English Browncoats!!??!!
POSTED BY: shw
UPDATED: Sunday, March 13, 2005 20:02
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Originally posted by Obsidian:
Hi,
Which weekend is it? Can't believe I booked completely blind but will be available anytime and anywhere for Serenity but would be good to know!
Cheers
April 29th to May 1st.
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Hello fellow English (sorry, British) browncoats.
I am Frances and from Hull, I know several other Firefly fans here but they are all related to me!
I wanted to go to Fusion but was too broke, can someone tell me more about the convention next April, principly where and how much?
I have never been to a convention, are they worth doing?
Thanks
Frances
I'm standing right here...
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Wren,
I booked on-line at www.thistlehotels.com/main/hotel/heathrowpark/
so I hope they are honouring the booking.
It's £57 a night for standard double or twin room so will work out cheaper if you can get a friend to share.
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Browncoat from Bristol here! Just joined the board. 
I was lucky enough to attend Starfury : Fusion and can report that a fabulous time was had by all. Gotta say, Nathan stole the show EVERY SINGLE DAY! The 'photo sessions' were a great idea - buy a ticket and have your photo taken with the cast member(s) of your choice, eg Nathan, Jewel and Summer together. We bought tickets late for the con and were hence at the back of pretty much every queue, but even so we managed to get every autograph and have every photo taken that we wanted. With that many guests and almost 2,000 attendees, it was quite some feat.
If you're thinking of going to the Firefly con next year but don't know what to expect, do try and make it - Fusion was exceedingly well run and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Starfury. Just waiting for my convention videos..! 
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Frances - you can find more info at http://www.starfury.co.uk/. It's usually best to book a room at the convention's hotel, as you're closer to the action, and if you mention that you will be attending the con, there will often be a reduced rate.
Generally, there is a small dealer room where you can buy photos etc, a restaurant / cafeteria for meals and usually some kind of snack bar. There will be a registration desk where you can pick up your registration pack and ask any questions.
There will be a main hall where you can see the guests' talks, then usually separate rooms for signings and photo sessions, if they do them for this con - but they were so popular, I can't imagine them leaving it out. In the main hall Starfury have a projection screen where ticket numbers are called for signings etc - mostly by registration number, so the earlier you book, the further up the queues you are. Watch out for your number. You are given an autograph card with all the guests' names listed - it will be ticked each time you collect one, to keep it fair (no sneaking back for extras!). At Fusion, you could get one personal item and three photos signed. For the major guests (Nicky Brendon, Emma Caulfield and I think for Robert Patrick too) you had to buy one of their photos (from the selection at the con) to get your personal item/photos signed.
For Firefly, there was a lovely range of individual shots and if you bought 5 (at £10 each, ouch, but worth it to get them all signed) you got a cast shot free - which was limited and could ONLY be obtained by buying 5 Firefly photos. The autographs themselves were free, but tickets for the photo sessions were for sale. They were around £15 for a photo with a single guest, then about £5 extra per additional guest. If you wanted a friend in the shot with you, that was an additional £5. eg, Bev and I had a photo taken with Nathan, Jewel and Summer, which cost £30 and our photo with Nicky Brendon and Emma Caulfield was £25. If I had had one taken alone with Nathan, it would have been £15. You get the idea.
In the evenings were themed discos. We didn't go to those for long but they were highly amusing - many and varied costumes were in evidence, around the general theme (Sunnydale High school disco one night, Toga Party another), and some guests attended. Nicky Brendon (Buffy's Xander) danced with a little girl of about 5, she was beside herself and the next day in his guest talk, she asked if he would do it again. He asked for some music to be put on and duly obliged there and then..!
Speaking of which - throughout guest talks, you can line up at the microphones and when it's your turn, ask away...
For those who miss guest talks due to queueing for autographs etc, for Fusion there will be a set of video highlights of talks and suchlike. Can't report on that yet as they haven't arrived, but I'm sure they'll be fab. I suspect they'll do the same for the Firefly con.
Anyhoo - all this fun was had by a 34-year-old who thought she was waaaay past conventions - haven't been to one for 7 or 8 years. But I was proved wrong in the most delightful way. Book tickets now if you can - you won't be disappointed! 
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Hello All,
I'm a Northern Browncoat, with affiliation to the West Midlands faction of the Independants. Name's Nicki, I live near Sheffield and have fellow Browncoat friends in Dudley. Hello!
Recently attended the Fusion con in Blackpool and have successfully booked tickets for Serenity. Yay! Nathan, Summer & Jewel were definitely the headliner guests at Fusion, incredibly humble and fascinating to listen to.
Does anyone know of a UK release date for the BDM? Us Starfury Looneys have plans....
Nic xx
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Hi First post lady here!
I can see you geordiesteve - wheres Bahar?? - Hay Nic sweetie, how are ya chick?!!!!
Any-hoo - I think you would be mucho supprised to see just how many british firefly fans there are, infact someone told me recently that before the dvd came out on R2 - the majority of R1 dvd's bought online were being shipped to europe!!
The con being held in April next year is gonna be so huge, met a few of the guests at another con, and they were bowled over by the responce they got from the british fans, we made Summer and Jewel cry!!!
If ya head over to the starfury boards ( www.starfury.co.uk) you can find details on the convention taking place and also see just how many there are of us, all chatting about the wonder of FF!!!
Nice to meet ya!
G xxxxxxxxxx
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When I used the link to Thistle Heathrow I got an error message that the dates are not available,
could be that they've blocked them off for the convention and that they'll be available thru a different link/number soon
(I hope so!)
Francis: conventions are a hoot!
#1 meeting other Browncoats is wonderful
#2 meeting the star and telling them you love their work is great
#3 fun photos & autographs as souveniers of an exciting weekend
I've always wanted to do a convention in Great Britain! What can be better than the first ever 'Serenity' Convention!!!
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Embers, yeah the organiser holds loads of rooms on reserve for the con, its best to book through starfury events as they give you a discount on rooms, but you should still be able to call the thistle hotel to book if needs be!
I am a self confessed con junkie, as are many of the brit fans I regonise on here, so yeah come to the con it will be shiney!! - Its also a tres social event, of course its about meeting the guests, but its more about meeting up with friends and collectively enjoying firefly/angel etc, also most of my mates at home tell me to shut up when I talk about the Weadon-verse, so its nice to 'chat firefly', and not be looked at like my hair's on fire!!
Nic - we have to place that little trip to the cinema, if ya know what I mean!!!
G xx
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Originally posted by grakstar:
Nic - we have to place that little trip to the cinema, if ya know what I mean!!!
G xx
Hiya G! Right there with ya, hunney! Am trying to get a UK release date from somewhere to organise this but no luck as yet...
Keep you posted
Nic xx
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