Con Season Kicks Off in NJ Tomorrow
There are three Supernatural cons in March, and one in Australia in April, so this weekend kicks off the long string of weary cast members bouncing from place to place in between breaks in Vancouver.
Creation Entertainment’s “Salute To Supernatural” kicks off in Cherry Hill, NJ tomorrow. I have tickets to this event and will be covering it, although it’ll be a challenge to see how a con feels when neither of the major stars are there. I keep hearing that it’s still a great fan experience, so I’m keeping an open mind and going with the mindset that at least I’ll have fun getting drunk and being away from my clingy children, hubby, and pets for a weekend. This time I’m going Gold Ticket, so I’ll actually have some insights on the Saturday night Dessert and Cocktail party and Sunday morning Brunch. This is where I find out if that extra cost for the privilege of attening these two events is worth it.
On Friday, Chad Lindberg (Ash) and Jason Manns are the panelists, and there is a Jason Manns concert and Karoke party in the evening. On Saturday Richard Speight Jr. (The Trickster), Gabriel Tigerman (Andy), and Traci Dinwiddie (Pamela Barnes) take the stage, and they are the listed guests for the said Dessert and Cocktail party. Sunday, the big event day starts with Jim Beaver (Bobby), Todd Stashwick (Dracula), Charles Malik Whitfield (Agent Henricksen) and the person I’m very anxious to see, Misha Collins (Castiel). The Sunday lineup is also supposed to be at the breakfast in the morning.
On March 20-22, Eye Con takes place in Orlando, Florida. Guests scheduled are Jared Padalecki, Misha Collins, Jim Beaver, Julie McNiven, Chad Lindberg, Gabriel Tigerman, and Jason Manns. One week later Creation Entertainment’s “Salute to Supernatural” moves to LA, and this one actually has both Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki there. Other guests scheduled are Richard Speight Jr., Samantha Smith, Alona Tal, Charles Malik Whitfield, Gabriel Tigerman, Misha Collins, Jason Manns, and Steve Carlson. Notably absent from that one is the master himself, Eric Kripke, who despite living in the same town had a conflict. I must say that opportunities to get writers at that convention were missed and that’s why I took a pass at traveling cross country for the same event I could get in a much closer Chicago. Ditto for why I haven’t bought for Vancouver yet.
Finally, on April 18-19 in Sydney Australia, Jensen and Jared will both attend the “All Hell Breaks Loose” convention.
I’ll have reports up as soon as I possibly can on any of these events, for even though I’ll personally be at Cherry Hill only, I have plenty of other spies that will be attending the other events. Looks like it’ll be a whirlwind month.
I’ll be at the LA one and am happy to give my thoughts – only a silver pass mind. Also my first fan experience so that should be interesting, never done anything like this. but SO excited!
I went to the supernatural convention in cherry hill and it was the best time of my life I even got a spot on youtube because some one recored me crying and hugging Jim Beaver….. very funny lol
Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB9SLLcUEYY