Schuster Star Trek Conventions/1978 (February) New York City Schuster Star Trek Convention

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Star Trek World Expo con was held February 18-20, 1978 in New York City. 
== Guests of Honor==
William Shatner | Isaac Asimov | Bruce Hyde | Joan Winston | Sondra Marshak | Myrna Culbreath | Howard Weinstein | Richard K. Preston | Dan McHugh | Anna Tornheim Hassan (Sondra Marshak's mother) | Joyce Russell | Thomas Monson
Heash was the Master of Ceremonies.
==Convention Staff==
==Message from Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath==
From a commemorative edition of the program book: 
==The Program Book==
==Tidbits and Anecdotes==
The program book had two full-page illos by Monica Miller, a full-page ad for William Shatner's new LP, William Shatner Live, a trivia contest, photos of Bruce Hyde, William Shatner, Joan Winston, Anna Tornheim Hassan, Issac Asimov, and Heash (Master of Ceremonies), a map of the hotel, and an ad for the Star Trek America that was to take place in September 1978 at the Statler Hilton Hotel.
The program book had sixteen pages. There were four different editions of it: one for Nimoy, Shatner, Kelley, and Doohan. They differed by having a full-page publicity still of the actor and a page with a short bio.
The first blood drive hosted at a Star Trek convention was at this con and was sponsored by the editor of Ambrov Zeor, a Sime~Gen con. This con activity was inspired by the blood drives started by Robert Heinlein at science fiction cons.
==Flyers, Badges, and Other Ephemera==
Image:startrekschuster1978flyer.jpg|flyer, promises a "Miss Galaxy Beauty Pageant"
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Image:startrekamerica1978-1.jpg|photos of the Master of Ceremonies (Heash), Bruce Hyde, William Shatner
Image:startrekamerica1978-2.jpg|photos of Isaac Asimov, Joan Winston, Anna Tornheim Hassan
Image:startrekamerica1978-3.jpg| illo by Monica Miller
Image:Startrekamerica1978-10.jpg| illo by Monica Miller
Image:startrekamerica1978-4.jpg|an ad for the Shatner LP William Shatner Live: "All in all, truly, a collector's prize" 
 
== Programming==
* Masquerade Spectacular
* Miss Galaxy Beauty Pageant
* Phantasma Fantasy Fashion Show presented by The Asphalt Jungle
* Inside a Klingon Battle Crusier by Mike McMasters
* Art Auction
* Amateur Film Contest
* Fanzine Reading Room
* Space Shuttle K-7 Lounge
* Robert Heinlin's [sic] Blood Drive
* Star Wars Exhibition Center by Factors Etc, Inc.
* Fan Club Exhibits
* Galaxy Art Exhibit
* Space Traders Room
* "Update on Space Colonization" by Dan McHugh
* City on the Edge of Whatever, slideshow by Michigan State University Star Trek Club
* "On the Set of Star Trek" by Joan Winston
* Science Fiction Piano Concert by Bruce Hyde, perhaps others
* a showing of the Star Trek Bloopers
* "Selling Your Star Trek Book" by Joan Winston
* "Starfleet: A New Era" by Richard K. Preston
* "The Star Trek Connection" by Joyce Russell and Thomas Monson
* Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath Present Excerpts from "Shatner: Where No Man" and "Mr. Spock's Guide to the Planet Vulcan" -- Anna Tornheim Hassan was involved in this presentation in some way
* "The Making of 2001: A Space Odyssey" by Richard K. Preston
 
 
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==Links to Photos and Videos==
==Articles and Further Reading==
* On Being in Costume (1978)
==Con Reports==
==References==
 
Category:Star Trek TOS Conventions
Category:1978 Conventions