Tolcon

[primsong]

Just back home from a rather long drive back from Seattle and playing catch-up - I've tried scanning over what everyone has been up to, but can't take the time to reply everywhere (((flist)))...

Tolcon was a teensy con, not even 150 of us, but very well organized and run so it was more of a 'cozy' feel than an irritation to have it so small - we were all quite pampered. Peter Lyon from Weta was there to show us slides of the swords he had made and to tell some great stories, and Kiran Shah was a hoot! Kiran has quite a few good tales too tell and has done so many things over the years, plus he's just a real sweetheart. He was only able to tell us a very little about his work on Narnia, but had lots of other stuff to say. We enjoyed him so much, and he seemed to really like it too - he,Peter & Ted Nasmith just hung out with all of us for three days and said if they were invited back they would definitely want to come. :-)

Won a couple gollums in the "Stump Gandalf" event, displayed my artwork for the first time and got to have Ted Nasmith judge it... Ted, btw, is a *fabulous* singer! I had no idea he could play and sing so beautifully - I liked that even better than his artwork. All of us were asking him when he would record a cd so we could buy it.

Also had the Dork of the Rings there, part of the cast and the crew came out from Indiana for the con and showed us their 'making of' and trailer. It was quite a fun parody - watch for this one, you'll probably enjoy it. They were a part of the fan-films that were shown, including a new director's cut of Journey to Microdor which was much better than the one they had at ORC.

If any of you want a good friendly con where you can really spend time with the guests of honor, dance until midnight and never have to stand in line for anything, this is the one. :-)

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[primsong.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Wish all of you could have been there too.