Maybe someday.....
On the Filkers group in Facebook, there was a suggestion for a new filk convention, using the name "Concino" (Latin for "to sing in chorus" or "to play together").
As if our summers aren't booked enough already. Conventions, Pennsic, PSG, Starwood -- these would take up some of my spare summer time if I could attend. (Well, maybe not Pennsic.)
And so I thought....What about a weekend-long (or longer) campout of filkers? Right now, I can't afford the time or money to put this together. But in a few years, I might have both.
The name of the convention would be "Contrails", as in "Con[vention]" + "trails". Yes, I'm aware of the other meaning of the word -- those trails that jets leave when they fly in the air.
Next question: Location. Where would it be held? I have a few sites in mind: Allegany State Park near Salamanca/Olean, NY, Oakwood Farm near Muncie, IN, Brown County State Park near Nashville, IN.
There would be little or no programming, giving it a "relaxacon" feel. We'd probably all sit around the campfire, singing filk songs and possibly passing around a bottle of mead, or Tully. (As long as it's not a dry site.)
Naturally, since we'll be outside, all the instruments will need to be acoustic and/or unplugged.
If and when I start this, I'll probably start it as a circle-of-friends weekend, and let it grow from there.
As if our summers aren't booked enough already. Conventions, Pennsic, PSG, Starwood -- these would take up some of my spare summer time if I could attend. (Well, maybe not Pennsic.)
And so I thought....What about a weekend-long (or longer) campout of filkers? Right now, I can't afford the time or money to put this together. But in a few years, I might have both.
The name of the convention would be "Contrails", as in "Con[vention]" + "trails". Yes, I'm aware of the other meaning of the word -- those trails that jets leave when they fly in the air.
Next question: Location. Where would it be held? I have a few sites in mind: Allegany State Park near Salamanca/Olean, NY, Oakwood Farm near Muncie, IN, Brown County State Park near Nashville, IN.
There would be little or no programming, giving it a "relaxacon" feel. We'd probably all sit around the campfire, singing filk songs and possibly passing around a bottle of mead, or Tully. (As long as it's not a dry site.)
Naturally, since we'll be outside, all the instruments will need to be acoustic and/or unplugged.
If and when I start this, I'll probably start it as a circle-of-friends weekend, and let it grow from there.