Dandelyon's Worlds

and I got lots of compliments, one man telling me if I was going to perform at the coffeehouse again he wanted to bring his friends, and the sound gal asking for my number to give to the guy who does bookings. The seven other acts included (in my opinion) one group that was good and everybody else was excellent. I was really surprised to find the only act that I'd have rated merely "good" won first place! So, the judges had some different opinions, musically, than I did.

I got home from that to find that I did win the Torn World assimilated culture contest. I'll provide a link when it goes online; it's currently being discussed by the canon board.

Near my house there's a coffeehouse that is just called The Coffeehouse (though it's sometimes referred to as the 19th Street coffeehouse. It's in a church basement, and is only open 2 or 3 days on weekends, for folk music and sometimes poetry. I've opened for Susan Urban there a couple of times, alone or with filkart .

Every year they have a talent contest, and every year (for about a decade now) the final for the contest has fallen during Capricon.  So I think about entering it, singing a couple songs for a new audience, check the dates, and go to Capricon instead..

But this year the final is on the weekend after Capricon, so I sent in an e-mail.  There's two Fridays for auditions; they've scheduled me for Friday the 29th.  That's next week.  The music starts at 8; I have no idea where I'll be in the line-up.

So if you're in town, you're welcome to come cheer me on.  Or heckle me.  Whatever.

http://www.the-coffee-house.com/calendar.htm

If I make it through the audition, I'll be in the contest on Saturday, February 20th.  I'll keep you updated.

And now I should practice a bit!

Oh--I'm definitely doing Coyote Afoot.  I'm considering what autoharp piece to do; anyone familiar with my repertoire is welcome to make suggestions.