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FilkDucKon is proud to present our filk guests of honor Jeff and Maya Bohnhoff. FILK FUND GUEST: Rand Bellavia and Adam English of Ookla the Mok. The newest band from Chicago filk Toyboat will have a concert. THIS JUST IN!! Mike Whitaker from England is attending DucKon before he attends a business meeting. Some of our friends from the Northeast who will be joining us:
We believe the following performers will attend DucKon, concerts will be identified later:
DucKon Filk FundThis fund was created to support and enhance DucKons already awesome FILK program. Funds are raised by sale of rare and special items (e.g. Scorpio 2 CD set) as well as occasional Silent Auctions of miscellaneous items at DucKon open filk. Some of our regular Filk performers have benefited from this support, making it easier for them to attend DucKon. Use This Link to see the liner notes for Scorpio CD #1. We also have a limited number of Scorpio 2 CD sets that have been signed by Julia EcKlar, Sheila Willis, and Linda Melnick. These special CD sets are available for a donation of $200. The DucKon Filk Fund has plans for a fun DVD you will want to have in your collection as well as other rare early music CDs. The DucKon Filk committee is very grateful for your generosity to the FILK FUND. Please donate or make a purchase. Filk LinksFor all your general filk questions please visit http://www.electricpenguin.com/filking/ this wonderful site has answers to your questions and lots of links to other filk areas. Another good resource is the Interfilk web site, http://www.interfilk.org. Although it hasn't been updated in a while, it has links to filk cons and a very nice and comprehensive list of "What *is* filk?" resources linked to from their main page. Live journal is where a lot of filkers hang out and talk about their life. You can often find links to their live journal pages from their personal web pages. You can also check Live Journal's "friends" links for one and find several others that way.... Check out Some Past Filk Guests of Honor and other DucKon Friends...
Capsule Bios...
Riverfolk is a folk group, originating from
Minneapolis but performing as far afield as Winnipeg, Milwaukee,
Detroit, and Chicago. Chas Somdahl and Becca Allen anchor the group
with their talented performances, both vocal and guitar, while Andy Anda
embroiders around them on mandolin or violin. They are repeat visitors
to Duckon, and may soon visit your living room with the (imminent)
release of their first CD.
The World's Fastest Filker is finally back to
Duckon. From touching to tasteless, frequently hysterical, the only
thing Tom isn't is boring. He's appeared at conventions around the
world, and has been repeatedly found on Dr. Demento's Funny Five list
of most requested songs. He also has 7 albums released, and ten Pegasus
Awards for excellence in filking. Come see how many songs he'll write
this weekend!
Eric Coleman is a semi-reformed ex-punk rocker from
Iowa, who has moved on to develop an acoustic folk style that is
uniquely his own. A frequent performer at Duckon, he has also appeared
at other regional conventions, and his music has been heard on the Dr.
Demento show. He has two albums out and is hard at work on a third.
Samuel T. Clemmons was born in Central Kentucky and
currently resides in the city of Lexington. During the past few years
he has won several awards for his story telling performances and comedy
routines. Titles of his routines include: Mark Twain: The Time
Traveler and Python University.
It's taken them ten years to recover from the Brain
Weasels tour, but they're back. They haven't performed together in
seven years, but they're back. Their members have been scattered to the
four winds, or at least three different states, but they're back. So
who are they, you ask? Well, Michael Kube McDowell is an author, Gwen
Zak McDowell is a professional mother, Barry Childs-Helton is a
folklorist, Sally Childs-Helton is an ethnomusicologist, and Mary Ellen
Wessels is a proto-teacher (otherwise known as graduate student).
Together, they rock hard - and loudly. Come hear them blow the roof off
the house!
Wild Mercy - also known as "Three Women and a
Giraffe" - is an Indiana-based Celtic Folk Fusion group comprising Barry
Childs-Helton, Sally Childs-Helton, Debbie Gates, and Jennifer Midkiff.
They take guitar (Barry, Debbie), bass (Barry, Jen), harp (Jen),
keyboards (Debbie), assorted percussion (Sally, Debbie), and voices
(Barry, Jen, Debbie) and weave them into a full sound that runs the
gamut from traditional folk pieces to rock-influenced folk to original
music.
Susan Urban is a singer, songwriter, and
multi-instrumentalist from Chicago who writes story and slice of life
songs. Sandy Andina is a professional folksinger from Chicago who has
performed and recorded at the Old Town School of Folk Music. Ingrid
Frances Stark is a singer, songwriter, artist, and poet from Wisconsin.
Together, they're Three Parts Invention, and completely unforgettable.
What can I say? The man is a pirate. There's
usually at least one in every crew, singing chanteys. Rob has been such
for longer that I've known music existed. Rob is also involved in the
Chicago traditional folk music scene and works as the musical chair of
the Cotswold Renaissance Faire when he is not performing either by
himself or with his band CrossRougues. Come see him; it's Sing Like A
Pirate Day.
ContactContact Jan at filk@duckon.org for FILK ROOM BLOCKING. Be close to the filk suite and all of the filk guests. |
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Riverfolk
Tom Smith
Eric Coleman