Guests of Honor
Wild Mercy

Toastmaster
John Hall

Interfilk Guest
Seanan McGuire

Hotel

Conterpoint 2007 will be back at the Woodfin Suite Hotel in Rockville, Maryland.  See the Hotel Information and Directions Page for details.

A day or two before the con, you may want to check the local weather forecasts from The Weather Channel or The Washington Post.

Registration

Registration (PDF flyer PNG flyer GIF flyer Plain Text flyer) is $45 until May 31, 2007 or $55 at the door for the entire convention. Small children (up to age 6) in the keeping of their parents are admitted free of charge; junior memberships for children aged 7-12 are $15 for the weekend.  Single day rates will be available at the door.

 
(But of course, we want you to come for the whole weekend and experience all the fun and festivities we have planned!)

Steve & Crystal's Wedding

Rather that have our friends make two trips, we're holding our wedding after the con, starting at 6 PM Sunday.

Songbook & Song Contest

Gary McGath will be publishing our songbook in the form of a CD, containing PDFs of lyrics and music and MP3s of songs. Contributors may submit either written songs, MP3 recordings, or both, as they choose.

Please send your songbook submissions to Gary McGath, 42 Heather Court, Nashua NH 03062, or by e-mail to (songbook atsymbol mcgath dot com). The deadline for submissions is May 15th.

The theme of this year’s songwriting contest is “True Love.” (Not necessarily romantic!) Entries that have been previously published  in print or online must have appeared after June 18, 2006. All entries will be performed at the convention. If you cannot attend (or prefer not to perform), someone else may present your entry.

Volunteers

Running a convention takes all the help we can get.  Anyone willing to volunteer to take a shift at the registration table, con suite, etc. should contact Steve or Crystal (see below).

Chocolate Chip Cookie Conspiracy donations to the con suite are enthusiastically welcomed.  We will also be keeping a kosher table.  Con suite staff will direct you where to place contributions.  Naturally, kosher food only should be placed on the table marked for that purpose.

Programming

Our programming will feature the usual array of concerts, workshops, one-shots and theme filks.  We have already heard our guests are conspiring to bring us some of the wildest antics ever seen in the Northeast.  The joint is sure to be shaking like the San Andreas.  It’s a good thing there’ll be a Dorsai on hand to keep an eye on this bunch!  And of course the fabulous Interfilk Wenches will be on hand to help auction off an array of music, chocolate (for those who haven’t had dessert yet!) and other goodies.

The schedule will be posted shortly before the convention.

Guests

Wild Mercy:  Wild Mercy has been rocking casbahs across the Midwest.  The band consists of long-time filkers and Hall of Fame inductees Barry and Sally Childs-Helton, harpist Jennifer Midkiff, and Debbie Gates.  Wild Mercy stirs folk-rock, traditional, Celtic and jazz styles into a rich stew of exuberant music.  We look forward to introducing them to the Wall of Instruments™

John Hall:  John has been filking since before some of us could even talk.  A long-time member of the Dorsai Irregulars, John keeps the songs of the Dorsai and other traditional filk and folk standards circulating.  He is also an excellent auctioneer and will be conducting the Interfilk auction Saturday evening.

Seanan McGuire:  Interfilk graces us this year with the fabulous Seanan McGuire, riding the wave from her had-to-be-there-to-believe-it appearance at OVFF 2005.  Seanan’s songs wrap together deep, poetic lyrics and complex melodies, delivered with a soaring voice and an exhilarating hold-nothing-back performance.  (And occasionally, delivered in a stunning pink prom dress!)

Related Links

Our Sister Filk Conventions

GAFilk
The UK Filk Convention
Consonance
FilKONtario
The Floating Northeast Filk Convention
ConChord
FilkCONtinental
Ohio Valley Filk Fest

Organizations & Awards

Conglomeration
Filk Hall of Fame
Interfilk
MASSFILC
NYMFO
Pegasus Awards

Committee

Con Chair:  Crystal Paul (malachite AT speakeasy DOT net)
Registration & Treasurer:  Steve Brinich (sbrinich AT speakeasy DOT net)
Hotel Liaison:  Gary Ehrlich (electro AT speakeasy DOT net)
Programming:  Sheryl Gere (sherylg AT speakeasy DOT net)
Guest Liaison:  Randy Hoffman
Publicity:  Gary Ehrlich (see above) and Rob Balder
Con Suite:  TBA
Tech Crew:  TBA
Songbook:  TBA

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