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Last weekend, went to FKO.
It was so fun! There was a British filking choir, and they were filking brilliant.
I rode up with Cat Faber and Mary Bertke and Peter Alway. Peter wrote a tune, and Cat made lyrics, and Mary made harmonies, and taught me the lead. Cat figured out how to sign it, and when we performed, *she* signed it, not me! The crowd did a very nice focus on me, flash to Cat, back to me, back to Cat. She did very well in her first public performance. I'm looking forward to having her sign more at cons. She's an amazing person.
Cat gave me a copy of the song she wrote for me at OVFF that made me cry *again*, and I'm looking forward to playing it for my folks, along with a song called "Patience Isn't Tame" for my mother Patience (although the song is about a canoe...)
Filker Tom Smith was in attendance, and I signed his concert. He played "Operation Desert Storm", the one about Wil E. Coyote because he knew how much I love to sign it, and how much the audience laughs when I do. He's so sweet to let me shine!
Peggy and Judith asked me to sign the Filk Hall of Fame concert on Sunday, which was very kind of them. I thought I was going to *totally* lose it on stage when one of Kathleen's songs parodying her "Catalogue Queen" song, as "Discipline Queen." I made it through, and about fell over laughing afterward.
During the concert, one of the British filkers wrote a song about Joey Shoji singing "Cranes Over Hiroshima" at FilkContinental while his sister danced. She had written it in German, so I sat down on the edge of the stage. As she sang, though, I realized that I could actually understand it, and I interpreted it as I sat, just to see if I could (and I could!). When I looked up, I saw that Joey could see me from the back row through a gap in the audience, and he looked so happy with both the song, and the signing.
Some of NMC, (the Nearly Music Consort) British filkers had not ever heard Joey's song, only the tribute to the song. Joey and I said we'd try to play it for them. At the dead Penguin filk on Sunday, when my number came up, I asked Joey to play it. I had seen Linda sign it again at GaFilk, and I concentrated my performance using her arrangement. It was dead quiet after for a long moment, as people wiped their eyes before applauding. "Cranes" is so haunting and beautiful when Joey sings it, and I think the signing gives it an immediacy that connects the listener to the *now* to let them really *feel* it. I was so proud, and thankful Joey was willing to sing on a moment's notice.
THe dead penguin was held in a double storied room, with a balcony above the main floor. Whenever NMC wanted to take a turn, they dashed up the stairs to the "choir loft" to do their performances. It was so cute!
The trip back, I was still on Cloud Nine, so they let me drive the early morning shift back towards the states (might as well let Miss Perky get the energy out of her system) and we dropped Peter off in Michigan, and came back to Ohio. I felt as though the car trips were an extension of the con, they were so fun.
It was so fun! There was a British filking choir, and they were filking brilliant.
I rode up with Cat Faber and Mary Bertke and Peter Alway. Peter wrote a tune, and Cat made lyrics, and Mary made harmonies, and taught me the lead. Cat figured out how to sign it, and when we performed, *she* signed it, not me! The crowd did a very nice focus on me, flash to Cat, back to me, back to Cat. She did very well in her first public performance. I'm looking forward to having her sign more at cons. She's an amazing person.
Cat gave me a copy of the song she wrote for me at OVFF that made me cry *again*, and I'm looking forward to playing it for my folks, along with a song called "Patience Isn't Tame" for my mother Patience (although the song is about a canoe...)
Filker Tom Smith was in attendance, and I signed his concert. He played "Operation Desert Storm", the one about Wil E. Coyote because he knew how much I love to sign it, and how much the audience laughs when I do. He's so sweet to let me shine!
Peggy and Judith asked me to sign the Filk Hall of Fame concert on Sunday, which was very kind of them. I thought I was going to *totally* lose it on stage when one of Kathleen's songs parodying her "Catalogue Queen" song, as "Discipline Queen." I made it through, and about fell over laughing afterward.
During the concert, one of the British filkers wrote a song about Joey Shoji singing "Cranes Over Hiroshima" at FilkContinental while his sister danced. She had written it in German, so I sat down on the edge of the stage. As she sang, though, I realized that I could actually understand it, and I interpreted it as I sat, just to see if I could (and I could!). When I looked up, I saw that Joey could see me from the back row through a gap in the audience, and he looked so happy with both the song, and the signing.
Some of NMC, (the Nearly Music Consort) British filkers had not ever heard Joey's song, only the tribute to the song. Joey and I said we'd try to play it for them. At the dead Penguin filk on Sunday, when my number came up, I asked Joey to play it. I had seen Linda sign it again at GaFilk, and I concentrated my performance using her arrangement. It was dead quiet after for a long moment, as people wiped their eyes before applauding. "Cranes" is so haunting and beautiful when Joey sings it, and I think the signing gives it an immediacy that connects the listener to the *now* to let them really *feel* it. I was so proud, and thankful Joey was willing to sing on a moment's notice.
THe dead penguin was held in a double storied room, with a balcony above the main floor. Whenever NMC wanted to take a turn, they dashed up the stairs to the "choir loft" to do their performances. It was so cute!
The trip back, I was still on Cloud Nine, so they let me drive the early morning shift back towards the states (might as well let Miss Perky get the energy out of her system) and we dropped Peter off in Michigan, and came back to Ohio. I felt as though the car trips were an extension of the con, they were so fun.
