I-CON 30 (NY) Filk

Just got in from I-CON 30 a little while ago, where I am the Filk TL. It was a good con and the GOH I had out to I-CON, Heather Dale, was really wonderful to listen to. This is the first time I have actually had time to sit down and listen to her sing without being either tied to a sound system somehow (most conventions I see Heather at) or running between rooms to change a recording device (OVFF). It was really interesting to watch Ben playing guitar and Mandolin on some of the songs. (Sedna was one song I really enjoyed seeing live. Watching Ben play on it was interesting from a sound tech point of view.) Heather's way of telling a tale and then going into a song that was introduced by that story works so well in a live environment and really needs to be seen. Heather's web page (http://www.heatherdale.com)


The other scheduled filkers who were at the convention (THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TO I-CON!!!!) were Ariel Cinii, Roberta Rogow (I-CON 29 Filk GOH), and Erwin "Filthy Pierre" Strauss. Everyone's concerts were fun. I have to make the call for filkers earlier next year. Also, Captain Zorikh attended some of the filk circles and shared a few songs with us in addition to his concerts.

We had 1-2 people who did show up with instruments at various point and a good time appeared to had by all. I hope they will attend again next year. I plan to keep using the same source of theme circle ideas (Pegasus Floating Categories) next year.