{"id":2820,"date":"2018-08-31T07:00:38","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T11:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/blog\/?p=2820"},"modified":"2018-08-30T23:07:30","modified_gmt":"2018-08-31T03:07:30","slug":"another-atlanta-labor-day-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/another-atlanta-labor-day-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Atlanta Labor Day Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once again I&#8217;m in Atlanta, Georgia, where I will spend the weekend with thousands of my closest friends &#8212; at least 80 thousand, I believe &#8212; at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragoncon.org\/\">Dragon Con<\/a>, one of the largest science fiction and fantasy conventions in the world. This year I get to kick off the Filk Music Track&#8217;s concert series; I&#8217;m playing music twice for Art Show patrons; and I&#8217;m part of several other shows as well!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/mediarelations.dragoncon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/1024x744.png\" alt=\" \" width=\"688\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my schedule, at least as it exists right now:<\/p>\n<p>Friday<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10:00 am: What is Filk? \/ Meet, Greet, Filk (Hyatt Hanover F\/G)<\/li>\n<li>11:30 am: Gray Rinehart in Concert (Hyatt Hanover F\/G) &#8212; mixing a few favorites from <a href=\"https:\/\/grayrinehart.bandcamp.com\/album\/distorted-vision\">Distorted Vision<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/grayrinehart.bandcamp.com\/album\/truths-and-lies-and-make-believe\">Truths and Lies and Make-Believe<\/a> with some Dragon Con debuts!<\/li>\n<li>2:30 pm: Art Show music (Hyatt Grand Hall East)<\/li>\n<li>7:00 pm: Princess Alethea&#8217;s Traveling Sideshow, with Alethea Kontis, Leanna Renee Hieber, Mari Mancusi, Diana Peterfreund, and Mikey Mason (Marriott A707)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saturday<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10:00 am: Art Show music (Hyatt Grand Hall East)<\/li>\n<li>2:30 pm: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baen.com\/\">Baen Books<\/a>Traveling Slide Show &amp; Prize Patrol, with Toni Weisskopf, James Minz, Christopher Ruocchio, and many more (Hyatt Regency V)<\/li>\n<li>5:30 pm: Panel, &#8220;Tooting Your Own Horn: Marketing Yourself,&#8221; with John Hartness, Cecilia Dominic, Courtland D Lewis, Quincy J Allen, and Matthew Kressel (Hyatt Embassy A\/B)<\/li>\n<li>7:00 pm: Peter S. Beagle &amp; Authors Perform (Hyatt International North) &#8230; <em>I&#8217;ll open this show, then head over to<\/em> &#8230;<\/li>\n<li>7:00 pm: World of Harry Potter Tribute Show, with Brobdingnagian Bards, Hawthorn &amp; Holly, Nick Edelstein, Toucan Dubh, Foot Pound Force, Mikey Mason, and Misbehavin&#8217; Maidens (Hyatt Hanover C\/D\/E)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On Sunday, my only official event is at 5:30 pm, when I&#8217;ll be giving a reading and special guest Nick Edelstein will play some music. If I can arrange it, I may have some other guests, too! That will be in the Hyatt&#8217;s Marietta Room.<\/p>\n<p>As usual, when I&#8217;m not performing or working I&#8217;ll probably be attending concerts by my musical friends, or hanging out with my writerly friends or Baen Barflies. 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