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.

Details for 2012

The next Fall Getaway Weekend will be held October 6-8, 2012 (note, this is a Saturday through Monday!) at Prindle Pond Conference Center in Charlton, MA. Our staff members for this year are Michael and Carrie Kline.

Michael and Carrie Kline have been studying and chronicling the history and culture of Appalachia for thirty years. They are themselves a musical duo, performing tight, high mountain harmonies of traditional Appalachian and contemporary songs on guitar and voice. They have released a recording of their own music, "Eyes of a Painter", with gifted friends lending performances on voice, fiddle, guitar, mandolin and bass. The Klines lead workshops and teach in college and community settings and have offered trainings in community listening projects. They possess a diverse array of academic and life experience.

The Klines operate Talking Across the Lines: Worldwide Conversations, LLC, a folklife documentary consulting and production firm. Together with students and community interns they seek to give voice to a wide range of views on historical and current events. Talking Across the Lines documents people of diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds through broadcast quality audio recordings and still photography. The Klines record stirring oral testimonials with folk artists. Talking Across the Lines shares intimate stories and musical performances through engaging tapes, books and CDs which carry listeners into private and sacred spaces. Conducting broad-based community oral history and folklife projects, the Klines weave quilts of truths gathered from varied sources.

Please visit this page again closer to the date for more information about the program!

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.