u/Cruisingpenguin

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Hello frens! Hard to believe we've had 3 incredible days filled with great talent, great food, and most of all...great frens! Let's see what's on deck for day 4, and get a recap of everything from day 3!

ALERT: We are currently searching for a conga line that seems to have gone astray. Last seen leaving the "Steve Sucks Soiree", our beloved golden pikkel visitors have yet to arrive at the festibal. We think they may have gotten sidetracked at Catnip Cove. If you run across them, please join the conga line and direct them our way!

Friendly reminder from Day 1 post: Post and tag (use the Fall Meowsic Festibal flair) from r/otrb first, then cross post to r/ICBGC as you'd like. We're steering away from LCA for now, as negativity towards creativity is not tolerated here and we will always celebrate and respect life, love, friendship and music!

Stepping away from the festibal for a moment, please remember we are a sharing and caring environment first and foremost, and we always want to support our frens and their hoomans. Keep an eye out for any welcom pawrtee posts and please hop in and say hello to a recent rainbow fren. Even with the festibal, we still want to make sure our frens feel safe, welcomed and supported.

Day 4

• It's day 4, so you should know your way around, however, our beloved Jiggy the Piggy has been the most excellent tour guide and ensured everyone got where they were headed to. Full map is available here!
• Feel free to use any of these amazing backgrounds for your next performance. Or, be as creative as you'd like and come with your own!
• Not so tech saavy? Have no fear. We are here to make sure ALL frens who want to participate can. Feel free to drop a note in this thread and someone will answer and share their talents.
• Not sure what to perform? Don't limit yourself! Magic? Yes! Juggling? Yes! Bus ride full of girl cats cheering up Jazzy after Vegas? Tell some jokes or sing silly songs to cheer her up! Underwater basket weaving? Totally!

Day 3 recap! I believe all purrformances have been linked, but if any happen to be missing, please comment in the chat. Any oversights are not intentional, I promise!

• Connor and Duncan blew us all away with their bagpipes, kilts and Celtic beats!
• Kitty took the overnight and morning shift to ensure all frens stayed hydrated and fed with TACOS! So yummy!
• Cami Snackbeard, purrfessional poodle model hosted a fashion show! Did youse know a poodle can do a little turn on the catwalk, the catwalk yeah?! Be on the lookout for some video highlights tomorrow!
• Luna continued to dazzle and share her talents with a feline inspired set list over at Grace's bar.
• Sam the Snuggler melted us all into a massive cuddle puddle with his bootiful rendition of "Ai willz alwayz love yooauaoo" which he dedicated to his lovely girlfriend Alexis.
• Junebug, Pawther (gasp, yes a hooman!) and Samwise got the butterfly meadow bopping along to "I wanna hold your paw". Nobody panic! I say if hoomans smarts enuff to figure out how to use golden pikkel, then them can come visit!
• Ciaran kicked it up a notch with "Shut up and dance wif me". So many claws, paws, and tails waving in the air! Purrfek song for the pikkel rave!
• Ciaran and frens stayed busy today with a follow up purrformance of "Stray cat strut" over at the bocks fort. They sounded amazing!
• Jynx brought down da howse with the mother of all Qween medleys! With a backup choir and everything!
• Elliott the Tuxie brought tears to all eyes with "Soft lapped girls" (take on Fat Bottom girls...incredible!) dedicated to his meowmy.
• Baxter jazzed us up with his dedication to his beloved Dot and meowed "Soo Booteefull".
• Hoko meowed his heart out with his version of "I wanna hold youse paw" for his lovely wife Miso.
• Miss Boo continues to impress us with her variety and skill in the kitchen! Check out these yummy treats!
• Avon closed out the evening with an original titled "Pikkel Song". Heartfelt, happy, and great way to wind things down!

Day 2 recap

• Ella and 4 Non-Floofs got us off to a banging start with Wut's going on. Please note: floofs are absolutely welcome to enjoy this purrformance. It's just the name of the band and in no way indicates fren types aren't welcome.
• By popular demand, fren Luna returned to the stage and wowed us with her Libin in an bocks.
• Miss Kitty and Smudge da Nado had an awesome performance! (reposted from yesterday!)
• Eammon and the Yowlers got all the ladies sighing with happiness with his rendition of One Love, which he dedicated to his sweetheart, Ruby. Awww!
• Ciaran and frens came back for day 2 and got the crowd up on their claws and paws while singing Liddel deuce coop
• Jodester and frens got the crowd bopping along to I would walk (500 miles)
• Amber n da mewsic makers got their groove on by jamming to One Love. You can never have too much love, and both versions are fantastic!
• YooToo featuring Dodger were spectacular with their version of With or without you
• Drax closed out the day getting everyone in the mood for snacks and 4th dinner with Stick Season

Day 1 recap

• Pluto got us started with a bootiful rendition of What a wonderful world
• Jango gave us a super (literally) version of Nessum Dorma
• Bubba and Bits waved their paws in the air like they just didn't care and gave us a medley of dance numbers
• Queen Void🌈 gave us a wonderful heartfelt aria which portrayed the longing for food just perfectly
• Laynie Staley and frens put on a rocking performance over at Grace's Bar that got everyone on their paws and claws! They slayed!
• Miss Kitty and Smudge da Nado had an awesome performance!
• Ellie🌈 kept up our energy with a fantastic Queen performance. Her guitar solo was out of this world!
• Sam the Snuggler🌈 and brudder Theo sang an original called "Wake up momma (for we are hungry!)" The harmonies are awesome and I love the artsy approach with minimal visuals. It really makes you focus on the lyrics.
• Grace Davey Matthews and Maggie Mae sang to all the lovers out there....except Steve. You know what you did Steve!!
• Buster and Arwen got everyone singing along to Piano Man! Purrfek opportunity for everyone to refresh their drinks at Grace's too!
• Thunder Graveybeard gave us an incredible original called "Bork like you mean it". It's a real toe tapper!
• Ciaran and crew performed a wonderful tribute to Dolly Parton over in the Butterfly Meadow.
• Luna dominated the bocks fort stage and brought down the house with her "hart shaped bocks".
• Holly gave us a wonderful rendition of "Ai will always love youuuuuu" and looked so snazzy in her leather jacket!
• Gimmee pigs Charlie and Mo (and Jiggy!) entertained us in between sets and shared their veggie eating skills. Seriously, there's nothing cuter!
• Sansa shared her golden pikkel lanyard so all frens can come visit and party with us!
• Kitty channeled her inner Kermit and gave us some wonderful and heartfelt songs on the banjo.
• Maxi got us all hungry with her marvelous version of "Cheeseburger in paradise" in the butterfly meadow
• Baxter, Lexie an Benny (of the famous Purrfek Harmonics) gave us such a fun version of "What's new pussy cat?"
• Miss Boo kept everyone fed with her amazing snacks and they were specially themed to our festibal! We've heard nothing but fabulous reviews, so be sure to find her tomorrow! She's got a mobile food cart now, so you'll find her wandering between the venues.
• Floofie an Mr Coco Nuts (otrb). Silver, Goldie an Shadow (golden pickle) blew us all away with an original called "Waiting by the Porch"
• Miss Rory Dog gave us all a pick me up with her Beatles cover!
• Brenda and Truvy showed us who got da beets! Makes shure you checks out their mazing outfits too!
• New dragon frens (!) hosted a singalong on the beach.
• Ash & Roses closed out the day with a rocking performance!

Stay groovy frens!

Hello frens! I wanted to hop in and share the link to the Discord Server. Discord is a messaging platform you can sign into and keep in touch with frens. This is especially helpful if your account gets banned (seems like the auto mods have been getting stricter), or even if you want to take a break from Reddit but still stay in touch.

If you’ve already got a Discord account, you can join the IGBGC server and can update your name to be more representative of your pets. For instance, I’m Teddy teh Floof’s momma.

Come say hi and hang out. 🐱☺️

Hello all otrb frens and hoomans! Yesterday was a hectic day over at r/icbgc (offshoot of r/legalcatadvice), as it took the whole community to raise up their voices to actually help free two of our frens (Kahleesi and Penny) who were illegally surrendered to a human society in Nebraska while their owner has been having a medical emergency. It took almost the whole day, but they were finally released to an angel Redditor who is now fostering them until the owner can take them back. ♥️

We’re now on a mission to find their sister, Pixie, whom we suspect was adopted late last week.

Niko and frens have asked for all the pawsitive vibes and good thoughts from all of our frens, even over here otrb.

If you have a chance, tstop by and share your best scream and loud faces! Let’s bring some rainbows to show our support. 🌈🌈

There are also two additional sisters, Beastie and Scooby/Scoody who are currently MIA and are not at the shelter. This will be harder to figure out, but no one is giving up.

Thanks all!

Hi frens and friends! Teddy teh Floof and LBC (yes, Little Black Cat) momma here!

Based on the positive response on this post from a few days ago, we're going to try out the monthly birthday and gotcha day recognition posts starting in June. In order to do that though, we do need your help!

There is a super cool form that should only take you a few moments to fill out, which is linked here. No login is required, and we are not collecting email addresses or anything. Section 1 is just an intro and hello. Click Next to access section 2.

Section 2 is for all the fren info, like name and dates. If you live with more than one fren, enter each fren info separately. If you answer yes to the last question, "do you live with other frens?" it'll automatically take you back to the questions where you can enter the name for fren 2, and then repeat for fren 3, 4, 5, etc. Answer no once all frens are entered in to continue to next section.

Final section is for all the boring hooman stuffs, like reddit username, and thoughts about other things to celebrate. Reddit username is not required, but it's helpful so we can tag you in the monthly post.

Once you submit the form, you're all set!

Shoutouts to u/gingersnapped242 and u/chibikoneko for being awesome gimme pigs (like beloved Jiggy) and testing out the form and layout. You are very much appreciated!!

Alas being human means I can never achieve perfection like Teddy teh Floof and LBC (yes, Little Black Cat), so if you come across any issues, please post them here. Don't be shy if you have any general questions about this, post them here as well!

We also ask that we keep this test here in ICBGC for now so we can test it out with a smaller group of frens than what our beloved LCA contains.

Thank you all for being so friendly, creative, funny, and kind. You all never fail to make me laugh with our overlord mischief, and I adore all the amazing posts. It's so wonderful to have a bright spot in the corner of the internet when there's so much uncertainty out there.

Make it a great day!

UPDATES:
8pm (Eastern): 63 frens and counting! This has surpassed my expectations for only having the form out for 8 hours or so. You all are awesome!

More suggestions:

• Anniversary of SSOR founding - Prof Smuffi definitely started a revolution!!
• Respek the borthole day - Definitely overlooked and needed to protek all bortholes everywhere!

3pm (Eastern) : 51 friends now! Love that you all are into it! 😄

Additional samples of suggestions for other celebrations to consider (the witty commentary after the suggestion is totally all Teddy's momma's thoughts and no way reflects what the submitter may have been thinking about):

• Cat weddings/relationship milestones - Are there some cat couples on here that have been married longer than I have been? Yes, yes there are LOL
• KIngsday - birthday of the king of Netherlands (I believe?) - Since orange is the national color, Mochi and the orange crew should just claim it as their day!
• Any other national holidays - I agree! It'd be fun to learn about other holidays since we have frens all over the world!
• January 1 Skwirl (non) appreciation day - I think we could tie this one in with the capture of Gary LOL
• Cats' Rights day - Obviously as voted on by our esteemed overlord council of cats. Every day is technically that, but I'm sure they could be purrsuaded to pick a specific date as the milestone marker.
• Steve's birthday - Oscar's beloved Dream Phone boyfriend's birthday!! This is hilarious! Anyone know when his birthday is? How fun would it be if we could track down the actor/model for Steve?

12:45pm (Eastern) update: Close to 20 friends now! Alleviated some challenges thanks to u/Charivari8 mentioning about the multi fren entry not working as expected. Also added a question about otrb (over the rainbow bridge) to remember those who have left us (thank you for the suggestion u/CharmyLah !)

It shouldn't ask you to, but if you're made to sign into Goggle, rest assured that information is not being collected. I verified all the settings to confirm emails addresses are not being tracked or anything, and they're definitely not visible on the responses.

Like many things in life, it's a work in progress, and thank you for your patience 😄 Feel free to point out any other challenges you may come across, and don't forget you can leave feedback in the hooman only section of the form with other ideas.

Sample of suggestions so far:

• Capture of Gary - Hilarious, and I feel like this will be a worldwide holiday when that happens!
• St. Gertrude's Day (March 17) - Patron saint of cats?! LOVE THIS!!
• Subreddit birthday/anniversary - so we can commemorate all our fun and look back on some of the best and funniest posts.

11ish Eastern: One hour in and we already have 6 frens who filled out the form! Woohoo!

We are also equally split 33/33/33% on recognizing hooman birthdays! Love it! 🤣

Of course I cannot post without an adorable picture of Teddy. He's currently napping after all of the dancing yesterday!

Hello hoomans of our beloved feline (and feline running software) overlords! Hope everyone is having a nice day!

Any thoughts about having a monthly list or calendar with fren’s birthdays and gotcha days?

I feel like we could do a big post at the beginning of each month celebrating. I love the individual posts, but with us all spread throughout the world, some posts naturally get more traction than others. Or, the worst is when hoomans go on vacation and miss so much fun! Having a central monthly post might help those of us who have FOMO (fear of missing out).

We could make it optional for participation, and the little bit of info we’d need could be entered into a google form by each user. I’d be willing to set that up if we think it might be something fun.

Just thinking about it so thought I would see what the community thinks. ❤️💙🩵

You fren, Teddy teh Floof’s and LBC’s momma