October LAFA Filk reminder
Barry Gold
NOTE changes to items 2 (parking) and 5 (critters).
LAFA Filksing
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Filk: 7 PM to around 1 AM
Sean, Linda, Heather and Fiona Cleary
13637 Oxford Ct, Chino
(Number is on the right front side of garage.)
909-464-9892
909-762-1844 (cell)
seanea...@juno.com
DIRECTIONS: See Thomas Brothers San Bernardino County: page 682 A1/A2
(1992+ edition); page 34 A3 (older editions).
FROM THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY: Take the Ventura Freeway (101, then 134) or
the 405 and/or 118 to the 210, then see FROM THE 210, below.
FROM THE 210 (northern San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys): Go East on
the 210 to the 57 exit south to the 71, South on the 71 to the 60.
Take the 60 East to Mountain. See FROM MOUNTAIN, below.
FROM ORANGE COUNTY: Take the 57 North to the 60. Take the 60 East to
Mountain. See FROM MOUNTAIN, below.
FROM SAN DIEGO: Take the I-15 North to the 60, take the 60 West to Mountain.
See FROM MOUNTAIN, below.
FROM THE WESTSIDE: Take the Pomona Freeway (60) East, past the 57, to
Mountain. Continue below.
FROM MOUNTAIN: Head South on Mountain Ave. past Riverside Dr. and Chino Ave.
to Schaefer Ave. Make a U-turn at Schaefer. Take the first Right (East)
at Yorkshire Rd., then turn right (South) onto Oxford Ct.
FILK STYLE: Non-Topological Bardic Circle or ad-lib
Songs suitable for children have priority over those unsuitable
until all children have gone to bed. The host may opt to allow
songs keyed to children's interests to be sung free in a
Non-Topological Bardic Circle. Think of some to sing!
NOTES:
1. NO SMOKING, except outside on the patio or in front of the house.
2. Parking is legal EXCEPT NEAR THE FIRE HYDRANT. There may be additional
parking on nearby streets, but NO PARKING on Mountain. There is a
pedestrian-only walkway from Joshua Ln. To reach Joshua Ln by car,
go South on Mountain Ave. to Schaefer Ave., East (left) on Schaefer
Ave., North (left) on Cypress Ave., West (left) on Carter St.,
North (right) on Joshua Ln. Get Sean to show you where the walkway
is.
3. Children are very welcome, but supervise appropriately. We have children,
(Heather born 1992, Fiona, born 1995) but want you to be responsible for
yours.
4. Crash space available. Bring bedroll; floor is last but possible option.
5. Critter warning: There are two cats and a dog. The dog will be outside.
He is scared of strangers. The cats can be confined to a room for
the filk.
6. Dress warmly, layered look is best. Heat is available on request,
but the house is normally kept near 60F.
7. Bring food and drink if you want any.
NEXT LAFA FILKSING
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 7 PM
The House of Perpetual Commotion
Hosts: John & Mary Creasey
3754 W. 170th Street
Torrance, CA
(310) 329-6772
FOR LAFA INFORMATION: Contact Lee & Barry Gold, (310) 306-7456
To get emailed LAFA announcements, send email to barry...@ca.rr.com
or lee....@ca.rr.com
--
Barry Gold, webmaster:
Conchord: http://www.conchord.org
Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, Inc.: http://www.lasfsinc.org
Sean Cleary
Linda and Fiona went to a movie.
Talking with them was fun, but with only them showing up, next time I
might like to skip the dinner and start the filk at 6pm.
Pat, Friend, and John showed up.
The fillk was greatly enhanced by the arrival of the San Diego group.
Blars arrived.
We had a good time, but it broke up around midnight. I was trying to
pick songs that might entertain Pat's friend, and did not know what
she liked.
I talked with Linda, my wife, and ended driving John back to his house
about 1:10 am, getting to sleep about 2 am,
getting up for work at 4:30 am, Working 12 hrs.
Sandy Tyra
Being as there is absolutely NO mention of a dinner in the announcement
of your house filk,(I just rechecked it) how would anyone have known
there was one or where to go for it? Darlin' we can't read minds.
Sandy
Lee Gold
> Lee and Barry arrived at the Carrows Dinner. I was there with Heather.
> Linda and Fiona went to a movie.
> Talking with them was fun, but with only them showing up, next time I
> might like to skip the dinner and start the filk at 6pm.
Please clearly notify us of your decision on this when you schedule your
next LAFA filk.
> Pat, Friend, and John showed up.
"Friend" = Gay Lynn (or something pronounced like that).
> The fillk was greatly enhanced by the arrival of the San Diego group.
No. Not the San Diego group.
The Tyras live in Lancaster, north of LA.
Karen Rodgers of San Diego was with them because she's been doing some
recording sessions, I think.
> Blars arrived.
> We had a good time, but it broke up around midnight. I was trying to
> pick songs that might entertain Pat's friend, and did not know what
> she liked.
She liked being shy, as far as I can tell.
We also did some poetry now and then.
And there were a number of scary &/or ghost/skeelton pieces in honor of
Halloween next week.
We plan to be at the LASFS 75th Anniversary gathering at the Clubhouse
on Tuesday, where Barry will sing a few filksongs.
And oh yes, we announced at the filksing that the 2010 ConChord will be
merged with Westercon (in Pasadena). More details once Nick Smith
approves the webpage. People will have to pay Westercon membership
rates, but the convention will definitely be bigger and longer than the
average ConChord, with a bigger dealers room (thoughw we've beenp
romised a number of tables for filk dealers).
http://www.westercon63.org/
Seanan McGuire will be ConChord's GoH.
--Lee
Lee Gold
Right. It was in the printed flyer but Barry didn't include it in the
emailed flyer. I asked him to send out with the dinner announcement
added, and he opted not to, in the belief that Sean had asked him to
omit it. Later Sean phoned us, and said he'd sit around at Carrows and
see if anyone showed up. I repeated this to Barry and he still didn't
send out a last-minute announcement.
Would you settle for a Virtual Grovel from Barry, or would you like the
Real Thing in November?
--Lee
Mark Horning
> And oh yes, we announced at the filksing that the 2010 ConChord will be
> merged with Westercon (in Pasadena). More details once Nick Smith
> approves the webpage. People will have to pay Westercon membership
> rates, but the convention will definitely be bigger and longer than the
> average ConChord, with a bigger dealers room (thoughw we've beenp
> romised a number of tables for filk dealers).http://www.westercon63.org/
> Seanan McGuire will be ConChord's GoH.
>
> --Lee
Hmmn. Well. I like ConChord. I like Westercon. And Pasadena is not
that far from Phoenix. Sounds like a winner.
Mark E. Horning
Phoenix AZ
Sean Cleary
Crud, sorry.
So Maybe next time we will meet at Carrows and proceed, usually early
(6:30 has ben usual), to the filk.
Sean
Sandy Tyra
No grovel necessary - just let folks know when a dinner is planned. We
might have showed up (but time considerations might have prevented us,
so maybe not.) I'm just thinking that Sean doesn't need to stop planing
on pre-filk dinners, people will show if they know.
Sandy
Lee Gold
>> Being as there is absolutely NO mention of a dinner in the announcement
>> of your house filk,(I just rechecked it) how would anyone have known
>> there was one or where to go for it? Darlin' we can't read minds.
>>
>> Sandy
>
> Crud, sorry.
> So Maybe next time we will meet at Carrows and proceed, usually early
> (6:30 has ben usual), to the filk.
PLEASE specify the time for the pre-filk dinner before your next filk so
we can make sure to have it correct in the printed flyers,the email
flyers, and the website.
--Lee
Lee Gold
> Lee Gold wrote:
>> Right. It [dinner announcement] was in the printed flyer
>> but Barry didn't include it in the
>> emailed flyer. I asked him to send out with the dinner announcement
>> added, and he opted not to, in the belief that Sean had asked him to
>> omit it. Later Sean phoned us, and said he'd sit around at Carrows
>> and see if anyone showed up. I repeated this to Barry and he still
>> didn't send out a last-minute announcement.
>>
>> Would you settle for a Virtual Grovel from Barry, or would you like
>> the Real Thing in November?
>>
>> --Lee
>
> No grovel necessary - just let folks know when a dinner is planned.
I printed the printed flyers for Sean's filk, and _they_ said a dinner
was planned. (I print the flyers. Barry emails them.)
Barry has his own computer and his own flyer database and his own point
of view. See above for details. I asked him to send out the flyer with
the dinner announcement once again on Saturday morning, and he chose not
to do so, and didn't tell me about his decision.
*Barry*, I hope you'll comment on this from your point of view.
And I hope *Sean* will tell us if he planed a dinner for the 10-24-09
filk or not.
--Lee
Barry Gold
>> Lee and Barry arrived at the Carrows Dinner. I was there with Heather.
>> Linda and Fiona went to a movie.
>> Talking with them was fun, but with only them showing up, next time I
>> might like to skip the dinner and start the filk at 6pm.
>> Pat, Friend, and John showed up.
>> The fillk was greatly enhanced by the arrival of the San Diego group.
>> Blars arrived.
>> We had a good time, but it broke up around midnight. I was trying to
>> pick songs that might entertain Pat's friend, and did not know what
>> she liked.
>> I talked with Linda, my wife, and ended driving John back to his house
>> about 1:10 am, getting to sleep about 2 am,
>> getting up for work at 4:30 am, Working 12 hrs.
Sandy Tyra <sa...@planet-tyra.com> wrote:
>Being as there is absolutely NO mention of a dinner in the announcement
>of your house filk,(I just rechecked it) how would anyone have known
>there was one or where to go for it? Darlin' we can't read minds.
My most humble apologies. I had a previous version of the flyer on my
disk, which I sent out by mistake. For some reason, that year we had
no pre-filk dinner. Sorry for sending out the wrong version.
Sandy Tyra
Apology accepted.
Sandy