Re: Panel idea for Orycon

I think I agree with both of Rick's sentiments. Can we see about getting a larger, but separate panel room? Maybe we could book one room that in the late afternoon would feature the music programming, including harmony, some theory, some group singing, and then could move into filk circles. If the room was the size of the Evergreen rooms, we could have concerts there--sort of have one room for music.

Anne

On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, Rick Bagnall wrote:

> John C. Bunnell wrote:
> >
> > I'm following the harmony-panel discussion with interest -- since it turns
> > out that I'm the music-programming coordinator for this year's OryCon. For
> > practical purposes, some questions so that I can lobby appropriately:
> >
> > # what room would be best for this (and what would *not* work)?
> > (I'm thinking of the pluses and minuses of this being one of the
> > "small group" activities often put into a quarter-portion of the
> > Riverview Ballroom (or whatever it's called now.)
>
> As noted elsewhere, trying to set up in a corner of the Ballroom would likely
> not work well. Singing both requires concentration (on the part of the
> singers) and tends to disrupt concentration (on the part of anyone else in the
> room) I don't know just how big the standard panel rooms are, though.
> Something about the size of one of the Evergreen rooms at Norwes is what comes
> to mind, frankly. From the responses I've seen so far, something the size of
> the Cascade rooms just wouldn't cut it.
>
> >
> > # what if any tech requirements would there be?
>
> If Jeff winds up being a panelist, someplace to plug in his keyboard. If not,
> some way to cram a piano into the room. I'd prefer the former, frankly.
>
> >
> > # what day would be best for this (Friday afternoon, Saturday
> > AM, Sunday)?
>
> Umm...I'd go with Saturday afternoon, frankly. Saturday's when almost
> everybody's going to be there, but most filkers tend to be night owls--at
> least at cons. Trying for a morning panel is likely to result in many
> no-shows, possibly even some of the panelists.
>
> >
> > Other comments, questions, suggestions, etc. are welcomed.
>
> We're working on it, honest we are!
>
> --Harlock--
> mka Rick Bagnall
>
>
Received on 04/25/00