Back from Balticon 42

Above: Allison, Jodi, Gary and Sheryl.

Back from Balticon 42. Dead tired but happy -- fantastic convention! The members of Urban Tapestry were the Music Guests this year; we don't often get invited to general sf conventions, and we were honoured to be headlined along with Author Guest Connie Willis, Artist Guest John Jude Palencar, and 2007 Compton Crook Award Winner Naomi Novik.

Thank you SO MUCH to the Balticon concom and volunteers for all their hard work, and for making us feel so welcome. More about some of the individuals within the concom and Balticon in upcoming posts after I've finished unpacking and catching up with work, but I thought I'd post a few photos and notes about our concert.



Above: Allison with her friend Connie. Connie sang for the FIRST TIME in open filk during the weekend.

Our concert went well, and the audience seemed to like us. It was a bit weird for us at first because we couldn't see most of the audience (we were in the spotlight while the rest of the room was darkened) but they clapped and laughed in the right places, so it must have gone all right.

One of the only faces I could see was our friend Howard's and he was smiling, so I focused mainly on him. :-)



Photo by Korak.

Here's a photo that Walter took of the audience arriving for our concert:


Photo by Korak.

The room was bigger than most venues we tend to perform in; the third section of chairs is not pictured above (it's off to the right).

I'll be posting more about Balticon in upcoming posts. For now, feel free to visit my Balticon Flickr photo set. I've noticed that Walter has uploaded his photos already as well, and Allison is in the process of uploading her con photos.

Here's one from Allison's set that I love:




The photo above (by Allison) was taken during the kids' concert. This little girl was entranced by the music and was dancing her heart out. At one point, however, we had to hold her back because she was trying to hug Dave Clement while he was playing. Heh.

Going back to unpacking...



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