Maltaran Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 No, the way the parties were set up made it impractical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arataniello Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Jon's MC'ing deserves a shout out here, and there are a few performances I also feel deserve a particular mention: Jon and Targh filling in an early empty slot with Bob the Builder Triff, Turlough and Mormont doing It's Raining Men Ran and Linda are apparently Big in Japan Baita giving us some multiculturalism with La Bamba Xray, Katie et al tellling us to Run to the Hills And of course the grand finale of Bohemian Rhapsody by everyone left in the room Let us not forget Dancing Queen by Ran, Lyanna and a third person I can no longer recall. Plus Linda providing choreography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theda Baratheon Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Ran, Lyanna and Baita, methinks! Loved the whole con but Karaoke was definitely a major highlight. Also loved the 80s night dance and the annoying "orchestra" guy at the party LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Triff, Turlough and Mormont doing It's Raining Men And Flik too. In fact I feel this counts as me making a guest appearance with the Hardbitten Fleabottom Swingtime Band. The Maltclaimers doing 500 Miles were a highlight. Common People! Smells Like Teen Spirit! So many good tunes suffered. (And being the BwB, we managed to fit in two songs about murder and one about genocide. We know our audience.) And Jon gets +100 points for being a great MC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Targh Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Great to see many of you again, and to meet the rest for the first time. Had a great weekend... back at work today. Fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brook Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 ^ If we hadn't run out of time we would have had the treat of upping the murder ballad content with a freestyle attempt at Stagger Lee.Sadly by the time I got Nat drunk enough to agree it was too late :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lessthanluke Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 ^ If we hadn't run out of time we would have had the treat of upping the murder ballad content with a freestyle attempt at Stagger Lee.Sadly by the time I got Nat drunk enough to agree it was too late :-(Very sad we didn't get to see this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Oh, the karaoke gave me one of my funniest con moments. Luga can attest to the fact that we were sitting just outside the room, watching someone singing, when an older guy with a backpack wanders by, looks in, then looks to us and asks enthusiastically, "Filking?" "No, karaoke," we reply. His expression turned to one of utter disgust and disappointment. Shook his head and sort of waved a hand dismissively and headed off. The fact that a filker could look down his nose at karaoke made us laugh hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Ran,Karaoke is nothing like filking. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 There was one lady there who made a snarky comment to me that we weren't singing sci-fi related songs - she was the one who later sang the one from Rocky Horror in order to remedy that lack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edda van Heefmstra Ruston Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 It's true -- and she made that comment a lot. But she rocked the shit out of that, so I think it actually ended well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theda Baratheon Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Ya - that Rocky Horror performance was pretty AWESOME. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adz of CCAA Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 AAAAARGH!!!!!!!!! :tantrum:I always miss the best things. :bawl: Had a great time with all of you. :bowdown: Sorry for being a no-show on Monday. I wasn't feeling very well and spent most of the day in bed. :blushing: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deedles Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Sorry I missed the karaoke, but was shattered. Peoples I met were lovely. Sorry I didn't meet more of you lovely lovely individuals. Maybe next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Ran, Karaoke is nothing like filking. ;) I'm aware. Again, that a filker will look down his nose at karaoke was amusing. ;) Theda, Yeah, that was a pretty amazing performance. The duet who did Nilsson's Everybody's Talkin' was also pretty awesome. I'm very sorry we didn't show up earlier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deleted01 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 I'm amazed at the amount of people I didn't manage to meet. I suck. But it was a pleasure meeting those of you who did cross my path. One of my highlights has to be the moment I met Lyanna Stark. We both looked at the other's badge name, and an "oh shit" escaped my lips. But of course she was lovely, and nowhere near as scary in real life :P Oh, and Xray trusting me to place the banners around the tent for the party was definitely another highlight. I felt truly honoured. (If you moved them, I didn't see, and so to my mind, my placement was perfect.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theda Baratheon Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Gutted I didn't get to meet you, Drac!! You missed Luke and I, attempting to prove (probably in vain :P ) that Wales *just* might exist! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liffguard Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Gutted I didn't get to meet you, Drac!!You missed Luke and I, attempting to prove (probably in vain :P ) that Wales *just* might exist! :D Never! You obviously worked your story out ahead of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lessthanluke Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Never! You obviously worked your story out ahead of time. There was no pre planning. Theda and Lyanna just intimidated me into singing Tom Jones :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 (And being the BwB, we managed to fit in two songs about murder and one about genocide. We know our audience.) I did wonder what it said about our state of mind that we followed There's a Light That Never Goes Out with Where The Wild Roses Grow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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