Sarah, Friends & Family - Austria
RingCon 2004 in
Bonn, Germany
This year my friends,
family and I were at the RingCon in Germany for the first time. We wanted to
join the costume contest and we had 5 costumes to present.
We lived in a very comfortable room and until Saturday
evening we were still busy with our dresses. Some things even had still to
be sewn and we were fighting against desperation, because we were terrified
by the thought of not being ready for the contest.
After we had made everything, hair, make up and all
things like that, we rushed backstage and there we waited for a horrible
hour. Horrible because we were all so nervous and I really felt as if I
would get ill. Short before the beginning we even noticed some of the guest
stars who were also backstage. This even increased our nervousness
and after we had presented the dresses I
understood that they are in the Jury. That was really exciting. There were
several other groups, all very good and full of detail. There was for
example a witchking of Angmar and some haradrim who looked really cool.
When all groups were ready, Mark Ferguson and Craig
Parker announced the winners and there were 5 awards. We received the
last one for the best
costumes and we were quite astonished and very, very happy. The RingCon
was really so much funny and great but next year we will surely not join the
contest because we didn't see much of Friday and Saturday at the RingCon and
it was so much work. Next year we will only enjoy ourselves and have a great
time!
Index
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