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BabelCon Update
BabelCon Update
This year BabelCon will be in one of the largest hotels in Baton Rouge - the Holiday Inn Select. With 7 new hotel conference rooms to fill, we've greatly expanded our lineup with 3 new programming tracks!
Our PARANORMAL Track includes the ghost hunters “S.O.U.L.” (Seekers of Unexplained Louisiana), paranormal investigators “La Spirits”, and horror authors Whitney Lakin, M.F. Korn, and voodoo anthropologist Martha Ward. Our ANIME Track will have round the clock anime panels and movies, and the new KIDS Track entertains teens, tweens, and other children all day long.
Our SCI-FI Track media guests will include Richard Hatch, known as Apollo on the original Battlestar Galactica; Suzie Plakson, the only actress to portray four different characters in three different Star Trek series; actor John Herztler, who played General Martok on Deep Space Nine, as well as several other popular characters; Vaudeville performer Bob May, the original Lost in Space Robot; and several scientists, including speakers from NASA, LSU, Tulane, UNO, and Xavier for the SCIENCE Track.
In the FANTASY Track, the guest lineup is T.A. Chafin and Polly Luttrull, authors of “The Nitpickers Guide to the SW Saga”; local horror author Deborah LeBlanc; fantasy author M.B. Weston; Dungeons & Dragons fantasy author, Randy Richards; former editor for Marvel & DC Comics, (and a Star Trek book author) Bob Greenberger; plus award-winning poet Robin Mayhall.
This year we are bringing the REN FAIR Track indoors, into The Atrium. Many shows are planned, including the Orion Slave Girls belly dancing, SCA demos, a costume contest, Pirates of the Caribbean interactive show, a medieval Knighting Ceremony, and LARP games.
And speaking of gaming... in the Gary Gygax Memorial Game Room, attendees can participate in our GAMING Track, with a Warhammer Tournament, RPGA Network scenarios, Dungeons & Dragons miniatures, and historic wargame recreations. We also have “open gaming” for anyone that wants to play their own games, and several board games are available for free play.
At the end of the evening there is the COSTUME BALL featuring music by the Star Wars Cantina Band, and the Transylvanian Electric Company shows "Shock Treatment" the sequel to the The Rocky Horror Picture Show. In addition, we invited back a number of Fan Groups, including several associated with Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate, Star Wars, Doctor Who, and the Vampire Lestat Fan Club.
For more information, go to http://www.BabelCon.org
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Re: BabelCon Update
Announcing BabelCon's newest Guest:
Richard Hatch
"Apollo" and "Zarek" from old and new Batlestar Galactica
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4/17/2008, 2:25
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Re: BabelCon Update
Meet-n-Greet & Eat
Who: Apollo/Zarek (Richard Hatch) from Battlestar Galactica, General Martok (John Hertzler), Klingon K'ehleyr/Female Q (Suzie Plakson), and Lost in Space robot (Bob May).
What: You, your VIP*Pass, 60 of your closest friends, catered hors d'oeuvres, a cash bar, and celebrity guests in an intimate setting.
Where: Holiday Inn Select, 4728 Constitution Ave., Baton Rouge (use reservation code oh-zero-two, O02, when booking your hotel room)
When: Friday, July 18th, 8pm-10pm.
How: Pre-register for BabelCon, then buy a VIP*Pass on the http://www.BabelCon.org website. Each VIP*Pass is $20, and for adults 21 and over. VIP*Passes are limited, and sold on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Why: Because its very cool to get 2 hours of one-on-one time with the actors that play our favorite TV characters, ask them questions we've been dying to know, and listen to their anecdotes and personal observations on the industry and fandom.
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4/18/2008, 17:16
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Re: BabelCon Update
The new Flier & Pre-registration combo form are now available.
The updated form includes the "VIP Meet-n-Greet & Eat":
Click Here for PDF Download
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4/24/2008, 14:27
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Shock Treatment
The pseudo-sequel to the Rocky Horror Picture Show, "Shock Treatment", will be the Transylvanian Electric Company's showing at BabelCon 2008. "Rocky & Shocky" will start at 10 pm with selected readings from the script from the never-filmed true sequel to Rocky Horror, along with discussion of same. Following the readings, at 11 pm, is the movie "Shock Treatment" shown in its entirety.
For more info, go to www.BabelCon.org
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