Good Thing We Had So Many Chairs
(Thanks to both the Lapidary Society for providing the chairs and Grady for all his help lugging them.)

May I Sell You Something Steamy?
(Vendors included Wyng’d Lyon, Hootie’s Perch, Indigo Lane Designs, Gears and Roebuck, Perpetual Motion Creations & Cameron Theatrical Design, The Elegant Harlot, and Rae Wolf Designs)

We had fierce competitors.

Lucius McMonocle
(Played by Ed Pogue)




Rupert Pennyfarthing
(Played by Bryan Bishé



Stanley Cephalopod
(Played by Ashok Pathi)



Victor Victrola
(Played by Sergey Riezaiev)

Everyone got swag.

Swag Bag Contents + a Trophy

The fencing was very exciting!

Cat Like Reflexes



This Isn’t Epee and That’s Not Target



It’s Also Not Ballet, but It’s Just As Spectacular

Of course, Drake was our intrepid MC.

Intrepid MC
(Played by David Drake a.k.a. Chief Inspector Erasmus Drake)

He did an excellent job of explaining fencing.

This Way to the Fencing

And making it clear what is and is not a regulation weapon.

Clearly Not an FIE-Approved Weapon
(FIE is the international fencing association.)

And Sparky made too much food, as usual.

So Much Food

The Starburner Galactic Courier Service’s Strato Sculpin was a huge hit!

Jeb and Barbara Enjoying the Strato Sculpin



You Steer it With That Thingamajig
(Getting Some Direction from Kim Hutsell a.k.a. Lithobius Quick)



Strato Sculpin “Nose” Art



Gear Hands!

At the end of the evening, Rupert Pennyfarthing took 1st, Victor Victrola took 2nd, and Lucius McMonocle took 3rd.

And the Winner Is...!

Justin Hoke won the Trifecta Trophy for having the ticket that predicted the outcome.

Trifecta!

So, he had to have his picture taken with the two makers of the trophy.

Justin and William Swanson



Kim Hutsell and Justin

Although this has been a light-hearted romp through the evening’s festivities, a lot of people committed a lot of their time and energy to making the evening such a success including the Starburner Galactic Courier Service, the fencers, the vendors, and the volunteers.

Way to Go Team!

Entry characterizations: Authored by Morse, Events