ARCHON 23 POCKET PROGRAM

PARTICIPANT SCHEDULE


SPECIAL NOTES

                FRIDAY        SATURDAY       SUNDAY

Art Show        Noon-8pm      10am- 3pm      10am-2pm
        (Artist checkout Noon-3pm Sunday)
        LaSalle Banquet Hall in the Gateway Center
        NOTE: Ongoing demo's by attending artists all weekend
Dealers Room     3pm-8pm      10am-6pm       10am-2pm
        Center Hall A in the Gateway Center
Gaming           2pm-Midnight  9am-Midnight  9am-5pm
        Great Rivers B in the Gateway Center
        Clinton, Sangamon, & Ballrooms B & C in the Holiday Inn
                 2pm Friday<----------------->5pm Sunday
Hospitality      3pm-??am      10am-??am     10am-????
        Ballroom D in the Holiday Inn
        No beer until 4pm; Smoking outside on the Patio ONLY
Registration     Noon-Midnight 10am-Midnight 10am-3pm
        Main Lobby in the Gateway Center
                (also 7-10pm Thursday)
Video I          5pm-Midnight  10am-Midnight 10am-3pm
        Marquette B Room in the Gateway Center
        Variety and Family viewing
Video II & III   4pm<---------------------------->3pm
        St. Clair A & B in the Holiday Inn        Animé & Movies
Children's       6pm-9pm       10am-7pm      10am-(1pm/2pm)
   Programming        Cahokian Room in the Gateway Center
        (check Pocket Program for specific activities)


Remember that all programming events are subject to change due to changes in guest schedules and availability; check the Programming Boards in the Lobbies of the Gateway Center and Holiday Inn for the latest word.

The Cahokian Room, which is running Children's Programming, is NOT a baby sitting service. Archon would appreciate parental supervision and support.

The Saturday Writers Workshop sessions are by invitation only, limited to those who pre-registered via information in Progress Report #2.

Girl Scout Cookies will be sold in the Holiday Inn (location?) from ??-?? daily.

The Klingon Assault Group will be selling candy for charity in the main hallway of the Holiday Inn at various times of the day.

The Klingons will also be running a benefit "Jail & Bail" Saturday; arrestees will be held in the Holiday Inn Executive 2 conference room.

AUTOGRAPH SESSIONS: Check Pocket Program for authors and times; all will be held in the Gateway Center LaSalle lobby (outside the Art Show). Limit per signing is 3 for the Guests of Honor and 5 for other authors/artists. If you want more items signed, please return to the back of the line for each additional set of 3/5 items to be autographed.

Space for Open Filking will be available in the Executive Conference Room 1 in the Holiday Inn, beginning at 10pm Friday and Saturday nights.

VOLUNTEERS!! To volunteer, or for information, visit the Volunteer Department colocated with Registration in the Gateway Center main lobby.

ARCHON 24 MEMBERSHIPS will be sold at the Registration Table beginning Saturday afternoon; sign up now for the cheapest rate available for next year.

HOLIDAY INN ROOMS: Calhoun, Clinton, Executive 1, 2, & 3, Randolph, Sangamon, St. Clair A & B, Ballrooms A, B, C, & D.

GATEWAY CENTER ROOMS: LaSalle (Art Show), Center Hall A (Dealers), Center Hall B (Masquerade), Great Rivers A & B (major events & gaming), Cahokian, Illini A & B, Marquette A & B, Mississippian.



Moderators for the following programs are indicated by (M).


FRIDAY AFTERNOON

    Noon    GC Center Hall A    DEALER'S ROOM SETUP BEGINS

    Noon    GC LaSalle    ART SHOW OPENS

     1pm    GC Marquette A    Business practices for the creative person: Gardner Dozois(M), Larry Niven

     1pm    GC Mississippian    SCI-FI RO's: Forrest J. Ackerman

     2pm    GC Great Rivers B    Challenge the Designer. See if you can beat the designer at his own game. Decipher Game Designer, Chuck Kallenbach, is looking for some challengers: Chuck Kallenbach

     2pm    GC Illini B    Selected Reading: Mark Tiedemann

     2pm    GC Mississippian    Airbrush Demo Artist Guest of Honor at Work. Artwork to donated to charity auction: Ray Van Tilburg

     2pm    HI Ballroom D    HOSPITALITY OPENS (no beer until 4pm)

     3pm    GC Illini B    Artist Demonstration - Oil Pastels and Turpentine: Tim Burns

     3pm    GC Marquette B    Late Great Movie Trailers. Was the movie as good as the hype?: Glenn Boettcher(M), Nancy Mildebrandt

     3pm    GC Mississippian    Computers: Graphic and Printing - Will technology displace the publisher?: John Sies(M), Margene Bahm

     4pm    GC Center Hall A    DEALER'S ROOM OPENS

     4pm    GC Illini A    Animé, is it Cartoons Just For Kids?: John Donigan(M), Russ Bullman, Dan "Uncle Figgy" Cope

     4pm    GC Mississippian    The Great But Often Forgotten Writers of the Past: Dave Phelps(M), Gardner Dozois, Forrest J. Ackerman, Jim Bakke, John Brooks

     5pm    GC Illini A    Selected Reading: David B. Coe

     5pm    GC Illini B    Selected Reading: Hal Clement

     5pm    GC Marquette A    How to Submit a Manuscript and get Published: Gardner Dozois(M), Matt Forbeck, Deb Millitello, Sandra C. Morrese, Stephanie Shaver

     5pm    GC Mississippian    Missions to the Red Planet. From Pathfinder to Mars Sample Return, humans (or their robotic envoys) are returning to the red planet to dig, drive, penetrate, fly around, orbit, and explore: Geoffrey A. Landis


FRIDAY EVENING

     6pm    GC Cahokian    Children's Programming - Create Your Own World

     6pm    GC Illini A    Legend of the Five Rings GM Seminar with Marcelo Figuero, Alderac Entertainment Group, Design Team

     6pm    GC Illini B    Reading: Lady of the Lake: Lloyd Kropp

     6pm    GC Marquette A    Fine Tuning Your Star Wars, Star Trek and Young Jedi CCG Decks: Marcus Certa, Chuck Kallenbach

     6pm    GC Mississippian    Star Trekkin' Across the Universe: Gary Hanak(M), Tim Burns, Sandra C. Morrese, Dan Stratmann

     6pm    GC LaSalle Lobby    Autograph Session: Geoffrey A. Landis

     7pm    GC Cahokian    Children's Programming - Create Your Own Mask

     7pm    GC Center Hall B    OPENING CEREMONIES

     7pm    GC Illini A    Cross Genre Writing. The Pathway to Blending Genres in Writing: Mark Tiedemann(M), Carolyn Ives Gilman, Sandra C. Morrese, Allison Stein

     7pm    GC Illini B    Music: Choose It and Use It! How to select the best Music for your costume presentation and learning what to do with it: Nora Mai

     7pm    GC Marquette A    Kids Living in Fandom: Kevin Cornett(M), Patrica McFadden, Erin McFadden

     7pm    GC Mississippian    S.L.U.G.S LARP MANDATORY Briefing and Character Assignment. If you play this game you MUST ATTEND this meeting

     7pm    HI Ballroom A    How To Turn Your Talent Into a Business: John Kovalic(M), Dan "Uncle Figgy" Cope, William J. Hodgson

     7pm    HI Calhoun    Getting Started As A Writer: James Murray(M), Deb Millitello, Stephanie Shaver

     8pm    GC Cahokian    Children's Programming - Cartooning with Artist John Sies

     8pm    GC Great Rivers B    Challenge the Designer. See if you can beat the designer at his own game. Decipher Game Designer, Chuck Kallenbach, is looking for some challengers

     8pm    GC Great Rivers A    Melee! Kingdom of the Broken Crown invites all to participate in a interactive Melee demonstration

     8pm    GC Illini A    Slide Show: Current Ways to Get Dated: Hal Clement

     8pm    GC Marquette A    Bring Those Gamers to Literature: Richard Knaak(M), Nancy Varian Berberick, Thomas M.K. Stratman

     8pm    GC Marquette B    Fine Tuning Your Costume. Learn How to Put it All Together for Best Costume Entry Ever: Susan Stringer, Jeff Stringer

     8pm    GC Mississippian    Career Development from the School of Hard Knocks: Larry Niven(M), Hal Clement, Rhett MacPherson, George R.R. Martin

     8pm    GC LaSalle    ARTIST RECEPTION IN THE ART SHOW

     8pm    HI Ballroom A    Y2K: Fraud or Folly?: Randy Davis(M), Kevin Cornett, Vic Milán, Richard Stooker

     8pm    HI Calhoun    RPGA 1: Find out about RPGA, Create Characters and then Join the Games on Saturday. Presented by Jeff and Laurie Fox, RPGA Regional Directors

     8pm    HI Clinton/Sangamon    FAT FRIDAY MASQUERADE DANCE

     8pm    HI Randolph    S.L.U.G.S. Vampire LARP Headquarters Opens

     8pm    GC LaSalle Lobby    Autograph Session: Forrest J. Ackerman, Gardner Dozois, Susan Stringer, Jeff Stringer, Ray Van Tilburg

     9pm    GC Illini A    Place of Mythology in Modern Fiction: Lloyd Kropp(M), Thomas M.K. Stratman

     9pm    GC Illini B    Selected Reading: Richard Knaak

     9pm    GC Marquette A    Jekyl-Hyde Complex; Find your inner, demented self! Special effects make-up panel. Sponsored by Halloween Express. Freebies to all who attend. This year's theme: Monster Make-up: Trish Overkamp

     9pm    GC Mississippian    Selected Reading: Forrest J. Ackerman

     9pm    HI Ballroom A    The Aging of Fandom (a Women-Only Round Table Discussion on Menopause): Michelle Zellich(M)

     9pm    HI Calhoun    Reading: Obsidian Butterfly Next "Anita Blake" novel due out in Feb 2000: Laurell Hamilton

    10pm    GC Illini A    MAFS Armed Combat Training for Beginners Tourney on Sat

    10pm    GC Illini B    Helmets, Hats, Gloves, and Boots: Where to get them, how to make them or fake them: Jeff Stringer(M), Susan Stringer

    10pm    GC Marquette A    Will Fandom Online Take the Place of Conventions?: Donna Bakke(M), Stephanie Shaver, Dan Stratmann, Roger Tener

    10pm    GC Mississippian    If I Were in Charge of the Entertainment Industry: Tom Seymour(M), Richard Stooker, J.D. Streett

    10pm    HI Ballroom A    STAR WARS TRIVIA: Chuck Kallenbach

    10pm    HI Calhoun    Selected Reading: Vic Milán

    10pm    HI Executive 1    OPEN FILKING BEGINS: Come Sing And Have Fun Until Dawn: Gary Hanak

    11pm    Family Fun Tyme Go Kart Track    A Live Action ARCHON 500 Go Kart race. Featuring some of your favorite authors, artist, game company reps and other attendees

    11pm    GC Illini A    Is True Art Losing Out to Computer Graphic?: Jan Gephardt(M), Keith Berdak, John Sies, Jon Stadter

    11pm    GC Illini B    Horror Writing: Better Tales than Chucky: Joey Froehlich, Richard Stooker, Thomas M.K. Stratman

    11pm    GC Marquette A    Reviewing the situation of SF/F/H writing for the new millennium: James Murray(M), Steven H. Silver, Mark Tiedemann

    11pm    GC Mississippian    ARCHON: The Chase Years: John Brooks(M), Donna Bakke, Tim Hays, Jeanne Norris, John Novak, Dan Stratmann, Shannon Ware

    Midnite    HI Ballroom A    Selected Reading: Joey Froehlich

     2am    HI Calhoun    2nd Annual Gamers Philosophical Discussion: Jason Carter


SATURDAY MORNING

     9am    GC Great Rivers B    Challenge the Designer. See if you can beat the designer at his own game. Decipher Game Designer, Chuck Kallenbach, is looking for some challengers

     9am    GC Great Rivers B    Gaming Continues

     9am    HI Executive 3    Gaming Continues

     9am    HI Sangamon    Gaming Continues

    10am    GC Cahokian    Children's Programming - Fun with Paint: Cindy Henley

    10am    GC Center Hall A    DEALER'S ROOM OPENS

    10am    GC Great Rivers A    Behind the Scenes, Out in Front, Are All Science Fiction Con's Alike: Jim Bakke(M), Margene Bahm, Susan Baugh, Jenny Overkamp, Steven H. Silver, Rich Zellich

    10am    GC Illini A    Mistakes People Make Giving Massages: Emma Richard

    10am    GC LaSalle    ART SHOW OPENS

    10am    GC LaSalle    Polyform Demo (continues all day)

    10am    GC Marquette A    Modeling Basics: John Mitchell

    10am    GC Mississippian    Costuming Safely: Airholes, Zippers, Cooling Systems, and Quick Exits. Tips from the pro on how to make your costume comfortable as well as fun: Sandy Pettinger(M), Pierre Pettinger, Susan Stringer, Jeff Stringer, Steve Swope

    10am    HI Ballroom A    How to LARP: Britt Eubanks(M), Karen Skaife

    10am    HI Calhoun    How Book Covers REALLY Get Painted. Behind the Scenes Real Life Tales: David Lee Anderson(M), Jan Gephardt, William J. Hodgson

    10am    HI Clinton    Fanzines on the 'Net: Donna Bakke(M), Mike Marchi, Stephanie Shaver, Roger Tener, David Truesdale

    10am    HI Randolph    Writers Workshop (by reservation only): Carolyn Ives Gilman, Marella Sands, Allison Stein

    11am    GC Cahokian    Children's Programming - A visit from the ToyMaker: John Mitchell

    11am    GC Center Hall B    Tech Talk: Making the most of your Masquerade Tech Rehearsal. A must see panel for all enterants: Scott Corwin(M), Mike Evans

    11am    GC Great Rivers A    The 3rd Degree: A Delightful Interview with Gardner Dozois: George R.R. Martin(M), Gardner Dozois

    11am    GC Illini A    Energy and Breathwork (Massage Therapy): Tarraugh Flaherty

    11am    GC Illini B    LEO, NEO, Accessible Asteroids and Comets: Bob Perry

    11am    GC LaSalle    Painting In One Hour (continuing): J.R. Daniels, Brett Bass

    11am    GC Marquette A    Medical Science "Nano" Technologies: Susan Honeck(M), Bob Cornett, Gary Hanak

    11am    GC Mississippian    What's New at Decipher. Find out what is happening at Decipher. It's Groovy Baby!: Chuck Kallenbach(M), Marcus Certa

    11am    HI Ballroom A    CRUSADE TRIVIA CONTEST: Di Sudduth

    11am    HI Calhoun    Ethics in Fandom: Jan Gephardt(M), Sandra C. Morrese, Stephanie Shaver, David Truesdale

    11am    HI Clinton    Do the "V" Chip and TV Turn Off Week Herald a New Age of Censorship?: John Novak(M), Mike McFadden, Tom Seymour, J.D. Streett

    11am    HI Executive 1    "Uncle Figgy's" Guides to Roleplaying and GMing: Dan "Uncle Figgy" Cope

    11am    HI Lobby (Fireplace)    Kaffee Klatch with Forry Ackerman

    11am    HI St. Clair A    ARCHON 23 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL BEGINS

    11am    GC LaSalle Lobby    Autograph Session: Laurell Hamilton, Richard Knaak, John Kovalic, Thomas M.K. Stratman

    Noon    GC Cahokian    Children's Programming - Costuming Fun with Fur and Feathers

    Noon    GC Illini A    From Yellow Legal Pad to Published Book: Steven Burgauer

    Noon    GC Illini B    Using Science Fiction as a Motivational Teaching Aid: Amy White

    Noon    GC Marquette A    Mystery Writing: Was it Really the Butler Who Did It?: Larry Niven(M), Rhett MacPherson

    Noon    GC Mississippian    History of Science Fiction Fandom. The Convention Scene: Oh! How We've Changed: Tim Hays(M), Parris, Roger Tener

    Noon    HI Ballroom A    MAFS: Beginners Tourney Training and Instruction Seminar

    Noon    HI Calhoun    Flotilla 13 Writers and Artists Group presents Write and Publish Your Own Favorite Fan Fiction: Dianne Scheffing

    Noon    HI Clinton    Reading: Kiss of Shadows, New Series due out Fall 2000: Laurell Hamilton

    Noon    HI Lawn    Kingdom of the Broken Crown Armed Combat Demos

    Noon    HI Randolph    Writers Workshop (by reservation only): Nancy Varian Berberick, Rob Chilson, Sandra C. Morrese, Allison Stein

    Noon    HI St. Clair A    ARCHON 23 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL CONTINUES

    Noon    GC LaSalle Lobby    Autograph Session: Bob Cornett, Gardner Dozois, Phyllis Eisenstein, George R.R. Martin, Marella Sands


SATURDAY AFTERNOON

     1pm    GC Cahokian    Children's Programming - SFX with the Experts: Tom Seymour(M), J.D. Streett

     1pm    GC Great Rivers A    The AckerMuseum Presentation: Forrest J. Ackerman

     1pm    GC Illini A    Lost Wax Casting "The Honeck Way": Butch Honeck

     1pm    GC Illini B    Looking at the Oceans from Space; the Satellite Connection: Tom Becker

     1pm    GC Marquette B    Movie Trailers of soon to be released movies: Glenn Boettcher(M), Nancy Mildebrandt

     1pm    GC Mississippian    Story Illustration on the Fly. Reading/Art: Richard Knaak(M), David Lee Anderson, Tim Burns, John Kovalic, Jon Stadter, Ray Van Tilburg

     1pm    HI Ballroom A    White Wolf's Worlds of Darkness: Tammie Davis(M), Thomas M.K. Stratman

     1pm    HI Calhoun    An Ideal Education: Is There Such a Thing?: Mary Ann Cornett(M), Carolyn Ives Gilman

     1pm    HI Clinton    Selected Reading: George R.R. Martin

     1pm    HI Executive 1    Selected Reading: Phyllis Eisenstein

     1pm    HI Lawn    MAFS Armed Combat Demos

     1pm    HI St. Clair A    ARCHON 23 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL CONTINUES

     1pm    GC LaSalle Lobby    Autograph Session: Larry Niven, Sharon Shinn

     2pm    GC Back Parking Lot    POST-APOCALYPTIC CAR SHOW: Jeff Finazzo, John Mitchell

     2pm    GC Cahokian    Children's Programming - Getting Ready For the Children's Masquerade. Parental Assistance Requested

     2pm    GC Great Rivers A    23 Years Ago A Group of People had a Gathering in St. Louis Called Archon: John Brooks(M), Tim Hays, Ken Keller, Mike McFadden, John Novak

     2pm    GC Illini B    Advanced Space Propulsion: Ed Barocela

     2pm    GC Marquette A    How not to always look like a novice costumer: Pierre Pettinger(M), Sandy Pettinger

     2pm    GC Mississippian    X-Files, B5, Voyager and Other Sci-Fi shows of the 90's: Donna Bakke(M), John Donigan, Alex Eisenstein, John Sies, Jon Stadter

     2pm    HI Ballroom A    The Humor of Horror: Charles Keith-Stanley(M), Tammie Davis

     2pm    HI Calhoun    Selected Reading: Bob Cornett

     2pm    HI Clinton    GM Seminar with Marcelo Figuero, Alderac Entertainment Group design team, new RPG system 7th Sea: At last we can be Pirates

     2pm    HI Lawn    MAFS: Beginners Armed Combat Tourney. Sponsored by MAFS. To participate you must attend one of the two Instruction/training sessions. See Friday 10pm or Saturday Noon.

     2pm    HI Courtyard    Wedding Vow Renewal: Don & Tai Mayford (by invitation only)

     2pm    HI Executive 1    We're on A "Tangent": David Truesdale(M), Nancy Varian Berberick, Steven H. Silver

     2pm    HI Randolph    Writers Workshop (by reservation only): Rob Chilson, Carolyn Ives Gilman, Sandra C. Morrese, Marella Sands

     2pm    GC LaSalle Lobby    Autograph Session: Forrest J. Ackerman, Jeff Stringer, Susan Stringer

     3pm    GC Lobby/Hallway    CHILDREN'S MASQUERADE in the Gateway Center Lobby/Hallway

     3pm    GC Illini A    How Research Can Make Fiction Stranger: Debra Burgauer

     3pm    GC Illini B    The Design and Construction of a Water Pipeline System for the Martian Lowlands Using In-Situ Resources: Erv Baumann

     3pm    GC Marquette A    Star Wars: Can You Feel the Force?: Gary Hanak(M), Tim Burns, Hal Clement, Rhett MacPherson

     3pm    GC Mississippian    How to Talk to a Mummy - An Interactive Panel/Lesson: Lloyd Kropp

     3pm    HI Ballroom A    From Idea to Published Game System. Game Development from Inside a Game Company. Featuring Reps from Decipher, AEG, PEG and Easy Eight Productions: Matt Forbeck(M), Marcelo Figueroa, Brad Sanders

     3pm    HI Calhoun    How to Submit a Clean Copy: Steven H. Silver(M), Kevin Cornett, James Murray

     3pm    HI Clinton    Are Comics an Alien Form of Literature/Art?: John Kovalic(M), David Lee Anderson, Dev Hanke, Larry Niven, Thomas M.K. Stratman

     3pm    HI Executive 1    Odyssey Writer's Reunion

     3pm    GC LaSalle Lobby    Autograph Session: Joey Froehlich, Vic Milán, Richard Stooker, Mark Tiedemann

    3:30pm    GC Illini B    The Design and Evolution of an Interplanetary Mass Transit System Based on Hypersonic Skyhooks and Magsail-Driven Cyclers: Erv Baumann

     4pm    GC Cahokian    Children's Programming - Making Puppets

     4pm    GC Great Rivers A    Selected Reading: Forrest J. Ackerman

     4pm    GC Illini A    Selected Reading: Kate Burgauer

     4pm    GC Illini B    The Current State of a Manned Expedition. Panel Discussion: Ed Barocela(M), Erv Baumann, Tom Becker, Bob Perry, Amy White

     4pm    GC Marquette A    Alternate History: What would be different if the "IF's" had won?: Steven H. Silver(M), Keith Berdak, David B. Coe, Mark Sumner, Mark Tiedemann

     4pm    GC Marquette B    THE JEFF AND SUSAN STRINGER SHOW

     4pm    GC LaSalle Lobby    ART AUCTION with Brett Bass, J.R. Daniels, Auctioneers

     4pm    HI Ballroom A    Science Fiction Weapons: Personal, Tactical, Strategic, and Planetary: Rich Zellich(M), Dev Hanke, Vic Milán, Brad Sanders

     4pm    HI Calhoun    The "Hamilton Rules" of Writing: Laurell Hamilton

     4pm    HI Clinton    Applied Technologies: Roger Tener(M), Gary Hanak, Tom Seymour, J.D. Streett

     4pm    HI Randolph    Writers Workshop (by reservation only): Nancy Varian Berberick, Rob Chilson

     5pm    GC Cahokian    Children's Programming - A Sci-Fi Puppet Show

     5pm    GC Great Rivers A    Fantasy Writing: Could be the musings of Daydreams: Allison Stein(M), Glen Cook, Phyllis Eisenstein, Joey Froehlich, George R.R. Martin, Deb Millitello, Richard Stooker

     5pm    GC Illini A    What's New at Alderac and Pinnacle Entertainment Groups: Marcelo Figueroa(M), Matt Forbeck

     5pm    GC Mississippian    Which Decade Had the Best Science Fiction to Offer the Young and the Not So Young at Heart?: Mike McFadden(M), Beth Bancroft, David B. Coe

     5pm    HI Ballroom A    Vampire LARPS vs Vampire Movies: Are LARPS a cheap imitation of a movie or are movies based on the best LARPS?: Britt Eubanks(M), RoseMary Garris, Dave Schuetz, Karen Skaife

     5pm    HI Clinton    Write and Publish Your Own Favorite Fan Fiction. Flotilla 13 Writer and Artist Group


SATURDAY EVENING

     6pm    GC Cahokian    Children's Programming - Dinosaur Draw: Keith Berdak

     6pm    GC Great Rivers A    Legend of the Five Rings LARP. No experience necessary. Rules will be taught. Sponsored by AEG

     6pm    GC Great Rivers B    Challenge the Designer. See if you can beat the designer at his own game. Decipher Game Designer, Chuck Kallenbach, is looking for some challengers

     6pm    GC Illini A    Library Research Resources for Writers: Susan Baugh

     6pm    GC Illini B    Mars, the Next Frontier: Steven Burgauer

     6pm    GC Marquette A    GM Seminar with Matt Forbeck, creator/designer of Pinnacle Entertainment Group new super hero RPG system Brave New World

     6pm    GC Mississippian    Life with a Pro: Mary Ann Cornett(M), Parris, Deb Burgauer, Carol Cook, Carolyn Novotny

     6pm    HI Ballroom A    An Attraction of Death Produced by SOS Productions: RoseMary Garris, Dave Schuetz

     6pm    HI Calhoun    What's New at Steve Jackson Games!: John Schmidt

     6pm    HI Clinton    Golden Age of Sci-Fi Movies, The 50's: John Brooks(M), Jim Bakke, Alex Eisenstein, Ken Keller, Dan Stratmann

     7pm    GC Illini A    Selected Reading: Thomas M.K. Stratman

     7pm    GC Illini B    Magic in Modern America: Glen Cook(M), Laurell Hamilton, Rhett MacPherson, Mark Sumner

     7pm    GC Mississippian    Short Stories: Everything you ever wanted to know: Rob Chilson(M), Hal Clement, Deb Millitello, Marella Sands, Mark Tiedemann

     8pm    GC Center Hall B    GRAND MASQUERADE

     8pm    GC Illini A    Horror Writing: Not Just for Halloween: George R.R. Martin(M), Allison Stein

     8pm    GC Illini B    Selected Reading: Marella Sands

     8pm    HI Randolph    S.L.U.G.S. Vampire LARP Headquarters Opens

     9pm    GC Illini B    Selected Reading: Richard Stooker

     9pm    GC Mississippian    The Renaissance and Fantasy Art of William J. Hodgson

    10pm    GC Illini A    UFO's: Did Real Science Help the Sci-Fi Industry?: John Brooks(M), Steven Burgauer, Tim Burns, John Novak, Marella Sands

    10pm    GC Marquette A    THE BUFFY TRIVIA GAME: Di Sudduth

    10pm    GC Mississippian    Sci-Fi Special Effects: Then, Now and Still To Come: J.D. Streett(M), Tom Seymour

    10pm    HI Clinton/Sangamon    DANCE - THE POST-APOCALYPTIC PROM

    10pm    HI Executive 1    OPEN FILKING begins after the Masquerade until ?????

    11pm    Family Fun Tyme Go Kart Track    A Live Action ARCHON 500 Go Kart race. Featuring some of your favorite authors, artist, game company reps and other attendees

    11pm    GC Illini A    Television, is there enough Fantasy/Science Fiction or too much violence?: Jim Bakke(M), Tom Seymour, J.D. Streett

    11pm    GC Mississippian    Low Budget Movies: How to Make and Market them: Marella Sands(M), RoseMary Garris, Dave Schuetz

    11pm    HI Ballroom A    PRIVATE PARTY FOR MASQUERADE PARTICIPANTS (following the Masquerade Judging)


SUNDAY MORNING

     9am    GC Great Rivers B    Gaming Continues

     9am    HI Executive 3    Gaming Continues

     9am    HI Sangamon    Open Gaming

    10am    GC Cahokian    Children's Programming - Tough Men in the Bible

    10am    GC Center Hall A    DEALER'S ROOM OPENS

    10am    GC Illini A    How to turn your talent into a business; the art of self-promotion: Brett Bass(M), David B. Coe, J.R. Daniels, John Kovalic

    10am    GC LaSalle    ART SHOW OPENS

    10am    GC Mississippian    Multidenominational Church Service featuring band Lost and Found (All Seekers Welcome): Rev. Dan Stratmann

    11am    GC Cahokian    Children's Programming - Open Programming

    11am    GC Great Rivers A    GUEST OF HONOR BANQUET - banquet ticket required (speeches following; open to all)

    11am    GC Illini B    How To Pack Em and Stack Em. The St. Louis Ubiquitous Tailoring Society display and discuss the proper undergarments used for historical, fantasy, and Sci-Fi costumes: S.L.U.T.S.

    11am    GC Mississippian    Tremendic: Marella Sands(M), RoseMary Garris, Dave Schuetz

    11am    HI Randolph    AMTGARD: Shire of the Western Gate - Club Informational Meeting (open to all)

    Noon    GC Cahokian    Children's Programming - Creative Activities and Art until we part

    Noon    GC Great Rivers A    GUEST OF HONOR SPEECHES & AWARDS PRESENTATION (open to all)

    Noon    GC Illini B    S.L.U.T.S Annual meeting and election of officers. Anyone interested in the art and fun of costumes is welcome

    Noon    GC Marquette B    The Horror of Make Up: Using a Face Cast to Make Your Own Latex Appliances: Dave Midgett(M), Stephanie Bergeron, Andy Bergholtz, Ramona Midgett


SUNDAY AFTERNOON

     1pm    GC Great Rivers B    Challenge the Designer. See if you can beat the designer at his own game. Decipher Game Designer, Chuck Kallenbach, is looking for some challengers

     1pm    GC Illini A    Real Myth, Real Science, Real Crime, as a jumping off point for writing: Laurell Hamilton(M), Lloyd Kropp, Rhett MacPherson, Thomas M.K. Stratman

     1pm    GC Illini B    Beyond the sewing machine. Making costumes out of both usual and unusual materials: Daren Bost

     1pm    GC Marquette A    Mad Max: The Future or Our Distant Past?: John Mitchell(M), Jeff Finazzo

     1pm    GC Mississippian    CHARITY AUCTION

     1pm    HI Ballroom A    VOLUNTEER PIZZA PARTY WITH THE PRO'S (bring your sign-off sheets)

     1pm    HI Lawn    AMTGARD, Shire of Western Gate: Weapons and Combat Demonstration

     2pm    GC Great Rivers A    Where Do We Go From Here? The Future of Archon: Michelle Zellich(M), Jon Bancroft, Beth Bancroft, Scott Corwin, Randy Davis, Les Haven, Sheila Lenkmann, John Mitchell, Steve Norris, Rich Zellich

     2pm    GC Mississippian    CHARITY AUCTION CONTINUES

     2pm    HI Lawn    AMTGARD, Shire of Western Gate: "JUGGING" Medieval Football as featured in the movie Blood of Heroes

     3pm    GC Illini A    St. Louis Science Fiction Society Meeting (open to all)

     3pm    GC Illini B    ARCHON 23 RPGA AWARDS PRESENTATIONS: Jeff Fox, Laurie Fox

     3pm    GC Marquette A    GM/Writers Seminar on the Worlds of Alderac and Pinnacle Entertainment Groups: Marcelo Figueroa, Matt Forbeck

     4pm    GC Great Rivers A    CLOSING CEREMONIES

     5pm    HI Ballroom D    DEAD DOG PARTY (if any beer & soda left) - Also a Fundraiser for local animal shelters; Donations accepted, but not required


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Last update: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 by Rich Zellich