ANNOUNCE: Last pre-con version of the filk schedule

The full Confluence program grid is up at http://www.parsec-sff.org/confluence/ConfluenceProgramGrids2010.pdf. (On behalf of the concomm, I apologize for how late it is.) However, there have been numerous last-minute changes and the grid is no longer very accurate with regard to the filk program. In particular:

1. The William Tenn Memorial can't be held in Willow and Oak; it's going to have to be in Redwood. This displaces a couple of our Friday evening concerts to Willow and makes them acoustic-only. That being the case, I've moved the Pegasus discussion into the 4 p.m. hour with the Mad Libs so that the displaced acts can (I hope) play two or three songs each with amplification and tape rolling at the start of the 6 p.m. hour. This will be contingent on acts arriving in time, us getting the sound system set up in time, and other wonderfulness.

2. Because of some logistic issues on Saturday afternoon, Judith's and Larry's concerts are moving up an hour and Joe's will be in the acoustic-only 5 p.m. slot.

3. All of the acts presenting and performing on Sunday would like to be amplified, so additional systems will be brought in to cover this (my huge thanks to fuzzyvanman and 19 Action News).

4. Margaret Middleton has had to cancel because of work demands, so We're Not Koi's concert will run a full hour.

5. While there is some interest in the Undead Dog Filk after the con, it's not yet clear whether enough performers will be able to be present to make it work. We will gauge attendance and transportation factors at the con.

These maneuvers leave the filk schedule looking like this:


Friday, July 23

In the Redwood Room:

4:00 to 4:25 p.m. "Filk Mad Libs" (W. Randy Hoffman)*
4:30 to 4:50 p.m. "Annual Pegasus Brainstorming/Nominations Discussion" (W. Randy Hoffman)*
5:00 to 5:50 p.m. Panel: "Fixing Bad Songs and Recovering from Bad Performances" (W. Randy Hoffman, Phil Mills, Juliana McCorison)*
6:00 to 6:30 p.m. [Tentative:] Amplified and recorded mini-concerts (JoEllyn Davidoff, Deja and Thorus Biernesser)
[6:30 p.m. Room is given over to setup for the 7 to 9 p.m. William Tenn Memorial]

In the Willow Room:

7:00 to 7:50 p.m. Concert: JoEllyn Davidoff*
8:00 to 8:50 p.m. Concert: Deja and Thorus Biernesser*

In the Redwood Room:

9:00 to 9:50 p.m. Concert: Phil Mills and Jane Garthson
10:00 to 10:50 p.m. Concert: Antithesis (Teri Wachowiak and Linda Walsh)
~11:00 p.m. to ~11:10 p.m. Preview songs by The Zombie Opera
~11:10 p.m. to ??? a.m. Open filk*


Saturday, July 24

In the Redwood Room:

11:00 to 11:50 a.m. Guitar workshop: "Open Tunings" (Joe Giacoio)*
12:00 to 12:50 p.m. Concert: Mandala
1:00 to 1:50 p.m. Concert: Carla Ulbrich
2:00 to 2:50 p.m. Concert: Pete Grubbs
[3:00 to 4:00 p.m. Break for Guest of Honor presentation]
4:00 to 4:25 p.m. Concert: Judith Hayman
4:30 to 4:55 p.m. Concert: Larry Kirby
5:00 to 5:50 p.m. Concert: Joe Giacoio*
6:00 to 6:50 p.m. Panel: "Heroes, Villains, and Narrators in Story and Song" (Judith Hayman, Susan Dexter, S. Andrew Swann, Bill Mayhew)*

In Salon A:

8:00 to 9:15 p.m. Travesty: "Na'vitivity" (The Parallax Second Players)
9:30 to ~11:00 p.m. Concert: Peter S. Beagle
~11:00 p.m. to ~11:10 p.m. Preview songs by The Zombie Opera

In the Redwood Room:

~11:10 p.m. to ??? a.m. Open filk*


Sunday, July 25

In Redwood Room:

11:00 to 11:50 a.m. Panel/presentation by Pittsburgh's own "Evenings in Quarantine: The Zombie Opera"
12:00 to 12:25 p.m. Concert: We're Not Koi (Juliana and Doug McCorison and Judi Miller)
1:00 to 1:50 p.m. Concert: 19 Action News
2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Dead Dog Filk*

After the con, at Kevin Hayes' and Karen Yun-Lutz's house in Dormont (if feasible):

5:30 to ??? p.m. [Tentative:] Undead Dog Filk


See you shortly!