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The short version of the con report (as I've got serious work commitments today - which is why I couldn't stay on for the 'dead hedgehog' party)).
A month or two before the con, they contacted me and said "How would you like to be a guild deputy?"
I thought about it for all of three seconds and said "Sure, why not?" (And when they gave me a choice, I opted for "Explorers, Wandering Teachers and Librarians")
About a month before the con, they contacted me and said "We're looking for someone appearing in the Maskerade who's willing to be filmed pre-con by a TV crew doing a documentary on Pratchett and Alzheimers"
I thought about it for about ten seconds, and said "Sure, why not?" and then "Oops, guess I'd better work on a suitable Maskerade entry" (So I started rehersing a new poi routine)
About a week before the con, they contacted me and said "The people running the dragon racing simply aren't going to be able to manage it, could you possibly take it on for us?"
So I thought about it for long enough to send a few emails to find out just what the dragon racing actually was, and said "Sure, why not?" and started working on a few ideas to add to the entertainment of the event.
How did it all go?
The members of the Guild were wonderful people, came up with lots of great ideas, entertained many people, entered/won competitions, manned a very popular book-crossing table that re-homed several boxes full of books, worked many hours as volunteers and propelled us to a very respectable second place in the Guild competition.
The TV man was great, filmed both pre-and at con, and I dare say (following the normal rule of these things) that I'll appear for a few seconds somewhere in the final version.
The poi routine (after many disasters and accidents learning it and loads of practice sessions in odd moments at the convention as I adapted the routine after leaving my original set of poi on a train...) came out fantastically well and without a single hitch on stage (and loads of people were lovely enough to say how much they'd enjoyed it).
The dragon races went really well. The extra entertainment that I'd asked the Guilds for meant that the gaps between races had everything from Klatchian dancing to a spirited performance of the Dwarf national anthem. (The words are "Gold, gold, gold, gold")
The (pre-arranged with the people who came up with the ideas) 'cheating' included everything from a pair of blue-skinned Nac Mac Feegle picking up a dragon and carrying him down the track at great speed, to the witches dosing a dragon with scumble and using a MacGonnagle to bewitch another with a sad ballad, to the assassins killing all the riders in the last race (apart from the one they'd bet on). (I gave guild points to all the victims who sporting died in suitably dramatic poses).
It was fun - and loads of people were lovely enough to say afterwards how much they enjoyed it.
The rest of the con was good too - I even saw some parts of it!
So I went up to as many of the committee as I could find afterwards, and told them how much I'd enjoyed it.
The Birmingham Metropole works as a con hotel (a few glitches, but more than overweighted by the plus factors) and those who went on the Explorer's Guild bat walk will tell you that there are three species of bats within spitting distance of the hotel!
A month or two before the con, they contacted me and said "How would you like to be a guild deputy?"
I thought about it for all of three seconds and said "Sure, why not?" (And when they gave me a choice, I opted for "Explorers, Wandering Teachers and Librarians")
About a month before the con, they contacted me and said "We're looking for someone appearing in the Maskerade who's willing to be filmed pre-con by a TV crew doing a documentary on Pratchett and Alzheimers"
I thought about it for about ten seconds, and said "Sure, why not?" and then "Oops, guess I'd better work on a suitable Maskerade entry" (So I started rehersing a new poi routine)
About a week before the con, they contacted me and said "The people running the dragon racing simply aren't going to be able to manage it, could you possibly take it on for us?"
So I thought about it for long enough to send a few emails to find out just what the dragon racing actually was, and said "Sure, why not?" and started working on a few ideas to add to the entertainment of the event.
How did it all go?
The members of the Guild were wonderful people, came up with lots of great ideas, entertained many people, entered/won competitions, manned a very popular book-crossing table that re-homed several boxes full of books, worked many hours as volunteers and propelled us to a very respectable second place in the Guild competition.
The TV man was great, filmed both pre-and at con, and I dare say (following the normal rule of these things) that I'll appear for a few seconds somewhere in the final version.
The poi routine (after many disasters and accidents learning it and loads of practice sessions in odd moments at the convention as I adapted the routine after leaving my original set of poi on a train...) came out fantastically well and without a single hitch on stage (and loads of people were lovely enough to say how much they'd enjoyed it).
The dragon races went really well. The extra entertainment that I'd asked the Guilds for meant that the gaps between races had everything from Klatchian dancing to a spirited performance of the Dwarf national anthem. (The words are "Gold, gold, gold, gold")
The (pre-arranged with the people who came up with the ideas) 'cheating' included everything from a pair of blue-skinned Nac Mac Feegle picking up a dragon and carrying him down the track at great speed, to the witches dosing a dragon with scumble and using a MacGonnagle to bewitch another with a sad ballad, to the assassins killing all the riders in the last race (apart from the one they'd bet on). (I gave guild points to all the victims who sporting died in suitably dramatic poses).
It was fun - and loads of people were lovely enough to say afterwards how much they enjoyed it.
The rest of the con was good too - I even saw some parts of it!
So I went up to as many of the committee as I could find afterwards, and told them how much I'd enjoyed it.
The Birmingham Metropole works as a con hotel (a few glitches, but more than overweighted by the plus factors) and those who went on the Explorer's Guild bat walk will tell you that there are three species of bats within spitting distance of the hotel!
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Very comfortable, easy to wear, and got lots of flattering compliments.
I shall definitely wear them again at a convention.
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Glad it worked out... I'm sorry to report that there was no sign of it at Waterloo (though you probably guessed that, from the lack of response).
Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner, glad you had fun!