MAKIN' BAYCON ISSUE 7:
MONDAY MORNING

Buy Your BayCon '96 Memberships Now

Registration announced Sunday that memberships for next year's BayCon are now available at registration. Memberships are currently only $25 each. Why not stop by and get that low membership number you've always wanted? Remember that registration closes at 1 pm on Monday.

Dead Dog Party Tonight

It was announced that the DJ from the Masquerade Ball will make an encore performance at the Dead Dog Party tonight (a sure sign of a hit). This year's Dead Dog Party was tentatively announced for the Fir/Oak room, but the location is subject to last-minute change. However, the Dead Dog Party will not begin until the Con Chairman (AKA "Great Ghod', according to Mommy Mouse) says it can. This means that the party will only begin after the cleanup of the convention site is complete. One way to speed the op ening of the Dead Dog Party is to volunteer to help with move-out. We can certainly use lots of help cleaning up and packing the con away for another year. Sitting around complaining about the Dead Dog Party not yet being open will not make it open faster, but helping with the move-out will.

Art Auction Today

The powerhouse tag team auction duo of Dan Lopez and Michael Siladi will be at it again during the Art Show Auction, held upstairs in the Fir/Oak Room at 2pm on Monday. If you missed these guys in action at the Charity auction, don't miss them this time as the world's greatest auctioneering team rolls into high gear!

BayCon T-shirts

Drop by the BayCon Information Table Monday and sign up to receive information on how to get a BayCon '95 T-shirt. Fill out your name and address and you will get a chance to buy the lovely 4-color BayCon T-shirt of your dreams! BayCon's artist GoH will be doing the artwork, so you just know it'll be special!

Attention Gophers: Don't Leave Early!

Gophers WILL be needed to help in tear-down and loading out of the convention site on Monday. This is a great way to get those last few hours, folks! Check in with Nino in the Gopher Hole around noon.

Sunday Night Party Reviews

By the Secret Mistress of Parties

  • Con Suite - The Silicon Valley in '97 Westercon Bid Party, offered soda, chips, cookies, veggies, dip, Mr. Freeze popsicles (including the ever-popular blue flavor) and more of those killer chocolate brownies. "I'm upset they won't go along with my idea and call it Great AmeriCon," stated Mike Mormon, who - noting he was being quoted - quickly added, "Lust often leads to friendship."
  • Room 211 - The Coenobium Party - "We started on time!" party hostess Nytshaed enthused. Blue tower candles gave the room a festive air and they had a cute banner hung over the balcony. This party offered balcony-BBQ'd bison marinated in home-brewed mead (& trust me, bison can make beef taste bland. I wouldn't buffalo you.) Also on hand were bread, biscuits, and later strawberries were taken out and executed by being smothered in chocolate. "So how do I put my laser printer on stun?" we heard one man ask.
  • Room 247 - The Ladyhawke Party, Part 2, the quest for left-over relief. The mysterious but lonely water jug was still in evidence as the party began and showed no signs of wanting to leave. "The a pop-a-corn-lypse is upon us. Please eat something," urged Sally Smith. Hostess Terry-Terry said, "We were really packed until 323 started giving away ice cream, then they despoiled the salsa and chips and fled. It gave us room to breathe."
  • Room 255 - Doom Party. Worshippers of the violent ghod of phosphor action gathered around glowing screens and pushed buttons for hours to appease this angry spirit.
  • Room 261 - FCC Party: was not available for review when we went to press since it was not insanely late enough for them yet.
  • Room 323 - "It's make your own sundae Sunday at the San Diego in 1998 Westercon Bid Party," said party host Ron Ontell. Soda, Leslie rock salt, muffins, M&Ms, pretzels (& various syrups for the mostly chocolate chip ice cream that was served at 10 pm) was offered to the hungry hordes who mobbed the room. In addition, brochures taped to the walls showing San Diego's famed charms were there as an incentive to pre-support. Ex-Worldcon Chair (and glad of it) Dave Clark showed up and dragged in mor e goodies for the party (candy, cookies, chips) as the party got underway. Yes, there was a short B.A.S.F.A. meeting at one point. "You'd better eat all of this ice cream," said Val Ontell, party hostess. "Otherwise it becomes liquid assets, right?" quickly quipped someone else. It was commented that San Diego should be commended for having rid themselves of an ex-Mayor by making him governor, thus performing the Pete Principle on Gov. Wilson.
  • Rooms 350-352 - The Artist/Furry Party. More Yarf! artwork, gobs of bunny art and various other efforts were on display in one room, as conversations swirled and a group of gamers retold the glory days of past campaigns. While in the other room bowls of M&Ms, kibbles and bits, chips and soda were munched on while a throng of folk watched animated entertainments.

    Bits and Pieces

  • The newsletter editor's only complaint about the newsletter staff: "They're so good, there's no room for me to complement them in the newsletter!"
  • Charlie Prael commented, "Ook, ook."
  • "I committed snoods," admitted Nancy Cobb, holding up a trio of dead snoods in the Art Show Room. Much later and far away, the quotable Nancy added, "We committed loud shirts, too."
  • "Eep is a professional term," Wilma Meier observed sagely.
  • "The power of suggestion is a wonderful thing," said Tig, resident BayCon, award-winning Succubus. "And sex is another word for love." Then her friend Tari added, "And love hurts."
  • "Any sufficiently complex card game is indistinguishable from Magic," noted Mauser today.
  • "I'm taking the "P' out of pizza and giving it to you," said Angela of Hospitality as she dished up hot pie for the hungry this evening.
  • In the Internet Cafe, the best URL of the day was the series of pictures in the Web on the Burning Strawberry Poptart Blow-torched Home Page.
  • Michael Wallis ran home with the news that his team beat the other guys 13-12 in softball at Ed Levin County Park. Michael's stats were: 2 at bats, 2 hits, 2 runs, 1 RBI. "Not bad for someone who hasn't played baseball in 20 years."
  • Dave Clark mentioned that his favorite overheard comment was, "I'm not wearing the frog any more."
  • James Penrose to Kevin Standlee (who was simply smashing in a skirt and sweater combo Sunday night): "On you, cashmere is not mere, although it might take cash."
  • Michael Siladi helped announce that: "Angie Jones is pleased to say that after many years she has allowed James Penrose to finally capture her." (Michael then whispered, "Jim then said "Huh?'") The couple are engaged as of late April. "Right after taxes," Jim said romantically. No date has yet been set for the happy couple. "We're working out logistics," Angie said.
  • Th-th-that's all for this year, folks!

    Art Show Results Delayed

    The Art Show staff has announced that "Sorry, we're still counting the thousands of ballots." The Art Show awards balloting results should be posted outside of the Art Show sometime today.

    Program Changes

  • New Event: Bear Burge and Max Cervates of Prop'er Effects will present "A Photographic Look at Props' from various TV shows including Babylon 5 and Star Trek: TNG, 10:00 am Monday in the Fir/Oak room. See how they do it! There will be a question and answer session following the photo show.
  • Rescheduled from Sunday: The Free Video Screening will feature "The Tempest', an original science fiction comedy, among other videos, 12:30 pm Monday in the San Jose Room. Come see the actors and producers before they sell out to the networks!

    Makin' BayCon was the newsletter of BayCon '95. Number 7, Monday Morning, May 29, 1995. ©1995 by Artistic Solutions, Inc. on behalf of the contributors, with all rights reverting upon publication. Guest Editrix: Kayla Allen. Assistant Editor & Ace Field Reporter: Barbara Johnson-Haddad. Production Manager: Trey Haddad. Chief Techie: Rick Hallock. Artist In Residence: Erlinda Hallock. Fannish Minister: Brin-Marie McLaughlin. Uncredited articles probably were written by the Editor and/or staff or found on our doorstep along with the water jug. Views expressed are not necessarily those of the BayCon '95 Committee, Artistic Solutions, Inc., or anybody but the person who expressed them. Submission Drop Boxes were located at the Info Desk (Main Lobby) and in the Con Office (Board Room), but they aren't there anymore, so don't bother. The Newsletter Office is in room 641 (but not for much longer).

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