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Reconnect with community in the middle of winter! Held over the long President's Day weekend, this retreat tends to be the largest of the three. Registration opens soon!
View all 2024-5 CampsWinter Retreat will start Friday, February 14 after lunch and run through Monday, February 17, Presidents' Day after brunch.
Cost for Winter Retreat is TBD Friday 2/14 after-lunch arrival
Winter Retreat is usually the largest of the three retreats - come play music with old and new friends over President's Day weekend.
We do have a scholarship fund for retreats. The goal is always to make it possible for you to come, and still leave money in the fund for other folks who need it too.
Any questions? EMail: psgw.info@gmail.com or phone: 360-224-8007
What are retreats really like? PSGW co-founder Flip Breskin says it best:
"Participants range from relatively beginning players through lots of professionals. Maybe 2/3 of us actually play guitar. Most of the rest of us play some other instrument, or sing passionately, or come with someone we love who plays. Some folks bring their kids. Lots of great harmony singers.
Fabulous old geezers and sparkling young musicians. Worlds collide and the music coruscates.
There are no classes. The only interruption to the music and conversation is good food. Lots of trading life stories late at night between tunes. (I forgot to go to bed again...)
There's a dance on Saturday night. A lot of people get really dressed up. Some of us wear jeans. For me it depends on my mood. Big steak & salmon feast one dinner. Mallard Ice Cream at least a couple times for snacks. I drag out boxes of needle-felting materials for art projects that include name-tags for those who are so inspired. Some folks bring their own craft projects.
Housing is in cabins and a couple lodges around a little lake in the woods. Nice places to walk. Decent beds, with bedding & towels provided. Heat & indoor bathrooms and showers in the cabins.
Folk, swing, gypsy jazz (especially at Winter), old time, celtic, bluegrass, singer-songwriter, classic rock & roll.... Big mobs singing Beatles songs & old Broadway musicals. Tiny hang-out-in-the corner and jam with one or two other like-minded folks in a quiet cabin (that's my favorite). Roam from cabin to cabin to see what's going on. Ask anybody "How did you DO that?" and you're likely to get a real answer."
Class lists are coming soon!
Winter Retreat will start Friday, February 14 after lunch and run through Monday, February 17, Presidents' Day after brunch.
Cost for Winter Retreat is TBD Friday 2/14 after-lunch arrival
Winter Retreat is usually the largest of the three retreats - come play music with old and new friends over President's Day weekend.
We do have a scholarship fund for retreats. The goal is always to make it possible for you to come, and still leave money in the fund for other folks who need it too.
Any questions? EMail: psgw.info@gmail.com or phone: 360-224-8007
What are retreats really like? PSGW co-founder Flip Breskin says it best:
"Participants range from relatively beginning players through lots of professionals. Maybe 2/3 of us actually play guitar. Most of the rest of us play some other instrument, or sing passionately, or come with someone we love who plays. Some folks bring their kids. Lots of great harmony singers.
Fabulous old geezers and sparkling young musicians. Worlds collide and the music coruscates.
There are no classes. The only interruption to the music and conversation is good food. Lots of trading life stories late at night between tunes. (I forgot to go to bed again...)
There's a dance on Saturday night. A lot of people get really dressed up. Some of us wear jeans. For me it depends on my mood. Big steak & salmon feast one dinner. Mallard Ice Cream at least a couple times for snacks. I drag out boxes of needle-felting materials for art projects that include name-tags for those who are so inspired. Some folks bring their own craft projects.
Housing is in cabins and a couple lodges around a little lake in the woods. Nice places to walk. Decent beds, with bedding & towels provided. Heat & indoor bathrooms and showers in the cabins.
Folk, swing, gypsy jazz (especially at Winter), old time, celtic, bluegrass, singer-songwriter, classic rock & roll.... Big mobs singing Beatles songs & old Broadway musicals. Tiny hang-out-in-the corner and jam with one or two other like-minded folks in a quiet cabin (that's my favorite). Roam from cabin to cabin to see what's going on. Ask anybody "How did you DO that?" and you're likely to get a real answer."