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Guests of Honor & Special Guests



Jeremy Bulloch	Timothy Zahn	Randy Martinez	Denise Vasquez
Media Guest of Honor	Writer Guest of Honor	Artist Guest of Honor	Artist Guest of Honor


Katherine Kurtz	Dr. Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.	Nicole Gugliucci	James Zimmerman
Writer Guest of Honor	Special Guest	Special Guest	Master of Ceremonies

Guest Artists


		Kristy "Illyart" aka "Illusioner" Gilbert - theillusioner.com Illy (rhymes with silly) was born Kristy Gilbert some few years ago. Through high school she thought she was a writer. An avid fav on science fiction in general and action TV shows and movies in particular, some of her favorites include the A-Team (TV show and recent movie), GI Joe (animated and live action), Battlestar Galactica (don't make her pick but don't mention 1984), Inception and of course Firefly and Serenity. She discovered the magic of Digital Art in July of 2004. A good friend took the time to explain the basics of Poser to her and that was the start. Illy, the artist who claims she cannot draw, never looked back. Although writing is still very important to her, it is the 3D artwork that can loose her for hours at a time whether it is a fantasy theme or something more sci-fi or something else that inspires her. Eager to unlock the artist in others, she is more than willing to share what she knows. Current projects include new pieces in the works for SheVaCon 2012 and a science fiction/fantasy graphic novel. There is some consideration being given for a gaming system setting as well.

		Rich Hilliard - www.richhilliard.com Richard Hilliard was born in rural Virginia in the 1960’s, and spent his youth dreaming of going to New York City to study art. After a nearly 20 year career in the NY Metro area, he and his wife returned to VA in 1999, and began teaching at James Madison University, where he continues to this day. Growing up during the time of the Apollo Moon missions, Rich has a great interest in sharing these adventures with young people. This has inspired him to pursue publishing and school visits as a way of bringing history alive for a new generation of space explorers. His first illustrated book for children, the award-winning "Neil, Buzz, and Mike Go to the Moon," has been so well received that a second book, "Godspeed, John Glenn," was released in late 2006, followed by "Ham, the Astrochimp" in 2007 and "Lucky 13: Survival in Space" in 2008. In 2005, 2006 and 2007, Rich was honored to be selected as the featured children’s author at the Smithsonian Institution’s annual Space Day in Washington DC, and was a featured author at the National Air and Space Museum for the 40th anniversary celebration of the Apollo 11 Moon landing.

		Brian McCulloch - www.mccullochart.com Brian McCulloch was born in Oklahoma in 1976, after high school there was a chance to persue an education in art or enter military service. Enlisting in the US Navy seemed like a practical choice but it was also a good artistic choice in the long term. After four years as an Avionics Technician a decision was needed as to either re enlist or enter the private sector, this was based on whichever came first, being promoted to E5 or finding a good paying job. He was hired by duPont Aerospace three hours before being promted to AT2. After spending several months with the company he ended up in Mississippi. On a trip to Georgia Brian purchased a 1980 Honda CB750 motorcycle with a rattle can paint job for 800.00. While looking through the magazines in a local book store he found a magazine about using an airbrush to paint hot rods and decided to give it a go. All this conspired to eventually bring him to the Blair School of Art in 2001. The class was glamour and pinup illustration, seemed simple enough and not too demanding. So Very Wrong. The class taught by Dru Blair started with the transparent techniques used since the days of Vargas but moved into an assignment Dru had to paint Penthouse model Alex Arden. This was a small, absolutely photo real, depiction where the class found themselves in an artistic crash course in color theory, realism, and technique. He was hooked. Brian took every class Dru had to offer in North Carolina and practiced obsessively, failing for many years and throwing away more paintings than he would ever like to think about trying to master these techniques. Five years of practice finally culminated in a single painting in 2006 that was created in a 90 day period of unemployment that professional photographers mistake for photography. Now came the hard part, what to do with it? When talking to various artists and celebrities and sharing a couple snap shots on a cheap digital camera the response was universal. 'Why aren't you doing this professionally?' So here we are, taking commissions for Aerospace projects, painting the odd book or graphic novel cover. And never losing focus on the most important aspect of art. The simple fact that technique is just a means to an end. Whether you're working in oils, or a graffiti street art stencil what the painting or drawing is trying to convey is decidedly more important. The fundamentals of drawing and composition matter more than how a thing is painted. What a background in 'photorealism' provides is freedom from having to compromise a painting due to a lack of technical skill. To create more visually interesting images to serve the clients needs. If what you have seen interests you feel free to contact us at any time.

		Beck Seashols - www.beckadoodles.com Beck is an artist, illustrator, cartoonist, author and super cool sketch card artist. She's written and illustrated a children's book and recently began drawing the art for a new web comic "Sweeten Village". She has been a freelance artist for over 10 years and has worked with super awesome companies like: Lucasfilm, Topps, Breygent, 5finity, Cult-Stuff, a variety of rubber stamping companies and private collectors of all things cute and cuddly. She hosts a twice weekly artcast on Ustream where she draws commissions, sketch cards and sexy pinups (with the occasional kitten and lots of glitter!). Beck also thinks wiener dogs are awesome and cats wish they could be that cool. She also collects children's books, stuffed animals, freckles and pet hair. And one day, Beck will have a pet Wampa of her very own!

		Matt Slay - spaciousinterior.deviantart.com What can be said about Matt that has not already been said with some measure of confusion? A fine arts practitioner trapped in a commercial arts cycle. Matt grew up with comics during what was one of the most transitional periods in comic book history: Mid ‘80s through the early ‘90s. During this time, he freely admits, he loved the best of the best and the worst of the worst the comic book medium had to offer. Seeing his favorite heroes and villains brought to more thoroughly rendered life, nothing less would do. He set out to find if that skill was hiding somewhere inside and it would take a decade or more to find it. After completing both the Art Foundation and Commercial Art programs at VCU, he was accepted into the Joe Kubert School in 1999, though this venture was short lived. “I only did 2 of the 3 years there. It was an incredible experience and there isn’t one lesson that I don’t utilize every time I pick up a brush… to this day. I got good grades and I did good work, but I knew I couldn’t keep walking in the same direction as everybody else. I’ll never, EVER, forget sitting in (Mike) Chen’s office being told I shouldn’t leave because I “simply wasn’t ready”… and I knew he was right. But I also knew I was right when I told him: “Someday I’m going to do this, but I’m gonna’ have to do it on my own.” Matt immediately enrolled at Radford University’s School of the Visual Arts to study both Painting for Commercial Arts as well as Art History. Studying under watercolor legend Z.L. Feng, Matt buried himself in the works and methods of Joe Jusko, Nelson Faro DeCastro, David Mack, Jae Lee, N.C. Wyeth, Ray Lago, and Jose Villarrubia. In doing so, he finally discovered within himself the “fine arts” approach he had been searching for since the age of 12. Now, having completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees, and with watercolor paint as his weapon of choice, Matt hopes to prove, through comic imagery… and even trading cards of his own, what he perceives to be the ultimate truth of the medium: “I don’t believe in talent. “Talent” is a word applied by people who aren’t interested in learning how. What we do isn’t special. Anyone can learn it. It may take years and any artist will tell you: “I’m still learning”. But that’s kinda’ my point. It’s not talent. It’s a skill. You develop it over time and you have the choice to develop that skill any way you see fit and take it in any direction you want. Nobody who was ever good at anything… throughout history… ever woke up one day and randomly chose to be the “greatest of all time”. No. They chose to work hard to get better and better until other people… people who didn’t work as hard on that skill… decided they were the best. That’s all I’m doing. I’m working as hard as I can to get better and better. If folks along the way appreciate what I do, than I am eternally grateful… you are helping me in defining what I’m doing right. But I’ll be developing my skill until I die.”

		Shawn "Scott" Smith - www.luckycreature.com Shawn Scott Smith is a writer, creature painter and a dabbler in the creative arts. He is also the creator of Peas webcomic, and founded con-news.com in 2007, the leading daily news site devoted to fandom conventions across the country. He is also the cocreator of the comic Daytime Ghost Hunter with artist Jessica C. White. All of his adventures are documented on his website at luckycreature.com

		Travis Surber - www.haintedholler.com Travis Surber is a self-taught cartoonist and writer from Bassett,Va. In July of 2009 he launched the webcomic Hainted Holler. Despite art that according to one person "looks like you have a severe case of palsy" the strip attracted a small but loyal following.Since it's launch the strip has gone from 3 to 5 updates a week and morphed from a slice of life bio-comic to include rednecks,biscuit flinging superheroes,and a celebrity hating attack baboon named Randy. In August of 2010 Travis published "Beware The Boon" a collection of the first 200 Hainted Holler strips. Travis currently lives in Bassett,Va with his wife and 2 cats

		Jessica C. White - heroesandcriminalspress.com I’m a printmaker, bookbinder, papermaker, and zinester. I create images with children and animals that attempt to make sense of uncertainties in our world today, similar to the way animals were used in folktales and ancient mythologies. Much of my exploration revolves around good versus evil, right and wrong, justice, and wonder. I like mosses and ferns, staring out of windows, walking through the woods, ghosts, visiting old cemeteries, antique medicine bottles, and books with pictures. I dislike walking on things I can see through, bare walls, and skipping breakfast. I always check twice to be sure that the mail I put in the box really fell down the chute. I publish handcrafted books under the imprint Heroes & Criminals Press. You can see my work at Heroes & Criminals Press.com

Guest Authors

		David Bartell - www.davidbartell.us David Bartell has a bachelors degree in astrophysics from the University of Virginia, and a masters certificate in project management from George Washington University. He is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and is a scuba divemaster. His award-winning stories have been published regularly in Analog Science Fiction Science Fact and several anthologies since 2005. He is a project manager with a large technology company, and resides in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, In 2011, he appeared on The Discovery Channel on the Curiosity program "Alien Invasion: Are We Ready?" (UK title "When Aliens Attack".) Hosted by Michelle Rodriguez and featuring experts such as Michio Kaku, Seth Shostak, and Anne Simon, this program offered a more realistic invasion scenario than is usually portrayed by Hollywood. David can now boast a Kevin Bacon number of Followers on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter (David_Bartell), and YouTube (WyrdNet). His official web page includes a complete bibliography, biographical notes, and his famous convention photographs: www.davidbartell.us

		Jim Bernheimer - www.jimbernheimer.com Jim Bernheimer has embraced the role of independent author, editor, and publisher. Under his EJB imprint, he has the Horror, Humor, and Heroes anthologies and the wildly successful Confessions of a D-List Supervillain novel. With Gryphonwood Press, he has Dead Eye series as well as the Spirals of Destiny series. He can be reached at www.jimbernheimer.com

		Pete Bullock

		Elaine Corvidae - www.onecrow.net Elaine Corvidae has been telling stories about faeries, elves, and dragons since she was a small child. Her dark fantasy novels have won numerous awards, including multiple Eppie Awards and Dream Realm Awards for Best Fantasy Novel. When she isn’t wandering the worlds of her imagination, she lives in Harrisburg, NC, with her husband and several cats.

		Betty Cross - www.betty-cross-author.net Betty Cross has published a sci-fi novel called "Discarded Faces." It is now available both as a paperback on Amazon.com and as an ebook from Double Dragon Ebooks. It’s a dystopia with a happy ending. Her second novel is a fantasy book named "Mistress of the Topaz." She has signed a contract with Double Dragon for this one also. It should be available for sale by early 2012. As a child, Betty was fascinated by the early satellite launches – Sputnik, Discovery, Vanguard, and so on. As a teenager she enjoyed watching the original Star Trek series on NBC on Thursday nights. This and reading Orwell’s "1984" engendered in her an ambition to write science fiction. Discovering "The Lord of the Rings" at age 17 extended the range of her vision to fantasy also. However, finishing college and earning a living came first. Her BA degree from Davidson College in Davidson, NC was in Renaissance and Reformation History, an excellent background for what was to come. She found her calling (in the mundane sense) in Information Technology, and worked with computers for more than three decades. In April 2010, she attained her lifelong dream by walking away from her daytime job and becoming a full-time writer of Science Fiction and Fantasy. She writes every day, and keeps a record of her daily word count on a spreadsheet. Some may remember Betty Cross from her former name as Steve Cross. However, Betty was never comfortable living as a male. She has been living full-time as a woman since June 2010. In this decision she has the support of her family, and of virtually everyone she knows in fandom. She has no regrets and will never go back. An earlier self-published version of "Discarded Faces" by Steve Cross has been withdrawn from sale. In her spare time, she likes to visit with her nephews and nieces, surf the Internet, celebrate Jewish religious holidays, and watch the big screen. She seldom watches television any more, except for favorite old movies. She can be reached by email at: betty_bator@yahoo.com. Her web page is at: www.betty-cross-author.net. She is also on Facebook. However, she does not Tweet.

		David Forbes - www.davidforbes.net David Forbes is the author of the epic fantasy series THE OSSERIAN SAGA, published by HarperCollins, which began with THE AMBER WIZARD in 2006, followed by sequels THE WORDS OF MAKING and THE COMMANDING STONE. The goal of the books was to write a fantasy series chronicling the rise of monotheism in a polytheistic world and how religious belief can both unite different social and ethnic groups, as well as be used as a weapon to conquer others. As with most early writing goals, this one didn’t survive much beyond the first draft, and the tattered remnants that remained were drastically changed from the original concepts. Which is maybe a little too much info about this particular sausage making, but Forbes is nothing if not scrupulously honest and direct about his writing, except of course where such scrupulousness might affect him adversely, and then all bets are off. However, the original goals did begin to peek back in to varied degrees in the second and third volumes, so all was not lost. The Saga also includes a large and varied cast of characters, some unique world building, and, of course, lots of fighting, magic, and an assortment of gargantuan action set pieces where lots of things are destroyed in spectacular ways in order to satisfy the author’s lifelong fascination with explosions, mayhem, and destruction. The third volume was published in the fall of 2009, after which Forbes switched from large scale fantasy to young adult and urban fantasy novels. Two YA novels are currently being shopped around by his agent. EVERWHEN is about a war between factions of angels arguing over God’s plan for the world and the fifteen-year-old boy caught in the crossfire because he has something both sides want. THE SAPPHIRE EYE concerns a teenage girl who gets caught in the machinations of an immortal empress out to enslave mankind. The teenager has to fend off attacks from demons and undead soldiers while keeping up her grades in high school and coming to terms with the discovery that the guy of her dreams is actually a witch. Forbes also just handed over to his agent his first urban fantasy novel, THE RUTHLESS DEAD, about a half-angel security consultant who becomes the target of a Dutch wizard and Greek vampire who plan to crack open an alternate dimension known as the Abyss and release unspeakable horrors not only upon this world but all of the Celestial realms as well, including the one we think of as Heaven. He maintains a website at www.davidforbes.net, where readers can find the usual excerpts of his work, as well as daily updates on topics that include writing, technology, film, entertainment, and anything else that catches his ADD-ish attention.

		Tera Fulbright - www.terafulbright.com Tera Fulbright has been a fan of the SF genre since first reading C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia in the 4th grade. Her experiences and interests range from costuming and stage combat to running conventions to writing. Her first short story, “History in the Making” was published in the anthology Rum & Runestones in 2010. Her second story, “Faith,” was recently published in Michael Ventrella’s Tales of Fortannis: A Bard's Eye View. Tera's third short story, “Anne Bonny’s Child,” is scheduled to be included in Spells and Swashbucklers (Dec. 2011), the follow-up to Rum and Runestones. As a fan, she serves as the Quartermaster for the DMB Lightning’s Hand of the Buccaneers of the Atlantic Coast. Tera enjoys costuming; some of her costumes include Mara Jade & Padme of Star Wars, Hathor of Stargate: SG-1 and various lady pirates. Along with her husband, James, she helped run conventions such as StellarCon and RavenCon for over 15 years. In her non-fandom life, Tera works as the Employee Relations Coordinator for Unifi Manufacturing, Inc. And in what, admittedly limited, spare time she has, she enjoys miniature painting, playing D&D, reading and spending time with her husband and daughter at their home in Greensboro, NC.

		Gail Z. Martin Gail Z. Martin is the author of The Summoner, The Blood King, Dark Haven and Dark Lady’s Chosen (The Chronicles of The Necromancer series). She is also the author of The Fallen Kings Cycle from Orbit Books with Book One: The Sworn and Book Two: The Dread, and the upcoming Ascendant Kingdoms Saga. For book updates, tour information and contact details, visit www.ChroniclesoftheNecromancer.com Gail is the host of the Ghost in the Machine Fantasy Podcast , and you can find her on Facebook, GoodReads, BookTour, BookMarketing.ning, Shelfari and Twitter. She blogs at www.DisquietingVisions.com. She is also the author two non-fiction series. The Thrifty Author’s Guide series (Comfort Publishing) includes Launching Your Book Without Losing Your Mind and Author Web Sites that Wow Readers and Impress Reporters. The 30 Day Guide Series (Career Press) includes 30 Days to Social Media Success and 30 Days to Online PR & Marketing Success. Gail’s short fiction has been featured in two anthologies: Rum and Runestones from Dragon Moon Press and The Bitten Word from New Con Press. Gail discovered her passion for science fiction, fantasy and ghost stories in elementary school. The first story she wrote—at age five—was about a vampire. Her favorite TV show as a preschooler was Dark Shadows. At age 14, she decided to become a writer. She enjoys attending science fiction/fantasy conventions, Renaissance fairs and living history sites. She is married and has three children, a Himalayan cat and a golden retriever. Find Gail at www.Twitter.com/GailZMartin , and her podcast at www.GhostInTheMachinePodcast.com

		Danielle Ackley McPhail - www.sidhenadaire.com Award-winning author Danielle Ackley-McPhail has worked both sides of the publishing industry for over sixteen years. Currently, she is a project editor and promotions manager for Dark Quest Books. Her published works include the urban fantasies, Yesterday's Dreams, Tomorrow's Memories, and The Halfling’s Court: A Bad-Ass Faerie Tale, and the non-fiction writers guide, The Literary Handyman. She has edited the Bad-Ass Faeries anthology series, and Dragon’s Lure, and has contributed to numerous other anthologies and collections, including Dark Furies, Breach the Hull, So It Begins, By Other Means, No Man’s Land, Space Pirates, Space Horrors, Barbarians at the Jumpgate, and New Blood. She is a member of The Garden State Horror Writers, the New Jersey Authors Network, and Broad Universe, a writer’s organization focusing on promoting the works of women authors in the speculative genres. Danielle lives somewhere in New Jersey with husband and fellow writer, Mike McPhail, mother-in-law Teresa, and three extremely spoiled cats. She can be found on LiveJournal (damcphail, badassfaeries, darkquestbooks, lit_handyman), Facebook (Danielle Ackley-McPhail), and Twitter (DMcPhail). To learn more about her work, visit www.sidhenadaire.com, www.literaryhandyman.com, or www.badassfaeries.com.

		Mike McPhail - www.milscifi.com Author and artist Mike McPhail is best known as the editor of the award-winning Defending The Future (DTF) series of military science fiction anthologies. Currently he is the administrator for the Dark Quest Books' Imprint DTF Publications, which includes the DTF series and its related projects. www.defendingthefuture.com He is the creator of the science fiction universe the Alliance Archives (All'Arc), which serves as the backdrop to his (and other authors) stories. Its related role-playing game is part of the dC percentile family of game mechanics, as used in the Martial Role-Playing Game (MRPG) system. www.alliancearchives.net Trained in the classical art of a mechanical drafting --and certified in its computer based counterpart-- his day-job was in the printing industry, as a prepress proofing supervisor for Phoenix Color Corps' New York office, where he was charged with producing finished book cover proofs for their client's approval (namely the great publishing houses of the Laandsrad). www.mcp-concepts.com As a member of the Military Writers Society of America, he is dedicated to helping his fellow service members (and deserving civilians) in their efforts to become authors, as well as supporting related organization in their efforts to help those "who have given their all for us." www.milscifi.com

		Peter Prellwitz - www.shardsuniverse.net Presently, Pete has a total of nine novels published in trade paperback and ebook, all by Double Dragon Publishing (DDP). His novel Horizons was selected by Mike Resnick as Best Science Fiction and awarded DDP’s 2003 Draco Award. Four of his short stories appear in the anthology Twisted Tails, which won the 2006 Dream Realms Award. Peter also has short stories in By Other Means (Dark Quest, LLC) and Twisted Tails VI (DDP). He continues writing novels and short stories, as well as dabbling in web comics. Together with more than three dozen short stories located on his site, Peter’s novels help weave a tapestry of mankind’s exploration and settling of the galaxy over the next two and half millennia..

		Janine Spendlove - www.ailionora.com Janine K. Spendlove graduated from Brigham Young University in 1999 with a BA in History Teaching. She then promptly joined the Marine Corps where she met her husband, and began flight training. During her second tour in Iraq she found herself writing short stories during her down time. Two of them were published in 2008, and she decided to try her hand at writing a full length fantasy novel. Her first novel, War of the Seasons, Book One: The Human, was published in June 2011 by Silence in the Library, an author self-publishing Co-Op that she founded with Bryan Young and Maggie Masetti. She is currently at work on her second novel, War of the Seasons, Book Two: The Hunter. An avid pilot, she also enjoys reading, running, and playing Beatles tunes on her guitar. She currently resides with her husband Ron, and their two dogs Merrick and Lady in Maryland. Find out more at www.ailionora.com

		Robin Sullivan Robin Sullivan is the founder and president of Ridan Publishing, an indie press dedicated to science fiction and fantasy. Her top selling authors have sold as many as 10,000 and 20,000 books during a single month and she publishes the ebook version of Joe Haldeman’s Forever War, as well as books by New York Times Best Selling authors A.C. Crispin and Rick Murcer. Robin is also publicist and business manager for best-selling author Michael J. Sullivan whose Riyria Revelations was recently sold in a six-figure three-book deal to Orbit (Fantasy Imprint of #2 publisher Hachette Book Group). When self published, Michael’s five-books sold more than 70,000 copies and has generated more than $500,000 in revenue to date (including foreign book sales to over 15 countries) Robin is a lecturer to more than 600 authors in the Washington DC area and covers topics on the business side of writing for both traditional and self-published authors. She is keenly aware on the fast changing world of publishing in 2012 and is an advocate for educating authors on how to select the path that is most appropriate for their goals.

		Steve White Steve White was born in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1946 and served as a Naval Intelligence officer in the Mediterranean and in the Vietnam War Zone. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia Law School and an associate member of the Virginia Bar. In addition to the best-selling “Starfire” military science fiction series with David Weber, he has written several popular science fiction adventure novels for Baen. They include the trilogy comprising The Disinherited, Legacy and Debt of Ages, which combine fast-paced space opera with Arthurian mythology. He has also written the galaxy-spanning adventure Prince of Sunset, and its sequel Emperor of Dawn, the secret-history science fiction novel The Prometheus Project, the high fantasy novel Demon’s Gate, and the time travel adventure Blood of the Heroes. His most recent novel is Saint Antony’s Fire, an alternate-history fantasy set in Elizabethan times. He is now at work on a new novel in the “Starfire” series, this time in collaboration with Chuck Gannon. Steve works for a legal publishing company in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is married and has three daughters, the youngest of whom he and his wife found and adopted in Russia… but that’s another story.

		Allen Wold Allen Wold was born in south-western Michigan, where he began writing teeny little stories when he discovered an old portable typewriter, finished high school in Tucson, Arizona, and graduated fron Pomona College, in Claremont, California, where he later met his wife, Diane. They married in 1972, and moved to North Carolina, where he began his career as a full time writer. In 1986, he became a full time father, and in 2003, he became a full time writer again, when his daughter, Darcy, went off to college. He has published nine novels, several short stories (mostly Elf Quest), five non-fiction books on computers, and a number of articles, columns, reviews, and so forth, also concerning computers. Currently, Allen has an epic heroic fantasy with an editor; a vampire novel in submission, a bizarre haunted house story and a haunted village story in the final stages, and other projects in hand. Allen has been running his Writer's Workshop at conventions for more than twenty five years, and has had some success, since several people have not only finished but sold stories started in the workshop. He is a member of SFWA.

Costuming Guests




		Bambi Rigsbee-Smith Bambi has costumed since she was 3 years old apparently. There is a picture of her in her mother's hat and shoes with a scarf and on the back her mother documented a story which ends with her asking mom to tie the scarf, and then waving goodbye to mom, she is going shopping! This went onto designing evening dresses for her Barbies (out of pilfered 6 inch wide silk ribbon from her mom's sewing stash), making her own sundress at age 10 (because her mother refused to make it for her, disagreeing with the "style") and then wearing it, making her own dance, Halloween, and Mardi Gras costumes, and then AHHHHHHHH (angelic chorus inserted here) discovering sci-fi about age hhhhmty. There are no pictures, but her first costume was a replica of Uhura's uniform, She has never looked back. Bambi is delighted with the new opportunities for creative costuming, historic reproduction get better due to better and better research and finds, Steampunk is just well... the best thing EVER! Sci-fi and Anime means you are only limited by your supplies, Tranding information, inspiration and support between costumers makes us all better costumers, people and sends good stuff out into the universe. Rodenberry was right!

		Brenna Beattie

Musical Guests



		Rhythm Squadron - www.rhythmsquadron.com Rhythm Squadron Mobile Disc Jockey's was founded in November 2010, and got its official launch in March 2011. Our goal is to become the premier source for one of a kind DJ entertainment. Offering exceptional service from the start and aiming to develop and create a unique experience which will be unmatched by any other!

		White Plectrum - www.plectrum.net White Plectrum is basically a guy named Keith, playing, singing, and having fun. But at the same time, it's much more than that. It's something that involves a group of people backing him up to help him give the best show possible for the fans. (For those not familiar with Filk music- please check out the Filking wiki article.)