DC
CONVENTION REPORT
Well we’re back!
Wow what an experience………three days in a dream like state…..It was
absolutely awesome! We are going to walk you through this con report day by
day and hope it’s not to long, but there was so much to see and do! This was
our first convention and for sure, not our last!
Friday
- August 3, 2001
On
Thursday August 2 after a nine-hour train ride we finally arrived in Virginia.
where we met up with our fellow Voyager fan, Coffeegirl.
Late into the night we talked about the people we would meet and the
autographs we would get. Aaaaaaaah and plans were made to travel to DC on Friday.
“On
the road again” and we arrived at the Convention hotel around 3:00 PM Friday
afternoon and things were in full swing already! We registered, dropped off our luggage and we were on the go
from that moment on! Well here is our con report and we hope you all enjoy
it…
We went into the
dealers room and what an awesome sight! Star
Trek everywhere. We shopped and shopped till we dropped (that night). We ate
in the revolving restaurant /bar which was on top of the hotel! (As if we
weren’t dizzy enough with all the excitement) What a breath taking view of
beautiful downtown DC…Anyway we ate and went back downstairs to shop some
more……everything shut down at 10:00 PM and we headed back to our room to
chill out. Four TV channels
and guess what was on one of them?
YES
YES YES VOYAGER
what a great way to end day one.
Saturday –
August 4, 2001
Up and ready to go.
It is now 7:00AM can’t sleep anymore…..
So we head for
Breakfast in the hotel restaurant. Nothing
eventful except the bill (save your dollars.)
Where are the replicators when you need them!!!!!
Headed to the
convention floor and our seats, five rows from the front (Up close and
personal).
All stars were on
stage and signed autographs throughout the convention.
We will mention as many as we remember.
Especially those we talked to and photographed.
Star Trek
(Original Series):
Guest stars such as
Celeste Yarnell – Judson Scott (Wrath of Khan) –
Xena –
Xena’s arch enemy - Clair Stansfield, who was absolutely AWESOME, strikingly beautiful, very funny, extremely fan friendly and
down to earth. She graciously
allowed us to be photographed with her (like almost a whole roll) and was very
easy to talk with.
Voyager Stunt
Team:
Leslie Hoffman
Roxann Dawson’s stunt double.
Brian Williams
Played a Klingon
Tom Morga
Played a Borg on Voyager
We reluctantly took
a snack break (STARVING)
When we returned to
the convention floor Walter Koenig (Chekov) from the original Star Trek was on
stage answering fan questions. Saarak
asked Walter “During Star Trek
IV, in the scene with the policeman, were any of the people on the street non-
Star Trek extras?” He said, “ The
lady who said the nuclear vessels were in Alameda, was not part of the show,
but Leonard Nimoy the director left it in because he liked it so much.”
HIGHLIGHT OF
OUR DAY
**********JERI RYAN**********
How many ways can
you describe Jeri Ryan? Let us try.
As Jeri stepped
onto the stage a standing ovation -
ear shattering applause – shouts of “We love you Jeri”, resonated
throughout the convention room for many many nanoseconds.
Now the room hushed
and you could hear a pin drop as everyone waited with bated breath to hear
Jeri’s first words.
“Who has
questions?”
All hands flew up
in the air.
One of the many
questions asked of Jeri was
Fan: “Can you
describe what difficulties you encountered joining the cast in the 4th
season?
Jeri: It was very
hard because the publicity revolving around the character 7 of 9 was intense
and it caused friction among long-term cast members. Jeri felt that she could
not turn down any publicity for her character, which in turn would help the
show and the existing cast members.
7 IN 1: “First I
would like to say that I absolutely admire you and I equate you with the late
Jack Lemmon who had an incredible ability to do both comedy and dramatic roles
extremely well.”
Jeri thanked 7 for
the flattering comment and said it was nice of me to say that.
“Next, I would
like to ask you what was your favorite episode on Voyager?”
Jeri said there
were so many episodes that she liked and the audience started calling out
their favorites and Jeri laughed and was amazed that the audience (especially
7 IN 1) knew the titles of the episodes.
Saarak:
“I heard before that you and some of the other cast members had a lot
of fun on the set and I wanted to know what cast member was the most fun.”
Jeri said that the
boys made her laugh especially Ethan and she got to the point that she
couldn’t look at them directly and say her lines without cracking up. She
said in a loving way that they were all a bunch of psychopaths!!
Jeri did fan
friendly gestures such as, letting people come up to the stage to give her
flowers, gifts and hugs (wish we had one, but not this time) and shared a lot
of time with the audience. Jeri
also said that she thought the audience was friendly and polite and showed a
lot of enthusiasm. We think she
stayed longer than expected because she was having a good time with all.
Jeri Ryan’s natural beauty really comes through the minute she walks
on stage.
Meeting Jeri Ryan,
seeing her in person and getting her autograph was truly AWESOME!
Now
on to the “Dinner with the Stars”
All dressed up and
somewhere to go!!!
Our convention room
now became the dinner theatre where we ate a marvelous dinner, mingled with
the stars in a photo session that will not be forgotten for a long time.
(All the time
waiting for “The Fab Four” to arrive on stage)
Personal pictures were taken with following stars:
Babylon 5’s
best looking captain: Tracy
Scoggins
Beautiful,
friendly and always with a smile. Tracy was
accompanied by her Mom which we thought was really sweet.
Judson Scott
Claire Stansfield
Celeste Yarnell
Leslie Hoffman
Brian Williams
Tom Morga
ENTER “FAB
FOUR” FOR THEIR THEATRE PERFORMANCE
Roxann Dawson,
Robert Picardo, Ethan Phillips and last but not least Robbie McNeill.
Several comedy
skits were performed by the group, Robbie couldn’t contain his laughter.
All were stellar in
their performances and we all had a good time.
It all came to an end too soon and Saarak and I headed off to the hotel
lounge where we were later met up with Coffeegirl.
We were sitting in the lounge and who comes through the door but “The
Fab Four” wooooohooooo. Psyched
- Star Struck – We’re ten feet away from our Idols!!!!
Of course being
cool - we sipped our drinks and
stared and stared and stared from a distance.
(respecting their space and time).
Saarak while at the
bar getting a drink Robert Picardo bumped into her with his elbow.
OH – SO COOL – Hasn’t washed her arm yet!!!
Well the remainder
of the night we ^^&*(*&%$$*&*
and YI&OU_(*_(_($&%(*^%$@#$$(and then
88\*^*%$###&(@+_#))#(@#&.
Finally we left the
lounge about 1:00 AM with the NOT BLIND LEADING THE BLIND AND THE BLIND.
Need we say more???
BOOK
DEBUT & SIGNING
Sunday –
August 5, 2001
7 IN I
- up and ready to go. The
Blind were still unconscious.
Breakfast for 7 IN
1 and then on to capture first place in line for the purchase and signing of
Roxann Dawson’s and Daniel Graham’s second book in the Tenebrea trilogy
“Tenebrea’s Hope” After reading the first few pages of the new
book we had goose bumps up and down our arms.
Looks like another winner …………
While waiting for
Roxann Dawson, 7 IN 1 carried on an extensive conversation with Daniel Graham
who 7 found to be very warm and friendly.
**********HIGHLIGHT
OF THE DAY**********
MEETING
THE BEAUTIFUL AND CHARMING ROXANN DAWSON
1st book for 7 IN 1
“woooooooooohoooooooo”
2nd book
for Saarak “woooooooooohoooooooo”
****Needless to say
we bought more than one copy****
Meeting Roxann
Dawson close up and personal was a real thrill.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!
We took many photos
of Roxann and Daniel signing the books for excited fans.
NOTE:
Roxann said, “The second
book is better and the third book is even better”.
AUTOGRAPHS /
FAB FOUR ON STAGE
Row by row we filed
up for autographs (we were in row 5)
Ethan Phillips –
Roxann Dawson – Robert Picardo – Robbie McNeill
Saarak shook
Roxann’s hand and said “Thank
you for seven years of Voyager”
Roxann said “Oh
thank you very much”.
Saarak asked Robbie
if she could shake his hand and he said “Oh certainly” then Saarak
proceeded to embarrass him further (he turned red) when she told him he was
even cuter in person.
7 IN 1 spoke to
Ethan Philips about how great he looked since he lost 20 lbs.
He was very gracious and said thank you.
Another stage event
by “The Fab Four” was a question and answer period where there was a lot
of laughter, jokes and cutting up on each other, which we found very
entertaining. This segment was cut short to ensure ALL fans received an
autograph.
Some newsworthy info:
Roxann Dawson will
be directing episode seven of Enterprise and Robbie McNeill will be directing
episode 11.
For Robbie fans - ROBBIE HAS A
NEW HAIRDO \\ California Surfer
Boy Look //
If you can believe
it – he’s even cuter with the new do!
The History Channel
was filming the convention for a Sci-Fi special to be aired in
December/January time frame.
Special Note
from 7 IN 1:
Contrary to some of
the negative comments made regarding Roxann Dawson I offer the following:
I found Roxann
Dawson to be extremely fan friendly, sensitive to our needs as fans and made
every effort to fulfill our expectations.
She was a sheer pleasure to meet.
7 IN 1, Saarak/nsr
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