FilKONtario: Sunday

[mdlbear]

Finished breakfast just barely in time for the workshops on Sunday morning. I was torn between Vixy's performance workshop, and Bill Roper's "Forward Engineering a Song", and ended up with Vixy mainly because I could find the room. Missed the anecdote that inspired the intriguing title ("Step out of your bloomers"), but the workshop was definitely what I needed. I know how to figure out chords for a song; performance is my weak spot. And I'd been angsting over the Hall of Fame concert for weeks.

Got to Heather Bruton's slide show, which was wonderful, and a few minutes of Ju's concert before slipping out to find a quiet room to tune and practice in.

Here's the HoF Concert setlist:

"The Chicken Song" (sung by billroper and Marilisa) -- much fun.

"Bigger On The Inside" -- the epitome of a fannish/filkish household: I really had to put this one in.

"There She Goes" (sung by jhayman)

"The World Inside the Crystal" -- had to put my Pegasus winner in, and it's also noteworthy as my first serious computer song. I was joined by ohiblather on flute for this one -- it really sounds better with flute.

"Starship Unity" (Judith)

"Keep the Dream Alive" -- I choked up a little on this one; I still do occasionally.

"I Am the Destroyer" (Bill)

"The Stuff that Dreams are Made Of" -- choked up a lot on the last lines, just like I usually do.

"Harbors" (Sung by allisona)

"Ship of Stone" -- Still the best filksong ever written. I get to say that because Don Simpson wrote it.

One of my better performances, I think. I nailed "Ship of Stone", which is the one I really wanted to do justice to. Probably WItC as well, but I was enjoying Debbie's flute work too much to care. It helps to practice almost every day for a month. No, I wasn't worried...

The Dead Moose and Penguin circle in the Alderwood room was a lot of fun. I don't remember everything I sang, but I did Janis Ian's "The Last Train" at andpuff's request, and closed with "The River" after determining that Tom and Sue hadn't heard it yet.

Comments

[trogula.livejournal.com]

Sounds like an amazing set. I so wish I could have seen (and heard) it.

[mdlbear]

Thanks! My part, at least, will be online pretty soon. Probably not until the taxes are done, though.

[mbumby.livejournal.com]

Spelling police: Bruton.

[mdlbear]

Thanks.