White Lady Eowyn writes: Here is a report for you, as I promised MrCere, about the Second Annual DragonCon parade! Saturday morning dawned in Atlanta with bright and beautiful skies. But it was also unbelievably hot for so early in the day. [More]
Day: September 1, 2003
White Lady Eowyn writes: Here is a report for you, as I promised MrCere, about the Second Annual DragonCon parade!
Saturday morning dawned in Atlanta with bright and beautiful skies. But it was also unbelievably hot for so early in the day. Thank heavens that there were volunteers on hand to give out water and ice to all the parade participants.
This year’s parade, unlike the first one last year, was controlled by the fact that they really wanted you to be pre-registered to be in the festivities, due to the burgeoning interest. The Atlanta Police Department was kind enough to close off the streets from a mile down the Hyatt and all along the parade route.
And there were a ton of spectators! The crowds only grew as we drew closer and closer to the host hotels. The lady who was leading our group of Lord of the Rings fans made a banner that said, “One Parade to Rule Them All,” etc. Apologies to her, but I do not remember the rest of the banner. The weekend is blurring somewhat due to staying up too late and getting up too early, but all the fun was worth it.
We had myself, representing Eowyn, an Uruk-Hai (complete with White Hand over the face, this is the lady that headed our group and she won a spot during the Evening at Bree costume contest), a Merry, a Gondorian Ranger, Gandalf, some Elves, and a Balrog! The Balrog costume was completely hand made by the woman wearing it, and the wings were pneumatically controlled so she could spread them with the touch of a button! This, by far, elicited the biggest responses from the crowds lining Peachtree Street.
At several points in the parade, we sang the Hobbit Drinking Song (“Hey, ho, to the bottle I go,” , etc.). Unsure of the crowd’s reaction to this, but we sure had fun doing it!
Sincerely, White Lady Eowyn, from the TORN Message Board
Rafael writes: Games Workshop has released a new set of miniatures for it’s game based on The Lord of The Rings including some major characters such as Elladan and Elrohir, Glorfindel II (on horseback and on foot) and Balin and it’s troops. [More]
Matt sends along these great images from Toybiz forthcoming ROTK action figure line. Take a look! Cave Troll in armour! Aragorn in full battle mode! [More]
Ringer Spy Kungloosh sends along these great pics from Dragon*Con 2003, which took place this weekend in Atlanta: For a first timer to this convention, I sure realized I have been missing a lot!!! Upon arrival I had to find the TORN booth… [More]
Ringer Spy Kungloosh sends along these great pics from Dragon*Con 2003, which took place this weekend in Atlanta.
Kungloosh: For a first timer to this convention, I sure realized I have been missing a lot!!!
Upon arrival I had to find TORn booth. This was my chance to finally meet all of the wonderful people who bring us this website! What joy it was to finally put faces with names! Also a chance to meet the man behind the microphone, Quickbeam! Was a pleasure to meet you! All I can say is that TORn made me feel like I was visiting friends. They made you feel welcome.
Costumes galore! Everywhere you looked! I only got a sampling of photos for the variety of wonderful costumes. The time and effort that people have placed into these works of art shows! The LOTR fans were awesome! To top them all tho was Saron! This costume was amazing! Actual metal was used to create this costume! BRAVO!
Emerald Rose performed several times during my stay. It was a pleasure to finally hear what those lucky ones heard when they attended the Oscar party! I can’t wait to hear & meet them again! Logan, Arthur, Clyde & Larry are the best, you guys truly rock! If anyone has an opportunity to hear and see these guys perform, it’s well worth the effort to see them!
As this was my first time at DragonCon, I am still in shock & awe at the magnatude of this convention. My poor sleep deprived body just couldn’t handle all the sensory overload. LOL I had to crash early on Saturday night and never got to enjoy all the wonderful parties that I have heard DragonCon is noted for. Oh well, NEXT YEAR!
Had a great time and will most definately do it again!
Kungloosh