Jill Eastlake has issued a “corrected final winners list” from the LoneStarCon 3 Masquerade. She notes, “It’s amazing to me that although we tried really, really hard to get this right multiple times, we still blew it slightly. Please post this corrected list anywhere and everywhere.”
Master of Ceremonies: Paul Cornell. Masquerade Director: Jill Eastlake. Stage Manager: Kathy Thornton. Workmanship Judges: John Hertz, Michele Weinstein. Presentation Judges: John O’Halloran, Pierre Pettinger, Sandy Pettinger. 29 Entries: 5 Young Fan, 14 Novice, 6 Journeyman, 4 Master. (There were one Not-in-Competition and two scratches before the start of the show.)
Workmanship Awards
Young Fan Division
Best Leatherwork: “Lady Lattitude and Wingnut,” Steward Facile (their Dad)
Best Sewing and Applique: “Kirby Picachu,” Candace Pohler
Novice Division
Construction of Fur Suit Heads: “Project F-Zero-X,” Jay Brandt
Most Ingenious Use of Mundane Substance and Best Entry Made on Site: “AirProof,” Don Clary
Additions and Alterations: “Emmaleen and her Flying Machine,” Sharon Bass, Barb Galler-Smith
Best Use of Found Objects: “Her Majesty Jadis, Empress of Charm and Queen of Narnia,” S. Kay Nash
Journeyman Division
Arrangement of Transformation: “A Crack in Time and Space,” Sabine Furlong
Best Engineering: “Stinza Nickerson, Half-Horse,” Wendy Snyder
Best in Class, Journeyman Workmanship: “Beren and Luthien,” Lorretta Morgan
Master Division
Hand Painting: “Tardis in Vortex,” Steward Facile
Best in Class, Master Division: “Saucer Country,” Kevin Roche, Andrew Trembley, Julie Zetterberg, Greg Sardo, Jerry Majors Patterson, Ken Patterson, Chuck Serface, Nova Mellow as “Daisy”
Presentation Awards
Young Fan Division
Most Royal: “Medieval Princesses,” Emma Jackson, Hope Jackson
Best Story: “Ni No Kuni,” Niki Hyatt, Micah Joel Hyatt, Tori Hyatt, Malachi Hyatt
Best Recreation: “Kirby Picachu,” Candace Pohler
Most Beautiful: “Lady Lattitude.” Robyn Facile
Best in Class: “Wingnut,” Lillian Facile
Novice Division
Honorable Mention for Presentation: “Emmaleen and her Flying Machine,” Sharon Bass, Barb Galler-Smith
Honorable Mention for Chaos: “Randomly Generated Character,” Tamisan
Dr. Moreau Award: “Project F-Zero-X,” Jay Brandt, Victoria Brandt
Deep in the Heart of Texas & Great Balloons of Fire: “AirProof,” Don Clary, James Cossaboon
Best in Class: “Daenerys Targaryen,” Andrea Morrison
Journeyman Division
Best Transformation: “A Crack in Time and Space,” Sabine Furlong
Most Beautiful: “The Dragon Lady,” April Korbel
Best in Class, Journeyman Division: “Beren and Luthien,” Tim Morgan, Lorretta Morgan
Master Division
Most Humorous: “Public Service Announcement,” Rebecca Hewett, Kevin Hewett, Serge Mailloux, Janice Gelb
Close Encounters of the Texas Kind and Best in Class, Master Division: “Saucer Country,” Kevin Roche, Andrew Trembley, Julie Zetterberg, Greg Sardo, Jerry Majors Patterson, Ken Patterson, Chuck Serface, Nova Mellow as “Daisy”
Out of Class Awards
Judge’s Choice: “Stinza Nickerson, Half-Horse,” Wendy Snyder
Best of Show: “Otilia,” Aurora Celeste
And yet the ““corrected final … list” has errors in it, although the error that I see in two places may just be repeating an error that was made by the contestant; it’s impossible to know without seeing the masquerade entry forms.
I’m slightly embarrassed that I know this, and my excuse is that I’m the parent of a 13-year-old: “Pikachu” is spelled “Pikachu”, not “Picachu”. It looks as if someone may have been thinking of Hugo-winning artist John Picacio.
Don’t stop the presses!
Mr. Keesan, don’t be embarrassed. When my children were in elementary school, someone on LiveJournal was amazed that I knew what Jigglypuff was. (After being scared of Poke’mon when they were little, because it was too violent for their toddler sensibilities, they really got into it starting at about age eight.)
Another time, while waiting for my motorcycle to come back from the service department at the dealer, I saw a father and young son who were browsing the accessories. The boy (I think he was four) had a plastic figure in his hand. I asked him if it was a dinosaur?
He said “No, it’s a turtle,” and opened his hand to show me.
I said “Wow…it’s a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle!”
He looked at me with wonder on his face that an adult would know who the Ninja Turtles were, which quickly changed into a look of angry suspicion. “How did you know?” he asked.
His father and I shared a laugh about that, then my bike was ready so I left them as I went to the counter to sign the paperwork.
Are there any photos or videos online? I’d like to at least see what the winner looked like.