{"id":941,"date":"2025-07-30T16:53:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T16:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/washougal-songcraft.org\/wsf\/?p=941"},"modified":"2025-07-31T04:07:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T04:07:59","slug":"2025-festival-workshops-and-open-mic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/washougal-songcraft.org\/wsf\/2025\/07\/2025-festival-workshops-and-open-mic\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Festival Workshops and Open Mic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are happy to bring you a day of songwriting workshops, and a community open mic as part of this year&#8217;s Washougal Songcraft Festival!<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday August 17, 2025 we will present four workshops led by different practicing songwriters, at 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm, and 4 pm. Then from 5 to 7 pm an open mic will feature songs from anyone in our community who wants to share.<\/p>\n<p>Each songwriting session is led by a different songwriter, on a different topic. Here&#8217;s the full schedule:<\/p>\n<table class=\"festival-schedule\">\n<tr>\n<th class=\"fsch\">Time<\/th>\n<th class=\"fsch\">Topic<\/th>\n<th class=\"fsch\">Presented by<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1 pm<\/td>\n<td>Lifecycle of a Song:<br \/>Writing, Recording, Publishing, and Performing<\/td>\n<td>Laura May<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2 pm<\/td>\n<td>Dream Lyrics:<br \/>Surreal and Imagist Songwriting<\/td>\n<td>Christopher Corbell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3 pm<\/td>\n<td>Writing from the Hook:<br \/>a Poetic Approach<\/td>\n<td>James Rossi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4 pm<\/td>\n<td>Gathering Data \/ Mapping Territory:<br \/>Songwriter as Naturalist-Explorer<\/td>\n<td>Michael Hays<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5 &#8211; 7 pm<\/td>\n<td>Community Open Mic!<\/td>\n<td>Raven Fables<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>The workshops are free, though we encourage a $5 to $10 donation to help support if you can.<\/p>\n<p>Use the form below to enroll and optionally join our mailing list. 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