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Yet another Azkatraz post
I keep coming up with more people I met at the con. Like Leela_cat! And Bryoney. And Roslyn. And Ted and Nabil and Kim, somewhat tangentially to the con. And there's no way I'm going to get through these wrap up posts without having left someone out. A big hi to Gwendolyn Grace and Heidi, too, who worked their tails off at the convention and I think can be quite proud of the result. Which isn't to say there were not snafus. There were, which often had to do with communication between concom and attendees. But overall it was quite an undertaking.
I had to choose between going to the panel on Cross-Gen and the panel on Queers in the HP Universe. In the end my inner Draco made me go to the Cross Gen one because he's anxious that I haven't written any Snaco in so long. (Draco, I said, I haven't written any fanfic at all in a while because of original fic deadlines... He just sniffed and said he didn't care.) Cross Gen panel was really great. All the panelists were funny and smart and the audience really got into the topic (as you'd expect...)
And I got arrested! Two Aurors came and got me from the Craft Faire at the end. One of my roomies had put out a warrant for my using inappropriate charms on a teakettle. After I bailed myself out by writing a drabble, I put out a warrant for her arrest, too, as well as Mijan. The "Jail And Bail" scheme was all a charity fundraiser. The con's designated charities were the Harry Potter Alliance (which I won a T-shirt in the movie line for knowing) and Amnesty International. It was fortuitous I was jailed, actually, because at the jail they had bread and water! So I had a roll to keep me going. (It's because of things like this I didn't really eat an actual meal most days. And I ate way too many Tim Tams and Violet Crumbles at the HD meetup!)
I missed the fashion show while getting dressed for the ball, but the ball itself was great. The DJ was a real mix master, and he managed to mix together a very diverse list of styles of music and eras and yet keep the dance floor packed. The ballroom was too small and the dance floor also too small, for a group like ours. Nothing could really beat the Terminus ball where it was in a huge 1920s style ballroom with high frescoes ceiling, surrounded by balconies, and literally a thousand people could be dancing at once (and were). The Parc 55 is a modern building and just not made for that kind of grand party. But we had a lot of fun anyway. Lots of people made costumes. Justin (another one I haven't mentioned yet!) wore Snape ropes with prison stripes! Perfect!
Got to go now, off to lunch and then museum!
I keep coming up with more people I met at the con. Like Leela_cat! And Bryoney. And Roslyn. And Ted and Nabil and Kim, somewhat tangentially to the con. And there's no way I'm going to get through these wrap up posts without having left someone out. A big hi to Gwendolyn Grace and Heidi, too, who worked their tails off at the convention and I think can be quite proud of the result. Which isn't to say there were not snafus. There were, which often had to do with communication between concom and attendees. But overall it was quite an undertaking.
I had to choose between going to the panel on Cross-Gen and the panel on Queers in the HP Universe. In the end my inner Draco made me go to the Cross Gen one because he's anxious that I haven't written any Snaco in so long. (Draco, I said, I haven't written any fanfic at all in a while because of original fic deadlines... He just sniffed and said he didn't care.) Cross Gen panel was really great. All the panelists were funny and smart and the audience really got into the topic (as you'd expect...)
And I got arrested! Two Aurors came and got me from the Craft Faire at the end. One of my roomies had put out a warrant for my using inappropriate charms on a teakettle. After I bailed myself out by writing a drabble, I put out a warrant for her arrest, too, as well as Mijan. The "Jail And Bail" scheme was all a charity fundraiser. The con's designated charities were the Harry Potter Alliance (which I won a T-shirt in the movie line for knowing) and Amnesty International. It was fortuitous I was jailed, actually, because at the jail they had bread and water! So I had a roll to keep me going. (It's because of things like this I didn't really eat an actual meal most days. And I ate way too many Tim Tams and Violet Crumbles at the HD meetup!)
I missed the fashion show while getting dressed for the ball, but the ball itself was great. The DJ was a real mix master, and he managed to mix together a very diverse list of styles of music and eras and yet keep the dance floor packed. The ballroom was too small and the dance floor also too small, for a group like ours. Nothing could really beat the Terminus ball where it was in a huge 1920s style ballroom with high frescoes ceiling, surrounded by balconies, and literally a thousand people could be dancing at once (and were). The Parc 55 is a modern building and just not made for that kind of grand party. But we had a lot of fun anyway. Lots of people made costumes. Justin (another one I haven't mentioned yet!) wore Snape ropes with prison stripes! Perfect!
Got to go now, off to lunch and then museum!