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Members can download the latest newsletter early online from the Members Page. Past issues are in the Newsletter Archives under Current Articles below. FSGW presents over 200 folk events in the Washington, DC area each year. Concerts: Monthly programs (free to members), Special and House concerts. Dances: Weekly Contra, English country and co-sponsored International dances. Plus the monthly FSGW Family dances. Group Activities: Monthly Sacred Harp, Gospel, and Open Sings, and Story Telling plus Workshops Annual Festivals, Weekends, and Balls: Winter Mid-Winter Festival with singing, dancing, story telling & workshops Spring Sacred Harp Convention with scores of voices Spring Chesapeake Dance Weekend with contras, square, and other dancing, dancing, dancing! Spring Washington Spring Ball with English country dancing Summer Washington Folk Festival with singing, dancing, story telling & workshops Fall Getaway with singing, jamming, workshops Winter New Year's English Ball with English country dancing Winter New Years Contra Ball with contras and other dancing

Coming Events

2008 May 11 Sunday FSGW Family Dances Jack Mitchell Leads Dances For ALL Ages! 3:00 PM at Glen Echo Park (Glen Echo, MD) Details 11 Sunday FSGW Gospel Sings 4:00 PM at Barbara Karpas's (Takoma Park, MD) Details 11 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Jack Mitchell calls with Gypsy Meltdown 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park (Glen Echo, MD) Details 14 Wednesday FSGW English Country Dances Caller: Tom Spilsbury 8:00 PM at Glen Echo Town Hall (Glen Echo, MD) Details 16 Friday The 333 Coffeehouse Alex Mitchell, Henry Koretzky & Ralph Gordon 8:00 PM at Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis (Annapolis, MD) Details 17 Saturday FSGW Washington Spring Ball Washington Spring Ball 7:30 PM at Hughes United Methodist Church (Wheaton, MD) Details 18 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Tom Hinds calls with Jubilea 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park (Glen Echo, MD) Details 18 Sunday FSGW Monthly Programs Serre l'Écoute 8:00 PM at Saint Mark Presbyterian Church (Rockville, MD) Details 21 Wednesday FSGW English Country Dances Caller: Stephanie Smith 8:00 PM at Glen Echo Town Hall (Glen Echo, MD) Details 23 Friday FSGW Special Events The Wiyos 7:30 PM at Kathy Reitz's (Derwood, MD) Details 25 Sunday FSGW Sacred Harp Singing 4:00 PM at St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Arlington, VA) Details 25 Sunday FSGW Contra and Square Dances Susan Petrick calls with The Contra Wizards 7:30 PM at Glen Echo Park (Glen Echo, MD) Details 28 Wednesday FSGW English Country Dances Caller: Liz Donaldson 8:00 PM at Glen Echo Town Hall (Glen Echo, MD) Details 31 to June 01 Saturday to Sunday FSGW Washington Folk Festival 2008 Festival 12:00 PM at Glen Echo Park (Glen Echo, MD) Details June 07 Saturday FSGW Open Sings June Open Sing 4:00 PM at Michele Callaghan's (Edgewater, MD) Details 08 Sunday FSGW Gospel Sings 4:00 PM at Nancy Bailey's (Alexandria, VA) Details 10 Tuesday FSGW Special Events Hokum's Heroes 8:00 PM at Kathy Reitz's (Derwood, MD) Details 15 Sunday FSGW Family Dances Dances For ALL Ages! 3:00 PM at Glen Echo Park (Glen Echo, MD) Details 16 Monday FSGW Special Events Jon Bartlett 8:00 PM at Andy Wallace's (Upper Marlboro, MD) Details 20 Friday The 333 Coffeehouse Cletus Kennelly & Lori Kelley 8:00 PM at Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis (Annapolis, MD) Details

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Coordinator, Charlie Baum 706 Bonifant St. Silver Spring, MD 20910 Home phone 301-587-2286

FSGW is an all volunteer, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. The main purpose of the Society is to further the understanding, investigation, appreciation, and performance of the traditional folk music and folklore of the American people. Your participation and tax deductable contributions are most welcome. Please contact anyone on the board to get involved. Contributions can be mailed to: FSGW P.O. Box 5693 Washington, DC 20016-5693. Prospective performers should contact the event chairs directly after reading our Performer Information page, and checking the calendar. Links to the coordinators are on the Organization page. FSGW also maintains a hot-line telephone at 202-546-2228 with current information on all Society events.