Darkover® Grand Council Meeting: Music Schedule

Music is the food of the soul

Music Schedule
Dulaney Valley Ballroom 1

Friday

7:00 PM - Gentleman Jim. Steampunk.

8:00 PM - Homespun Ceilidh Band. Lively Celtic folk.

9:00 PM - Sacred Harp Sing. Shape Note Hymn sing-along.

Main Programming

10:00 PM - Cliff, John, and Friends. Instrumental Jam.

Saturday

2:00 PM - Ellen James. Harper.

3:00 PM - Denis Hertzog. Violin and Fiddle Workshop.
Bring an instrument or just show up to learn something about violins, fiddles, and the joy of music.

4:00 PM - Homespun Ceilidh Band. Lively Celtic folk.

5:00 PM - Glyn Collinson. British Singer/Songwriter.

7:00 PM - Myfanwy with Maugorn. Eclectic Singer/Songwriters.

8:00 PM - Maugorn. Eclectic Singer/Songwriter.

Main Programming

9:00 PM - Clam Chowder. The Group, not the Soup.

Lobby

12:00 MIDNIGHT - Halleluja Chorus. Sing-along Händel.

Sunday

11:00 AM - Ellen James. Harper.

1:00 PM - Ellen Kushner. Thomas the Rhymer.
Ellen reads from her award-winning novel based on Scottish legend, and sings the traditional ballads that inspired it.

2:00 PM - Glyn Collinson. British Singer/Songwriter.

Our musicians include:

Clam Chowder (the group not the soup) is a small musical group in Maryland, USA, which plays an eclectic collection of British and American folk songs, sea shanties, unusual songs from all sources, original material, and anything else that has opportunities for close harmony. Their exploits at Darkovercon have been featured in an article in the Washington Post.

Ellen James: Lurking behind a large lever harp, Ellen performs mainly Celtic and American folk and folkoid music, including instrumental originals and the occasional egregious filk. She sometimes lures other musicians onstage to join her.

The Homespun Ceilidh Band has been performing their specialty since 1993 — lively, traditional Celtic "jump up and dance" sets as well as gentle, lyrical airs (and the occasional Irish polka). HCB is known for infectious fun in performance, true-to-tradition styling, and texturally rich instrumentation, which at full force includes fiddles, guitar, bouzouki, cittern, wooden flute, recorder, viola da gamba, a lighthearted song or two, hammered dulcimer, bodhrans, and Irish step-dancing.

Maugorn The Stray, aka Steve Haug plays selections from a repertoire that spans the centuries thru many lifetimes & genres, accompanying himself on a kaleidoscopic arsenal of instruments. Songs of love & lust, wondrous tales from the past, present & future, some that end badly, and some where no one had to die at all. But wait, there's more....

Mouse accompanied by Maugorn will be performing her mix of folk songs and history. This year at Darkovercon we will be presenting Law and Order: The Folk Music — tales of justice or the lack thereof as revealed through songs with plenty of chances to sing along with the guilty, the innocent and the very confused. Come enjoy our musical romp through musical jurisprudence.

At the Clam Chowder concert on Saturday night there will be the annual B.O.G.S. (a thoroughly naughty song) fundraiser for charity.

For the lyrics and music for the Hallelujah Chorus, please check out these finely crafted links: Here and Here.

Or, if you'd like to see us on youtube, you can click play!