Entertainment-Convention Diary

Edition #17

B r i n g i n g t h e w o r l d t o O T F

March 2002

Convention Report
by guest writer Lt. Kathryn Janeway-Riker

I am going to tell all of you, about my convention experience, in 2001. I attended the annual Sci-Fi Convention in Toronto Canada. It is held every July on a Friday night, to a Sunday night, at a huge hotel near the airport. This is the 16th year for Toronto Trek The following actors were booked, and came to the con.
1. Andreas Katsulas-Babylon5, Tomalak-Star Trek:TNG, One-armed Man-The Fugitive
2. Armin Shimmerman- Quark- Star Trek:DS9, Principal Snyder- Buffy, Pascal- Beauty & the Beast
3. Tim Choate- Zathras-Babylon 5, Polix- Crusade
4. Michelle Nolden - T'Than- Earth Final Conflict, La Femme Nikita- Relic Hunter
5. Robert Trebor- Salmoneus- Hercules and Xena
6. Rick Wharton- The Conspiracy Guy- Space: TIS Comedian
7. Lawrence Montaigne- Stonn/Decius- Star Trek plus Batman, Time Tunnel, Man from UNCLE, and many more.
8. Leni Parker- Da'an- Earth: Final Conflict
The following Script-Coordinator Guest was booked: First Wave
The following Last Minute Guests were booked: 1. NovaD- Privateers
2. Judson Scott- Wrath of Kahn, X-Files
3.Anita La Silva- Earth: Final Conflict
4.David-Jean Thomas- Privateers
5. Jack Donner- Star Trek
6. Elleni Dubin- Lexx
The following Author/Writer Guests were booked:
1. Julie Czerneda- In the Company of Others
2. Gemma Files- Bottle of Smoke
3. James Alan Gardner- Hunted
4. Tanya Huff- Valor's Choice
5. Derwin Mak- Winter Zone
6. David Shtogryn- Northern Fright
7. Douglas Smith- What's in a Name
8. Dr. Isaac Szpindel- By Its Cover Science Speakers also Included
1. Inge Hayer- Space Telescope Science Institute
We have the following actives going on each year:
1. Art Show and Auction
2. You get a Guests Autograph and Picture, but not at the same time. You must stand in line for hours, to get both.
3. Charity Auction- Proceeds go to Ronald McDonald house, and at least 1 guest usually auctions something off.
5. Model building contest
6. Saturday night Dance
7. Dealers Room
8. Gaming Room
9. Masquerade to watch and enjoy. Masquerade awards given out at the dance.
10. Pokemon Tournament
11. Saturday night dinner with the stars, if you pre-register, and choose this option.
12. Video Room
13. Ten Forward for children, where 1 parent must stay with them.
14. Writer's Workshop
15. Hear the guests speak
16.Klingon Karaoke, in one of the Hotel Bars. You must be 19, to attend, and drink alcohol.

17. And there is so much more to do all weekend, as well. The hotel had 4 Restaurants, an Indoor and Outdoor swimming pool, and a Gym. In the Dealers room, and at the Charity Auction, the Convention only accepts VISA and CASH. In the rest of the Hotel, they accept MASTERCARD. It does cost, to enter the convention. The convention is not free. It is not cheap to get in, but if you pre-register, you will save money. The Hotel room rates are from $89.00-$310.00/night Canadian, depending the type of room you would like to have. You must mention Toronto Trek, to get these special rates. Regular room rates are much higher. If you do not find the phone # on the web site, for the hotel, let me know, and I will find it for you. The Convention date for 2002, is Friday July 5- Sunday July 7.
The Web Site is http://tcon.ca and some guests are announced already, so bookmark the web site, and check it often. More announcements will be made, as guests are finalized.
The pre-registration form is on the main web page. When pre-registering, you must fill out the form, print it out, and mail it in with your cheque(check). The address to mail it to, is on the pre-registration form page. If your interested in coming this year, please contact me, at chris@acncanada.net from TF, the following are coming, Rozokov, Lone Star and most likely myself. You must contact me soon, if your interested. You should book your hotel room now, to get your hotel room. You have until 6pm, on the day you arrive, to cancel your room. We get 4000+ people attending, by the end of the weekend, from all over Canada and USA. Lt. Kathryn Janeway-Riker

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