Conterpoint 2010 - Con report
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hms42Well... N.E. Filk 20 /Conterpoint 7 (2010) is just about over. :(
The convention was a lot of fun and I had a good time. I got to see a few people I didn't expect to see here at the con (from out of the Northeast area) and a lot of the regulars from the Northeast.
I got in late Thursday night and was on hand to assist with the setup of the sound system (mostly assisted Kludge on carrying stuff into the main room).
Happyfunpaul opened the music portion of the convention with a concert. (I had a good time.) The 2x10s were lightly signed up for (this problem occurred all weekend, the signups were light for all sign up opportunities. Those who did sign up were good.) The memorial concert was a nice rotation of performances of songs from those who are unfortunately no longer with us. Its was a nice sampler of some of their songs. Open filk turned out to only form one circle which went a good chunk of the night.
On Saturday, we had a lightly attended one shot opening up the music, followed by a fun song SequiChair.... The 4 performers taking turns happened (in order) to be the previous (including Conterpoint 2010) 4 NE Filk con chairs.
Sassafrass was postponed due to a reaction with lunch (they did perform later in the evening and did a good concert for the members we had present. (Sassafrass had 2 3pm concerts in 2 states, 400 miles apart on Saturday.) Juanita's Toastmistress concert was excellent and she covered some songs including one I had not heard before I started on the CD for the con. She did a cover of Richter scale where she added a verse at the end to cover the 2004 Indonesia earthquake.
After the dinner break, we got to hear Sassafrass and then interfilk guest, Char MacKay. Char was wonderful. (Sorry, after a weekend at the con, I am forgetting what people did sing, but I plan to listen to the recordings I made sometime in the near future.)
Then we got to hear the GOHs - Ed Stauff and Mary Ellen Wessels. Mew and Ed were nice to the soundman this time. They were not backed by 12 people this time. (Just Char on a song or two.) They did a great concert for about an hour plus an encore song. The introduced more people to David Massengill's "The Return" during their concert and it was a great cover.
The interfilk auction this year seemed smaller than others I have seen in the past. I had donated a bunch of stuff to interfilk and much of it ended up selling, but 1-2 items are being sent over to the next interfilk auction.
Open filk became two strong circles for the evening, with the later of the two ending about 5-6am. Its entertaining to sit in circle with this crowd. There are a number of good songs that you never hear otherwise.
On Sunday, after I crawled out of bed, I made it to the listener's choice concert where a number of songs chosen by the Baker's were played by others by various members of the convention and they did send a recording to be played during the concert. (Sorry, I don't remember who sang what or what was sung, other than the conchair, Joshua Kronengold, Lisa Pardol, and others performed.) I do recall Gary E. covering Jonathan's Lunacon song contest Entry - Valancy's Home.
Among the fun of the dead dog circle, is Ben Newman and MEW and Ed singing "Are We There Yet" for Char who has not heard it before.
Thank you to the concom and chair Gary Ehrlich for a great convention.
Next year's convention is Contata 2011, in Parsippany, NJ where I have not learned my lesson and I am running sound again.
Contata's guest list is -
GOH - Judi Miller
Toastmaster - Tom Smith
Listener Guest - Deb Wunder
Interfilk Guests - Lord Landless (from Germany!)
http://www.contata.org for more information.
The convention was a lot of fun and I had a good time. I got to see a few people I didn't expect to see here at the con (from out of the Northeast area) and a lot of the regulars from the Northeast.
I got in late Thursday night and was on hand to assist with the setup of the sound system (mostly assisted Kludge on carrying stuff into the main room).
Happyfunpaul opened the music portion of the convention with a concert. (I had a good time.) The 2x10s were lightly signed up for (this problem occurred all weekend, the signups were light for all sign up opportunities. Those who did sign up were good.) The memorial concert was a nice rotation of performances of songs from those who are unfortunately no longer with us. Its was a nice sampler of some of their songs. Open filk turned out to only form one circle which went a good chunk of the night.
On Saturday, we had a lightly attended one shot opening up the music, followed by a fun song SequiChair.... The 4 performers taking turns happened (in order) to be the previous (including Conterpoint 2010) 4 NE Filk con chairs.
Sassafrass was postponed due to a reaction with lunch (they did perform later in the evening and did a good concert for the members we had present. (Sassafrass had 2 3pm concerts in 2 states, 400 miles apart on Saturday.) Juanita's Toastmistress concert was excellent and she covered some songs including one I had not heard before I started on the CD for the con. She did a cover of Richter scale where she added a verse at the end to cover the 2004 Indonesia earthquake.
After the dinner break, we got to hear Sassafrass and then interfilk guest, Char MacKay. Char was wonderful. (Sorry, after a weekend at the con, I am forgetting what people did sing, but I plan to listen to the recordings I made sometime in the near future.)
Then we got to hear the GOHs - Ed Stauff and Mary Ellen Wessels. Mew and Ed were nice to the soundman this time. They were not backed by 12 people this time. (Just Char on a song or two.) They did a great concert for about an hour plus an encore song. The introduced more people to David Massengill's "The Return" during their concert and it was a great cover.
The interfilk auction this year seemed smaller than others I have seen in the past. I had donated a bunch of stuff to interfilk and much of it ended up selling, but 1-2 items are being sent over to the next interfilk auction.
Open filk became two strong circles for the evening, with the later of the two ending about 5-6am. Its entertaining to sit in circle with this crowd. There are a number of good songs that you never hear otherwise.
On Sunday, after I crawled out of bed, I made it to the listener's choice concert where a number of songs chosen by the Baker's were played by others by various members of the convention and they did send a recording to be played during the concert. (Sorry, I don't remember who sang what or what was sung, other than the conchair, Joshua Kronengold, Lisa Pardol, and others performed.) I do recall Gary E. covering Jonathan's Lunacon song contest Entry - Valancy's Home.
Among the fun of the dead dog circle, is Ben Newman and MEW and Ed singing "Are We There Yet" for Char who has not heard it before.
Thank you to the concom and chair Gary Ehrlich for a great convention.
Next year's convention is Contata 2011, in Parsippany, NJ where I have not learned my lesson and I am running sound again.
Contata's guest list is -
GOH - Judi Miller
Toastmaster - Tom Smith
Listener Guest - Deb Wunder
Interfilk Guests - Lord Landless (from Germany!)
http://www.contata.org for more information.
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Date: 2010-07-03 07:53 pm (UTC)Hope we can make it to NJ next year! :-)