player
Lynn Noel has a voice of striking clarity and power, as wide and deep as her repertoire. She is equally at home in a flowing, traditional ballad or a rousing sea chantey, delivered in English or French. She sings in fourteen languages from Gaelic to Zulu to Inuktitut.
Claire Boucher is a native of Sarzeau, on the Presqu'Ile de Rhuys in southern Brittany, the Celtic region of France. She sings traditional songs in French and Breton, a Gaelic language similar to Welsh. Now living in Montréal, Claire teaches traditional dances from her region and performs occasionally with the group Pevar. She will be accompanied by her partner Brad Hurley on wooden flute and voice.
Read past campers' reminiscences of past getaway weekends. Look at photos of past getaway weekends!
If you have any questions about the weekend, please email fgw AT fssgb DOT org.
