[HP4GU-FAQ] Roll Call - OT Nimbus Tangent

[Gail Bohacek]

Derannimer Asked:

>So, guys-who-were-able-to-make-it, how did Nimbus go?
>How were the speakers? How was the Shipping panel?
>And. . . Gail, did you really storm the karaoke bar?

Storm the karaoke bar?  Heh...

:: Dressed in black and carrying automatic weapons, the filkers bust into 
Kimono's Sushi Bar.  Several people screamed in terror and a woman fainted 
as they quickly took up strategic positions around the room.  Caius, who 
wore a red beret, jumped upon the stage and wrenched the microphone from the 
young patron who stood there.  "Everybody sing along, and nobody will get 
hurt!" ::

Well...it wasn't quite like that.  We got permission from the manager to 
sing our stuff, but we had competition from the Muggles.  It was noisy, and 
between the chatter of the crowd and the music from the loudspeakers, it was 
hard to hear our own lyrics being sung.  I must admit, that I had more fun 
hanging out in our room with all my fellow filkers, singing acappella.  In 
fact, I would have to say that my whole Nimbus experience was like that.  
Yeah, it was cool, to be at Disney World, and to have all the bells and 
whistles of the convention...but the best thing was to meet all these 
people, see their faces and get to know them live and in person.  I feel bad 
that I wasn't able to spend more time with them...oh, Phyllis!  We never got 
to dance the hustle!

Like Melody, I didn't attend many of lectures.  Lilac told me a little about 
the R/H - H/H Shipping panel, how it got rather heated.  Heh...the R/H 
Shippers had some cool t-shirts printed up....er...Derannimer...you *are* 
R/H, aren't you?   I went to the Snape panel and came to the conclusion that 
the character of Snape is too ambiguous right now to draw any definite 
conclusions about anything.  Saw Lexicon Steve give his presentation with a 
lot of overhead projections, and Dicentra gave one  - TBay style!  But the 
best, best, best speaker that I attended was this John Granger, author of 
"The Hidden Key to Harry Potter: Understanding the Meaning, Genius, and 
Popularity of Joanne Rowling's Harry Potter Novels".  I was unfortunate that 
I was only able to attend the last 15 min. of his speech, but what I heard 
gave me goosebumps...I kid you not!  Especially the bit about alchemy.   If 
you haven't picked up his book yet, I recommend it highly.  You hear that, 
Cindy?

Phyllis is helping to organize a Harry Potter convention in Ottawa in 2004, 
and I met Judy Serenity who really would like to have a convention for HP4GU 
people only.  I think that would be a cool thing!

All in all, Nimbus was a wonderful experience and...man!  The organizers 
(Gwen and Heidi and their crew) really did a lot.  I was impressed.

I'll be posting my photographs next week on OTChatter and I'll tell some 
more stories then, okay?

-Gail B.

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