Masquerade Ball Winners

Best Junior Costumer/Rising Star - Lady Codington's Pinned Fairy (by Brianna Gilligan, novice)

Best Novice/Beginner - Robotech Macross Valkerie Fighter (by Jennifer Harrington, novice)

Best Newcomer/Costumer's Guild - Robotech Macross Valkerie Fighter (by Jennifer Harrington, novice)

Runner Up - Blinky the Plaedean Crustracean and Cyborg (by Eddie Monroe and Tumbleweed, novices)

Best Intermediate/Advanced - Sunbird; Nightingale; Jack in Box (by Robynne Llewelyn, Noah Johnson - both jouneyman; Michelle Anderson - novice)

Runner Up - Lady of the Peacock (by Danae Fesler, journeyman)

Best Workmanship - Centauri Woman (by Laurie Satre, novice)

Best in Show - Snow Mane (by Ed Carter, journeyman)

Pan-Galactic - (fan choice award) - Blinky the Plaedon Crustaceon and Cyborg (by Eddie Monroe and Tumbleweed)
Pictures of three costumed

Saturday Night Party Reviews

203-205 The Internet Cafe featured Ctein's 1st anniversary Online Gallery party. It won the Most Exotic Munchies Award of the night (though the competition between it and the 372 ASB party was fierce). There was smoked salmon, pate', cheddar cheese and even fancier cheeses, cider, crackers, triscuits and baklava. Thinking of all possibilities, there were even handi-wipes for after one consumed the baklava. (Hopefully the handi-wipes were not eaten.) A selection of Ctein's artworks were available for viewing online and they were wonderful.

209 Contact Party was the only party using a screwdriver as part of an art mobile. The party featured anthropologist Jim Funaro; beer, red and white wines, chips, salsa, grapes, raisins, pretzels, M&Ms, olives, carrots and olives.

220 The Genetic Accident Party accidentally forgot to be held.

245 Golden Gate Gaylactic party offered Star Trek on the tube and crackers, M&Ms, chips, chocolate kisses, four types of cookies, peanuts and one of the centerpieces from the Meet the Guests party last night.

Animated GIF of Fur Dance

249 The Yarf! Party had the Fur Dance on the patio outside and excellent artwork inside. "Toy Story" played inside to a rapt audience, while varied pastries, donuts, chips, crackers and Twinkies were the munchies of choice.

256 San Francisco in 2002 Worldcon Bid Party was held under the signs of Haight and Ashbury, just past the hanging beads. There were flowers in the air and the munchies du joir included homemade brownies, M&Ms, crackers, corn chips, tortilla chips, salsa, cookies and soda.

257 Mara's Bar: Klingon Lingerie party was the repeat winner of the Best Decorated Room award! Weapons everywhere, a bevy of banners, candles for atmosphere, incense to add scent to the atmosphere, torches alit on the patio outside and the skins of many an IRS agent strewn on the floor. Young children were scared off as we waited. (They could tell that the hosts WERE Klingons and not just guys in good costumes!). There was an open bar, good air conditioning, soda, more suspicious fluids, gummi bears, chips, M&Ms, gummi worms (they were LOOKING at me, Ray) and great conversation, such as: "Sugar-covered GoGH - it"s not just for breakfast anymore" and "They were passing out Federation condoms at another party - all sized small."

258-260 The Nexxus/Con Suite (with some of the artwork in the room done by artist Frank Lurz) was still filled with music to sail a starship by as Carl Boiteux and Corey Rosen tended bar, offering their own recipes of such favorites as Trixian Jungle Juice, the non-acidic version of the Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster, Alderian brandy, Reisian lemonade, Klingon blood wine of mixed hemotypes, Romulan ale and Aldebran whiskey. Meanwhile, the technicolor cake was sacrificed on the altar of appetite and other yummies were various candies, party mix, pretzels, chips, salsa, goldfish, cookies and red licorice whips.

273 Ladyhawke Party is an annual favorite among fans. This year the water jug has a new incontinent little friend (another water jug, so at least it's dating within its own species this time). Lovely fanzines and CDs were offered for sale and the munchies offered were lots of fresh veggies (radishes, celery, carrots, turnips, broccoli), salsa and chips, cubes of cheeses, potato chips, two types of dip, crackers, party mix, soda and juice boxes.

316 Mythopoetic Party was MIA

317 J.A.G. Redubbed Anime Video party No Coke. Pepsi...with chips. Fan-dubbed Anime on the screen, done for laughs. Some hits. Some misses.

341-343 Starcraft and Justice League Party was packed as they conducted the countdown on the 20th year anniversary of Star Wars. The party hosts are those well-costumed folks running around in the great Star Wars theme costumes this Con. Helmets a-plenty lined the walls and, of course, the Star Wars music was playing on a boom box. Viands offered were chips, dried womp rat, cous-cous, pretzels, various chocolates, carrots, cauliflower, bananas, peanuts, cold milk and really weird colored blender drinks. This party was awarded the Best Theme of the evening prize.

347 The USS Northern Lights Annual Refit Party fed the attendees chips, salsa, party mix, soda and juice boxes. Again they had the best video on any tube, as they showed the anime 'Slayers'. Of course, then they ruined the mood by showing way too much 'Weird TV' rather than showing the B5 bloopers they had promised and thus earn a mixed review.

354 Westercon 50 & Seattle in 2002 Worldcon =Bid Parties - had nice logos. They offered apples, baloney, salami, cheese, chocolate peanut clusters, cheetos, Doritios, M&Ms, carrots, broccoli, crackers and triscuits to put on apple-shaped napkins.

362 The X-Files Party was nothing to worry about, ma'am, pay it no mind. The lighting was varied shades of red, green and blue and classified maps and pictures adorned the walls. Candles, LOUD music and Agents Bynum, Kahwaty and Costa (he of the very touchable silk suit jacket) all added to the atmosphere of distrust. The munchies may have been butter cookies, soda, red licorice, chips, cheezits, M&Ms Ñ but it could have been a mass hallucination. One thing for sure: from their balcony you COULD see a grassy knoll.

367 Philadelphia in 2001 Worldcon Bid party - which will be "The Millennium Philcon" if they win their bid - had big chocolate chip cookies, pretzels, angel food cake, homemade cheesecake, Hershey's kisses, two kinds of grapes, trail mix and crackers. While I was there, the phone rang and someone asked for Martin McClure, who WAS at the party. His first question was, "How did you know I'd be here?" (as others warned that it could be someone from the X-Files party). But the call resolved peacefully.

372 The ASB Party featured pretty floggers, fine wine, lovely rope-work and nice massages. A kiss performed during some violet wand play inspired the response, "That was a kiss with some electricity in it!" The well attended party offered pilaf with pine nuts, brie plus many other cheeses, smoked salmon with roe, apple pie, cantaloupe, a boar's head (decorative) and several other exotic munchies.

Incredulous remark overheard at the Coffee Garden: "You mean Klingons drink orange juice?" Response: "Only from oranges that we hunt down and capture ourselves and then squeeze the life from!"

Important Notices from FLARE...

The back service hallways and service elevators are NOT for use by guests, but are for hotel personnel only.

...And Registration
The ribbons on your badge are part of the badge and must be worn (or at the very least, presented) as a unit with your badge in order to gain admission to Con events.

Sunday Dance Hours Correction

BayCon's Cantina Dance will begin at 9pm in the Cedar/Pine/Oak ballrooms - NOT 8pm as stated in the pocket program guide. Be there or be Bantha fodder!

Dealers' Room Hours

Somehow, we seem to have forgotten to publish the hours for the Dealers' Room anywhere else in the BayCon publications. Hours today and tomorrow are:

Sunday 10am-6pm
Monday 10am-3pm

BayCon T-Shirts Available

Come and get your convention T-shirts from the Art Show. We've got both staff T-shirts (at $6.00+tax) and standard BayCon t-shirts (at $12.00+tax).

Good Deed Thanked

Thank you to the person who returned my necklace to ConOps! It meant so much to me! - Martha ('o' pupwI' DoqwI')

Belly Dancing on Sunday

Last year's session went so well we decided to do it again! Come one and all Middle Eastern dancers to the Thunderbird Foyer above Registration on Sunday from 4pm - 6pm. There will be a gathering to dance, watch dancing, make music, listen to music, etc. Bring your music, zils, costumes, but mainly bring yourselves!

Program Changes

New Panel: 11:15 am, Fir/Oak: What ItÕs Really Like to Work in Hollywood. Special guests from the BabylonÊ5 crew will share their experiences working in Hollywood, particularly on Babylon 5. The Cantina Dance will begin at 9 pm in the Cedar/Pine/Oak ballrooms, not 8 pm as stated in the pocket program. Be there or be Bantha fodder! The Procrastinators' Anonymous BoF has been postponed to Sunday at 12:30 pm in the in the San Benito Room. WeÔre still not sure who will be on it.

Makin' BayCon is the newsletter of BayCon '97. Number 5, Sunday Morning, May 25, 1997. ©1997 by Artistic Solutions, Inc. on behalf of the contributors, with all rights reverting upon publication. Editor: Kevin Standlee. Special Projects Director: Lisa Hayes. Webmeister/Picmeister: Rick Hallock. Ace Field Reporter: Barbara Johnson-Haddad. Artist In Residence: Erlinda Hallock. Would anyone who has noticed the changes in the indicia from issue to issue please tell Lisa Hayes about it? She doesn't think anyone is reading these things! You are reading the credits, aren't you? Uncredited articles probably were written by the Editor or staff, or sprang fully formed from the ether. Views expressed are not necessarily those of the BayCon '97 Committee, Artistic Solutions, Inc., or anybody but the person who expressed them. Submission Drop Boxes are located at the Info Desk (Main Lobby) and in the Con Ops Office (Second Floor). The Newsletter Office is in room 441.