From our Music Chair, Cecilia Eng: After we had the approval from Oregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. (OSFCI) to run a virtual Or-E-Con 2, I asked for musicians interested in performing to send me their e-mail addresses on the opening day of the third virtual FilKONtario (FK-NO3). The quality of the responses from the filk community was most impressive. We added in as many of the past OryCon program participants and some of our previous guests of honor so we would have a mix of local and international talent.
As of this writing, I’m counting 9 performers who have been inducted into the Filk Hall of Fame, an award for lifetime (and ongoing) achievement within the Filk Community presented each year at FilKONtario, Canada. Twenty performers have received one or more Pegasus Awards, established in 1984 by the Ohio Valley Filk Festival (OVFF) to recognize and honor excellence in filking. While some of our invitees had to decline and we would have liked to invite many more, we only had so much time over the course of the three-day weekend, and wanted to make sure that the Open Song Circles could start at 6:00pm Pacific Time each evening.
This year, our Music Guest of Honor is Lawrence Dean (check out the Guests of Honor page), who hails from the United Kingdom:
https://mikewhitaker1379.bandcamp.com/album/labyrinth-of-shadows
Other performers as of this writing include:
Alexander James Adams: https://alexanderjamesadams1.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.patreon.com/AlexanderJamesAdams
https://heatheralexander.bandcamp.com/music
THE BARDZ AT LARGE: Graham & Becca Leathers – https://grahamleathers.bandcamp.com/
Jeff & Maya Bohnhoff: https://jeffandmayabohnhoff.bandcamp.com/
Luke Bretscher & Emily Murman
THE CAMISAS: Matt Thick & his band – https://www.camisasband.com/
Piers Cawley: https://pierscawley.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.youtube.com/c/PiersCawley
Blind Lemming Chiffon
CHRIS THE BARD aka Chris Clarke: https://christhebard.bandcamp.com/
THE COGNITIVE DISSONANTS: Peggi Warner-Lalonde
Douglas Davidson
Steve & Jody Dixon
Cecilia Eng: https://friendsoffilk.org/
https://tumbleweedmusicfestival.org/stages/saturday-night-concert/ (2nd of three 45-minute sets)
Gary Ehrlich: https://gorgeousgary.bandcamp.com/
THE FAITHFUL SIDEKICKS: Eric & Jen Distad – https://thefaithfulsidekicks.bandcamp.com/
https://www.patreon.com/thefaithfulsidekicks
Brett Glass
Tim Griffin: https://griffined.org/
Merav Hoffman: https://filk.meravhoffman.com/
Michael Hopcroft
Mark Horning: https://markhorning.bandcamp.com/
Daniel Kelly: https://ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com/
Talis Kimberley-Fairbourn: https://taliskimberley.bandcamp.com/
Creede Lambard
Michael Longcor: email kitchenjunkdrawermusic@gmail.com
Kari Maaren: https://karimaaren.bandcamp.com/
Michael McAfee
Devin Melanson
Phil Mills & Jane Garthson: https://philmills.bandcamp.com/
PDX BROADSIDES: Dr. Jessica Hebert, Christian Lipski & Hollyanna McCollom –
https://thepdxbroadsides.bandcamp.com/
Heather Preston https://barbaryanne.bandcamp.com
Alan & Morva Pollard: https://pollard.ca/filk/
RANDOM FRACTIONS: Cathy McManamon & Jason Neerenberg –
https://randomfractions.bandcamp.com/releases
https://www.patreon.com/CathyMcManamon
https://cathymcmanamon.bandcamp.com/music
Mike Richards
Roberta Rogow: https://robertarogow.bandcamp.com/
Andrew Ross
Steve Savitzky: https://stevesavitzky.bandcamp.com/releases
Betsy Tinney: https://stealthcello.bandcamp.com/
https://www.patreon.com/betsytinney
Debora & Basil VanHeyningen
In addition to the concerts, we will have Open Song Circles daily from 6pm Pacific Time onward and an early morning (9:00am Pacific Time) Themed Circle on Folk Favorites and a songwriting deconstruction, “Anatomy & Genesis of a Song” by Lawrence Dean.
— Cecilia Eng with the help of Xap Esler