'The New Serenity Convention, Thistle Heathrow Thread' maybe?
POSTED BY: PsychicRiver
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 4, 2005 10:33
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Very happy to see Opium in Edinburgh getting a name check up further back up there :) It has a tiny little dance floor where me and my Wash used to dance embarrassingly energetically to Amphetameanies songs. It's also free to get in. And maybe a little like the Bronze, but with more alcohol and more goths. And it's Napier Uni, not college, firefloozysuzy, they spent tons of money rebranding... :)
I'd be interested in seeing the Hitchhiker's guide... I haven't actually looked here for a wee bit, and it only just occurred to me how soon this is all happening. It is my first ever convention, and I know exactly one person (though I have seen some of you at the test screening, but I was suffering from a very severe flu at the time, and had lost my voice and some of my recollections of those whole few days are a bit hazy...) so it would be cool to meet some people who at least I have seen writing here.
Also, I have a question: if you're not going in full costume to the evening dos, are most people just generally smart or what? I have a paranoia about dress codes since a recent event which I was told 'was quite casual', and when I showed up there were men in kilts and in tartan breeches and girls in evening dress - with gloves!
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Originally posted by iamzoe:
Also, I have a question: if you're not going in full costume to the evening dos, are most people just generally smart or what? I have a paranoia about dress codes since a recent event which I was told 'was quite casual', and when I showed up there were men in kilts and in tartan breeches and girls in evening dress - with gloves!
But won`t Nathan be there wearing a kilt?
- I`ll be in costume for most of Saturday, although I aint got a Jedi costume - Yoda may come with me though, and friday night could see me in a cowboy drifter outfitI don`t think there is any dress-code - certainly nothing`s been mentioned apart from fancydress optional - of course somepeoples ideas of normal could be fancy dress to others
Looking forward to seeing many people
Darin (Zol.)
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Well, well! So the Opium place is real and Jodie's not pulling my leg. You say it's Goth? Hmm, I guess that explains why when I asked what to wear, she answered, "Oh, it's a rock club. Mostly, people wear black." LOL.
Sorry about calling Napier a college. My university (I've been taking master classes in education) actually changed up from a college in the middle of my degree program and did THAT make a mess with our planning, schedules, student services-- everything! Hope nobody you know had a similar experience.
Oh, speaking of Napier students: Mine called today and told me she's seeing adverts that Hitchhiker's opens on THURSDAY, so we can see it with her before going on to Serenity-land. Kool! I wonder if she'll have trouble getting tix; she said something about buying in advance.
Oh and don't worry about dressing for the discos.
When have you ever known sci-fiction fans to be all priggish about dress code? Phhhht. Never will happen.
Leaving on Sunday for Heathrow! Oh I can't bear the excitement
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I can put your minds at ease and assure you that there is no dress code for evening parties at the event. I never wear fancy dress and just wear what I am comfortable in like cargo pants and t shirts. I have however seen plenty of Stafury reglars for whom casual and comfortable might include a chain mail bikini!
You are free to roam around as you please and to dress as you please. Nobody will mind. Just don't be shocked by any of the "casual wear" you might come across.
I have been to loads of Starfury events and they haven't changed the rules in the time I have been going. Its about having a weekend when you can be whoever you want to be around a couple of people you might recognise off of the telly!
Andy
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Thanks very much for the reassurance about clothes... I am such a girl. I bet Zoe would wear whatever she wanted and look great...
I think I'm really looking forward to this now - something of a delayed reaction it's been. Got my train tickets down to Englandia now and everything.
Plus, Nathan in a kilt? Yes, please.
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I think I'm really looking forward to this now - something of a delayed reaction it's been.
Hoorah! Better late than never Iamzoe, this is going to be fun.
Anybody else need perking up?
Everyone on this thread seems super-adept at mindcontrol except me anyway, my brain appears to have been eaten by unconvincing looking monsters- I don't suppose anyone can send me a new one?
I really should get me a signature
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Come now, if we were all good at mind control, who would we have to bend to our will?
As a slight side note, anyone going to the marathon Star Wars screening on May 16th? All 6 films in London's Leicester Square, with brand new presentations of them all and a chance to see Episode III while the official Premiere is still ongoing across the street.
Tickets go on sale on Monday, costing £50 each (hey, tickets for any film in Leicester Square costs at least £11 for an adult). Bit silly that they're showing them in the wrong order (IV, V, VI, I, II then III) but there you go, what can you do.
Full details here:
http://www.theforce.net/episode3/story/UK_Star_Wars_Cinema_Marathon_on
_May_16th_91415.asp
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Don`t know about the Starwars thing, to be honest I would probably fall asleep (it happens when you watch a film so many times, it`s to do with total relaxation) also, it would mean coming to london for 2 days (too close to after the Sreenity Con)
Hope everything is set for `Serenity` now, just starting to think about packing some essential stuff now, so that I don`t have to worry about it later.
Darin (Zol.)
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So guys, do we have a time/place to meet up on the Friday, or not? Cause if we don't, we should get organising! There's only a week left
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Why not make some big boards that say:
Firefly Fans Net
The OB
Serenity Message Boards
Then when an air horn sounds everyone has to run to their board of choice? Is it just me or am I channeling the spirit of Mike Reid's Runaround?
Andy
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