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updated 28 December 2006
| FILKING | MUSICALS | PLAYS |
FILKING
Prior to the existence of the permanent NESFA Hymnals, Filksong books were often produced for individual Boskones. These were ephemeral items created anew each year. Not even the titles were consistent. All these items are out of print.
- The Boskone 9 Filk-Song Book
- Boskone 10 Filksongbook
- The NESFA Hymnal [Boskone 11]
- The NESFA Hymnal, Volume 1: A Booke of Songs Fannish [Boskone 13]
- The Boskone 14 Filksong Supplement
- Boskone XVI Filksong Book
These were followed by the permanent NESFA Hymnals
- The NESFA Hymnal, Volume 1, second edition
- The NESFA Hymnal, Volume 2, first edition out of print
- The NESFA Hymnal Volume 2, second edition
During 1977-1979 (Boskones 14, 15, 16) Mark Keller and Sue Anderson wrote musical comedies that were produced by the convention. The libretti have been collected in Rivets!!!
For Constellation, the 41tst World Science Fiction Convention in Baltimore, 1983, NESFA produced a book of the Guest of Honour's songs. This book was profusely illustrated by many fan artists. There are both perfect bound and comb bound states; the latter is easier to use at filksings.
Since Boskone 29, 1992, NESFA has brought a Featured Filker to the Boskones to help integrate filking into the general program; this included concerts, program items, sing-alongs, and the like. The Featured Filkers have been:
- Boskone 29, 1992: Kathy Mar
- Boskone 30, 1993: Duane Elms
- Boskone 31, 1994: Cecilia Eng
- Boskone 32, 1995: Talis Kimberley
- Boskone 33, 1996: Musical Chairs
- Boskone 34, 1997: Tom Smith
- Boskone 35, 1998: Joe Ellis
- Boskone 36, 1999: Ed Stauff & Mary Ellen Wessels
- Boskone 37, 2000: Jordin Kare
- Boskone 38, 2001: Juanita Coulson
- Boskone 39, 2002: Tom Holt [could not attend]
- Boskone 40, 2003: Clam Chowder
- Boskone 41, 2004: Brenda & Bill Sutton
- Boskone 42, 2005: Urban Tapestry
- Boskone 43, 2006: Steve Macdonald
- Boskone 44, 2007: Lee & Barry Gold
- Boskone 45, 2008: Seanan McGuire
The major organized filk group in this geographic area is M.A.S.S.F.I.L.C. who support filking at Boskone and Arisia as well as occasionally running the Northeast Filk Convention. The convention is called ConCertino when held in this area. They have run the 1992, 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2006 Northeast Filk Conventions.
MUSICALS
- Captain Future Meets Gilbert and Sullivan, Boskone 9, 15 April 1972
- Mik Ado About Nothing or Back to Rivets, Boskone 14, 19 February 1977
- Rivets Redux or What Ever Happened to Helminth of Boskone, Boskone 15, 18 February 1978
- The Decomposers or Rivets Has Risen from the Grave, Boskone 16, 17 February 1979
- Another Part of the Trilogy, Boskone 34, 15 February 1997, Sheraton Tara, Framingham
- Grim's Fairy Cabaret, Boskone 43, 18 February 2006, Sheraton Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
PLAYS and DANCE
- The Old Phoenix Tavern, dramatic reading from A Midsummer Tempest, Boskone 13, 14 February 1976, Sheraton Boston
- Higher Ground a modern dance, Boskone 17, 16 February 1980, Radisson Ferncroft Hotel, Danvers, Massachusetts.
- The Shame of Maudie Jones, or a Fate Worse Than Death, dinner theatre, Boskone 29, 15 February 1992, Sheraton Tara, Springfield
- The Cross-Time Bus, dinner theatre, Boskone 30, 20 February 1993, Sheraton Tara
- The Tempest, reader's theatre (illustrated dramatic reading), Boskone 32, 18 February 1995, Sheraton Tara, Framingham
- The Blessed Life and Bloody Death of St. Steffano de Bordello, dinner theatre, Boskone 33, 17 February 1996, Sheraton Tara, Framingham
- Sweet Salvage Rivets! dramatic reading, Boskone 35, 14 February 1998, Sheraton Tara, Framingham