Barry Childs-Helton

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A fan who is a filker. He is married to fellow filker Sally Childs-Helton. He is a member of The Black Book Band and Wild Mercy.

Barry is notable for having introduced rock styles into filk music. (At over 6 feet 6 inches tall, he's notable just by walking into a room.) He often leads the closing jam at OVFF.

His acceptance speech at the 2003 Filk Hall of Fame ceremony, along with Sally's, is well remembered for its observations on filk as a folk culture.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1988 -- Pegasus Award for Best Performer
• 1989 -- OVFF 5, Marcon XXIV
• 1990 -- Consonance 1990
• 1991 -- OKon '91
• 1992 -- ChambanaCon 22, ConClave 17
• 1993 -- Pegasus Award for Best Space Song
• 1995 -- LepreCon 21, ConCertino '95
• 1996 -- FilKONtario 6 (Filk Waif)
• 1997 -- Rivercon XXII
• 1998 -- Consonance 1998
• 2001 -- Conthirteena, DucKon 10
• 2003 -- Filk Hall of Fame
• 2004 -- WindyCon 31, InConJunction XXIV, ConClave XXIX
• 2007 -- Archon 31/Tuckercon
• 2009 -- Capricon 29, GAFilk 11
• 2015 -- Consonance 2015
• 2016 -- FilkContinental 2016
• 2016 -- Pegasus Award for Best Writer/Composer

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