Sunday
Apr132008
FKO part 5: Filk Hall Of Fame
Sunday, April 13, 2008 at 12:31PM
More highlights from FilKONtario...
Photo by Korak
Photo above: Allison, Jodi and I performing in an open filk circle on Saturday night.
The Filk Hall Of Fame banquet was, as usual, one of my FKO highlights. The FHOF honours contributions to filk music and the filk community, and I always find it an inspirational and moving event. While the Pegasus Awards focus on performance and songwriting, the Filk Hall Of Fame tends to focus on those who contribute behind the scenes in some way, and who make lasting contributions to the filk community.
Photo by Erin
Anyone in the filk community can make a nomination. Nominations don't have to be written in elegant language, and point form is fine. If a nominee is not chosen for the current year, they remain eligible, and ALL nominations are retained. You can find out who has been nominated but NOT yet inducted by e-mailing Dave Hayman. You can always update one of your old nominations anytime, if the person you nominated has not yet been inducted.
The nominations are reviewed by a jury, whose members include the FKO concom plus one representative from each of the other filk conventions.
Photo by Korak
The Filk Hall Of Fame doesn't tend to get nearly as much blog press as the Pegasus Awards, which is one reason I tend to mention it more in Blatherings. Performers tend to get more of the limelight / attention but while performers work very hard, I believe that the people behind the scenes deserve just as much and perhaps even more recognition.
Photo by Korak
Filk conventions wouldn't EXIST were it not for those working behind the scenes, after all, and people who make the greatest contributions to filk and the filk community tend to be the types who don't promote themselves. I'm grateful to the FHOF because it helps educate the rest of us about these subtler yet essential and deeper contributions, the people who help hold the community together as well as help it grow.
So in addition to sending in your Pegasus Award nominations and votes each year, do also consider sending in a Filk Hall Of Fame nomination as well!
Attending the FHOF banquet is one of the ways I choose to show my support for these community members as well as for the idea behind the award. I also aim to send in at least one nomination a year.
I encourage the rest of you to send in nominations, and to also NOT assume that anyone you'd want to nominate is already inducted. You can see a list of Filk Hall Of Fame Inductees and Citations online.
Photo by Korak
Thanks to Walter for being my date at the FHOF this year! We had a fun table: Tanya, Marilisa, David, Juliane, Erin and Rand. Plus we were beside the Wedding Table, so I had a great view of the newly married couple whenever they gazed into each other's eyes (which was often). :-)
Not sure how you other music groups manage your funds, but we each donate money into a communal pot each month. Allison, Jodi and I decided to use the Urban Tapestry travel fund to pay for our hotel room at FKO this year, which was a nice perk. In fact, we decided to get an upgraded room, which meant we got a fridge ... this not only added the benefit of enabling us to take perishables like cheese and cold cuts, but also meant we could store leftovers from restaurant outings and the occasional piece of smuggled fruit from the breakfast buffet.
Another highlight: seeing our friends in their finery. Filkers do clean up nicely. :-)
The Saturday night Celtic jam was WAY fun.
We enjoyed participating in the children's round robin concert on Sunday with Heather and Judith. Ironically, most of our audience were adults. :-)
Sadly, Katy was too ill to attend FKO this year, and we all missed her. It was wonderful to see Juliane, however, and Ju did a fine job in concert despite having to go unexpectedly solo.
Very much enjoyed hearing and meeting Hawke and Cedric from The Bedlam Bards, a Celtic duo who were performing at FilKONtario courtesy The Canadian Browncoats.
Allison, Jodi and I enjoyed chatting with these two during the convention, and I especially enjoyed hearing Cedric's fiddle in open filk.
Photo by Korak
Another highlight: playing with Steve Savitsky in the Filk Hall Of Fame concert. This year's inductees: Bob ("Doc") and Anne Passovoy, and Steve and Colleen Savitzky.
Photo by Phil Mills
I got to hang out with Steve a bit more at FKO while we rehearsed for the concert. SUPER nice guy! I hope we get to make more music together sometime.
To be continued...
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Photo by Korak
Photo above: Allison, Jodi and I performing in an open filk circle on Saturday night.
The Filk Hall Of Fame banquet was, as usual, one of my FKO highlights. The FHOF honours contributions to filk music and the filk community, and I always find it an inspirational and moving event. While the Pegasus Awards focus on performance and songwriting, the Filk Hall Of Fame tends to focus on those who contribute behind the scenes in some way, and who make lasting contributions to the filk community.
Photo by Erin
Anyone in the filk community can make a nomination. Nominations don't have to be written in elegant language, and point form is fine. If a nominee is not chosen for the current year, they remain eligible, and ALL nominations are retained. You can find out who has been nominated but NOT yet inducted by e-mailing Dave Hayman. You can always update one of your old nominations anytime, if the person you nominated has not yet been inducted.
The nominations are reviewed by a jury, whose members include the FKO concom plus one representative from each of the other filk conventions.
Photo by Korak
The Filk Hall Of Fame doesn't tend to get nearly as much blog press as the Pegasus Awards, which is one reason I tend to mention it more in Blatherings. Performers tend to get more of the limelight / attention but while performers work very hard, I believe that the people behind the scenes deserve just as much and perhaps even more recognition.
Photo by Korak
Filk conventions wouldn't EXIST were it not for those working behind the scenes, after all, and people who make the greatest contributions to filk and the filk community tend to be the types who don't promote themselves. I'm grateful to the FHOF because it helps educate the rest of us about these subtler yet essential and deeper contributions, the people who help hold the community together as well as help it grow.
So in addition to sending in your Pegasus Award nominations and votes each year, do also consider sending in a Filk Hall Of Fame nomination as well!
Attending the FHOF banquet is one of the ways I choose to show my support for these community members as well as for the idea behind the award. I also aim to send in at least one nomination a year.
I encourage the rest of you to send in nominations, and to also NOT assume that anyone you'd want to nominate is already inducted. You can see a list of Filk Hall Of Fame Inductees and Citations online.
Photo by Korak
Thanks to Walter for being my date at the FHOF this year! We had a fun table: Tanya, Marilisa, David, Juliane, Erin and Rand. Plus we were beside the Wedding Table, so I had a great view of the newly married couple whenever they gazed into each other's eyes (which was often). :-)
Not sure how you other music groups manage your funds, but we each donate money into a communal pot each month. Allison, Jodi and I decided to use the Urban Tapestry travel fund to pay for our hotel room at FKO this year, which was a nice perk. In fact, we decided to get an upgraded room, which meant we got a fridge ... this not only added the benefit of enabling us to take perishables like cheese and cold cuts, but also meant we could store leftovers from restaurant outings and the occasional piece of smuggled fruit from the breakfast buffet.
Another highlight: seeing our friends in their finery. Filkers do clean up nicely. :-)
The Saturday night Celtic jam was WAY fun.
We enjoyed participating in the children's round robin concert on Sunday with Heather and Judith. Ironically, most of our audience were adults. :-)
Sadly, Katy was too ill to attend FKO this year, and we all missed her. It was wonderful to see Juliane, however, and Ju did a fine job in concert despite having to go unexpectedly solo.
Very much enjoyed hearing and meeting Hawke and Cedric from The Bedlam Bards, a Celtic duo who were performing at FilKONtario courtesy The Canadian Browncoats.
Allison, Jodi and I enjoyed chatting with these two during the convention, and I especially enjoyed hearing Cedric's fiddle in open filk.
Photo by Korak
Another highlight: playing with Steve Savitsky in the Filk Hall Of Fame concert. This year's inductees: Bob ("Doc") and Anne Passovoy, and Steve and Colleen Savitzky.
Photo by Phil Mills
I got to hang out with Steve a bit more at FKO while we rehearsed for the concert. SUPER nice guy! I hope we get to make more music together sometime.
To be continued...
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