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pedanther1. The performing arts festival is over for another year. The vocal weekend was a bit less busy than in past years; some of the singers who would always enter every category they were eligible for have gone off to university or otherwise moved on. We put on some extra workshops, including a kids' choir workshop, and otherwise enjoyed being able to get up at a reasonable time and have proper breaks between sessions. The instrumental weekend we had to get back to early mornings and short breaks; it was packed, as it probably will always be as long as there are still piano teachers in town. There were also some good showings from other instruments, including the largest field of brass solos I can remember seeing. The weekend ended with a repeat of last year's massed band workshop. There isn't going to be a drama section this year, due to lack of numbers; the bulk of the running is usually made up of students from two schools, but neither of them put anything in this year, and there was only one other entry. That's disappointing for us, and must also be disappointing for the one school group that did enter, although I gather their teacher has arranged for them to do a performance for their school so their effort won't go for nothing.
2. We're halfway through the run of How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse, and it's going well. I've been operating the lighting and sound desk for the first weekend, and failing to resist the urge to keep tinkering with the set-up. I've learned a lot about how the lighting and sound rig works by poking around, and as a result been able to make some good improvements, but tinkering without proper testing has also led to a spectacular whoops on a show night (that I was fortunately able to cover for in a way that hopefully made it look like it was meant to happen). The good news is that I know exactly what went wrong and it won't happen again; possibly the better news, from the point of view of everyone else in the production, is that it had already been arranged that I would only operate for the first weekend before handing over the desk to one of our trainees, who will be less inclined to improvise.
3. I'm starting to vaguely think about maybe going to Worldcon in 2020, when it's in New Zealand and relatively close at hand. The main guest of honour is somebody I've already seen at a Swancon, but it's not as if the guest of honour is the only reason to go to a Worldcon. And, speaking of Swancon, it's looking like I might not be able to go to Swancon in 2020, so it would be good to have a back-up plan.
4. At gaming group this week, there were a couple of first-timers being shown around and introduced to some of the popular games. We played Skull and Love Letter, and I found myself being singled out for a special introduction as the most dangerous Skull player in the group. (It's not that I win. I've never won. I've never tried to win, which is what makes me dangerous -- I just enjoy myself making life interesting for the other players.)
5. Humble Bundle offers bundles of games, ebooks, and other electronic products for special prices with proceeds going to charity. They are currently offering a Digital Tabletop Bundle containing computer and mobile app versions of board games and card games. The line-up includes Ticket to Ride, Talisman, Sentinels of the Multiverse, Pathfinder Adventures, Mysterium, Carcassonne, and Armello, including expansions for some of those. The bundle will be available for one more week from today.
2. We're halfway through the run of How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse, and it's going well. I've been operating the lighting and sound desk for the first weekend, and failing to resist the urge to keep tinkering with the set-up. I've learned a lot about how the lighting and sound rig works by poking around, and as a result been able to make some good improvements, but tinkering without proper testing has also led to a spectacular whoops on a show night (that I was fortunately able to cover for in a way that hopefully made it look like it was meant to happen). The good news is that I know exactly what went wrong and it won't happen again; possibly the better news, from the point of view of everyone else in the production, is that it had already been arranged that I would only operate for the first weekend before handing over the desk to one of our trainees, who will be less inclined to improvise.
3. I'm starting to vaguely think about maybe going to Worldcon in 2020, when it's in New Zealand and relatively close at hand. The main guest of honour is somebody I've already seen at a Swancon, but it's not as if the guest of honour is the only reason to go to a Worldcon. And, speaking of Swancon, it's looking like I might not be able to go to Swancon in 2020, so it would be good to have a back-up plan.
4. At gaming group this week, there were a couple of first-timers being shown around and introduced to some of the popular games. We played Skull and Love Letter, and I found myself being singled out for a special introduction as the most dangerous Skull player in the group. (It's not that I win. I've never won. I've never tried to win, which is what makes me dangerous -- I just enjoy myself making life interesting for the other players.)
5. Humble Bundle offers bundles of games, ebooks, and other electronic products for special prices with proceeds going to charity. They are currently offering a Digital Tabletop Bundle containing computer and mobile app versions of board games and card games. The line-up includes Ticket to Ride, Talisman, Sentinels of the Multiverse, Pathfinder Adventures, Mysterium, Carcassonne, and Armello, including expansions for some of those. The bundle will be available for one more week from today.
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Date: 2018-09-06 01:49 pm (UTC)And that tabletop bundle is ....tempting.