Wandering Minstrel Program!

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Check out our new Wandering Minstrel program! Throughout the weekend, we’ll have designated musicians performing and/or jamming in public spaces (e.g. lobby, mezzanine, concourse). If you like to jam, bring an instrument! Arisia gets plenty of musicians, and minstrels -- even when on duty, if they're not too busy -- are prime candidates for people to jam with.

It's hard to predict exactly where a Wandering Minstrel will end up playing, but various minstrels will be active at the following times:

FRI 2:00pm-3:30 Alyssa Yeager
FRI 3:30pm-5:30 Susan Weiner
FRI 4:30pm-6:30 Nat Budin
FRI 6:30pm-8:00 The Wandering Cellist
FRI 8:00pm-9:30 Alec Heller
FRI 9:30pm-11:00 Char Morgan
FRI 11:00pm-12:00 Zoë Madonna

SAT 11:00am-12:30 Nat Budin
SAT 12:30pm-2:00 Troy Daniels
SAT 2:00pm-3:30 Colin Ferguson & Heather Lee
SAT 3:30pm-5:00 The Wandering Cellist
SAT 5:00pm-6:30 Colin Ferguson & Heather Lee
SAT 6:30pm-8:00 Alan Whitbread
SAT 8:00pm-9:30 Marnen Laibow-Koser
SAT 9:30pm-11:00 The Wandering Cellist
SAT 11:00pm-12:30 Char Morgan

SUN 12:30pm-2:00 Char Morgan
SUN 2:00pm-3:30 Amy Kucharik
SUN 3:30pm-5:00 Troy Daniels
SUN 5:00pm-6:30 Amy Kucharik
SUN 6:30pm-8:00 Zoë Madonna
SUN 8:00pm-9:30 Marnen Laibow-Koser
SUN 9:30pm-11:00 Alec Heller
SUN 11:00pm-12:30 Troy Daniels

In addition, Jonathan Gilbert, Ben Newman, and members of Diabolis in Musica are likely to be playing or jamming at less predictable times.

Here's a rough idea of what they're likely to be doing:

Alyssa Yeager: original songs from the perspective of a geek/goddess/girl
Susan Weiner: violin instrumentals and some mostly original folk songs
Nat Budin: geeky folk, rock, and pop; guitar and vocals
Wandering Cellist: dark fantasy cello
Alan Whitbread: traditional; concertina and some vocals
Zoë Madonna: accordion
Amy Kucharik: ukelele originals
Alec Heller: guitar instrumentals
Char Morgan: classical and folk; violin
Colin Ferguson & Heather Lee: Balkan and other music; accordion/vocals/guitar
Marnen Laibow-Koser: violin
Troy Daniels: Renaissance lute
Jonathan Gilbert: probably violin
Ben Newman: guitar
Diabolis in Musica: Medieval fusion on period instruments, with dancers? Perhaps we misunderstood.