My very belated Lunacon schedule. Only got the final version at the con and am posting it via the lobby wi-fi. And it's mutating even as I type...
Friday Night Ball a.k.a. Steampunk Ball
Friday 8:00-11:00pm
Susan de Guardiola
From Regency to Victorian and everything in between, come join us and dance the night away! Dance mistress Susan de Guardiola will provide instruction. Costumes are encouraged and appreciated, but not required. [This is "Friday Night Ball" on my panel list and "Steampunk Ball" in the program. I am going to do whatever I feel like. So there!]
Book Reviewing
Saturday 6:00-7:00pm
Daniel Grotta, Susan de Guardiola, Meredith Schwartz
How to review books, what makes a good review and what makes a GREAT review. [I personally think the Oxford comma is sacred...]
The Eye of Argon
Saturday night/Sunday 12:00midnight-2:00am
Michael Ventrella, Hildy Silverman, Keith DeCandido, Susan de Guardiola, Ef Deal
The worst science fiction story ever told gets a reading by our brave panel as they compete to go the longest without tripping over a misspelled word or laughing uncontrollably. Audience members are also encouraged to take a chance. Can you keep a straight face, especially when the panel beings acting out the story? [Really, you must come to this panel! After Arisia, Mike and Hildy and I are a practiced comedic team!]
Researching Historical Costumes
Sunday 2:00-3:00pm
Susan de Guardiola, Diane Kovalcin
[We don't need no stinking description! That's good, since they didn't give us one!]
This should be an interesting con. The program was done rather late, and we seem to be improvising as we go. I've just been recruited to judge the masquerade as well. I'm also probably going to crash The Alternate Regency Sunday at noon because the sole panelist is a friend of mine, and am about to be dragged off a 5:00pm Friday panel on Y.A. literature for adults. "About" means right this second...
Dance mistress Susan de Guardiola will provide instruction
Oh, that sounds good.
:-)
I wish you a wonderful time.
Posted by: Serge | March 18, 2011 at 05:12 PM
Things going well at the con?
(I wish Bubonicon were soon instead of the weekend after the worldcon.)
Posted by: Serge | March 19, 2011 at 10:30 AM
Serge: I can't speak for Nancy, but I had fun.
Posted by: Mary Aileen | March 20, 2011 at 04:44 PM
Glad to hear, Mary Aileen... No con-going for me until August, with the worldcon and the local con on consecutive weekends, alas. The closest to a con before then is the wedding of two fans.
Posted by: Serge | March 20, 2011 at 08:16 PM
Me: I can't speak for Susan, either. (Sorry, I think I left my brain at the con. Somwhere on Saturday, probably.)
Posted by: Mary Aileen | March 21, 2011 at 10:25 AM
Ha! I just gave AJ the link to Eye of Argon to read. Let's see what she thinks.
Posted by: Marilee J. Layman | March 28, 2011 at 07:31 PM
Hello everyone! Long time no post!
So yes, because I exist on the fringes of fandom, I had never read Eye of Argon. Never had my husband. We poured some hard cider and decided that we would alternate reading -- whenever the reader laughed, the listener would take over. I got through 48 words on my first try, and he got through 45. It took us over an hour to read the story, due to much laughter, quite a few interruptions to mock the writing, and a couple of trips to dictionary.com to see if those were real words (they weren't). In short, a wonderful way to spend an evening.
Posted by: AJ | April 01, 2011 at 03:40 PM
AJ... I experienced "Eye of Argon" a couple of decades ago and it was indeed... ah... awesome.
Posted by: Serge Broom | April 01, 2011 at 08:46 PM