3 Forks Make it to the door of THE VAULT!
NY Casts' Kim as Miss Worlds End
"THE SCOTTISH PEOPLE WERE COMING!"
The Antici..........pation grew as time passed.
And all too soon we were on our way. But at the last minute a plaintive voice in the wilderness -
"Can I come too?" Layla was not to be left out of the frenzy that would be
After giving New York a good Forking through the week running up to the Con we were ready,
just about, to face our Public, many of whom we only knew over the internet and as email contacts.
Friday morning - Breakfast with Quad - what can we say? It was PHAT!!!
(all this new patter to learn!!!). Just time to catch "Lost In Space" while the girls have a Dying
session!!! Then off to the Marriot, Financial Centre - in very quick
succession are introduced to Ruth Finkwinter, Larry Viezel, and about 4 million other people who
just happened to be in the lobby at that point (and I'm sure that some
of them weren't "Rocky" fans - still "Peace & Love To all"!!!). You know it's
quite disconcerting to be recognised OUT of costume, - thanks Larry, but it's
still a buzz being told how great your costume is - even when you're not wearing it!
Saturday dawned bright and early, Saff had been lied to about
the proposed time we were leaving! (A necessary evil!!!) M
arrived at 11am and that completed our foursome going to THE
VAULT.M as
Frank, Layla as Magenta, Saff as Columbia and Me as Eddie.A
yellow cab ride away (And didn't it confuse the cab driver!) and
we joined the queue. Inside the Vault was, first the merchandise
area and then the main staging area and finally the bar. M was
to be our representative in the pre-show stakes, so off she went
to find someone in charge (read - Bill Brennan!) to find out
what the order of artists would be. The rest of us fell into
what everyone else was doing, finding friends and making new
ones!
Apart from a few hiccups with the sound system the festivities
got off to a great beginning with Perry Pollie doing a few of
his numbers. Then another NY drag act (with hair that Lilly
Savage would have envied) took to the stage performing to Aqua's
"Barbie Girl" - as Dominatrix Barbie!!! Amongst the other
Pre-shows was a group who performed a local news channel's
report of the events of "Rocky..." It was so well put together
and it was even more impressive when you realise that the whole
thing was driven by a video recording that was playing at a
fixed rate - so any mistakes would have knocked the whole thing
out - an excellent item! Another performance worthy of note was
Kim, She WAS Miss World's End, the "Beauty Queen" character from
Little Nell that graces the start (and end) of "The Alternative
Miss World" film. (Making Saff green eyed - she's always wanted
to do that number!) Of course we couldn't forget to mention Ooor
M as Frank as Sally Bowles doing "Mien Herr" - almost flawless
except for that BLOODY chair!
Then it was time to clear the stage for the guest of the day
enter Nell Campbell - 7 months pregnant and looking as radiant
as could be! A true trooper (and total lovvie!!!) answered all
questions put to her, no matter how stupid or banal they were.
and before we knew it the Q&A was over and a mad rush to get her
autograph before she dashed off into the sunset. A live shadow
cast performance of Shock Treatment closed the day portion of
the con.
The night part of the con, was to be a major headache for the organisers and
an absolute joy and oodles of fun for the rest of us!!! Going up
to perform was fantastic - as you went up people were saying "Hi
I'm so 'n' so and I'll be playing such 'n' such, how do you
do?!!" that was fantastic.
Then before we knew it, the show was over and it was back to the
hotel for some after show fun! Most folk seemed to end up in
Quads room (if you don't know her find her at a con and say
HI!). By the time I arrived - having surfed round a few other
rooms first (I know I'm such a social butterfly!) the party was
in full swing, Quad was at least three sheets to the wind ad
going for a fourth. She was playing cards with her room mates
they were playing strip poker and despite being told on numerous
occasions that they were cheating Quad continued to play! by
this time there was not much left for her to take off. A final
cheat and all that's left is QUADS UNDIES!!!
(Press here for the evidence!)
7.30am and it's finally time to call the con to a close and wend
our weary way home to 52nd street.
A final dinner with friends old and new at Houlahans and then we
were on our way home to Blighty! New York already becoming a
memory - sniff, sniff!
NYC & BEYOND
Then Ian who had been harbouring thoughts of going to NYC convinced Derek to go as well
Now we were 5! Getting a hotel was a must. Then Neil decided "Hey a rolling bandwagon -
must jump on!". And now we are 6! Neil had noticed an advert in the internal BBC magazine
"Ariel" selling a company who let appartments out round the world and had places in NYC
with there being 6 of us the cost would be reasonable. OK that was accommodation
sorted,
a good flight deal was found. New York didn't have a clue what was about to hit it!
"THE FORKS IN NEW YORK!"
Still lets look to the future...
