Katharine Scarritt

Katharine Scarritt was active in fandom since the mid-1980s. 
She was a convention organizer (of IDICon), a fanzine editor, writer, and vidder. 
She was one of the W.H.I.P.S. (aka the Houston Crowd) and together with her friend Mary Lowe, would hold ‘zine parties where fans could bring their zines to share and read. In addition to publishing their own zines, Katharine and Mary would publish zines for other fans in the Houston area via Shoestring Press, which they owned and operated.
Katharine passed away on March 12, 2022.
==Vidder==
Starting in 1999, she produced the vid show for Escapade until Killa took over in 200x. She also served on the concom for the first Vividcon.
Katharine Scarritt also included one of her vids in the Escapade Vid Show Retrospective 1992-2001, organized by Kandy Fong. The 1998 Highlander vid included the song You Don't Believe by Zen 9 From Outer Space. 
In 1998, Katharine offered an assessment of her reentry into vidding in the Media Cannibals Songtape #3 booklet: 
A year later, Katharine described her vidding process in the Media Cannibals Songtape #4 booklet: 
==Comments by Fans: Vids==
A fan comment on Katharine's vidding: 
===Katharine's Vids===
Many of these VCR era fanvids are archived on the Internet Archive
====Alien Nation====
*She's Such A Temptation (copies needed)
*Looking For Space (copies needed)
====Buffy====
* Stand By Your Man (with Media Cannibals in 2001)
====Blake's 7 ====
Most were created in 1985.
* Another Suitcase (Evita)
* Desperado (Eagles)
* Heaven Help My Heart (Chess)
* I'm Going To Love You (Blake's 7)
* In the Hands of God (Blake's 7) (filk song by Julia Ecklar)
* Reviewing the Situation (Oliver)
* She's Always A Woman (Billy Joel)
* Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves (Aretha Franklin & Eurythmics)
* Stars (Les Misérables)
* These Dreams (Heart)
* Times Like These (Dan Fogelberg)
* Where I Want To Be (Chess) a 1980s Blake's 7 vid set to a song from the musical "Chess"
====Babylon 5====
* Ice (Babylon 5) (1998)
*Perhaps Love (1990) (copies needed) - this may be a rough cut/draft
====Homicide Life on the Street ====
1998-1999
* Crucify (Homicide: Life on the Street ) (with Pam)
* So Pure (with Pam)
* Losing My Religion (Homicide: Life on the Street vid) (with Media Cannibals)
====Professionals====
Some edited in 1988 and others with Media Cannibals 1998 and 1999)
* Allies (on the Media Cannibals Tape 3) (The Professionals)
* Behind Blue Eyes (The Who)
* Holding Out For A Hero (Professionals vid)
* In Too Deep (Genesis)
* Land of Confusion (Genesis)
* Nearly In Love (on the Media Cannibals Tape 4)
*Secret Agent Man - this may be a rough cut/draft
* That's All (The Professionals)
* West End Girls (on the Media Cannibals Tape 4)
====MUNCLE====
all created in 1991
* Poor Poor Pitiful Me (with Media Cannibals) and Pam
* Secret Agent (Johnny Rivers)
*Sea of Love (recut in 2002)
====Highlander====
most in 1997
*Code of Silence (on the Media Cannibals Tape 3)
*Deep As You Go (on the Media Cannibals Tape 3)
* Scarborough Fair (Highlander vid) (Highlander)
*You Don't Believe (on the Media Cannibals Tape 3)
====Smallville====
* Busted (Smallville vid) by Matchbox 20 (with Merry) (shown at the Vividcon 2003 Vidpairs and 2002 Nearly New (2002) vid shows)
====Star Trek====
*Don't Answer Me
*Hold On
*I've Seen the Light
*My One Winter Rose
====Velvet Goldmine====
edited in 2000 
*You Make Me Remember (on the Media Cannibals Tape 5)
====X-Files====
* Kung Fu Fighting by Split Enz (with Lady Kate) (The Lone Gunmen) (shown at the 2003 Vividcon Ensemble Cast vid show)
* Tainted Love (with Pam) (X-Files) (1997)
*The Moved The Moon (1990) (copies needed) - this may be a rough cut/draft
===Katharine's Fiction===
====Forever Knight====
* Serpent's Tooth
====Star Trek====
* Reflection (1981, Obsession #1) 
* Betrayal by Instince (Published in two parts in Obsession #2 (1982) and Obsession #3 (1984) 
* Captive Audience (With Mary Lowe) (1984, Obsession #3) 
* Round Yon Virgin (Or how to trim a tree) (With Mary Lowe) (c. 1986, Happy Holidays)
====Star Wars====
* Echo (1985, From a Certain Point of View #1)
* Unfinished Business (1986, From a Certain Point of View #2)
====Blake's 7====
* Chimera (1988, Southern Lights Special #4.5)
* Pedestal (1993, Fire and Ice #2)
* Splendid Isolation (1993, Fire and Ice #2)
* Chameleon (1995, Forbidden Star) 
* Tomb (1986, Risk #2)
* Nightshade (1986, 5th Season #4)
* Glass House, with D.D. Montgomery (1991, Oblaque #5)
====Professionals====
* Ambush ( ...As Two £3 Notes)
* Limbo (1993, Nudge Nudge, Wink Wink #2)
* Sanctuary (1993, British Takeaway #4)
* Chalk and Cheese (1995, D-Notice)
* Angel in the Dark (1996)
====The Sentinel====
* One of These Nights (1998)
===Katharine's Fanart===
* Crossroads
===Editing Work===
* Deck Five Digest #2
* The Persian Flaw
* D-Notice
===Con Chair===
* IDICon
* Destiny
==References==
Category:Convention Organizers
Category:Vidders
Category:Fanwriters
Category:2022 Deaths
Category:Deceased