[interactionfilk-discuss] Re: Notes from the SWiGGLe meeting

[Lynn Gold <figmo@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 05:36:00PM +0100, Rafe Culpin wrote:

Here are my comments....

> SUGGESTIONS FOR FILK PROGRAM
> 
> Spots

Of course!

> Workshops 
>   - Guitar (basic lesson, tips & tricks session)
>   - Song writing
>   - Singing
>   - Choir (needs 2 hours)
> ( - Choral workshop leading to performance spot - Valerie and Hitch?)
>   - Masterclasses.

Yes to all of the workshops.

> Games
>   - Musical panel-games 
> 	(Gwen and Peter)

That'll be interesting.

> Euro-focus day (Germans)

That too.

> Eurovision Filk

For those of us not from Europe, an explanation please?

> Filk Idol (hosted by Ninja?)

I don't know about this.  I think we want to encourage getting together and
discourage things that involve rejection.

> Instabands

That's an iffy.  At Torcon very few of the better-known filkers signed up.
One instaband had to merge with the others because their token guitar
player had to leave early, and I had to play guitar for mine even though my
shoulder had been operated on just over a week before because there were so
few guitarists.

Instabands seem to have lost their appeal for the more experience filkers
because they want to do other things besides pick out songs and rehearse.

> Local focus/regional filks (typical filks from specific places/areas)

Good one.  As someone who runs a filk con, I can tell you it's very
regional even within the US.

> Found Filk - "It Came From the Mundane World"

Good one.

> Main Filk Concert (1 or 2 shot sign-up)

Sure.

> Inspired Filks sessions
>   - Books
>   - Films
>   - Costuming
>   - Gaming
>   - Various other aspects of Fandom

Not bad.

> Pegasus nominees

Obligatory.

> GoH filks (convert or song-writing contest??)

I presume you meant "concert" rather than "convert."

> Best Dressed Filk.

What do you mean by that?

> Tech Workshops (mike technique etc)

Good one.

> Brit Day/Euro Day/U.S. Day - one person to run each so they get a 
> "rest of the convention" as well.

It's a good idea to spread things around.  OTOH, you want to get folks
intermingling.  Someone once described a Worldcon to me as "a gathering
where thousands of folks go to some exotic place to meet other folks but
wind up hanging out with the folks from their own areas."  I go to
Worldcons to meet and be with folks I can't or don't get to see at home.
While the chance of their being many Californian filkers at this con is
miniscule, *I* still want to mingle.

--Lynn
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