{"id":6767,"date":"2015-02-03T08:30:22","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T16:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/?p=6767"},"modified":"2015-02-03T08:30:22","modified_gmt":"2015-02-03T16:30:22","slug":"gates-and-orphans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/03\/gates-and-orphans\/","title":{"rendered":"gates and orphans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since it’s been announced, I can confirm: I have accepted an invitation to be Toastmaster at Conflikt 9, January 29-31, 2016<\/a>. It’s my first GoH position at any convention, and as I’ve been saying, I am confused but honoured to have been selected and I will do my best to be a good one.<\/p>\n

Conflikt Chair Jen Kilmer asked me to pick my personal Toast title, as is tradition; previous officeholders have been Toastmistresses, Toastmaster both standard and burnt, and Toastmonsters; I have chosen Toastmuppet. Expect inordinate amounts of Kermitflail, starting right now<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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The release concert on Sunday was pretty much amazing, at least from our end. We never did manage to have a rehearsal with everyone<\/em> at once, but it didn’t seem to hurt us too badly on stage. A lot of people stayed through Sunday afternoon to hear us, and I cannot thank all of you enough for that.<\/p>\n

And hoo, I will never complain about setup time for other bands again. Okay, well, I will. But not as much. We took over an hour<\/em>, and that was as simplified as I could make it, and with all the advance material I could hand over handed over, and nobody screwing around.<\/p>\n

And, of course, once again, thanks to everyone: Alexander James Adams (drums, vocals, backing fiddle), Paul Campbell (hammer dulcimer), Jeri Lynn Cornish (cello, bones, chorus), Angela Korra’ti (flute, readings), Leannan Sidhe (vocals), Skellington (lead fiddle), Betsy Tinney (drums), and S.J. Tucker (bass, chorus). It would quite literally have been impossible without you.<\/p>\n

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OH at #Conflikt8<\/a> "was everyone on stage either a Pixie or a Criminal?" @solarbirdy<\/a> @ConfliktFrog<\/a> @TrickyPixieBand<\/a><\/p>\n

— SJ Tucker (@s00j) February 2, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n