Filk Music

Rev. 08-Aug-2000

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Jan DiMasi, filk@chicon.org

Filk Hotel

The Filk Suitelounge is in a suite on the 4th floor of the Hyatt, in the West Tower. A special feature of the suite is an elevator that will bring you and your instruments directly to the Concourse level Filk Hallway, and to the Ballroom level for the concerts. This feature provides a convenience unheard of at Worldcons.

To have your room close to the Filk Suitelounge, you need to revise your reservation with One-Stop-Chicago. Let them know you want to be near GERRY TYRA. I can do this for you. Email your request and include your reservation number.

We are pleased to have Colleen Savitzky [www] as our Filk Suitelounge Hostess. Lady Colleen has a fine reputation on the west coast and we are honored to have her overseeing our Filk Suitelounge.

Filk Programming

The information is subject to change and mistakes. Please be patient.

West Tower ballroom level Acapulco Room will have Concerts between 12:00 pm and 7:00 pm. West Tower Concourse level Gold Coast Room, Columbian Room, Picasso, Haymarket, and Buckingham Room will have Themed Filk Jams starting at 9:30 pm and followed with Themed Open Filk starting at 11:00pm and going until 5 or 6 am. These rooms will have scattered filk panels through the day.

The other panels of general interest are "song and stories" where books are discussed and songs presented that have been written about the books.

Concerts

"Concerts" are Filk performances. This can be as an individual, or as a group. Programming set the length, time and location, and the performers decide what they want to perform. Concerts will be in the Acapulco room, Ballroom level of the west tower of the Hyatt. The bulk of concerts will be Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 12:00 to 7:00pm.

One-Shots

"One-shots" are the performance of just one song. We use them to fill in spaces during concerts, etc. More importantly, they allow someone a chance to sing in front of an audience, quite often for the first time. There will be a sign-up sheet in the Filk Suitelounge.

Open Filks

"Open Filks" usually take place late in the evening, and are the last filk programming of the day. As the title suggests, they can be completely open, i.e. whatever happens, happens, or if time and space permit, we can say that tonight, in this room, there will be an "open filk" in a particular style - this lets the attendees know ahead of time what to expect - both as performers and listeners. A "Host" is necessary to get things started, and to oversee the evening.

Theme Filks

"Theme Filks" are a chance to have an hour or so of filk with the same topic. Anyone attending can perform, if they desire. But you need a host to ensure that the filk stays on theme.

Round-Robin or Performer's Circle

"Round-Robins" or "Performer's Circles" are "Theme Filks", but with the performers asked ahead of time to perform, and then as a group decide what "set" they are having. A host is appointed.

Workshops

"Workshops" are an in-depth, hands-on, group participatory session, presented by one or two people, on a specific filk topic. They may be musical or non-musical, or a combination of both. The presenters, if they want to can limit the number of attendees. There will be a sign-up sheet in the Filk Suitelounge.

Children's Filk Programming

Filk programming for children usually involves doing known children's filk songs and some of the presenters' children's favourites, that are not filk, in a "performer's circle" style. The main thing is for the kids to have fun, and participate - this usually includes the kids singing, using drums, kazoos, rhythm eggs, etc. Kid filk will take place at Children's Programming, as well as in the filk rooms. Parents must accompany the child when in the filk room. We are also planning for the "Official group of children who are being babysat" more of the non-filk favourite children's songs, but again with participation by all.

Panels

"Panels" are usually non-musical discussions, about a specific topic relevant to filk with panellists and a moderator. Audience participation is welcomed.

Songbook

The song book is an overwhelming success. Thank you to the 40 contributors who sent in songs. There are 50 songs, about 75 pages. Each person who gave a song will get a book, and the rest will be available at Chicon for a $5.00 donation to Interfilk. Interfilk [www] is a nonprofit charity that provides worthy transport of filkers to places far and unknown. Song books will be avaible in the Filk Suitelounge and other places around the convention.

Songbook Table of Contents

Title	Author
Twelve Years at Worldcon	Frank Hayes
At the First Worldcon	Michael Longcor
Daddy is a Spaceman	Tom Veal
Damned Infernal Elevators	Sherman Dorn
The Song of the WSFS, Inc.	Nick Falasca
(And it Feels Like It Must Be) Five Hundred Miles	Perrianne Lurie
Ghost Pirates in DC	Gary Ehrlich
The Fen Behind Chicago	John Hall
Con Organizer's Lament	Jacob Sommer
At the Worldcon	Roberta Rogow
Remember the Hyatt	Bill Roper and Clif Flynt
Con Bid	Lee Gold
Con Chairman	Barbara Higgins
Be Our GoH	Tom Smith
I'm Not Leaving On a Jet Plane	Perrianne Lurie
The Hallways of Bucconeer	Mark A. Mandel
Five Wise Fen of Worldcon	Harold Feld
Hotel Metropole	Perrianne Lurie
Charlie and the Illinois Center	Gary Ehrlich
NASFiC ConDiego	Roberta Rogow
Still at Worldcon	Larry Kirby
Doctor of Physique	Marc Ortlieb
I Hate Worldcon Elevators	Lee Billings
Collector's Lament	Erwin S. Strauss (Filthy Pierre)
SMOF Widow Blues	Bill and Gretchen Roper
Chicon's Okay	Bruce Dane
I Am the Very Model of a Fannish Individual	John Pomeranz and Mary Bentley
The Evolution of a Neo	Lee Billings
A Worldcon	Marc Ortlieb
Ode to Confiasco	Gary Ehrlich
Nolacon Two	Perrianne Lurie
A Tribute to Nolacon	Roberta Rogow
Ballad of the Pousse-café	Roberta Rogow
(The Con They Call the) City of New Orleans	Matt G. Leger and Guy H. Lillian III
The Bonnie Intersection	Roberta Rogow
The Big Con of Summer	Anne and Tim Walker
At Magicon	Rennie Levine
Magicon Hymn	Roberta Rogow
Confiction Frictions	Perrianne Lurie
Thanks to the Fen	Carol Flynt
Convention of 2140	Anonymous
Heaven Con	Kathy Mar
Con Man Blues	Sally Childs-Helton
Filky the Snowman	Palman Lapgan
Walk Like a Sith	Tom Smith
Who's Next	Bruce Dane
Eight Days of Iggy	Bruce Dane
Working the Convention Blues	Bill Roper
Ops Junkie	Barbara Higgins
Dead Dog Time	Maureen S. O'Brien

Carol Roper, songbook@chicon.org

Filk Committee

A huge thank you for all the work, encouragement, and support the filk committee has provided over the past 2 years.

David Hayman is my second and has been in contact with the program participants.
Carol Flynt has been a cool head in the heat of discussion and is coordinating panels with Joey Shoji and Anne Passovoy.
Carol Roper took the song book sumissions and created a work of art.
Dave Weingart is quick to answer emails and created flyers, adding ideas for panels and filks.
Dave Clement has been an advisor, mentor and a friend with a caring ear.
Judith Hayman has been a fountain of ideas, advice and counsel.
Diana Huey is a strong in her support in a silent way.
Gerry Tyra has shown generous foundation with the Filk Suitelounge and will be our sound support for concerts.
Ken Lalonde and Peggi Warner-Lalonde are producing the Chicon filk CD.

Participants Confirmed to Attend The information is subject to change and mistakes. Please be patient.
Name	P=Panel(s), C=Concerts, T=Themed Filks, K=Children's filk and music, O=Open Filks, R=Round Robins, F=Fun Functions, W=Workshops, S=Songbook
Stephanie Bedwell-Grimes	C, P
Mark Bernstein	C, P, T
Terence Chua [www]	C, R
Dave Clement	C, P, R, T
Juanita Coulson [www]	P, R
Solomon Davidoff	C
Jan DiMasi	F, P
Gary Ehrlich [www]	C, P, R
Leslie Fish	C, O
Carol Flynt	C, P, R, W
Clif Flynt	C, P, R
Hal Frank
Daniel Glasser	C, P, R
Melissa Glasser	C, P, R
Barry Gold	C
Lee Gold [www]	O
Lynn Gold [www]	C, P, R, T
Joe W. Haldeman [www]	C
John Hall	R
Howard Harrison	C, T
Dave Hayman [www]	P
Judith Hayman [www]	C, K, O, P, R
Arlene " HillsCallie"	C
Jordin Kare	C
Mary Kaye Kare	R
David Kushner	C
Ken Lalonde	P
Richard Letterman	C
Tracy Linquest	C
Michael Longcor	C, P, R, T
Spencer Love	P
Dave Luckett	C, R
Perrianne Lurie	P
Steven Macdonald [www]	C, P, R, T
Kathy Mar [www]	C, O, P, R
Gary McGath [www]
Dierdre Murphy	C
Anne Passavoy	T
Doc Passavoy	T
Barb Riedel	C
Roberta Rogow [www]	C, P, R
Bill Roper	C, P, R
Carol Roper	C, W
Gretchen Roper	C, R
Steve Savitzky [www]	C, R
Howard Scrimgeour	P, R
Joey Shoji [www]	P, R
Steve Simmons	C, W
Glenn Simser
Kathleen Sloan	C, P, R
Tom Smith [www]	C, P, R, W
Dell Stinnett	P
Bill Sutton [www]	C, P, R, T, W
Brenda Sutton [www]	C, P, R, T, W
Alan Thiessen	K
Persis Thorndike	P
Art Warneke	C
Peggi Warner-Lalonde	C
Dave Weingart [www]	C, K, R, T

Email me at filk@chicon.org with any questions.

Jan DiMasi (of the Magic Fingers)

Online Filk Resources

If you have a web page we should list here or in the Participants list, send it to webmaster@chicon.org please.