Wild West Steam Fest 2016

First, a big shoutout to Noelle Shannon for reviving Wild West Steam Fest at a beautiful new location, the Heritage Museum of Orange County. The whole place looked like this.


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View from the Porch of the Kellogg House

It was picnic perfect.


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Pickanick Basket Anyone?

Lots of friends were there, enjoying the programming and the shady elegance.


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Pausing for a Brief Respite on the Kellogg House Porch


The Wild West Steam Fest added regularly scheduled gun fights (wonderfully played by the
Guns and Garters Old West Reenactment group) that were sprinkled throughout the day.

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Look What You Done!


What’s that you say? Were there shenanigans? Really, do you even need to ask?


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Which One is the Sidekick?


Masks by the
Brass Wardrobe. Thanks to Bob Mogg for these comic pics of our masked heroes and for the cool panoramic view of the Kellogg House porch above. And speaking of Bob, also known as the Iron Tailor, he gave an incredibly educational bandolier workshop. It was really clear and informative. Even Sparky got to feeling like she might be able to tackle one of these projects.

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The Iron Tailor Explains Bandoliers


The
Star Wars Steampunk Universe was out in Force….ahaha. And Sparky won a patch by answering one of Dude Vader’s trivia questions. It will straight onto her steampunk denim jacket.

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Star Wars Steampunk Universe


Deus Ex Vapore Machina was there playing sets in the gazebo throughout the day, so we stopped by several times in between shopping and panels to hear several songs.

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Deus Ex Vapore Machina


And you know we can’t resist a few pics of cool costumes we spotted.


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New Costume Creativity


Because it was a one-day event, we had a short presentation schedule; we just did Drake & McTrowell’s Theatre of the Historically Improbable™. Thanks to
Debra Brunner for being such a good sport and participating in both the skit and the sock-puppet reading.


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“Green Grass, Brown Well” and “The Evil Cheesemonger”


Like many steampunk conventions, this one had a costume contest. What was special about this one was the number of girls in amazing adventure costumes. Seriously, doesn’t the one on the left look like a young Sparky McTrowell? But they all looked incredible and steampunky.


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You
re Never Too Young to be a Steampunk Adventuress


Here’s hoping that the Heritage Museum saw the benefit of the event and lets Noelle do it again next year.

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