Archon/NASFiC

[filkertom]

Didn't have a wrap-up for Archon/TuckerCon/NASFiC, so here we go.

First, many, many thanks to mofilker and his wife Jamie, who went way above and beyond the call trying to make everything better for the musicians.

And many, many thanks to huskiebear, who also went way above and beyond the call in a lot of ways helping me out this weekend in particular.

And it was fantastic actually getting the chance to hang out for awhile with min0taur and Sally and tollers and harperjen and quadrivium (and I briefly met her husband Wesley and didn't even know it) and gorgeousgary and the_sheryl and lemmospice lemmozine and shsilver. And lukeski and pixelene were there, and Ken, and filkferengi and hlynna and popefelix and janmagic and singlemaltsilk and starcat_jewel and I can't even remember who all else. I only saw Sally Kobee and Barb Van Tilburg briefly, and that's my fault for not getting to the dealer's room.

It was a working con, so I ended up not going to the open filk at all (I was in one hotel, the filk was in another hotel, and the con was mostly in the Gateway Center, aiee). I heard from Gary and Sheryl that it was pretty good, mostly. I thought my concert sets went well enough, and it was really great to hear everybody else as well. Wild Mercy seemed especially crisp Saturday, and Mary Crowell impressed the heck out of us -- as I mentioned in an earlier post, I really hadn't heard her do her stuff, and we happily traded CDs.

A few rough spots, nothing worth really going into. Except... con programming people? Don't put programming after noon on Sunday. Or at all on Sunday. Seriously. Not more than a few people will be there. Most people are checking out, saying goodbye, and making those last few purchases, and all you're doing is making the panelists wait a few hours before going home. This has been My Opinion On The Matter™, and you don't have to listen. Thank you.

Anyway, a pretty good time had by all, methinks.

Comments

[madmanotl.livejournal.com]

Other than Marscon where I take the Monday and Tuesday off afterwards to recover and Gencon Indy last year where I helped Luke after close, I haven't ever been at a con when it ended and I have never attended a "dead dog" party. Usually I am on my way home or if the con is local and I commuted, I sometimes don't bother to go especially since I am at work the following day at 5:30 AM and have a family to return home to.

However, I do like Sunday programming. It allows me one last chance to be away from the world which I escape at conventions.