Starsong

Starsong is a Star Trek: TOS filk and poetry 90-page zine. April Valentine, Nancy Kippax, and Rodney Bonds are the filk compositors. Other filk and poetry creators are listed below. It was illustrated by Camille Juliana, Russ Volker, Kathy Burns, Kathy Carlson, Merle Decker, Liz Frim, Sonia Gingrae, Laurie Huff, Alice Jones, Nan Lewis, Darlene Oreschnick, Pat Stall, and Andrew Williams.
It collects all printed material from Only Stars Can Last and Omicron Ceti III and Friends. 
Much of the material was also printed in The Complete Omicron Ceti III Lyric Book in 1984.
==Original Drafts==
 
Image:starsongdraft-1.jpg|original draft for "Changes"
Image:starsongdraft-2.jpg|original draft for "Going Home," page one
Image:starsongdraft-3.jpg|original draft for "Going Home," page two
Image:starsongdraft-4.jpg|original draft for "Together"
Image:starsongdraft-5.jpg|original draft for "Only Stars Can Last"
Image:starsongdraft-6.jpg|original draft for "Realms of Gold"
Image:starsongdraft-7.jpg|original draft for "Once Again"
==From the Editorial==
==Contents==
Summaries are from an ad for the cassette tape in the songbook.
* Once More, With Feeling... (editorial) by April Valentine
* Only Stars Can Last by April Valentine (lyricist), Kathy Burns (composer) ("This duet by [April] and Kathy has been called a 'song of success', but it was originally written as a protest song when we thought the movie was not going to live up to the ST dream. The lyrics point out that it's the fans who make that dream live.") (also in The Complete Omicron Ceti III Lyric Book)
* Changes by April Valentine (lyricist), Kathy Burns (composer) ("Performed by Rodney and Russ, "Changes" was originally printed in the fanzine, Thrust, and was written to express the theme of the zine, the changes that evolve in a relationship.") (also in The Complete Omicron Ceti III Lyric Book)
* Future Dream by April Valentine (lyricist, composer) ("Dedicated to today's space shuttle, named 'Enterprise', the lead on "Future Dream" is performed by [April]"). (also in The Complete Omicron Ceti III Lyric Book)
* Going Home by April Valentine (lyricist), Kathy Burns (composer) ("In another duet, [April] and Kathy sing of the doubts and the hopes that going home -- to the ST universe -- means.") (also in The Complete Omicron Ceti III Lyric Book)
* Night Song by April Valentine (lyricist, composer) ("Inspired by "Nightjourney" by Susan K. James and Carol Frisbie, "Night Song" expresses Spock's dedication to a blinded James Kirk.") (also in The Complete Omicron Ceti III Lyric Book, recorded on Only Stars Can Last) 
* Jonah by April Valentine (lyricist), Kathy Burns (composer) ("Based on "All the King's Horses, All the King's Men" by J. Emily Vance, Kathy's solo shows the plight of a broken Dr. McCoy, what happened to him during the earlier Vance story, "The Rack", and of the friendship he later finds with its sequel's protagonists, Collin Patrick and Brent Stevens.") (also in The Complete Omicron Ceti III Lyric Book)
* Once Again by April Valentine (lyricist), Kathy Burns (composer) ("The voyage to the stars is again a reality, but it wouldn't be the same without everyone. "Once Again" expresses both the miracle.") (also in The Complete Omicron Ceti III Lyric Book)
* Star Lady by April Valentine (lyricist, composer) ("This one is dedicated to the finest starship in the fleet, the U.S.S. Enterprise.")
* Don't Destroy by April Valentine (lyricist), Kathy Burns (composer) ("Russ' solo was inspired by a sequence in "Balance of Terror", the conversation between McCoy and Kirk in which the doctor tells the human, "Don't destroy the one named Kirk.") (also in The Complete Omicron Ceti III Lyric Book)
* Two Kinds of Man by April Valentine (lyricist), Kathy Burns (composer) ("Inspired by Jacqueline Lichtenberg's novel, House of Zeor, this song expresses the feelings of both Sime and Gen in a world where both kinds of man need each other to survive.") (also in The Complete Omicron Ceti III Lyric Book)
* Realms of Gold by April Valentine (lyricist), Kathy Burns (composer) ("Keats said, "Much I have travelled in the realms of gold..." This song is dedicated to ST fandom, for the joy, the feeling of belonging, it gives to all of us.") (also in The Complete Omicron Ceti III Lyric Book)
* Crown Prince, poetry by Jean Stevenson 
* Give Earthmen Their Due, poetry by Elaine Romig 
* Starmagic by Sonia R. Gingras (author)
* Double Jeopardy, poetry by Liz Persic 
* Cadences, poetry by Barbara Storey 
* The Path You Choose, poetry by Crystal Ann Taylor 
* Counterpoint, poetry by Victoria Clark (nominated for the first TrekStar Award)
* Night Visions, poetry by Susan K. James 
* Wind Song of Sonnets and Roses, poetry by Elizabeth K. Frim 
* Look Into His Eyes, poetry by Crystal Ann Taylor 
* Resonance, poetry by Elaine Romig 
* Worry Beads and Rattles, poetry by Liz Persic 
* Galadriel by Mark Mowen (lyricist, composer) (also in Willowbook Collection #3, can be heard on Omicron Ceti III and Friends)
* I'Chiya by Jean Stevenson (lyricist, composer) (reprinted from IDIC #6)
* The Crossing by Leslye Lilker (lyricist, composer)
* Ode to a Get Writer by Carolyn Venino (lyricist, composer) (reprinted from Pastak #4)
* It's Boring by Trinette Kern (lyricist), Amy Falkowitz (composer) (reprinted from IDIC #4)
* Future Lost by Bev Volker (lyricist), Carolyn Venino (composer) (reprinted from Pastak #5)
* Home Again by Bev Volker (lyricist), Carolyn Venino (composer) (reprinted from Contact #4/5)
* Gemini by Bev Volker (lyricist), Carolyn Venino (composer) (reprinted from Pastak #5)
* Where Logic Ends by Trinette Kern (lyricist), Jean Stevenson (composer) (reprinted from Mahko Root #1)
* Crossroads/Bridge of Crystal by Jean Stevenson (lyricist, composer)
* Lullaby for Tomorrow's Child by Bev Volker (lyricist), Carolyn Venino (composer) (reprinted from Pastak #5, also in The Complete Omicron Ceti III Lyric Book) 
* Tomorrow May Never Come by April Valentine (lyricist, composer) (also in The Complete Omicron Ceti III Lyric Book)
* Together by April Valentine (lyricist), Kathy Burns (composer) (also in The Complete Omicron Ceti III Lyric Book)
* Starsong by April Valentine (lyricist) (also in The Complete Omicron Ceti III Lyric Book)
 
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Category:Filk Music
Category:Star Trek TOS Zines
Category:1980 Zines