RE: OryCon Music Scheduling

I mailed in my participant response card on Friday (yes I will be there). I fear that the popularity of music programming at Orycon ( a very good thing in my opinion) means that it becomes very difficult to program all activities so that everyone can attend everything. I think scheduling the mini concerts opposite the filk circle would be better than putting them up against the main concerts. The participants will have a better chance of a decent turnout. I myself would hate to be up against Jeff Hitchin or Cecilia in a concert slot. If you can have tech support for the mini concerts by doing sets of them then by all means do so. It makes for better concerts.

Looking forward to participating, I had a blast last year.

Steve Dixon
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> From: John C. Bunnell[SMTP:JCBunnell at sff.net]
> Reply To: filk at dragoncat.net
> Sent: 6/4/2000 9:29 PM
> To: NW Filk List
> Subject: OryCon Music Scheduling
>
>
> The Very Broad Outlines of an OryCon program are beginning to take shape,
> and I would like to poll the gallery for opinions on some of the space/event
> issues confronting us as we try to fit all the pegs into properly shaped
> holes.
>
> One probable truism is that we may *not* be able to schedule all the events
> we'd like to schedule without putting a few of them opposite each other,
> particularly with respect to evening programming. Space is just at too much
> of a premium (darnit!).
>
> That said, assume the following hypothetical set of events:
> # feature-length concerts on *both* Friday and Saturday evening
> # 2 hours of mini-concerts *each* on Friday and Saturday evening
> # space for 2 open filk circles (bardic, chaos) each night
>
> Now, here's the catch. Based on past experience, the *only* way I've seen
> us sustain 2 circles is to start both of them at the *same* time, not
> staggered by an hour or two as has been the case the last couple of years. reply
> That being the case, which do you think is most/least workable:
>
> (a) schedule a mini-concert series against a feature concert
> (start both open circles at the same time, ca. 9-10 pm)
> (b) schedule mini-concerts opposite each other
> (i.e. 1 hour in each of 2 rooms)
> (start open circles at the same time, ca. 10-11 pm)
> (c) scatter mini-concerts through daytime programming
> (note possible tech & room issues arise here)
> (d) run mini-concerts in one 2-hour block, run one open circle
> starting after mini-concerts
> (e) drop one feature concert to avoid conflicts with
> mini-concerts
> (f) something else (specify)
> reply
> ALSO -- if you would like to do a mini-concert, it's NOT too early to let me
> know. This will tell me, among other things, whether I should slot
> mini-concerts at 20-25 minute sets (i.e. 4 in 2 hours) or 30-minute sets
> (i.e. 3 in 2 hours) -- about which I'd also be glad for feedback. This last
> can and should be passed along to those who may not be on this list but
> might be interested.
>
> --
> = John C. Bunnell
> = OryCon 22 Filk Baron
> = JCBunnell at sff.net reply
> = http://www.sff.net/people/jcbunnell/
>
> "Music is said to soothe a savage breast,
> and mine is quite savage just now."
> -- Katherine Vandergelt
>
>
Received on 06/05/00