FenCon V Archive - October 3-5, 2008

A Fan-Operated Science Fiction and Fantasy Literary and Filk Convention in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area

FenCon V Saturday Programming Highlights:

Today is an action-packed array of panels, readings, demos, workshops, concerts, and more than a few surprises. Be sure to check out The Technology in 2001 with former Dallas Futurian and current NASA employee Dr. Al Jackson. You can observe The Jay Lake Effect and Meet Doris Egan. You can learn how to build your own PC with ORAC, Robotics 101 with the DPRG, or learn Armor Patterning for Dummies. Don't forget the Buzz Blaster Radio Play, our Art and Charity Auction, and of course our signature FenCon Cabaret featuring the All-Star Git Down Filksing Hootenanny.

Check out the complete Saturday programming grid below.
(And don't forget about our 24-hour video room and gaming!)

Bonus Saturday Programming:

The array below is so action packed that we've got several special panels that just won't fit the grid. Start the day at 8am with Yoga in Programming 2 led by Mary Crowell and Teresa Powell. (Bring a towel.) At 12pm in the Board Room, it's the Lyric Writing Workshop with Bill and Brenda Sutton. Then at 2pm in the Board Room join Amber Royer for SF Readers: the Next Generation, or How to Get Youngsters Excited about Space. Space is limited for these panels so get there early.

FenCon V Saturday Autograph Schedule:

10:00am - L. Donahue, R. Eudaly, J. Mandala, D. Rainbolt
11:00am - P. Black, L. Carl, A. Martinez, N. Romberg, L. Singleton
12:00pm - M. Fletcher, W. Ledbetter, T. Powell, R. Sheridan
1:00pm - Friend of the Fen GoH Session: G. Benford, G. Burton, J. Lake, R. Musgrave, Three Weird Sisters, H. Waldrop
2:00pm - C. D. Andersson, D. Egan
3:00pm - C. Douglas, A. Hawkes, J. Lake, A. Sisson, S. Swendson
4:00pm - open
5:00pm - open

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FenCon V Saturday Programming Schedule:

First
Stage

Main
Programming

Program
Two

Program
Three

Second
Stage

SF Reading Room

Workshop

Demo
Room

10am

Sci-Fi Channel Cage Match Round 2

(P. Black, R. Clement-Moore, K. Hutson Price*)

Slush Pile Live

(J. Lake*)

Asteroids: Threat and Promise

(C. McMurray*)

Reading With Your Ears

(R.L. Copple, B. Hersey, A. Kaster, D. Gray*)

A Comics Panel

(A. Martinez, S. Patrick, L. Singleton, M. White, T. Harvia*)

Reading

(M. Fletcher, K. Sullivan)

Room Closed

(opens at 11am)

Room Closed

(opens at 12pm)

11am

Night of the Toastmaster with Howard Waldrop

(H. Waldrop, B. Denton*)

Character Creation

(C. Douglas, C. Jacob, S. Swendson, L. Thomas, C. Spector*)

The Technology in 2001: A Space Odyssey: 40 Years Later

(A. Jackson*)

Art: Tech vs. Traditional

(D.L. Anderson, K. Antell, T. Harvia, R. Musgrave, R. Kelley*)

Science: Fact or Crap? Quiz Show

(G. Benford, W. Ledbetter, A. Sisson, T. Morgan*)

Reading

(C. Fulbright, K. Hutson Price)

Wicked Wings

(P. Dee*)

Room Closed

(opens at 12pm)

12pm

The Jay Lake Effect

(J. Lake, R. Babcock*)

Blended Genres

(J.K. Cheney, R. Clement-Moore, C. Douglas, K. Hutson-Price, L. Carl*)

Gerald Burton: Behind the Lens

(G. Burton*)

Whose Pantheon is it Anyway?

(C. D. Andersson, C. Donahue, A. Hawkes, M. White, N. Romberg*)

Ghost of a Rose in Concert, Joe Abbott In concert

(J. Abbott, D. Foye, Sundara)

Reading

(A. Ables, D. Rainbolt)

Patterning and Simple Sewing

(S. Sullivan, C. Talbot, M. Miller*)

ORAC Presents: Build Your Own PC Demo

(M. Down*)

1pm

Living on TARDIS Time

(M. Fletcher, T. Miller, R. Sheridan, K. Sullivan, S. Swendson*)

Robotics 101 with DPRG

(D. Emes, W. Kuhnle, M. Meier, D. Wheat, R. Grant*)

David Lee Anderson Art Presentation

(D.L. Anderson*)

Science Experiments for Kids

(L. Morgan*)

Kip McMurray in Concert, Randy Farran in Concert

(R. Farran, K. McMurray)

Reading

(L. Carl, R. Clement-Moore)

Armor Patterning for Dummies

(B. Reynolds*)

Generic Radio Workshop Auditions - Rehearsal

(P. Barrett, C. Barrett, Generic Radio Workshop, L. Groebe, J. Barrett*)

2pm

Fifty Years of Texas Fandom

(G. Benford, S. Cupp, A. Jackson, B. Waller, R. Babcock*)

Critique Groups and Workshops

(A. Ables, P. Black, L. Donahue, J. Mandala, L. Thomas, N. Romberg*)

Vadercast Game Show

(T. Kennedy*)

FenCon Costumers Cat Walk (Hour 1)

(P. Dee*)

Brobdingnag- ian Bards in Concert

(M. Gunn, A. McKee)

Reading

(C. Douglas, S. Swendson)

Room Closed

(opens at 3pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 3pm)

3pm

Meet Doris Egan

(D. Egan, R. Eudaly*)

The Real Deal with Artist GoH Real Musgrave

(R. Musgrave)

Real Ghostbusting

(D. Rainbolt*)

FenCon Costumers Cat Walk (Hour 2)

(P. Dee*)

Bland Lemon Denton and David Lee Anderson In Concert

(D.L. Anderson, B. Denton)

Reading

(D. Duggins, D. Gray, A. Martinez)

Publishing 101 (Hour 1)

(R. Caine, P.N. Elrod)

DPRG Robotics Demo

(W. Kuhnle, D. Wheat, R. Grant*)

4pm

Gregory Benford Keynote Address

(G. Benford, H. Waldrop*)

Room Closed

(opens at 7pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 6pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 6pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 7pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 6pm)

Publishing 101 (Hour 2)

(R. Caine, P.N. Elrod)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

5pm

Three Weird Sisters Guest of Honor Concert

(M. Crowell, T. Powell, Br. Sutton)

Art Auction Setup

(opens at 7pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 6pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 6pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 7pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 6pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

6pm

What the Heck Do Pirates have to do with SF?

(R. Clement-Moore, A. Martinez, S. Mohammed, L. Donahue*)

Art Auction Setup

(opens at 7pm)

Buzz Blaster Radio Play Rehearsal

(M. Gearhart-Gray, D. Gray*)

Slash and Burn Baby: Violence and Shock Appeal in Horror and Dark Fantasy

(A. Hawkes, C. Jacob, K. Paffenforth, C. Spector, C. D. Andersson*)

Room Closed

(opens at 7pm)

VaderCast

(T. Kennedy*)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

7pm

FenCon Cabaret Setup

(opens at 9pm)

Art and Charity Auction
(Hour 1)

(C. Conrad, R. Eudaly, J. Murray, B. Sutton, J. Simpson*)

Buzz Blaster Radio Play Performance

(M. Gearhart-Gray, D. Gray)

Crime's Against Literature, Part the Third

(J. Barrett, P.N. Elrod, S. Mohammed, R. Caine*)

Masquerade Muster Setup

(K. Kofmel)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

8pm

FenCon Cabaret Setup

(opens at 9pm)

Art and Charity Auction
(Hour 2)

(C. Conrad, R. Eudaly, J. Murray, J. Simpson)

Room Closed

(opens at 11pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 11pm)

Masquerade Muster

(K. Kofmel)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

9pm

FenCon Cabaret
(Hour 1)

(Toastmaster*, many others)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

Room Closed

(opens at 11pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 11pm)

Masquerade Muster

(K. Kofmel)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

10pm

FenCon Cabaret
(Hour 2)

(Toastmaster*, many others)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

Room Closed

(opens at 11pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 11pm)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

11pm

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

Saturday Night Open Bardic Filk

(open)

Saturday Night Open Filk

(open)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

Room Closed

(opens at 10am)

First
Stage

Main
Programming

Program
Two

Program
Three

Second
Stage

SF Reading Room

Workshop

Demo
Room

* indicates the panel moderator

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Last updated 02 October 2008

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