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Scintillation of Scions 6
Jun. 9th, 2013 10:00 amLast year, I attended my first Scintillation of Scions, a one-day, one-track series of Holmesian presentations with a Friday reception and a Sunday optional trip loosely sponsored by Watson's Tin Box.
This year, I was on the developing concom, running raffles alongside M.
Yeah, I'm that kind of a person.
Today I'm feeling incredibly proud of myself - with a little of M's nudging, a lot of Team Wench skills, and generous donations (especially from Big Finish, The Baker Street Babes, and Adagio Tea) I doubled last year's raffle take. I don't expect to double it again next year, but I do feel that I've created a new set point for future raffles.
Presentations included: Dan Andriacco and Dan Stashower talking about their books - in Stashower's case, drawing silly parallels between the reality of The Hour of Peril (a Lincoln assassination attempt foiled by a female Pinkerton) and The Great Detective, with obligatory "The Woman" reference. Brandon Perlow talked about the changes that needed to be made to reset the Holmesverse in modern Harlem NY. (Watson and Holmes came out before Elementary was announced, but he did go into the parallels and contrasts a little bit.) Donna Andrews talked about learning to love Holmes. June Matics talked about how to find Holmesian and show-related material online. (There is a whole tumblr devoted to putting Sherlock BBC quotes on Padgett art! Internet, why did you not tell me this?!) Dana Cameron and Lyndsay Faye talked about how history informed canonical Holmes. And Kristina "Curly" Manente talked about resetting the Reichenbach Fall into Big Ben's gearworks in Great Mouse Detective.
Raffle prizes included the complete set of Big Finish Holmes CDs, an "I am SHERlocked" pendant, the complete run of convention exclusive Watson and Holmes (1-3) and a hand painted skull, bee, and pipe still life.
The theme baskets I created included "Mrs. Hudson" (4 bags of Adagio tea, teapot, book on tea celebrations, and cloth with a teacup knitting on it) and "Rainy Sunday: Babes/Audio" (Big Finish's Perfidious Mariner, Peter Cushing's Adventures of Sherlock Holmes vol 1, B. St. Babes trivet and mug & 6 individual samples of Adagio teas.) I also stuffed a Babes tote with a T-shirt and some Malice books as "Take the Babes to the Beach."
As for me, I was pretty well behaved in the dealer's room, mostly because I shocked myself and my budget right off by springing for a copy of an original Strand Magazine. It was a tough choice between the one with Musgrave Ritual and Copper Beeches, but I finally went with Copper because it was in better shape.
Elsewhere in the Holmesverse, apparently another Great Sherlock Holmes debate was held this weekend, this time including Elementary as well as canon, BBC, and Ritchie. Whenever video or audio is announced, I'll pass it on.
There's a post-con trip today - M's going, but even if I felt I had the energy, I'm out. They're coming to look at my soggy phone line today -- and of course the moment the rain stopped, so did the problem on my line. So I told the guy that I was going to meet him with the garden hose. He said I didn't need to. I told him it wasn't my first rodeo.
This year, I was on the developing concom, running raffles alongside M.
Yeah, I'm that kind of a person.
Today I'm feeling incredibly proud of myself - with a little of M's nudging, a lot of Team Wench skills, and generous donations (especially from Big Finish, The Baker Street Babes, and Adagio Tea) I doubled last year's raffle take. I don't expect to double it again next year, but I do feel that I've created a new set point for future raffles.
Presentations included: Dan Andriacco and Dan Stashower talking about their books - in Stashower's case, drawing silly parallels between the reality of The Hour of Peril (a Lincoln assassination attempt foiled by a female Pinkerton) and The Great Detective, with obligatory "The Woman" reference. Brandon Perlow talked about the changes that needed to be made to reset the Holmesverse in modern Harlem NY. (Watson and Holmes came out before Elementary was announced, but he did go into the parallels and contrasts a little bit.) Donna Andrews talked about learning to love Holmes. June Matics talked about how to find Holmesian and show-related material online. (There is a whole tumblr devoted to putting Sherlock BBC quotes on Padgett art! Internet, why did you not tell me this?!) Dana Cameron and Lyndsay Faye talked about how history informed canonical Holmes. And Kristina "Curly" Manente talked about resetting the Reichenbach Fall into Big Ben's gearworks in Great Mouse Detective.
Raffle prizes included the complete set of Big Finish Holmes CDs, an "I am SHERlocked" pendant, the complete run of convention exclusive Watson and Holmes (1-3) and a hand painted skull, bee, and pipe still life.
The theme baskets I created included "Mrs. Hudson" (4 bags of Adagio tea, teapot, book on tea celebrations, and cloth with a teacup knitting on it) and "Rainy Sunday: Babes/Audio" (Big Finish's Perfidious Mariner, Peter Cushing's Adventures of Sherlock Holmes vol 1, B. St. Babes trivet and mug & 6 individual samples of Adagio teas.) I also stuffed a Babes tote with a T-shirt and some Malice books as "Take the Babes to the Beach."
As for me, I was pretty well behaved in the dealer's room, mostly because I shocked myself and my budget right off by springing for a copy of an original Strand Magazine. It was a tough choice between the one with Musgrave Ritual and Copper Beeches, but I finally went with Copper because it was in better shape.
Elsewhere in the Holmesverse, apparently another Great Sherlock Holmes debate was held this weekend, this time including Elementary as well as canon, BBC, and Ritchie. Whenever video or audio is announced, I'll pass it on.
There's a post-con trip today - M's going, but even if I felt I had the energy, I'm out. They're coming to look at my soggy phone line today -- and of course the moment the rain stopped, so did the problem on my line. So I told the guy that I was going to meet him with the garden hose. He said I didn't need to. I told him it wasn't my first rodeo.
