Photo by Phil Mills

I'm writing this report while sipping vanilla jasmine tea from Colleen Savitsky and munching on some lovely dark chili-cherry chocolate from David P. and Marilisa. Mmmm.

Allison has been posting some great reports of FilKONtario over on her Livejournal, for those interested. Last I checked, she had the following up so far:

FilKONtario '08 - Part 1: concom thanks, Tony birthday conspiracy, rehearsals, Marilyn Miller
FilKONtario '08 - Part 2: Tom and Sue's wedding
FilKONtario '08 - Part 3: Urban Tapestry concert
FilKONtario '08 - Part 4: Friday night concerts, one-shots

Rather than duplicate content, I'm just going to expand on bits of Allison's reports. It was so great to be able to finally hang out with Michelle Dockrey one-on-one before the convention started; I knew I wouldn't get much of a chance later on because she'd be involved in GoH duties.

Michelle/Vixy and I have a lot of overlapping interests, I've found, not the least of which is artstuff. Wish we lived closer. Anyway, I think we managed to squeeze in a lot of topics into the hour or so we had together. :-)

Photos by Phil Mills

Many thanks to Phil for letting me use his photos for today's Blathering. The photo at the top is from our Friday night concert, which was fun. It was great to perform Another Round with Juliane, the composer of the song, and be able to do the round with all four parts! Thanks also to Dave Clement for helping us out on Phantom Doll and Green Hills Of Harmony.

And many thanks to our friend Walter for agreeing to be our Seventies Guy! I admit I didn't think he'd do it when Allison and Jodi suggested his name; though I've known Walter for longer than they have, I figured he'd say no.

I was totally delighted at how enthusiastically he threw himself into his part! Walter had shown us a few props, but not much else. During the actual performance, I laughed so hysterically at his disco outfit that I almost fell over (and quit playing my tambourine).

He got changed for his part in the adjoining kitchen after getting permission from the staff, then burst in dressed as Dr. Who after cueing a Tardis sound effect. As Allison, Jodi and I performed The Seventies Song, Walter pulled out various props including a pet rock and enlarged pictures of the Brady Bunch, etc. At the climax, he flung off his Dr. Who outfit to reveal a blinding white leisure suit.

Can't wait until his Friday night gaming guys see these pics. Heh.

Photos by Phil Mills

Allison, Jodi and I were happy to see the newly married Tom and Sue in the audience when we sang them "Magic's In The Air," part of our wedding present to the happy couple. Allison came up with the idea of having two possible endings to the song, depending on whether the audience voted for Tom kissing Sue, or Sue kissing Tom.

The audience voted for Sue to kiss Tom, but we sang them the other ending on Sunday.

MAGIC'S IN THE AIR
By Debbie Ridpath Ohi
Performed by Urban Tapestry
Dedicated to Sue Posteraro and Tom Jeffers, Apr/2008

CHORUS:

E               A

Kiss him, Sue! Sure, he may look scary

E               A

Kiss him, Sue! Don't bother to fight it

E               A

Kiss him, Sue! Yeah, he's kind of hairy, but

      B

   at least he's not a bear

       A                     E

   and magic's in the air tonight.

E                      D

Her name is Sue, she is walking in the forest

E                            D

Humming to herself as she is wont to do

    E                               D

Her life's about to change, you'll find out in the chorus

E               D

And trust us, every word is true.

E           D               E            D

Five years ago, Tom was enchanted by an evil sorceress

E              D                    E    D

he ticked her off but we don't know how

A                      B

Now he's a moose, but no one knows

A                           B

'til love's true kiss lands on his nose...

CHORUS

E                           D

Sue heard a noise and her humming stopped

E                             D

some branches snapped as they are wont to do

E                         D

The moose appeared, she stared at him in shock

E                       D

Tom's heart leapt when he saw Sue.

(Jodi sings the "FIve years ago" counterpoint while Allison sings the following)

E                      D

Her name was Sue, she was walking in the forest

E                            D

Humming to herself as she is wont to do

    E                             D

Her life about to change, you'll find out in the chorus

     E               D

And trust us, every word is true.

A                      B

Now he's a moose, but no one knows

A                           B

'til love's true kiss lands on his nose...

CHORUS:

BRIDGE:

D                 A                   E

"Hey, he's kinda cute," thought Sue, "for a moose!"

           D   A                E

Still she hesitated...he was a moose, after all.

      D                  A       E

Poor Tom stood mute and hairy, feeling like a goose

              A             B

But then the birds began to call...

==> At this point, ask audience which song ending they

prefer: if Tom kisses Sue, or if Sue kisses Tom.

======== if Sue kisses Tom ===============

CHORUS:

E               A

Kiss him, Sue! Sure, he may look scary

E               A

Kiss him, Sue! Don't bother to fight it

E               A

Kiss him, Sue! Yeah, he's kind of hairy

      B

   at least he's not a bear

       A                     E

   and magic's in the air tonight.

E               D

Sue gazed up into the sky, where

E                        D

stars shone as they are wont to do, "What the

E                       D

heck," she thought, "I may as well try!"

     E               D

and she gave Tom a kiss so true that

    A                       B

and Tom turned back into a hairy, cute guy

        A                   B

and the animals started to harmonize...

==> go to FINAL chorus.

======== if Tom kisses Sue ===============

CHORUS:

E                A 

Kiss her, Tom! quick before she can protest it

E                   A

Kiss her, Tom! Just do it right

A               A

Kiss her, Tom! Sure you're flea-infested but

   B

at least she's not a bear

    A                     E

and magic's in the air tonight.



E            D

Tom gazed into Sue's eyes, which

E                     D

sparkled as they are wont to do, "What the

E                     D

heck," he thought, "I may as well try!", and

E

magic stirred as Tom kissed Sue...

(gradually start slowing down here)

    A                    B

and Sue grew hairy, her smile serene, the most

A                           B

beautiful she-moose Tom had ever seen...

============ FINAL Chorus ============= 

CHORUS:

E               A

Kiss him, Sue! Sure, he may look scary

E               A

Kiss her, Tom! Don't bother to fight it

E               A

Kiss him, Sue! Yeah, he's kind of hairy

      B

   at least he's not a bear

       A              E

   and magic's in the air tonight.

Photo by Phil Mills

Above: singing Home To FilKONtario at the closing ceremonies with the FKO concom.

More about FKO soon...

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