JAMESTER'S & CORY'S REPORT
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I was counting down the conventions I've been too and this was # 20!!!! Well, it's been a couple years but I decided to return to the Annual Xena Convention in Burbank and this time bring my son Cory! When he was younger, we went to many Xena cons together, but it's been at least 5 years for him, so he really had a good time seeing the stars and fans again! It was an incredible time and we really want to thank everyone who made that great time even better!!!
I
was VERY excited to see that Adrienne would be attending this convention,
especially because she was one of the actresses Cory really remembered
enjoying when he was younger! Adrienne was a delight on stage and talked a
lot about her most recent and current projects. Cory got a chance to take
another photo with her after 5 years... it's very cute!!!
2:45 pm “XENA VS. THE SOUL SUCKER OF JAPA”
After
a LONG two year wait, the Xenaversity finally completed our 3rd movie just
in time for the 12th annual Xena con! This one wasn't silent, but instead
had Japanese speaking with English subtitles!! It was also the first IN
COLOR movie we had done. We sat in the audience as the movie debuted and
received a great response back from the crowd. MANY asked how they could get
a copy and we said we'd be selling it for charity within the next couple
months!!!
3:05 pm STEVEN L. SEARS
Steven educated us all on the
workings of writing for Xena. It was cool to hear how he would've done
things ... especially since he wrote 25 episodes!!
3:45 pm ZOE BELL
Zoe unfortunately did not make
it....
4:25 pm ROBERT TREBOR (Salmoneus)
7:30 pm: Friday Night Cabaret:
10:00 pm- ??? DESSERT PARTY Disco
JAN. 13 SATURDAY EVENTS
10 am PHOTO OPS with RENEE O’CONNOR.
There are still some tickets available at $70 each.
The Xenaversity LOCAL members
pitched in and got a group shot with Renee in her DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN
outfit... she looked great!! I also gave her a copy of our newest movie Soul
Sucker... she said she had seen our 1st and 2nd movies and that we were very
CREATIVE and TALENTED!! A direct quote!!!
11:55 am XENA TRIVIA GAME
Chris, Cory and Annie decided to
TEST their Xena trivia by entering the contest! It was touch and go for a
little while, but they WON!!! $50 gift certificates for each of them...
CONGRATS!!!
12:30 pm JAY LAGA’AIA (Draco)
1:10 pm BRITTANY POWELL (Brunhilda)
1:40 pm INTERMISSION/STAGE RESET
2:40 pm JENNIFER WARD LEALAND (Zehra and Boadicea) and MICHAEL HURST
(Iolaus, also frequent director)
3:50 pm INAPPROPRIATE STRANGER”
A video presentation from Tara Chadwick & Wendy Woody
That loveable psycho, evil Callisto, is back in black and terrorizing modern
day villagers as she hunts down her nemesis Xena!
This was a HILARIOUS video that
showed Tara walking through the Renaissance Festival approaching various
guests and asking who was better, Callisto or Xena!! This was very well done
and very funny!!
4:45 pm THE XENA COSTUME AND TALENT CONTEST
As usual, there were some VERY
good costumes!!!! Our very own Karen (Angie's mother) won 2nd place as Lao
am!!! Cory won the Junior Division with his LUCIFER costume. I had entered
the Talent Contest and sung "Hate is the Star" but did not win. But the
other talent entries were great!! The belly dancer with swords, and
especially the stunt choreographed fight!!!! They won FIRST PLACE !!!
8:00 pm LUCY LAWLESS in CONCERT at The
Roxy Theatre in Hollywood
All I have to say is .... MAN O MAN!!! It was an incredible experience watching Lucy Lawless perform an adrenaline rushed concert in a late night club in downtown Los Angeles!!!! The venue was only 400 so it was very INTIMATE, we were right off the stage center!!! Lucy wore this tight white shirt with jeans and chaps ... later she performed in a go-go outfit, with Renee O'Connor joining her in a gogo outfit later too!!!! The energy level was through the roof and Lucy got to see another dream come true to blowing us away with music.... I was very glad to share this experience with my friends!!!!
DOWNLOAD some CLIPS from the CONCERT from YOUTUBE!!
LUCY
AND RENEE at ROXY!!
JAN. 14 SUNDAY EVENTS
9:15 am CELEBRITY BREAKFAST! Featuring a CHARITY SILENT AUCTION to
benefit JAMES ELLIS FOUNDATION, helping students affected by cancer to
attend college. Jay La'Gaia, Michael Hurst, Jennifer Ward Lealand, Brittany
Powell, and Claire Stansfield (she made a QUICK appearance!!)
Anita Ellis is a woman who once you meet you will never forget. You can tell right away that she is so full of heart and generosity and it shows as well with the work she does with her Foundation. This charity breakfast was no exception!! With the Deb and Karen at the helm, the silent auction and raffle raised $10,000, a goal Anita was aiming to reach!! The Xenaversity helped by organizing items, selling raffle tickets and closing the auction down. Everyone deserved huge applause for all their hard work.
The guests were great too! Michael and Jennifer auctioned off a shirt for Kevin Smith's family and with the other guests, proceeded to visit every table in record time!!! Claire wasn't able to be there initially, but she flew in last minute and the crowd went wild!!!!
As you'll tell in the photo above, Anita auctioned off Hudson's dress too, since Hudson wasn't able to make it, she was filming a movie!!! Anita's mother couldn't make it either, but she is doing very well and said hello too all!!!
VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO EVERYONE
WHO DONATED ITEMS TO THIS AUCTION!!!! It always blows me to away to see
Xenite's Greater Good! The Xenaversity was able to donate our Xena Silent
Movies and some music videos, and we raised over $200 there alone....
PATRICK FABIAN (Rafe in “King Con”)
11:25 am CLAIRE STANSFIELD
What can I say??? CLAIRE ROCKS!!
Having gone into the corporate world working as a consultant for a business
she created, life was treating her very well. She is married and has a child
and hopes to adopt another soon!!! She did interject that Alti would LOVE to
appear in a Xena movie....and/or guest star on L WORD!! I'm up for both!!!
1:15 pm “LOOK AT ME I’M GABRIELLE” video by Deb Abbott
2:00 pm “SIX SESSIONS IN SIX MINUTES”
Starring Tara Chadwick, Wendy Woody, D. Robinson Just like Gabrielle’s
bilious green sports bra, 140 episodes of Xena have been shrunk to fit into
six comedy-filled minutes in “Six Seasons in Six Minutes”.
DOWNLOAD THE SCRIPT!!!! (PDF)
Email Wendy to let her know what you thought of the performance!!!
I was lucky enough to be asked
to join this cast as the Reporter from "The God You Know". Wendy and Tara
did a great job of running through 6 seasons of Xena in about 6-8 minutes!!!
2:30 pm ROB TAPERT & LIZ FRIEDMAN
4:30 pm LUCY LAWLESS AND RENEE O’CONNOR
After seeing Lucy in concert, it was great to see her the next day and get her feedback from the show. She said she oriented everything about the show to fit in with the great fan base she has, even down to the songs themselves... nothing too heavy or sentimental, but an atmosphere that showed the love and energy of Xena fandom...and she succeeded beyond belief! She appeared to be so happy with having accomplished a personal dream and it was SO cool to be a part of that.
Renee was great as well, talked
about her current projects like Boogeyman 2 and Ghost Town. She said she
would DEFINITELY come back as Gabrielle if asked and the story was good!!!!
5:10 pm Music Video Tribute
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, the last video WINNER of the convention was none other than Cory and my "I Like The Way You Move" ... it was great seeing Cory accept the award on stage with Adam. It's cool to be able to teach your children what you have learned... we'll see if Cory ventures any more with the video editing!!!!!