Pete's coming!Pete Seeger has agreed to join Peggy and Mike at this event. We are moving upstairs to the sanctuary--a much bigger hall, and we are setting up a way to process the expected crowds at the door. See below for directions, public transportation, and parking info. The parking lot will be full, so you might want to consider carpooling or public transportation.Sorry. We've reached capacity!UPDATE: The opportunity to hear the entire Seeger family has generated a livelyresponse and pushed us to the capacity of the hall with greaterspeed than we could ever have imagined. Pete Seeger informed us at the beginning of March that he will perform with Peggy and Mike Seeger at the FSGW Program. When we publicized this program in the March issue of the FSGW Newsletter we were unaware that Pete would be joining his siblings for this historic concert. As a result of this change, we received many inquiries from the general public and members about tickets for this concert and now we are at capacity. In an effort to ensure that as many of our members as possible are able to attend this program we moved to the biggest hall in the building and set aside most of the seats exclusively for FSGW members. At this point, all reserved seats are being held until 7:30 p.m. on Saturday evening. After those who are in line by 7:30 are processed, any remaining seats and seats reserved but not claimed will be reallocated, starting with those our waiting list.If you owe money, make sure we receive your payment by Friday, March 16th, sending it by Express Mail or FedEx if necessary; "It's in the mail" won't get you through the door. Members should bring their membership ID card or a recent newsletter issue to assist us with the check-in process at the door. We will have updated membership lists at the door along with the names of those who have reserved a seat.Admission lines: If you purchased seats through IMT use the IMT line even if you are a current FSGW member. For FSGW member seats, admission tickets are taken from the alphabetized name list. A family with different last names may have members standing in different lines. Check the email confirmation to assure how your name was registered on the list. Reserved seats will be held for anyone who is in line at 7:30 pm on March 17. After that time they will be released to the general public, starting with those on our waiting list. Plan to arrive early. We hope spontaneous singing will break out in the audience as we wait for the concert to begin. FSGW Presents (not just!) Another Folk Family In town to participate in a symposium on ethnomusicologist Charles Seeger at the Library of Congress, The Seeger Family concert at the library on Friday night sold out in less than a half-hour while folks were still on hold; we?ve convinced family members to stick around and perform for all of us.Peggy and Mike Seeger grew up locally in DC, Silver Spring, and Chevy Chase, the children of Charles and Ruth Crawford Seeger.Peggy Seeger first absorbed traditional American music at home as her mother painstaking transcribed field recordings of it for Peggy?s father, repeatedly playing the field recordings. Her mother was also a noted composer and piano teacher, and transmitted to the daughter both a love for music and a complete musical education. Peggy is known an ace banjo player, but hand her a guitar, Autoharp, or piano, and you?ll instantly be aware that her superb skill and musicality transfers to any instrument. Her first love may be American music, but her long partnership and marriage with Ewan MacColl gave her a thorough background in British music, and together and individually they became great songwriters. Whether a feminist anthem, an activist?s political statement, or a tender love song, Peggy?s original songs are heartfelt and have worked their way into the repertoires of many other singers.Mike Seeger also grew up in that musical household, and learned both traditional repertoire and musical skills in the family. His passion has been American music, particularly the music of the American South; his group the New Lost City Ramblers became one of the premier revivalist popularizers of the traditionalist sounds, paying close attention to fidelity of style. Give him a song, a banjo, a fiddle, guitar, trump (jaw harp), mouth harp, quills, lap dulcimer, mandolin, or Autoharp, and he?ll not only demonstrate traditional styles of playing, but also set it carefully into the history of American culture.Pete Seeger is Peggy and Mike's older half-brother, by Charles Seeger's first marriage. Banjo-player and teacher extraordinaire (he wrote the book), Pete is probably unrivaled as a charismatic song-leader and community-builder. He introduced more people to both folk music and important issues and causes than anyone else you can think of. About this man, much could be said, but it's probably unnecessary, because he's so good at what he does that you're likely to know it already.This is a very special program, indeed. Admission is FREE to FSGW members, and we?re making this into a membership drive: tickets for non-members are $31 (students can get in for just $20 by joining the FSGW)?at those prices, you?ll realize you can join FSGW for the same cost and take advantage of a year (or more) of membership?free concerts and dances, a newsletter, and inside information on great folk events in the DC area, many of which fly under the radar. The concert will be at the Woodside United Methodist Church, 8900 Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring, a large wheelchair-accessible hall. From the I-495 Beltway, take exit 31(B), MD 97, Georgia Avenue, and go South toward Silver Spring for one mile. The church is on the right (West side) at the corner of Ballard Street, and there?s plenty of free parking around the back. The parking lot continues around the church; if the Southern part is full up, search for a space in the Northern part, on the other side of the church from Ballard St. The parking lot will be very full, so consider carpooling or using Metro and public transit. The church is only 5 blocks from the Silver Spring station on Metro?s Red Line, about a 10- minute walk, and if you prefer not to walk, the frequent Q2, Y8 or Y9 busses will take you from the Metro station to the corner of Georgia Ave. and Ballard St.Come celebrate Greater Washington?s famous home-grown folk musicians with Greater Washington?s famous home-grown folk society.
