Orlando
2002
CHAN
hi,
all- joann and chan and karen
q. and cathy m. here,
on a
laptop w/o
a
working shift key - so no caps or exclamation point, so please bear
w/the
odd-looking message. we're
already sleep-deprived and
the con
just
started. most of us have
been here since wed. and
we've been
having
wonderful chat sessions. it's
been hot and muggy but
the hotel
is
great - even if the air conditioning is set too high...for some.
chan
threatened to take her clothes off if we
didn't get the ac up
high,
so we're deferring to her. the
con opened today and
folks have
been
having a good time in the dealers room and the panels. the
international
fans put on a wonderful presentation of
snippets of the
show
in various languages. listening
to vincent
speak russian was
wonderful.
chan
has set up an incredible vincent's
chamber and marilyn
howard
brought vincent's
robe, which is now draped casually upon his
bed,
awaiting terri and lynn wright
to tell him what to do with it.
the
art room is co-located with the dealers room and the panel room can
be
opened to create one contiguous space where we're buying, eating,
meeting,
chatting, etc. very cozy and tunnelish.
clare
seiffert
has
created
some magnificent pieces of art - a "vincent"
egg and a crystal
etched
w/V and C's faces. Cecio
is displaying a lovely piece
of her
art
- and we have to encourage her to do more, as her vincent
is
wonderful.
sandy tew has some incredible
portraits and other pieces.
registrations
are brisk for the
more
tomorrow - lyn and chan are
about to leave to pick david
s. up at
the
airport. we're expecting
lively bidding for some great
pieces at
the
charity auction later.
bye
for now -
Greetings
from
It
is Monday morning after the con and I am right now "sleeping in"..
NOT.
This
year's convention was quite different than the cons past. We had
some
new options in "who wants to be a Beastiare"
The Celeb's really
got
into it.
We
had a sculpting panel: everyone made a playdough
Vincent. Most
everyone
is trying to figure out how to get their's
home.
One
thing I liked was that during the Q&A and some other events, the
wall
was removed between the dealer/artroom
and no one
missed
anything...
they could continue to work/chat, etc and still be
included.
I liked the big room feel anyway. [made
my gopher job
easier]
Helpers
from bbtv were
everywhere this year putting things
together and
making
things a little easier for Lyn and everyone "officially' working
the
con. What a great underground group we have.
Our
guest dealers were extremely impressed with the con and
it's
"feeling" of family & love. The were full of questions and
roamed
the
art show admiring the quality of our fan materials. We are pretty
sure
we have some converts in appreciation at least. They were a great
addition:
rose art, stained glass, decorated eggs and wonderful
aromatic
soaps.
woops..
I was going to give a long report but just got a call from deb...
i
am missing a
meeting
for NEXT year's con in
ppl: start your convention fund NOW. It's gonna be another great one!
Sandy
Chandler