Beauty and the Beast Creation Cons

Creation Con had many cons with Beauty and the Beast (TV) content. Some were dedicated completely to the show, and some mixed Beauty and the Beast content with other fandoms. 
==Complicated Fandom Relationship ==
* visibility for certain BNFs
* for-profit fan goods as opposed to fan-made fanworks
* confronting actors and show runners with fanworks, sometimes explicit
* a place for fans to hear bad news, good news about the show
* The Beauty and the Beast Cease and Desist Letters and The Creation Con Piece
* never Linda Hamilton
* appropriation of fans' music vids
* other
==Notable Cons==
 
=== June 18, 1988 (Los Angeles)===
The Creation Con in that encompassed June 18th was one that featured Ron Perlman (his first con) and other Beauty and the Beast (TV) actors and PTB. There is a very lengthy transcript of Howard Gordon's talk in Passages #4, #5, #6, and #7.
 
 
====Con Report: June 18, 1988 (Los Angeles)====
 
===July 23-24, 1988 (Memphis)===
David Greenlee was a guest. There was a slide show, plus an amateur B&B theatrical.
===August 13-14, 1988 (Albany)===
David Greenlee was a guest. There was a slide show, plus an amateur B&B theatrical.
===November 5-6, 1988 (Oakland)===
Howard Gordon was a guest.
===February 25-26, 1989 (New York City)===
Howard Gordon was a guest. Some of his comments are in Pipeline #v.2 n.4.
=== August 19-20, 1989 (San Jose)===
Howard Gordon and Roy Dotrice in San Jose, CA on August 18-19th at the LeBaron Hotel. Fan attendance was 850.
=== August 26-27, 1989 (New York City)===
August 26-27th at the Penta Hotel in Manhattan, guests were Tony Jay (Paracelsus of Beauty and the Beast), Wil Wheaton, Yvonne Craig, Bill Mumy, Isaac Asimov, Malachi Tluone, & Chris Cleremont)
===September 23-24, 1989 (Chicago)===
Advertised as a 1/2 B&B, 1/2 Star Trek convention
Guest: Tony Jay
=== September 1989 (San Jose)===
==== Con Report: September 1989 (San Jose) ====
===October 21-22, (Minneapolis)===
Guests: Roy Dotrice, Howard Gordon, Robert Guttke. Some of Dotrice's remarks from the Q&A are in from Pipeline #v.2 n.11/12.
===October 28-29, 1989 (Arlington)===
Guests: Roy Dotrice, Howard Gordon
=== November 18-19, 1989 (Los Angeles) ===
tentative guests: Tony Jay, Howard Gordon, Judy Evans
==== Con Report: November 18-19, 1989 (Los Angeles) ====
===March 1990 (Boston)===
There are extensive remarks in Pipeline #v.3 n.4/5, including a photo of Roy Dotrice reading a fax to the cheering audience.
====Con Reports: March 1990 (Boston====
A con report by Stephanie A. Wiltse: 
=== March 10-11, 1990 (San Diego)===
At the March 10-11, 1990 Creation Con in San Diego at the Bahia Hotel, Roy Dotrice (the actor who portrayed "Father") made comments to fans about how he'd had a private conversation with a fan who did not like third season, one in which he referred to her and others who did not like the third season of the show as "bad seed and people who had to be brought around to a correct way of thinking."
=== March 10-11, 1990 (New York City) ===
Jay Acovone was a guest.
=== May 26-227, 1990 (Tacoma)===
"On May 26 & 27, Jay Acovone (Joe Maxwell) will guest-star at Creation's next Beauty and the
Beast Salute" at the Aton Hotel in Tacoma, Washington. There will be a video presentation at this convention of costumes from Beauty and the Beast, as well as fan-produced B&B music videos (Creation would like to see what you have produced, so bring your VHS tapes along!)" from Pipeline v.3 n.4/5 (April/May 1990) 
===Aug. 4-5, 1990 (Philadelphia)===
Guests were James Avery and Stephanie A. Wiltse.
===August 25, 1990 (New York City)===
===November 3-4, 1990 (Los Angeles)===
Edward Albert was a guest.
===Nov. 17-18, 1990 (Sacramento)===
Edward Albert was a guest.
===November 25, 1990 (New York City)===
It was at this con that Beth Blighton presented Ron Perlman with her art The Fire and the Rose. See that page for more.
 archive link
====Con Reports: November 25, 1990 (New York City)====
=== April 1991 (New York City)===
April 1991? New York City (This con was split between two hotels that were two blocks apart. "Because of the space problems, we were not able to do as much alternate programming as I would have liked (no panels, etc.),but we did have a video room at night, complete with an orgy of music-video-watching! Kim Taylor's versions of "Hungry Eyes" and "Uptown Girl" and (my favorite) "Right Here, Waiting For You" were all fantastic." --part of a MUCH longer con report in Tunneltalk v.2 n.3, May 1991)
===May 4-5, 1991 (New York City)===
* The International Beauty and the Beast Convention
==References==
Category:Beauty and the Beast Conventions
Category: 1989 Conventions
Category: 1990 Conventions
Category: 1991 Conventions
Category: 1992 Conventions
Category: 1993 ConventionsCategory:Conventions in United States