filksing n.
a session or event of filk singing
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1968 Quark (#5) 10
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When they came back t othe hotel Brenford met some of his friends from M.C.T. who hustled him away to a ‘Filk Sing’ (?).
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1972 Boskone 9 Filk-Song Book Table of contents
Welcome to the Boskone Filksing!
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1981 Yandro (#253–254) Sept. 3
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Wiscon had some of the busiest multi-track programming we've ever run to attend…and a small but good filksing. Marcon, too, featured a good filksing.
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1995 Matrix (#113) Feb.–Mar. 19/1
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There are many definitions of filk. Most commonly heard is ‘Filk is what filkers sing at a filksing’.
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2019
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Filkers perform their pieces at gatherings known as ‘Filksings,’ which generally occur at conventions in small rooms with the chairs arranged in a circle.
‘And History’s Lamps Blow Out’ in Journal of SF (vol. 3,
iss. 3) Nov. 59/1
Research requirements
antedating 1968
Earliest cite
in Quark
Research History
Lee Gold submitted a 1983 cite from Rob Rose's "A Filker's Dictionary". James LAndau submitted a 1972 cite for "filksing" from "The BOSKONE 9 Filk-Song Book"
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