Yes, GAFilk is a relaxacon, but we have one track of enjoyable programming and several on-going events to engage your creativity and promote our Suthu'n Hospitality. We're still working on some special logistics to keep our guests happy and healthy (and relaxed, of course), so here's a tentative programming schedule for GAFilk 2008:
| FRIDAY | Event | Description / Participants |
| 4:00 pm | Dealers' Room and Consuite Opens |
Dealers' Room: Crawford Room Consuite: Private Dining Room |
| 6:30 pm | Dealers' Room Closes | |
| 7:00 pm | Opening Ceremonies
New Year's Champagne Music Makers' Toast |
(Somebody turn on-a the bubble machine-a...) Put on your fancy dress! We're clinking glasses and singing in the New Year. It's amazing how well we gussy up in our silks and satins, sequins and cummerbunds, top hats and tails. The champagne overfloweth, and toasting runs the gamut from traditional to hilarious. |
| 8:00 pm | "MY FILK" Panel Game Show |
With Rob Wynne "in the chair", we divvy up our guests into two sides (Team 1 and Team B) and test their vast knowledge of filky lore. Favorite games include Puns and Parodies, and What's the Preceding Line?. The last round of the game features an Instafilk written and performed on topics selected at random from audience suggestions. |
| 9:00 pm | Concom's Choice | Tom Smith. |
| 10:00 pm | Open Filk | We sing and sing and sing... |
| SATURDAY | ||
| 3:00 am | Consuite Closes | |
| Every year we hold a quilting bee at the con under the direction of multi-talented Margaret Middleton. Sewing machines and supplies will be set up outside the Registration Area, but feel free to sit in the main programming room and stitch to your heart's content. The final product is raffled off at the Interfilk Auction with proceeds going to Interfilk. Click here for more detailed information on THE Quilt. | ||
| 10:00 am | Consuite Opens | |
| 11:00 am | Dealers' Room Opens | |
| 12:00 noon | Super Secret Guest | |
| 1:00 pm | Toastmaster | Brian Richardson |
| 2:00 pm | Interfllk Guests of Honor | The Brobdingnagian Bards |
| 3:00 pm | 2 x 10s | GAFilk's a relaxacon, so we don't schedule a lot of concerts. And there's going to be plenty of singing in the open filk. But if you've got a couple of songs, or a great story or a piece of poetry that you really want to show off, then sign up for a 2 x 10. You can perform two songs or take up 10-minutes...which ever is shorter. |
| 5:00 pm | Dealers' Room Closes | |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner Dance — Banquet with entertainment provided by the GAFilk house band, Play It With Moxie! Another chance to don your fancy duds. | |
| 8:30 pm | Guests of Honor Concert | Jeff & Maya Bohnhoff |
| 9:30 pm | InterFilk Auction | Get out your checkbooks, folks. We've got some mighty fine "stuff" this year, including the GAFilk InterFilk Quilt. |
| 11:00 pm | Open Filk & Dave Alway Memorial Poetry Reading |
We sing and sing and sing... and recite and recite and recite (in the Alternate Filk Room) |
| SUNDAY | ||
| 3:00 am | Consuite Closes | |
| 10:00 am | Consuite Opens | |
| 11:00 am | Dealers' Room Opens | |
| 12:00 pm | EcumeniFilk | Make a joyful noise unto the Lord... or Lady... or whatever deity you consider holy. No bashing, just... ohm. |
| 1:00 pm | Evolution | The Ecumenifilk evolves (this is GAFilk after all...) into Open Filking |
| 2:30 pm | Closing Ceremonies | Bu' bye! Y'all come back, y'hear! |
| 3:30 pm | Stray Dead Dog | But just in case you're not ready to leave the Southland right away...GAFilk has one of the healthiest Dead Dog Parties of any filk convention anywhere with nearly as many attendees as at the Saturday night open filk. The hotel restaurant is available, as well as several fast food places nearby. Bring a Doggie Bag and join us in the Elm/Maple room for an evening of fun. |
| 4:00 pm | Main Filk Room, Dealer's Room Closes, Consuite Moves to Dead Dog |
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