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As many of you know (since I saw you there), Mountain-Con III was held about a week ago (September 21-23) at the University Park Marriott in Salt Lake City. Major guests included Garrett Wang, Felix Silla, David Prowse, BarBara Luna, Femi Taylor, Cynthia Cummens, Chase Masterson, and Craig Richard Nelson (returning for his third appearance).
Local guests included Diana Pharaoh Francis, Jake Black, Andrew Dabb (don't recal seeing him there, though), Paul Genesse, Ken Rand, Eric James Stone, Karen Anne Webb, Dan Willis,Tyler Kirkham, and Howard Tayler.
The convention was mostly on the first (lower) floor of the hotel, with the main convention rooms surrounding a central area with club tables and tables for various guests for signing and chatting with fans. All of the guests were very friendly toward the fans, and all but one were very open to fans taking photos of them and with them.
Wang seemed to fit right into the fans, and could likely blend in without such a well known face. Silla enjoyed joking with people as well. Nelson even helped out with making announcements throughout the con.
Mountain-Con had their first Masquerade, which had 14 entries (pretty good for a first time!). Everyone seemed to be having fun, and their were some excellent costumes and acts. Charlie and Steve Harmon reprised their "Mirror, Mirror (Part II)" act, the perennially updated Borg was a favorite, and Dr. Frank-N-Furter even put in a crowd-pleasing (or shocking, perhaps) appearance.
KSL did a story about the con, and they were featured on a segment with Big Buddha on Fox 13.
Looking forward to next year. I'll be posting some pictures later.
Mountain-Con III starts today at the University Park Marriott (480 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City). I'll be posting reports on the con over the weekend. Hope to see you all there!
I just received this from Carl Stark, the chair of Mountain-Con. Please help out the food bank by participating in this.
Please feel free to pass this onto any other mailing lists or message boards.
One of the best things about organized fandom is giving back to the community. It could be the Browncoats organizing a screening for a charity, Toys-for-Tots collections from the Star Wars fans, the Star Trek clubs participating in the Adopt-a-Highway or more. Here at Mountain-Con, we want to continue the charity events at the annual convention. Starting with this year we've adopted a new charity to continue on an annual basis.
In today's (Sunday 8-19-07) Morning Deseret News, there was an article talking about how food supplies at the Utah Food Bank are running low. http://deseretnews.com/article
We are issuing a challenge to each club and fan. Bring in a canned food item and get a discount at the convention. Each club can set up a collection box and the club that brings in the most donations will win a trophy. The trophy will then be brought back the next year for another food drive competition.
As a fan, you can submit your donation to the club that impresses you the most. Different clubs will have booths and room parties at the convention.
Let me know if you have any questions. Looking forward to the convention.
Carl Stark, Convention Chair
Mountain-Con III, September 21-23, 2007
http://www.MountainCon.org
Anime Banzai, Utah's first and only anime convention, is coming up August 31 - September 1, 2007. They currently have three main guests: Artbeat (a Japanese glam rock band), Michael Richard Dobson (a voice actor), and Ichidan (an anime-themed theatre troupe). They'll be at the Salt Lake City Centre Sheraton on 500 South in Salt Lake City.
Mountain-Con III is back with more sci-fi goodness September 21-23, 2007 at the University Park Marriott near the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. They have an emphasis on media-related topics, but also have authors, artists, events, and activities for most genre fans out there. Their current guest list includes actors Garrett Wang, David Prowse, BarBara Luna, Felix Silla, and Femi Taylor, and author Diana Pharaoh Francis.
Support our local fandom and come on out to these events.
