2000 Memphis Star Trek/Xena Convention

	The Hudson Leick Official Fan Club table. Representing the fan club are Kara, Wesser, and Mike Ownby. It was a priviledge to meet them and I was almost too scared to introduce myself. I still had the camera settings set up for Grace so it came out a bit dark. Note the folders with some great pictures of Ms Leick and the monitor which was showing video clips and still pictures, I think. That's a poster of Ms Leick in the back behind Kara. [Full]
	Here's a shot of the main convention room. On stage are three convention goers trying to answer audience trivia questions for prizes. The guy standing on stage is the emcee and he did a good job keeping the audience entertained, especially when the equipment didn't work, and he had good introductions for all the little videos and other events. There are enough seats for over 300 people, but it was not a well attended convention. On the other hand, that did make the convention more personable and more intimate. [Full]
	A shot down the dealer room. To the left past the wall is the back of the main convention room. From here you can see the table with photos. Past that is Grace's table, then the HLOFC table. The back table has autographed, framed pictures. The table on the right has miscellaneous memorabilia (mostly Xena items). People constantly wandered back here to look around in between and during the main room acts. [Full]

	The last dealer table is mostly Star Trek items. You can see a display of shiny little trinkets that they were selling. The girl with the cap is the door guard. Convention goers are stamped when they turn in their tickets. Unfortunately, the ink does come off if you wash your hands, which I did. Luckily by then the door guard recognized me (probably since I came in and out all day) so she just waved me in. [Full]
	One thing Creation did give Grace was a small table where she could sign autographs throughout Saturday. She had whole stacks of autographs and dozens of people lined up to get her autographed. Very friendly and willing to chit chat to anybody. The autographs were $10 and all the proceeds are going to some charity. [Full]
	Tim Russ was the last event on Saturday. The two main speakers seem to be scheduled last. Makes it easier for the autograph session afterwards because that can last a couple of hours and it's better to do it after the convention rather than during the convention. I had a hard time getting good shots of Tim because the camera wanted to expose the picture too much since everything behind Tim is white. I finally set it to spot focus so it got him well but not the background (like I care about the background). [Full]

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