My Schedule for Musecon 3, 2 – 4 August in Itasca, Illinois

[beamjockey]

Musecon 3 is nearly upon us and the program is now available. I'll be at the Westin Chicago Northwest, in Itasca, Illinois, participating in a couple of items:

Todd and Bill Provide Endless Amusement

Sat, August 3, 4:30pm – 5:45pm
Carlyle Room
Todd Johnson, Bill Higgins

Endless Amusement is a book, published in 1820, containing 400 scientific demonstrations, experiments, tricks, and projects for young readers. Join Todd Johnson and Bill Higgins for Regency-era fun, as they try out a couple of the saner suggestions. Merely discussed will be the ones our hotel would not allow (plenty of recipes for fireworks) and the ones that are rather dangerous ("DISSOLVE 100 grains of mercury by heat, in an ounce and a half of nitric acid...")

Ukulele Summit
Sun, August 4, 9:00 am – 10:15 am
Lakeshore Room
Lisa Golladay, Michael Blake, Bill Higgins, Bryan Peterson

Four strings and the truth. Bring a uke, borrow a uke, teach a song or learn some new ones. Absolute beginners welcome; also blazing hipsters, guitarists who seek the light, and those of us for whom vaudeville never died (you know who you are).

(Yes, Lisa, I know who I am.)

Comments

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Both of those sound delightful. Kinda wish I were going.

K.

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

Any worldcon plan, Bill?

[david wilford (from livejournal.com)]

Wish I could be there to strum along too.

[acmespaceship.livejournal.com]

Re: Vaudeville.
I have kazoos.

[zelda888.livejournal.com]

Just checking that you've seen this documentary "Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings." I caught most of it a while back when the phrase "ukulele virtuoso" leapt out at me from my guide channel, but I see that it's on again Sunday the 18th, Channel 11 at 9PM.