Fanderson Con Reports?

>That is it for now. I plan to do a full report tomorrow and review my digital
>pics to see if any are worth posting.

Welcome back Lorraine! I'm glad to hear you two had a good time, and
I look forward to hearing your full report -- and seeing pictures!
You can either directly upload them somewhere, or e-mail them to me
and I'll upload them somewhere.

>As before, if anyone can provide me with a copy of the tape I will
>be happy to transcribe it (in a timely fashion this time).

So did anyone here videotape the interview with Ed Bishop and Francis
Matthews? If so, Lorraine did an excellent job in transcribing the
Ed Bishop/Gabrielle Drake interview from the Century 21 convention,
and she's volunteering to do it again with this interview -- if we
can just find a tape of it for her!

Marc

>James Gibbon <[hidden email]>
wrote:
>A STAR TREK Uniform at a Gerry Anderson convention?? I have to take
>my hat off to this person - wherever and whoever you are, I salute
>you.

James,
Actually, there were two Star Trek personnel, both from the engineering
dept. (mustard uniforms), and I know personally that one of the two dances
very well. *grin*
Denise

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>"Gareth Bevan" <[hidden email]>
wrote:
>As someone who was only there for one day I wasn't impressed about the way
>it had been organised this time. I had to make the decision between meeting
>the actors and technicians or wathcing the interviews on the main stage.

Gareth,
As a big Con attender, I am aware that this is the most nerve-wracking part
of any convention: choosing whether to enjoy the interviews or get the
autographs. And Saturday's schedule was a joke, wasn't it?
I saw several of the group there, but I missed you. Did you attend the Ball
in costume? I was wearing a futuristic gold minidress and danced my feet
off. Since I was the only girl there so dressed, perhaps you saw me? *grin*
Denise

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>"Katie Bleathman" <[hidden email]>
wrote:
>The theme for the disco was 70s and 80s which was why there were people
>there in costumes from Star trek, Star Wars, MASH etc. I found the Captain
>Scarlet costumes more strange since the series was made in the 60s. :-)

Katie,
Wasn't the dance a blast? I especially enjoyed seeing Wonder Woman (who was
sooo embarrassed when they played the show's theme music and the crowd
parted to watch her dance!) What costume were you wearing? I really wished
I had bumped into you. I was so looking forward to chatting with you at the
Con.
Denise

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>Marc Martin <[hidden email]>
wrote:
>
>So did anyone here videotape the interview with Ed Bishop and Francis
>Matthews? If so, Lorraine did an excellent job in transcribing the
>Ed Bishop/Gabrielle Drake interview from the Century 21 convention,
>and she's volunteering to do it again with this interview -- if we
>can just find a tape of it for her!

I hate to say this, Marc, but that interview was so awesome that you really
needed to see it in person! Between Bishop correcting Francis every few
minutes with old work schedules (two days/two shows) and Francis doing Cary
Grant imitations that were right on, the audience was left in giggling heaps
throughout. And of course, the final touch of Francis leaning over to plant
a huge kiss on Bishop at the end of the interview!!!! Truly awesome stuff!
Denise

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>Charles and Lorraine <[hidden email]>
wrote:
>Hi, Charles and I are back from Coventry!

Hey, where were you guys hiding? I kept looking all over for a couple
wearing the nametags of Charles and Lorraine and never did see you! And I
had so looked forward to it! Wasn't the Con a great time? In spite of all
the disappointments (and there were some big ones), I was so impressed with
everything that I know I'll be going back. When's the next one? *grin* And
will I finally meet you there?
Denise


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Denise,
Charles and I were there for most of the convention and we were in the lobby
quite a bit as well as the bar Fri night (way too late) and Sun night. We were
at the costume ball as well although we were dressed in our regular clothes ( I
believe charlie's sox and/or sneakers might have been from the 70's hehehe). We
weren't going to attend because we didn't bring costumes and then I recalled
Marc saying in Sept 2000 that not everyone was in a costume. We decided to go
and mingle with friends from the last Con. I was even on the dance floor for a
while too. I don't recall seeing you there but I kept asking people to look for
your name tag. We did leave the hotel friday and part of sunday and all of
monday to see the neighboring sites. There were quite a lot of people at the
Con but I can't believe we didn't run into each other. It is very likely that we
will be there for the next one so next time we'll email pics of each other so we
can spot one another. Were you staying at the Allesley Hotel?

Lorraine

Denise Felt wrote:

> Hey, where were you guys hiding? I kept looking all over for a couple
> wearing the nametags of Charles and Lorraine and never did see you! And I
> had so looked forward to it! Wasn't the Con a great time? In spite of all
> the disappointments (and there were some big ones), I was so impressed with
> everything that I know I'll be going back. When's the next one? *grin* And
> will I finally meet you there?
> Denise
>

>monday to see the neighboring sites. There were quite a lot of people
at
>the Con but I can't believe we didn't run into each other.

It's always a bit difficult to spot people at these cons. I spotted
a lot of people at "Century 21" because I already knew what they
looked like from seeing their photos in fan publications. And I
think Lorraine spotted me based on a photo of me on my website!  
But if you have to depend on reading nametags, then it can be
rather difficult.

Perhaps before the next convention people should post photos of
what they look like in advance? :-)

Marc

> Katie,
> Wasn't the dance a blast?

Once the disco had got going he was really good.

> I especially enjoyed seeing Wonder Woman (who was sooo embarrassed when
they played the show's
> theme music and the crowd parted to watch her dance!)

Yes, she was! It made up for all of the times that she embarrasses us! That
woman has no shame! :-)

> What costume were you wearing? I really wished I had bumped into you. I
was so looking forward
> to chatting with you at the Con.

I was wearing a brown caftan. I was part of the group that included Wonder
Woman, Denise Rousos, Parker and Virgil.

It would have been nice to chat. I spent alot of my time talking to people I
hadn't seen since the last con, although I did managed to get to some
programme items this time!

Katie

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