2021 Confluence History

C’mon-2-ence 2021
Only a music event was held on July 23-25, 2021, entirely on Zoom.
No literary programming was organized this year.

This was the schedule, shown in Eastern time:

Friday, July 23
12:00 to 12:10 p.m. Welcome and announcements by Randy Hoffman
12:10 to 3:00 p.m. Open filk
3:00 to 4:00 p.m. Pegasus Awards discussion led by Randy Hoffman
4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Filk Mad Libs by Randy Hoffman
5:00 to 6:00 p.m. Live concert by Victor Sierra (11:00 p.m. to 12 a.m. Paris time)
6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Live concert by Ann Poore (8 a.m. to 9 a,m. Saturday Melbourne time)
7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Live concert by Greg Klyma
8:00 to 8:30 p.m. Prerecorded concert by Terence Chua
8:30 to 9:30 p.m. Theme filk: Story Songs, hosted by Roberta Rogow
9:30 p.m. to ??? a.m. Open filk

Saturday, July 24
10 to 11 a.m. Open filk
11 a.m. to 12 p.m. [Discussion about filk at DisCon III was planned but did not materialize]
12 to 1 p.m. Live concert by Barbara Karlik (6 to 7 p.m. Poznan, Poland, time)
1 to 2 p.m. Live concert by Astrisoni (12 to 1 p.m. Minneapolis time)
2 to 3 p.m. Prerecorded concert by Ardamus
3 to 3:30 p.m. Prerecorded concert by Starfarer
3:30 to 4:00 p.m. Live concert by Noir Grime (12:30 to 1 p.m. Seattle time)
4 to 5 p.m. Live concert by Kenny Young and the Eggplants
5 to 6 p.m. Live concert by Sarah Shay (2 to 3 p.m. Seattle time)
6 to 6:30 p.m. Live concert by Kirby Krackle (3 to 3:30 p.m. Seattle time)
6:30 to 7 p.m. Live concert by Puzzlebox (3:30 to 4 p.m. Seattle time)
7 to 8 p.m. Live concert by KIVA
8 to ~8:20 p.m. Prerecorded concert by Steel Samurai
~8:20 to ~9:20 p.m. Theme filk: Cartoons and Anime, hosted by Jane Garthson
~9:20 to ??? a.m. Open filk

Sunday, July 25
10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Open filk
11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Theme filk: Harry Potter, hosted by Karl-Johan Norén
12 to 12:30 p.m. Prerecorded concert by Ashley Hamel
12:30 to 1 p.m. Live concert by TheFifthSister (5:30 to 6 p.m. Leicester, UK, time)
1 to 2 p.m. Live concert and songwriting pointers by Grant Livingston
2 to 3 p.m. Live concert by Death Ingloria (7 to 8 p.m. London, UK, time)
3 to 4 p.m. Live concert by Don Neill
4 to 5 p.m. Live concert by The Gothsicles
5 to 6 p.m. Live concert by Amy Engelhardt (2 to 3 p.m. Los Angeles time)
6 to 7 p.m. Theme filk: Better Times Coming, hosted by Randy Hoffman
7 p.m. to ??? p.m. or a.m.: Open filk

To overcome the difficulties that plagued C’monfluence the Musical in 2020, the Zoom links were shared on social media. However, this contributed to a Zoombomber attack that partially disrupted Don Neill’s and The Gothsicles’ concerts on Sunday afternoon.

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