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Special Guest Naomi Novik and Artist Guest of Honor Ciruelo.

Photo by Don Glover

Masquerade MC, Rob Stewart, gets his just desserts. Dick O‟Shea spreads the word about

Photo by Daniel Pawtowski Photo by Daniel Pawtowski

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Inside This Issue: Norwescon 32 ConCom Meeting Dates Publications Report 2 2008 2009 Chairman’s Post Con report 3 September 13th January 10th 2008 Lifetime Member Award 3 October 11th February 21st Registration Wrap-Up 4 November 15th March 14th Budget Report 4 December 13th April 5th (Stuffing Party & Dealers’ Room 5 Integration Test) Volunteer Department 5 May 15th (Post Con Meeting) Special Events 6 Charity Events 8 Meetings are typically held at the Doubletree Hotel, Seat- tle Airport. Please check the Norwescon Movie Previews 9 (www.norwescon.org) website to verify location and meeting times. Norwescon 32 Election Results 9 Art Show Report 10 Design and Layout: Don Glover Art Show Awards 11 Editors: Pearl Lawson and Katrina Marier Masquerade Awards and Running order 12 Photos by Don Glover, Eric Patowski, and Single Pattern Contest 14 Thom Walls

Publications Report My first year as Publica- ship at large. Marier, Pearl Lawson, Paul tions Director has come and Carpentier, and Jennier Agee. gone. After a less than stellar We had our challenges, Thanks to Rick and Vickie start with an iffy Post Con Re- most notable was the typo on Bligh for the wonderful job port/PR Alpha, the depart- the cover of the Souvenir they did on the signs around ment finished (mostly) Book (look elsewhere in this the convention. Dara Korrat'ti strong. This year publications Post Con Report for your re- gave us yet another creative made a few changes from placement C). and wonderful daily zine. years past, the biggest of I would like to thank my I will be back for Norwes- which was moving the panel staff, without whom I would descriptions from the pro- con 32 and we will see what I have been toast (lightly but- can do to make publications gram book to the pocket pro- tered). gram and redefining it as a for Norwescon even better. Souvenir book. From all the Thanks to dQniel Kauf- Don Glover feedback that we have re- man who produced the Sou- ceived this appears to have venir Book and Pocket Pro- Norwescon 31 been a win for the member- gram; my editors Katrina Publications Director

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Chairman’s Post Con report

Well the time has come to bad. You have told me what I Until Norwescon 32 gets say all my thank you‟s to all have done right and wrong. I up and running, remember to the members and volunteers. will be collecting all of that check our website at norwes- information to send to the con.org for all the latest infor- Norwescon 31 was a very next Chairman of Norwescon. mation. Once again thank you successful convention in all for attending Norwescon many ways. Our attendance A big thank you to my Ex- 31. I hope to see all of you remained close to Norwescon ecutive Team for all their hard back for Norwescon 32! 30. We had wonderful Guests work this year. The depart- of Honor who enjoyed every ment heads are the best as aspect of our convention; and you are the ones who make a great bunch of volunteers our convention run smoothly. Tracy Knoedler willing to work many hours to A very special thank you goes help put on this convention. It to all the great volunteers who Norwescon 31 Chairman has been my pleasure being helped out during the conven- your Chairman for the last tion. two years. You all have taught me lots of things, good and

2008 Lifetime Member Award Each year, the cur- porting items to and from, rent Chair of Norwes- here and there, and all the con has the opportu- time, seeming to keep a nity to award a positive and upbeat attitude, "Lifetime Membership" not to mention, most of to an individual or in- their sanity, while doing it. dividuals that have contributed greatly to This year, not one, but the Convention. At the three "Lifetime Member- final Pre-Con planning ships" were awarded, and I meeting for Norwescon will join with others in 31, which was held on agreement that there could March 1, 2008, this years everyone behind the scenes, be no better choice of recipi- Chair, Tracy Knoedler had as well as, undoubtedly, every ents. Please join in congratu- such an opportunity to do just person that has attended the lating Daniel Patowski, Eric that. Convention, some, almost un- Patowski, and Yvonne Pa- knowingly, have all the "stuff" towski , also affectionately In appreciation for many needed for the convention. know as "The Norwescon years of dedicated service to But their dedication doesn't Transportation Team". Norwescon through countless stop there. Throughout the Jeromie Folger hours of hard work, heavy lift- year, they keep track of all ing, and the willingness to go those items, making sure they the extra mile, assuring that are kept in a safe place, trans-

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Registration Wrap-Up

First, I want to take this saved us paper and printing out. The lines even moved a moment to thank all of the costs and sped up the receipt little quicker. volunteers and staff who have process. This was a great worked in Registration (Reg) change and has helped Reg We had a visit on Sunday at Norwescon while I have move forward as much as the from some very cute Firemen served as Reg Lead. You guys laptops last year and the New and Paramedics. One of our continue to be so very awe- Badge format the year before. staff, who works for Reg, IT some. Jeff, Willow, Dragon- As we all know, any change is and the Office, had a minor Mom, Talia, Nina, and all the hard. It took less training health emergency. It shows rest of you: thank you. It has than any of us thought, but a the mettle of all the staff and been a fun and wild ride. As I lot of new configuration from volunteers in how quickly and change positions within Nor- IT (who continue to rock), quietly this was handled. Reg wescon for 32, I know Regis- and some really bizarre bug shut down in an orderly man- tration will continue to thrive parties got it done. ner; a screen of bodies was in your capable hands. suddenly in place to provide a Unfortunately, checks privacy screen and to keep the Okay. What happened this could not be accepted by Reg area clear, and when it was year? Well, there were a cou- on site this year. IT and Busi- over, everyone got back to ple of really great changes and ness worked hard to try to work to get Reg reopened a couple of minor disasters. solve this issue, but it was an quickly. Sometimes you just outside problem with the have to marvel at how won- We had new PRINTERS! company used to do the verifi- derful people can be. Did you notice? The dot ma- cation process. From what I trix dinosaurs were gone and saw, it didn‟t really slow you Respectfully submitted by nifty little laser printers were guys down. You got out your Judy Oxford, there instead. This meant no debit cards, credit cards, or more 3-part (NCR) (no car- found cash, and it all worked Norwescon 31 bon required) forms! That Reg-Dragon Budget Report

Budgeted Actual Chairperson $ 5,235.00 $ 4,469.50 Vice Chairperson $ 23,533.00 $ 21,168.20 Membership Type Total Business $ 18,345.00 $ 22,585.31 342 One Day Member Services $ 3,800.00 $ 3,522.01 Children 170 Publications $ 30,875.00 $ 21,644.01 Full Event 2133 Convention Services $ 18,900.00 $ 21,095.69 Programming $ 9,855.00 $ 6,490.38 Professional 385 Personnel $ 9,350.00 $ 7,976.03 3030 Grand Total Special Events $ 3,025.00 $ 1,580.13 Total $ 122,918.00 $ 110,531.26 Capital Expenses $ 4,978.90 $ 4,550.05 T o ta l $ 127,896.90 $ 115,081.31

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Dealers’ Room

Were the Northwest Ball- selection of rooms full or what? vendors. I have already had The dealers‟ room never several re- slowed down this year. It was quests for ven- packed solid from the time we dor space for opened on Thursday until we next year, un- closed on Sunday. It took all fortunately of my energy just to get you they will have members out of the room to wait until the nightly so that we could go to fall. dinner. I guess that means we had a wonderful selection of We look for- vendors that you could spend ward to seeing lots of money with. you fill the Northwest Ball- Norwescon Dealers Room, safe from aliens. rooms again next year! Photo by Daniel Pawtowski We had lots of new items, from books, costumes, gam- Tracy Knoedler ing, and weapons. I do hope you all enjoyed our wonderful Dealer Coordinator

Volunteer Department

First I want to thank eve- and we just couldn't put on Park, Picnic site 1 (covered), ryone that helped out and Norwescon without you. on August 2nd at Noon to made Norwescon 31 such a 5ish. If not, I'm sure I will see great success! We had over It has been an honor and a them at Norwescon 32! 100 people (and those are just pleasure to meet and work the folks who registered with with all the wonderful volun- Thanks again to everyone Volunteers!) pitch in and as- teers these past two years. It who helped this year, in years sist in running the conven- has been quite a learning ex- past, and everyone who will tion. All told, from the packet perience, as well as a lot of help in the years to come! laughs and good times. I hope stuffing party to move out Jim Sullivan (which I hear was one of the all of the volunteers had as quickest yet!) our wonderful much fun as I did! Next year I Volunteer Department will not be running the Volun- volunteers worked 1,268 Head hours! That's incredible! teer Department, but I know Whether it's our volunteers it will be in capable hands. Norwescon 30 & 31 with endless energy, such as I hope to see all of the vol- Richard Saur-Wooden or unteers again at the Norwes- Diane Wahlborg, or a person con 31 Volunteer Appreciation who helps out for an hour or Picnic which will be held at two, all of the aid is invaluable the Federal Way Steel Lake

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Norwescon 31 Special Events

This was a fun year for the great. The contestants were whom put fannish aspects Special Events department. top notch and the judges were into their performances. During my second year of speedy. Peggy would like to running the department, I ex- take this opportunity to thank Burlesque workshop and panded on what we did the them all for all the effort and show: previous year to make the hard work they put into the Besides the FFFS, Betty events even more special. masquerade this year and en- Rage also ran the burlesque courage them all to volunteer I could not have pulled workshop on Saturday after- or compete again next year as noon. This was for people this off with out the help from she hands the reigns over. my assistant, Peggy Stewart. who wanted to know what it She will run this department See page 12 for the running took to perform burlesque. for Norwescon 32; and I can‟t order and awards. She helped them create acts, wait to see what she does with which they had the opportu- it. Masquerade half-time: nity to perform in front of a crowd later that evening. We Dances: This year Keith Johnson had some slight technical and Alan Halfhill provided problems with the sound sys- This year DJ Jammin‟ movie previews for half-time. tem (it didn‟t show up); but Panda and his crew (Caeli They kept the seats filled and Cheryl Ferguson was able to Kane, Geoff Hicks, Lizzie Pe- the audience wanting more. find some speakers which terson, Amber, Miriam Keith- They would like to take the saved the show, so a big Stanley, and Geoff Kane) or- opportunity to thank you, our thanks to her. ganized and decorated all 3 suppliers, for your help with dances. They went with a dif- Norwescon. Gaming: ferent dragon theme for each night‟s dance: Midnight Movies: The gaming room was run by Pro Roy and his assistants Thursday: The Dragon Ba- We showed 3 great movies Robert Moshell, Richard zaar with DJ Bomb and DJ this year: Heavy Metal, Rocky Johnson, and Mark Richard- Eternal Darkness Horror Picture Show and son. We once again had two Blade Runner. I would like to different gaming areas; and Friday: Star Dance at the thank James Wilson for run- both of them were crowded all Dragon‟s Lair with DJ Jam- ning the room and the Vicari- weekend. Congratulations to min‟ Panda and DJ Fangdork ous Theatre Company for Heather Bornhorst, this year's coming in for Rocky Horror Call of Cthulhu Tournament Saturday: Hoedown at the Picture Show. Dragonslayer‟s Inn with winner. Heather won a free mc300baud Fannish Fetish Fashion membership to next year's Show: Norwescon! Masquerade: The FFFS was a bit light We also had a couple of The masquerade this year on the Fashion this year; LARPs run out of the gaming was run by Peggy Stewart and hopefully next year we can area this year. We learned an a proverbial cast of thou- remedy that. Betty Rage did a important lesson from this: if sands. Everyone pulled to- spectacular job of getting you are going to have players (Continued on page 7) gether and the show was fabulous performers, each of

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dying in the hallways, then Amtgard: membership to next year‟s you need to have signs in- Norwescon) went to Julie forming the mundanes that Amtgard came in on Sun- Hoverson. We would like to they are acting. Oops! day morning to give our thank our other contributors membership a demo of what of prizes: Springtime Crea- Casino: they do. Think of them as a tions, Cargo Cult Books and live action role play- Jay Lake. For the second year in a ing using foam weapons. I row I ran the Norwescon Ca- want to thank Matt Ward as 501st Charity Event: sino. Even with it being on my liaison between Norwes- Thursday night, we had a con and Amtgard. Check out For a charitable donation, huge crowd. This year we the group‟s main web site for people were able to have their added a few new games into more details on them. pictures taken with the Em- the mix: roulette and craps. I www.amtgardinc.com pire‟s finest and even some of want to thank my casino staff: their rebel counterparts. In Jessie Simpson, Leonard Scavenger Hunt: total, $720.00 was donated to Burstiner, Jason McDermott, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer and the others who volun- This year we brought back Research Center. Jeromie teered to be dealers. the Scavenger Hunt. Sheye Foulger ran this event; and he Blaze, who organized the would like to thank all the Texas Hold’em Tourna- event, came up with a list of members of the Titan Garri- ment: 30 interesting items for the son for all their hard work, contestants to find. Some of time, and energy. He also We held the second annual the items were easy to find, Texas Hold‟em Tournament thanks all of their wives, hus- others were near impossible. bands, boyfriends, and girl- over 3 days. The tournament In the end Mark Sebring was run by Mariah Johnson friends who donated their found the most; and Melissa time taking, printing, and dis- who added her own unique Emmons was the runner up. flair to it. The tournament tributing the pictures, keeping was ended on Saturday night; Match Game SF: the crowd energized and en- and the winner was Patrick tertained. Also, a big thanks McCafferty. Thanks to all the This year we “borrowed” to everyone who participated people who helped deal the an event from California fan- and donated. tournament. dom. Kevin Standlee was kind enough to come up and run 5 I want to thank both the Lazer Tag: rounds of Match Game SF for Norwescon Tech and Pro- our membership. I just wish gramming departments, and For the second year in a we could have found a larger we could not have done this row year we had lazer tag run- room for it, as the room was with out your help and sup- ning all 3 nights. The room packed. Kevin would like to port. was run by Scott Perrin and thank Jeffrey Hulten who Elizabeth Fellows who made After 9 years of working stepped ably into the job of on Norwescon's executive sure that all the players had a Announcer, and Lisa Hayes safe but fun time. I know we team in a variety of positions and Tsuki Systems who from Chairman to Special could not do lazer tag with out filmed the show. all the hard work and time Events, it is time for me to they put in. Did I mention that the take a break. I'll still be Match Game had prizes for around doing something for

the winners? The top prize (a (Continued on page 8) Norwescon 31 Post Con Report July 2008 Page 7

Charity Events I had a wonderful time as food for the food bank, or ar- Things I learned this year: the Charity Events coordina- ticles for the Charity Auction. tor this year! Thank you, Beadscape Artiques donated Schedule a time to make Tracy, for asking me to take ribbons that were given to the rounds with the Chair or this on. Thank you also to those who donated (if they their representative EARLY in Roberta Williamson, Polly wanted one). In the evening, the con so you have time to Keeney, and Mary Spratt, for some of the charity team make coherent notes about the many hours spent at the walked the halls of the con- the donations from the deal- table, and for helping me pass vention with bowls of gummy ers! It might be nice to have a out the gummies. Another body parts. That part was certificate of appreciation to thank you goes to Prudence REALLY fun! People de- fill out and give to the dealers Bohnas, who has been the lighted in going through the as they give us their dona- head of Charity Events for bowl of wrapped candies tions. Make BIGGER signs! several years, and could not looking at the various (Rick and Vickie Bligh were come to Norwescon this year. (naughty) bits. right!) The table was a good She passed on a wonderful idea; being interactive with notebook of information and I was overwhelmed by the the members was fun! You contacts that made it easier to generosity of our fen! Special can‟t go wrong with ribbons, put things together. Between thanks to Jack Laney, John P. but you need to have some- the donations at the table, the Alexander, The Teacup, Jenny thing people want. “Betty‟s gummy candy, and the charity Seaver, Naomi Novik, Bead- Boobies” was a huge success! scape Artiques, and our fabu- auction, Norwescon raised Becky Citrak over $1400 this year! lous Dealers. I wish I had room to list them all and eve- Charitable Events First we chose our chari- rything that was donated! ties for the year. We kept Northwest Harvest, which has Of special note was the been our standing charity for “Match It for Pratchett” drive Special Events many years, and added the that was hosted by Northwest (Continued from page 7) Fred Hutchinson Cancer Re- Society at the table next to ours, and the search Center in honor of Norwescon and in a few years Betty Claar, a long time Nor- fundraiser by the Star Wars club. They both exceeded I will probably be back on the wescon committee member Exec team. I need to thank all who passed away last year. their goals due to your gener- osity. the people who have helped Our team christened them- and supported me over the selves “Betty‟s Boobies”, years. I especially want to which was very well received thank Kat and Gabe. by both the committee and the membership. Shawn Marier Next we decided to try Norwescon 31 something a little different. Special Events Director During the day we had a table in the lobby where we ac- cepted donations of money, Adrienne Loska matching it for Pratchett. Norwescon 31 Post Con Report July 2008 Page 8

Movie Previews Norwescon 32 Election Results

Movie previews at Norwes- Elections were held for the officers of Norwescon 32 on con are always popular, and our Saturday, April 26th with Doug Booze, Tracy Knoedler, Pat third year brought new opportu- Booze, and Kevin Black on this year‟s election committee. nities. This year we were asked The results were: to do an hour of Family Movie Chairman Previews in our Family Track Programming room for our Becky Citrak 27 younger fans. We also length- Rob Stewart 26 ened our Friday time by a half- Catrina Foulger 20 hour. Also we were asked to do None of the Above 2 previews as Masquerade half- No Preference 1 time. This year we went from 3 Vice-Chairman hours of programming time to Jeanine Swanson 37 4.5 hours. Total gross combined attendance for our four 2008 Shawn Marier 25 panels was 646 people (up 45% Rory Clark 12 from 440 in 2007). Based on a None of the Above 1 10% repeat rate we believe we No Preference 0 served approximately 575 unique members, 19% of our GOH Selection Committee membership! Cheryl Ferguson 32 With Alan Halfhill‟s peerless technical direction and our Dara Korra‟ti 29 knack for presenting informa- Sally Woehrle 25 tion our members are interested Denise Prowse 23 in, we believe the Movie Pre- Jeffrey Cornish 22 views will continue to be the Christy Berlemann 6 most popular programming at Alise Green 4 Norwescon outside of our No Preference 2 Dances. None of the Above 0 Keith Johnson and Alan Halfhill Congratulations to Becky, Jeanine, Cheryl and Dara and thank you to everyone who participated in this year‟s elec- tion. We found the case of missing C‟s from the program book. Included here is your Doug Booze very own replacement. Carefully cut it out and paste it on to your program Norwescon Elections book in the appropriate location.

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Art Show Report

It was another amazing Artist Alley. She did a great part of our team and we are year. There are so many won- job as Artist Ally continues to very appreciative of every- derful things that happened get better every year. E.J. thing they all did to help. over this last year, and so Fadgen who ran the bag check They are: many people to thank, that it again this year and hardly is hard to know where to ever left her post was terrific. Richard Erskine, David start. Lise McKinney took on the Donals, Caroline Westra, print shop this year and did a Laura Penty, Shawn Lum, Ja- It would not be an Art wonderful job of giving the son Lum, Trent Lum, Leslie Show without our artists. print shop its own identity Fischer, Audrey Penty, Troy First we would like to thank and a wonderful place to Brenner, David Valentine, our Artist Guest of Honor, shop. We would also like to Connor O‟Bryan, Robert Rus- Ciruelo. He is an amazing art- thank Rory Clark, our Art sell, Victoria Scanlon, Dave ist and an extremely generous Show programmer, for all of Anderson, Tahlia Holt, Tif- guest of his time and talent. his hard work supporting the fany Alexander, Sandra Odell, Art Show computer systems, Erik Saltwick, Jesse Woodard, The heart and soul of the Caryn Farmer, Brandon Art Show are our attending as well as the entire IT staff for keeping us running. Thank Meyer, Janka Hobbs, Joe and mail in artists. We had a Julian, Marlene Helms, Toni wonderful group this year you also to our wonderful fi- nance team: Ali Grieve and Forbis, Alex Vroutos, Ari that brought the best of them- Chamberlin, Nahalen Nasset, selves and their work to Nor- Mike Orosz. Also a huge thank you to Walt Thomas, Kirsten Palmer, Heather wescon. We would like to Pringle, Kenny Holland, De- thank them for the time and our construction chief; with- out his hard work and pa- nise Nilsson, Sara Linde, talent that they have shared Mara Palmer and Diane Wal- with Norwescon, and I have tience there would be no Art Show. Last but never least, borg who was awarded our really enjoyed working with Norwescon Art Show Appren- each one of them. Pat Booze, whose support helped in so many ways to tice Award this year for being None of this is possible make this show a success. an outstanding volunteer. without the tremendous help Thank you to everyone for of our volunteers. First I The other group that we want to thank are our at- attending and participating in would like to thank our Art this year‟s Art Show. We look Show staff. First a very special convention volunteers. We are very grateful for them tak- forward to seeing all of you thank you to Lori next year. „Shaughnessy‟ Burtis, who is ing the time out of their con- my right hand person, and to vention experience to come Doug Booze Bill Cochell, Jr., who joined and help us. Without them it the team this year and helped would have been a harder and Norwescon 31 out in so many ways. We longer weekend for all of our Art Show Director would also like to thank staff. We truly want all of Melissa Kell for managing the them to know that they are

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Art Show Awards

Judges Awards Best in Show Ciruelo Hobsyllwin 1st Place H. Ed Cox Harbinger 2nd Place Heather Hudson Joiner Adept 3rd Place Jeff Sturgeon Maelstrom Best Color Stephen Lestat Ahmes Dream Best Black & White Mark Roland Persistence of Memory Best 3D Rebecca Schumacher Cox Sondrine, Gargoyle Girl Best Textile Mai Nguyen White Crane Best Jewelry Jewelry by Scoop Vicky Ex Machina GoH Pick John Picacio Fast Forward 1 Special Dragon Craft Peter Pan Test Tube Dragon Peoples Choice Awards Best of Show Ciruelo Hobsyllwin Best Humor Bill Cochell Jr. Kugogi, Wok the Dog Best Fantasy Ciruelo Hobsyllwin Best Horror Douglas Herring Dark Nebula Rising Best Sci-Fi Jeff Fennel (two of his pieces tied) Star Scout Destiny‟s Angel

Doug Booze and the Art Show crew, taking care of business! Photo by Daniel Pawtowski

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Masquerade Running Order: Presentation Awards:

1. Media, Storage Princess Novice Best in Show Christie & Doug Van Winkle Night at the Sci-Fi Museum Master Anita Taylor, Dave Tackett, Eric Prill 2. Fairy‟s Lament Master Theresa Costanzo Best in Master Class 3. Cyber Demon, or Angel? Novice Echoes of Joy Master Peggy Foy Lisa Satterlund, Greg Sardo 4. Echoes of Joy Master Lisa Satterlund, Greg Sardo Best in Journeyman Class Belle Booke,…& Dragon??? Journeyman 5. Raks Macabre Novice Bronwyn Thomas, Jeff Thomas, Julianna Robinson Tamera Mickelson

6. Mirror, Mirror… Journeyman Best in Novice Class Sionna Neidengard, Angela Krupp Mr. Incredible Novice Aurin Ballou 7. Rock and Gold Novice Erica Marr Best Public Service Mime Away Journeyman 8. Night at the Sci-Fi Museum Master Kelly Nary, Eric Franklin, Stephanie Franklin, Anita Taylor, Dave Tackett, Eric Prill Ryan Thayer, Sara Schmidt

9. Belle Booke,…& Dragon??? Journeyman Peta Award Bronwyn Thomas, Jeff Thomas, Julianna Robinson Wotan the Wall Novice 10. Mr. Incredible Novice Eric Pope Aurin Ballou Workmanship Awards: 11. An Alliance of The Right Hand Journeyman Best in Show Workmanship Kier Salmon, Randolph Fritz, Maria Bartz Way Back When Master 12. Wotan the Wall Novice Audrey Schmidt, Lindie Schmidt, David Schmidt Eric Pope Best in Workmanship Master Class 13. Why The Japanese love Baseball Master Echoes of Joy Master April Faires, Alicia Faires Lisa Satterlund, Greg Sardo

14. Mime Away Journeyman Best in Workmanship Journeyman Class Kelly Nary, Eric Franklin, Stephanie Franklin, Ryan Mirror, Mirror… Journeyman Thayer, Sara Schmidt Sionna Neidengard, Angela Krupp

15. Way Back When Master Best in Workmanship Novice Class Audrey Schmidt, Lindie Schmidt, David Schmidt Cyber Demon, or Angel? Novice Peggy Foy 16. The Valkyries Ride Again Journeyman

Annika Johnson, Suzie Thomas, Marilyn McGuire, Mike Workmanship Award for Excellence in Hand Dyeing Elsner Why The Japanese love Baseball Master April Faires, Alicia Faires

Workmanship Award for Excellence in Beading Raks Macabre Novice Tamera Mickelson

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Night at the Sci-Fi Museum Echoes of Joy Photo by Thom Walls Photo by Thom Walls

Belle Booke,…& Dragon??? Way Back When Photo by Thom Walls Photo by Thom Walls

Why The Japanese love Baseball Mr. Incredible Photo by Thom Walls Photo by Thom Walls Norwescon 31 Post Con Report July 2008 Page 13

Single Pattern Contest

We would like to thank everyone who participated in this year‟s Single Pattern Contest and made our new venue a hit. We would also like to say a special thanks to all of the fans who attended the fashion show and voted for the Fan Favorite award. We look forward to seeing you next year. Fan Favorite: SueLyn Taylor - Fleur-de-Nuit Best in Show: Sandra King - Bonnet as a Flower Best Theme : SueLyn Taylor – Fleur-de-Nuit Best Concept: Bror Rand - Hats in a Jiffy Most Creative Use of Materials: Rebecca Sons – Most Species Best Historical ReCreation: Diane Wahlbor – Medieval with Heirloom Judges Choice: Mercynye – The Rich Pirate Relation Achievement over Adversity Liana Worsfold – The Poor Relation Judges Choice: Lady Bane – Total Opposite Excellence in Sculptural Detail: Kathleen Fahey – Bird? What Bird? Honorable Mention: Victoria Shaffer – Silk Decadence

Alisa Green & Terri Specht

Norwescon 31 Post Con Report July 2008 Page 14 Norwescon 32 April 9 - 12, 2009 Doubletree Hotel Seattle www.norwescon.org The Pacific Northwest’s Premiere Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention Theme: “Things that Time Forgot”

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Jonnalyn of Borg Photo by Thom Walls Photo by Thom Walls

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