More photos from FKO

Photo by Gary Ehrlich.

Being a guest at FilKONtario (and forgetting my camera for the first part of the convention anyway), I didn't take nearly as many photos as I usually do at a convention. Plus I didn't think there were nearly enough blackmail photos of Walter publicly available, so I went looking.

Here are a selection of photos from other people instead. Click on any photo to be taken to the source image.

Amy McNally playing fiddle during our concert (photo by Brooke):



We love having Amy play with us. She is SUCH a wonderful musician, and so generous with her accompaniment skills. Amy often holds back her true fiddle virtuosity; instead, she matches her improvisation to the song and performer she's accompanying. As a result, she doesn't often get the limelight of a solo performer. I'd love to see her as a guest at more conventions (I just noticed she's the music guest at ApolloCon in Texas!).



I love this photo of Jodi that Brooke took, while we were doing Starsoul in our concert:



Another photo by Brooke, this time of Urban Tapestry performing "A Gown Too Blue" in our literary theme filk. Brenda Sutton wrote this gorgeous song based on Doomsday Book by Connie Willis.



I loved the "nerd anthem" sung by Rand and Adam in open filk during the weekend. This needs to be sung at every filk and/or sf convention. :-D


Photo by Allison.

Below: I -loved- Eva's entry in the FKO song contest. Photo by Brooke.



Gary Ehlrich snapped this shot of Allison's, Jodi's and my reaction upon first seeing Suburban Travesty in performance:



In this photo (also by Gary), you can see Walter with his props:



Gary caught Walter on his camcorder as well:



Speaking of Walter....

Walter played a key role in our concert during our performance of "A Neurotic Love Song." During the beginning of the song, he was hiding behind the curtain and holding out pictures of people mentioned in the song. We had practised the schtick so that I'd grab a Nerf gun and shoot Luxwana and Beverly when their pictures showed:


(Photo by Gary)

...then grabbing the Nerf shotgun and shooting Eline and Vash right after:


(Photo by Gary again)

Meanwhile, I could hear Walter making frustrated noises behind the curtains as the cardboard kept catching on the curtain fabric. Heh.

When Jean-Luc / Walter appears, of course, I go all moony. As soon as he says "Earl Grey. Hot" line, I hand him a tea cup with Earl Grey (actually just a modified plastic cup with an Earl Grey tea bag). A moment later he hands me some flowers (bought at a magic shop, the kind you can hide up your sleeve) and I toss away the teacup to grab the flowers:


(Photo by Brooke)

But then he offers me his heart (we printed out a medically correct heart) and I toss away the flowers to grab the heart. Finally, Jean-Luc asks me to dance, and Gary caught the moment where I toss away the heart to grab Jean-Luc's hand:


(Photo by Gary)

Heh.

In rehearsal, we ran through the routine several times because everything happens quickly, and we knew timing was critical.


Photo by Gary.

Anyway, it turned out all right in the end, and I didn't even fall when Walter / Jean-Luc dipped me (I couldn't find a photo of this).

For those looking for more photos and reports from FKO, visit Rafe's list of convention links from FilKONtario.


Photo by Brooke.

Comments

[Gary McGath]

The photos by "Gary" must have been by Gary Ehrlich? I didn't even have a camera at the con.

[Debbie Ridpath Ohi]

Oops sorry, I should clarify that, yes. :-)

[A_Tim]

But then he offers me his heart (we printed out a medically correct heart)

But we learned that Jean-Luc has an artifical heart, one that goes more hummmm. than thump-thump.