A Weekend in the Country (US)

See also A Weekend in the Country (UK).
A Weekend in the Country was a fan-run convention held in or near Baltimore, Maryland. It was subtitled "A Media Partners Convention" and/or "A Partners Convention."
The first convention was held April 10–13, 1987. The cons ran to at least 1995.
The convention capped membership at 150.
It had a heavy Professionals fan base attendance.
==1987 (1)==
* April 10–13, 1987 (It welcomed fans from "THE PROFESSIONALS, STAR TREK, MAN FROM UNCLE, SIMON AND SIMON, STARSKY AND HUTCH, EQUALIZER, ROBIN HOOD, and BLAKE'S 7.")
 File:Weekend in the country.jpg| flyer for the first convention that appeared in The Who Do We Trust Times #5, note the typo in the title
==1988 (2)==
* April 15–17, 1988
* Fan Writer Guest of Honor: Lois Welling
* Fan Artist Guest of Honor: Suzan Lovett
* cost of membership was $25–30
* dealer's room, panels, video room (PAL and NTSC), art show, auction, Friday night get-together party
* dealer's table was $45 which included one con membership
* art show: no hanging fee, but the con took a 10% for all art sold
 Image:weekend1988flyer.jpg| 1988 flyer
==1989 (3)==
* According to one attendee it was held in April 1989 mentioned by Judy Chien in a 2012 interview A flyer in the back of the Gambit convention program guide gives the date as March 10–12, 1989.
* Fan Writer Guest of Honor: Lezlie Shell
* Fan Artist Guest of Honor: Robin Belyea
 File:Weekend-1989.jpg| a flyer for the convention found in the Gambit convention program guide
==1990 (4)==
Guest Quarters Suites, Linthicum, MD, April 20-22, 1990.
The guest of honors were Martha Bonds and Karen River.
Panels:
** Crossover Stories/Unconventional Partners: Do They Work? 
** Beauty and the Beast: What Happens Now? 
** Open Channek D: The Man from UNCLE 
** Things That Go Bump in the Night: The Supernatural in Fan Fiction 
** Brett, Burke, and Hardwicke: The Best Sherlock/Watson Ever? 
** Name That Tune 
** Blake's 7: The State of the Fandom/Fan Fiction 
** War of the Worlds 
** The Professionals: Timelines and Life Histories (What Do We Know About Them?) 
** Opposites Attract: Starskyand Hutch 
** New Guys in Town: Quantum Leap, Wiseguy, MacGyver, Booker and Stingray, et al. 
** Alien Nation 
** Japanese Animation/Manga and Slash 
** Writers Panel
** Secret Agent/Action Men 
** Slash in the New Movies/T.V. Shows 
** Music Video Panel
* Videos Shown:
** Simon and Simon: Who Killed the 60's 
** Bordertown: My Two Dads 
** New Avengers: Obsession 
** Miami Vice: No One Lives Forever 
** I Spy: It's All Done With Mirrors 
** Blake's 7: Horizon 
** Man from UNCLE: The Master's Touch Affair 
** Hardcastle: Chip Off the Old Mitt
** Professionals: The Purging of CI5
** Stingray: Gemini
** My Beautiful Launderette
==1991 (skipped)==
It was rumored to have been skipped,"I think that Weekend in the Country is also no longer in operation; it was cancelled for this year (1991) at least." -- Cold Fish and Stale Chips #10 but the numerations of the ones after it suggest otherwise.
==1992 (5)==
In the editorial for Chalk and Cheese I#11 n April 1992, Mysti Frank mentions buying a Suzan Lovett print there for her zine. 
A blurb in Artistic Endeavors #6: 
==1994 (6)==
* April 22–24, 1994
The flyer for that year listed "workshops, art show, dealers, panels, videos, video dubbing, video repairs, PARTY!" as activities.
File:weekendcountry6flyer.jpg|a flyer for the 1994 (6th) con
==Con Reports: 1994==
==1995 (7)==
* April 7–9, 1995
From the flyer: "Dealers Room, Panels, Videos, Art Show and other convention activities including a Friday Night Ice Cream Social and a Saturday Night 'Pre-Art Auction' Party."
Another flyer emphasized 
*Videos from more fandoms than you can imagine
* Dealers, zines, Jewelry, zines, t-shirts, zines, dubbing, zines and more (yup) zines
*Charity was PFLAG
 Image:Weekend usa.jpg| 1995 Flyer that appeared in a fanzine
File:Weekend In The Country No 3 (1995) 001Redacted.jpg |1995 flyer handed out, front page
==References==
Category:1980s ConventionsCategory:1990s Conventions
Category:Conventions in United States