FSGW 2025 Getaway Schedule of Events for All Rooms

Here are links to other forms of the schedule. The individual room schedules may be useful to those using a small screen device. The version with no tables is a text only version suitable for those who have trouble reading tables.


Key to the Types of Sessions
% Children: A session designed for the partcipation of children.
* Master Class: An instructional session in which a number of pre-registered people will receive direct coaching, and others may observe.
Concert: A musical oerformance by one or more artists.
Presentation: A session in which one or more recognized experts will educate us in their chosen field.
# Singaround: A participatory session where, time allowing, everyone has a chance to sing.

Saturday Schedule

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As of 10/1/2025 21:04 subject to change
Saturday, October 4
Retreat CenterNature CenterEhlers Memorial HallPeace LodgeEagles Rest
8:30 to 9:15 Breakfast Serving line open (Dining Hall open 8:30 to 9:30)
10:00 AM
Birds #
Nancy King and Sarah White
Fingerpicking Guitar †
Dock Cutlip and Val Fowler
"The End of an Old Song" †
Elizabeth LaPrelle
10:15 AM
10:30 AM
10:45 AM
11:00 AM
David Ingerson ‡
Humorous and Silly Songs #
David Diamond and Brad Graham
Occupations and Labor #
Al Kehs and Dan Schatz
11:15 AM
11:30 AM
11:45 AM
12:00 to 12:45 Lunch Serving line open (Dining Hall open 12:00 to 1:00)
1:00 PM
Songs of Hope and Encouragement #
Judy Cook and Dan Schatz
Slow Jam #
Susannah Rose and David Scheim
Supernatural Ballads #
Liz Milner
1:15 PM
Pete the Spy ‡
1:30 PM
1:45 PM
2:00 PM
Songs I Learned from Joe #
Martha Burns
Folk Scare of the '60s #
Al Kehs and Leo Wermers
Ebenezer Project †
Ann Bauer and Steve Woodbury
Ballads With Happy Endings #
Sarah White
2:15 PM
2:30 PM
2:45 PM
3:00 PM
Elizabeth LaPrelle, Brian Dolphin & Sandy Laprelle ‡
Making a Song Your Own †
Val Fowler
Sound Systems †
Eric Cole and Dennis Cook
Ballads Too Young to Be the Child #
Joanne Laessig
3:15 PM
3:30 PM
3:45 PM
Pub Songs #
Darriel Day, Lafayette Matthews and Pete the Spy
Using a Sound System †
Eric Cole, Dennis Cook and Fedya Dolak
4:00 PM
Songs of Appalachia #
Dock Cutlip, Brian Dolphin, Bill Kimmons, Becky Kimmons, Sandy LaPrelle and Elizabeth LaPrelle
Ballads About Living in Disguise #
Lorraine Van Buren
4:15 PM
4:30 PM
4:45 PM
5:30 to 6:15 Dinner Serving line open (Dining Hall open 5:30 to 6:30)
7:30 to 10:30 Concert in Ehlers Hall

Sunday Schedule

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As of 10/1/2025 21:04 subject to change
Sunday, October 5
Retreat CenterNature CenterEhlers Memorial HallPeace Lodge
8:30 to 9:15 Breakfast Serving line open (Dining Hall open 8:30 to 9:30)
10:00 AM
Gospel #
Dock Cutlip, Bill Kimmons and Becky Kimmons
Songwriters Showcase #
David Diamond and Brian Dolphin
10:15 AM
10:30 AM
10:45 AM
11:00 AM
Can You Follow This? #
Charlie Baum
Fresh & Saltwater Fishing #
Darriel Day and Rose Sheehan
11:15 AM
11:30 AM
11:45 AM
12:00 to 12:45 Lunch Serving line open (Dining Hall open 12:00 to 1:00)
1:00 PM
Bare Bones ‡
Dock Cutlip, Bill Kimmons and Becky Kimmons
Songs of Social Justice #
Dan Schatz and Fred Stollnitz
Great Lakes Region Songs #
Judy Cook and Joanne Laessig
Vocal Techniques/styles *
Elizabeth LaPrelle
1:15 PM
1:30 PM
1:45 PM
Irish/Celtic #
David Ingerson, Connie McKenna and Sarah White
2:00 PM
Absent Friends #
Susannah Rose and Laura Sailer
Sea Songs & Chanties #
Brad Graham and Pete the Spy
2:15 PM
2:30 PM
Care and Feeding of Instruments †
Eric Cole
2:45 PM
Rose Sheehan and Colin de la Barre ‡
3:00 PM
Foreign Language Songs #
Charlie Baum and Brian Dolphin
Protest Songs, Past and Present #
Martha Burns and Lafayette Matthews
3:15 PM
3:30 PM
Parting Songs #
Joanne Laessig and Lorraine Van Buren
3:45 PM
4:00 PM
Doo Wop #
Al Kehs, Bill Kimmons and Becky Kimmons
Remembering Tom Lehrer #
Val Fowler
4:15 PM
4:30 PM
4:45 PM
5:30 to 6:15 Dinner Serving line open (Dining Hall open 5:30 to 6:30)
7:00 to 10:00 Concert in Ehlers Hall