{"id":3204,"date":"2023-08-31T09:30:33","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T13:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/blog\/?p=3204"},"modified":"2023-08-31T09:30:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T13:30:33","slug":"thursday-is-the-new-friday-at-dragon-con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/thursday-is-the-new-friday-at-dragon-con\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday is the New Friday at Dragon Con"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, technically <strong>Thursday has been the new Friday for a few years now<\/strong> when it&#8217;s Labor Day weekend in Atlanta! At least, it has at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragoncon.org\/\">Dragon Con<\/a>, one of the world&#8217;s biggest and best science fiction and fantasy conventions.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dragoncon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/300x218.png\" alt=\" \" \/><\/p>\n<p>I missed Dragon Con last year, because I was in the midst of moving &#8212; I spent the weekend filling a shipping container with some of my worldly goods &#8212; so <strong>I&#8217;m going to make the best of being back!<\/strong> Here&#8217;s my schedule, unless something changes:<\/p>\n<p>Thursday<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>7:00 pm: Geeky Sea Shanties (Hyatt Hanover C\/D\/E)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Friday<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>11:30 am: Panel, &#8220;What is Filk?&#8221; (Hyatt Hanover F\/G)<\/li>\n<li>1:00 pm: Panel, &#8220;Filk &amp; Cookies &#8212; Meet, Greet, Filk!&#8221; (Hyatt Hanover F\/G)<\/li>\n<li>2:30 pm: Panel, &#8220;Music of the Spheres: Using Music in SF&#8221; (Hyatt Embassy A\/B)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saturday<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>12:00 pm: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baen.com\/\">Baen Books<\/a> Info &amp; Author Signing Booth (Americas Mart) (until 2:00 pm)<\/li>\n<li>2:30 pm: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baen.com\/\">Baen Books <\/a>Traveling Roadshow &amp; Prize Patrol, with Toni Weisskopf et al (Hyatt International North)<\/li>\n<li>5:30 pm: Group Sing: Dungeons &amp; Dragons! (Hyatt Hanover C\/D\/E)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sunday<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>8:30 pm: Fans for Christ Worship Service (Hilton Crystal Ballroom)<\/li>\n<li>11:00 am: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baen.com\/\">Baen Books<\/a> Info &amp; Author Signing Booth (Americas Mart) (until 1:00 pm)<\/li>\n<li>2:30 pm: Gray Rinehart (that&#8217;s me!) in Concert (Hyatt Hanover F\/G) &#8212; with songs from <em><a href=\"https:\/\/grayrinehart.bandcamp.com\/album\/taking-you-out-to-see-the-stars\">Taking You Out to See the Stars<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/grayrinehart.bandcamp.com\/album\/distorted-vision\">Distorted Vision<\/a><\/em>, and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/grayrinehart.bandcamp.com\/album\/truths-and-lies-and-make-believe\">Truths and Lies and Make-Believe<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li>2:30 pm: Panel, &#8220;That Has Such People in It: The Unwritten Rules of SF&#8221; (Hyatt Embassy A\/B)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Monday<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>9:00 am: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baen.com\/\">Baen Books<\/a> Info &amp; Author Signing Booth (Americas Mart) (until 11:00 am)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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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