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Demicon 30 Report
May. 6th, 2019 01:44 pmFor the first time in several years this past weekend Erin and I went to Demicon 30 "It's About Time" in Des Moines, Iowa instead of going to the May Day Parade in Minneapolis. We had a wonderful time seeing lots of old friends and enjoying ourselves. The ukulele jam session late Saturday night in the Brass Gears steampunk party was a highlight for us (I managed to get by with three chords, mostly), and Erin got to be a contestant on the traditional Win Lose or Draw panel with other artists in attendance, including Lucy Synk who had come to Demicon from her home in Michigan. There were also musicians from the Twin Cities, Chicago, and Iowa there and Demicon's music track was quite good, more Minneapolis-style music than traditional filk, although I did make a Sunday morning filk session that was a lot of fun too. Lojo Russo even stopped by on Friday for an hour-long show, and even though we'd seen Lojo the week before in Minneapolis we of course saw her again.
Other notables in attendance were Gail Carriger (Author GoH), John Picacio (Artist GoH), and Joe and Gay Haldeman (Timeless GoHs). There was a display of costumes worn over the years on Saturday that brought back some memories of cons past and the TICC After Dark performance on Saturday night was definitely something that once seen could not be unseen. Ahem. You had to be there, or maybe not...
Erin did o.k. in the art show too, selling four pieces along with fifteen prints, so we covered our expenses and then some. I also was able to talk with one of the Des Moines filkers and will later be getting another copy of the club's filk songbook that I lost my own copy of after Minicon this year. I also learned that getting a room on the first floor is much better for getting in and out of the hotel without putting up with slow elevators, and am noting that here as we're likely going to go to Demicon next year too.
Other notables in attendance were Gail Carriger (Author GoH), John Picacio (Artist GoH), and Joe and Gay Haldeman (Timeless GoHs). There was a display of costumes worn over the years on Saturday that brought back some memories of cons past and the TICC After Dark performance on Saturday night was definitely something that once seen could not be unseen. Ahem. You had to be there, or maybe not...
Erin did o.k. in the art show too, selling four pieces along with fifteen prints, so we covered our expenses and then some. I also was able to talk with one of the Des Moines filkers and will later be getting another copy of the club's filk songbook that I lost my own copy of after Minicon this year. I also learned that getting a room on the first floor is much better for getting in and out of the hotel without putting up with slow elevators, and am noting that here as we're likely going to go to Demicon next year too.
