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by Lee Gold
WELCOME TO THE FILK CIRCLE

If you've never attended a filksing before, you're twice welcome. Don't thinkthat you have to pretend to be a bump on a log just because you don't know thetitles of any filksongs. When your turn comes round, feel free to ask for asong about your favorite SF book or TV show or movie. Or to ask for a songabout spaceflight or fantasy or computers or fantasy gaming or fan history.

If you don't understand a reference in a filksong, ask politely once it's overand someone will be glad to explain it to you. Or if you'd like to sing afavorite song that seems to you likely to interest other SF fans, then go aheadand do that. Or if you've written a song that goes to a well-known tune and youdon't trust your own singing voice, you can probably find someone willing tosing your lyrics for you.

POKER CHIP BARDIC
If you've never attended a Poker Chip Bardic before (and that's likely for those reading this for the first time),here's how it works. When you come in, you'll be handed three poker chips: Red, White & Blue.We'll sing a Red round, then a White round, and then a Blue round. As usual for a Bardic, you get to Perform or to Pick a song or singer once ineach round. Unlike the usual Bardic, the turn doesn't pass clockwise oranti-clockwise around the circle. Instead, when a song is over, anyone whostill has a chip the right color for that round can toss it in. That person canthen perform a song OR ask a certain person to perform a song OR ask if anyonepresent is willing to perform a song (specifying the song somehow -- or askingfor any song that applies to a general subject). This lets a song flownaturally from the previous song, letting a set of songs develop in the BardicCircle just as it can in a Chaos Circle, while still preserving the basicegalitarianism of the Bardic. If you have a follower song you'd like to sing but you don't have a chip left,announce that you've got a follower -- and see if anyone tosses in a chip tohear it. If not, then abide by the group consensus.

POKER CHIP BARDIC

If you've never attended a Poker Chip Bardic before (and that's likely for those reading this for the first time),here's how it works.

When you come in, you'll be handed three poker chips: Red, White & Blue.We'll sing a Red round, then a White round, and then a Blue round.

As usual for a Bardic, you get to Perform or to Pick a song or singer once ineach round. Unlike the usual Bardic, the turn doesn't pass clockwise oranti-clockwise around the circle. Instead, when a song is over, anyone whostill has a chip the right color for that round can toss it in. That person canthen perform a song OR ask a certain person to perform a song OR ask if anyonepresent is willing to perform a song (specifying the song somehow -- or askingfor any song that applies to a general subject). This lets a song flownaturally from the previous song, letting a set of songs develop in the BardicCircle just as it can in a Chaos Circle, while still preserving the basicegalitarianism of the Bardic.

If you have a follower song you'd like to sing but you don't have a chip left,announce that you've got a follower -- and see if anyone tosses in a chip tohear it. If not, then abide by the group consensus.

FORTUNE COOKIE BARDIC CIRCLE
In this variant, each performer chooses a slip of paper which bears the name ofa subject on which a number of filksongs have been written (e.g. Vampires).We'll then go once around the Bardic Circle with each performer singing afavorite song that has some relationship to the subject he has drawn. (Yes, it'sOK to trade subjects with someone else.)

CHAOS CIRCLE
In a Chaos Circle, there's no set order of who's going to sing next or anyattempt to make sure that each filker sings the same number of times.Non-singers might suggest a song or topic, but the Chaos Circle is really forsingers and those who want to listen to them. That doesn't mean that all songs have to be filksongs. Folksongs are welcome.So are all other songs that seem to fit in. If you're not sure that aparticular sort of song will be welcome, feel free to ask. If you've never sung in a Chaos Circle before, sit quietly for a few songs andsee how it works. You'll notice that once a singer is finished, there'll be afew moments of silence. Then one of the other singers will strum a guitar orsay, "I've got a follower for that" or do something else to indicate a readinessto sing. If more than one singer is interested, then the next singer may be theone with the fastest reflexes -- OR the matter may be decided by whoever's incharge of the Circle. All the people in the Chaos Circle room may seem to be old friends. Thatdoesn't mean they won't be interested in hearing you sing. Wait till someonedoes a song that seems like a good lead-in to one of your best songs, and thengo for it. By the end of the convention, you may find you've got a whole lot ofnew friends. If you don't feel self-confident enough for the Chaos Circle, youshould check out the Bardic Circle. And then think about coming back to theChaos Circle after 2 AM when there are fewer people in the room and when a newface (and voice) will stand out more.

CHAOS CIRCLE

In a Chaos Circle, there's no set order of who's going to sing next or anyattempt to make sure that each filker sings the same number of times.Non-singers might suggest a song or topic, but the Chaos Circle is really forsingers and those who want to listen to them.

That doesn't mean that all songs have to be filksongs. Folksongs are welcome.So are all other songs that seem to fit in. If you're not sure that aparticular sort of song will be welcome, feel free to ask.

If you've never sung in a Chaos Circle before, sit quietly for a few songs andsee how it works. You'll notice that once a singer is finished, there'll be afew moments of silence. Then one of the other singers will strum a guitar orsay, "I've got a follower for that" or do something else to indicate a readinessto sing. If more than one singer is interested, then the next singer may be theone with the fastest reflexes -- OR the matter may be decided by whoever's incharge of the Circle.

All the people in the Chaos Circle room may seem to be old friends. Thatdoesn't mean they won't be interested in hearing you sing. Wait till someonedoes a song that seems like a good lead-in to one of your best songs, and thengo for it. By the end of the convention, you may find you've got a whole lot ofnew friends. If you don't feel self-confident enough for the Chaos Circle, youshould check out the Bardic Circle. And then think about coming back to theChaos Circle after 2 AM when there are fewer people in the room and when a newface (and voice) will stand out more.

DOMINO CHAOS CIRCLE
In this Circle, each song must somehow relate to the one it follows just as adomino tile must match the tile it touches. The song may have the SAME SUBJECT as the previous song, or the song may havethe SAME MELODY as the previous song, or the song may have the SAME AUTHOR asthe previous song, or the song may be a rebuttal to the previous song. No singer may perform two songs in a row any more than one player could take twoturns in a row when playing dominos.>

DOMINO CHAOS CIRCLE

In this Circle, each song must somehow relate to the one it follows just as adomino tile must match the tile it touches.

The song may have the SAME SUBJECT as the previous song, or the song may havethe SAME MELODY as the previous song, or the song may have the SAME AUTHOR asthe previous song, or the song may be a rebuttal to the previous song.

No singer may perform two songs in a row any more than one player could take twoturns in a row when playing dominos.>

And now, Lee Gold's rewrite and extension of Melinda Hunter's RULES FOR A FILKSING

Rule #0:	Everyone who wants to participate gets a turn.
Rule #1:	No apologies before performing!!
Rule #2A:	If you're in a Bardic Filksong Circle, when it's gets aroundto your turn, you can: Play a tune, sing a song, tell a story, Request that someone else play, sing or tell a story Pick a subject and see if anyone's written a song about it Postpone your turn till later, or Buy a vowel for $50 (in which case we all get pizza which we'll eat during one of the longersongs).
Rule #2B:	If you're in a Chaos Filksong Circle, wait 3D6 microsecondsafter the last performer is done and then loudly strum your guitar or other instrumentand start to play and/or sing If you sing a capella, STAND UP and start to sing. (You can sitdown once the room is obviously listening to you.).
Rule #3:	PLEASE, take conversation into the hall if someone isperforming.
Rule #4:	No apologies after performing!!
Rule #5:	If you do NOT want accompaniment say so. Otherwise we will join in at the darnedest times and in the darnedest keys.
Rule #7:	Bawdy songs are traditionally sung after midnight.
Rule #8:	Traditional folksongs are welcome. So are pop songs that seem to have something to do with with science fiction, fantasy, and spaceflight.
Rule #9:	No apologies in the middle of performing.
Rule #10:	If someone asks people to turn off their recorders, do so. Otherwise, you may record whatever you like.
Rule #11:	No apologies instead of performing. If you don't want to perform, say "Pass."

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