ClioCon!

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So discussing LunaCon with both blackholly and bhanesidhe got me thinking: what would the Con of Clio be? Come along, won't you?


Location: Some random old shambles of an old fashioned hotel in the wilds of southern Maine.

Friday
Arrival

Dinner and singing in main room: pizza, beer, Italian sandwiches, strawberry shortcake, and Karaoke featuring 70s am hits.

In the screening room, all con long: A loop of alternating John Hughes and Preston Sturges films


Saturday
Breakfast: Several varieties of silver dollar pancakes with appropriate accoutrement.

First Morning Panel: It's all about the B Story: Love and the Secondary Character
Special attention paid to Nick Carroway, Mervyn Bunter, Liz Imbrie and Seamus Finnigan

Second Morning Panel: Neil Finn, God
heidi8 (M), RL friend S, Eddie Vedder, Sheryl Crow

Lunch: Drive classic convertibles to a picnic on the grounds, with fried chicken, potato salad, veggie sticks, and raspberry rhubarb pie

Afternoon: Napping in the sun, swimming in the pool

Teatime Panel: Clio, why she so hot?
calloocallay (M), Roger Taylor of Duran Duran, Michael J. Fox, Margaret Cho, Bruce Willis, John Cusack, and that guy from chem lab in high school.

Evening: Formal dinner party, with assigned seating, vast amounts of weirdly specific flatware, and seven or ten courses

Night: Costume ball with dancing on the veranda. Fox trots and waltzes. Theme: Romantic comedies, films noir and romances of the 1930s-1950s.


Sunday
Brunch: Eggs benedict. Very large bloody marys and mimosas available.

Morning panel: Ultimate mix cds and how to make them
John Cusack (M), calloocallay, RL Friends C and D

Afternoon: Live reading of Busman's Honeymoon (play) on the lawn

Teatime Panel: Stop the insanity! Or at least the bad sex writing!
Anais Nin (M), blackholly, Julia Quinn, Henry Miller
Special to Anne Rice: If you make a fuss you will be ejected.

Dinner: Foraging for leftovers in the fridge.

Departure.


Well? So what would your con be?