With
less than a week to go until Dragon Con my biggest problem is this:
Tea Dueling or Elf Choir? The Warehouse 13 cast or Karen Gillan?
Doctor Who New Series Review or Star Trek Fan Films? That’s right -
the Dragon Con app has updated, most of the fan tracks have posted
tentative schedules and I’m already anxious, excited, heartbroken
and tearing my hair out.
Here’s
what I’m most excited about for Dragon Con 2015:
Elf
Choir (Friday evening)
– Every year the Tolkien Tracks hosts the Elf Choir, an hour long
session in which the audience is divided into the basic voice groups
(alto, soprano, tenor and bass) and learn some of the Elvish songs
composed for Peter Jackson’s Middle Earth saga. It combines two of
my loves: singing and fictional languages.
Tea
Dueling (Saturday afternoon)
- Tea dueling may sound like a head-scratcher but for someone
obsessed with tea, Victoriana or British culture it’s the most
awesome thing ever. Two duelers sit across from each other at a small
table with a small cuppa (that’s cup of tea for the non-Brit). Each
holds a biscuit (cookie) between two fingers. They dip the biscuit
into their tea, hold it back up and see who can hold out the longest
before achieving a nom. What’s that? A clean nom means you get the
biscuit into your mouth before it crumbles. The whole event gets
quite rowdy.
Truly
Outrageous: Women of Science Fiction (Saturday afternoon)
– The name says it all. This is a panel I’ve wanted to go to for
years but it has always been beaten out on my schedule by something
else. This year I’m going!
American
Ninja Warrior (Saturday evening)
– Yes! Even this is at Dragon Con. I get excited about going to
panels that I know my family and friends would enjoy so I can take
back pictures, video, etc. I have three young neighbors who are
obsessed with this show. If I could bring them back some special
pictures they’d be over the moon.
Earth
Station Who Live (Sunday morning)
– I’ve been a fan of the Earth Station One podcasting network
since I attended a Doctor Who panel some of the hosts moderated at
Dragon Con a few years ago. This year they’re tackling the question
“Is the Doctor a good man?” I love the hosts. I love the
discussion. I’m totally there.
Melinda
Snodgrass (Sunday morning)
– Melinda Snodgrass wrote the screenplay for the iconic Star
Trek: The Next Generation
second season episode “Measure of a Man.” I love listening to
authors describe their work – especially for one of my favorite TV
shows.
Warehouse
13 Cast Panels (at least once every day)
– Because Eddie McClintock is the man. He loves Dragon Con. He
loves the fans. It wouldn’t be Dragon Con without going to one of
his panels.
Obviously
there’s a lot more that I’m looking forward to. I also plan to
check out the Live Astronomy in the Space Track, go to some author
signings, pick up whatever sessions I can about the upcoming Star
Wars movies, hit the rooms in the basement of the Hyatt where they
play genre movies throughout the weekend and take whatever time I can
to check out costumes in the Marriot. Maybe I’ll see you there!
Cheers!
Elizabeth
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