I had some family things to do Thursday morning, so I got to work late (1 or so) and realized I had nothing to do. Nothing. So I made a few deals with a few people and took off early.
I got to
Friday
After some of the best donuts in the world,
Getting there that early meant that setup could go nice and slow. We got set up and sound checked, and then we went in search of the various Special Guest Villains. Everyone showed up about 5:30 and we ran through the stuff. I swap out my grip on my right hand occasionally, going to a mallet grip, when my hands get tired. I have a lovely blister on the inside of my index finger from sound check. I used a LOT of tape during the actual show.
As has been said now (and there should be video proof on You Tube shortly) we did the Time Warp at opening ceremonies. We being the aforementioned Duckon FilkHarmonic. We were
Riff -
The Criminologist -
Magenta -
Columbia -
The Band -

Oh boy it was fun.
I sat out and watched Whose Line Is It, while
We had 3 Special Guest Villains for this show. Here is the set list.
The Toyboat Blues - an improvised song with
Hellraiser - Vocals -
Uplift (Andy Eigel)
If I Had A Rocket Launcher (Bruce Cockburn)
Gimme Shelter (Jagger-Richards) - Vocals -
Son Of A Witch (Music Nazareth/lyrics by
Sunset Boulevard
Merlin (Douglas McArthur)
Poolhall At The End of The Universe
Banned From Argo (Leslie Fish
This Island Earth (Paul Cooper) - guitar & vocals -
Locomotive Queen (music Ian Anderson/Lyrics Andy M. Stewart) - guitar -
The last song we stole from
The show went well, we sold a whopping 2 CDs. After we tore down, a few of us went out to eat, and then I got back and collapsed. I missed the circles, but I needed rest more.
Saturday
We all got out of bed early to go load out the gear. After that I got a little breakfast and went back to bed for an hour or so. We had a kids concert at noon. Yeah, I know, why warp poor children more than is necessary? It ended up not being an issue, since the only kids who showed up were us,
The rest of the day was taken up by concerts.
Kathy Mar
I had never seen her do a whole show, I had heard some songs at OVFF, but never a whole show. She was amazing.
Vixy & Tony
See above. Adding
Tom Smith
Brilliant as always. A little looser, did some stuff I haven't heard him do live. This may be one of my favorite shows of his.
GOH
Someone else I had only do songs here and there. Yeah, that is the theme for the weekend for me. Like the others I am very glad to have corrected that. She's amazing.
I ran to the hotel restaurant to get a quick bite ... great food, lousy service. I didn't get asked what I wanted to drink till my second trip to the buffet, and when I came back with ice cream my table was being cleared.
I went up to the room for a bit of downtime. I needed it. We got set up in the big room, complete with
We packed up after
I think I finally hit the pillow about 4am.
Sunday
I slept as long as I could.
Once again a quick bite to eat and some conversation with
I was on a panel with
I went back and forth all afternoon about staying for the Dead Duck and then crashing at
I got home about 9, went to bed about 10, and laid there and watched TV till about midnight when I finally got to sleep.
Another amazing Duckon weekend. And as I can never say often enough, thank you