Cre2c3ndO week end
Feb. 11th, 2011 01:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mbernardiBack to the Ramada Grantham, was a good thing for lots of reasons. 1) Not getting lost / knowing where everything is (including the back stairs shortcuts). 2) The hotel knows us, maybe not as well as they should (beer ran out again!) 3) Knowing how to get there. Though since it wasn't snowing, I could have walked from the station, rather than getting a taxi.
After the official opening at 7pm Bill and Brenda Sutton started the ball rolling, in fine form.
This was followed by Piers in fine folkish style, followed by Silke then a themed circle led delightfully by Heather Dale (GoH) and then to bed before midnight. I'm just getting to old to stay up so long!
Saturday started nicely with a well balanced set by Cristo followed by an amazing performance / lecture by Clare on the history of musical instruments. From the earliest found, a bone flute from the time of the neanderthals! to the rivalry between harp and lute through the ages.
Lunch followed, Leek & Potato soup and Beef & Horseradish sandwich for £5, having cheaper meals available in the hotel was a major plus.
The nMC concert followed and was it's usual choral wonderment.
The Canadian GoHs followed them and Heather Dale does seem to smile all the time and has a real enthusiasm for music. She has a wonderful voice to and Ben and Mike's accompaniment supported this well.
The Business meeting and bid session were concluded rapidly and then the UK GoH Marilisa had her concert, she was joined by various other filkers and was wonderful (If I recall correctly she sang 1000 ships in the original Greek ;-))
Dinner was a main course followed by desert for £10 I joined Peter and Gwen, with Sue E which was very sociable of me !
There was a change to the main concert and auction format as they were combined. The auction ran while the techs were setting up the next set. This had two benefits, there wasn't any dead time between acts, and it forced anyone wanting to listen to the concert to stay for the auction.
There was a half hour tech setup gap before "From the Ashes" which was Phoenix reborn! A wonderful set of rocking filk, seeing Heather Dale while her Joan was rocked up was lovely.
And then to bed.
I popped in to the Ecumenifilk first thing but there weren't many there, and despite my christian background I felt there were too many hymns being sung for a filkcon, If I could have found a few alternatives I might have stayed but...
The second half of the main concert and auction continued and then before lunch Kamen Footloose Filker had her spot (mostly in german)
Lunch this time was a massive baked potato with beans and various other bits once again for £5.
Then in a tour de force Marilisa wrote, directed and performed in a one hour musical (whose title I can't find/remember!). Kudos to all involved, it has the makings of a studio album!
Now we are coming to the end of the con with the Sams Awards, the last GoH performance from Heather and Ben, with the Sams concert (after a break for setup) and then closing.
Dinner followed, and again I was able to join Gwen and Peter. Roger joined us be for to long and some interesting conversation occurred.
After dinner I read and kept an ear out for the Dead Mouse filk off and on til I left for bed.
Up early to catch my scheduled train to King's Cross at 10:37 only to find it delayed by 40 minutes!
And so we await next year in Grantham!
After the official opening at 7pm Bill and Brenda Sutton started the ball rolling, in fine form.
This was followed by Piers in fine folkish style, followed by Silke then a themed circle led delightfully by Heather Dale (GoH) and then to bed before midnight. I'm just getting to old to stay up so long!
Saturday started nicely with a well balanced set by Cristo followed by an amazing performance / lecture by Clare on the history of musical instruments. From the earliest found, a bone flute from the time of the neanderthals! to the rivalry between harp and lute through the ages.
Lunch followed, Leek & Potato soup and Beef & Horseradish sandwich for £5, having cheaper meals available in the hotel was a major plus.
The nMC concert followed and was it's usual choral wonderment.
The Canadian GoHs followed them and Heather Dale does seem to smile all the time and has a real enthusiasm for music. She has a wonderful voice to and Ben and Mike's accompaniment supported this well.
The Business meeting and bid session were concluded rapidly and then the UK GoH Marilisa had her concert, she was joined by various other filkers and was wonderful (If I recall correctly she sang 1000 ships in the original Greek ;-))
Dinner was a main course followed by desert for £10 I joined Peter and Gwen, with Sue E which was very sociable of me !
There was a change to the main concert and auction format as they were combined. The auction ran while the techs were setting up the next set. This had two benefits, there wasn't any dead time between acts, and it forced anyone wanting to listen to the concert to stay for the auction.
There was a half hour tech setup gap before "From the Ashes" which was Phoenix reborn! A wonderful set of rocking filk, seeing Heather Dale while her Joan was rocked up was lovely.
And then to bed.
I popped in to the Ecumenifilk first thing but there weren't many there, and despite my christian background I felt there were too many hymns being sung for a filkcon, If I could have found a few alternatives I might have stayed but...
The second half of the main concert and auction continued and then before lunch Kamen Footloose Filker had her spot (mostly in german)
Lunch this time was a massive baked potato with beans and various other bits once again for £5.
Then in a tour de force Marilisa wrote, directed and performed in a one hour musical (whose title I can't find/remember!). Kudos to all involved, it has the makings of a studio album!
Now we are coming to the end of the con with the Sams Awards, the last GoH performance from Heather and Ben, with the Sams concert (after a break for setup) and then closing.
Dinner followed, and again I was able to join Gwen and Peter. Roger joined us be for to long and some interesting conversation occurred.
After dinner I read and kept an ear out for the Dead Mouse filk off and on til I left for bed.
Up early to catch my scheduled train to King's Cross at 10:37 only to find it delayed by 40 minutes!
And so we await next year in Grantham!