Escapade/Escapade 1997

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==Escapade 1997==
Escapade 7 was held February 7-9, 1997.
From an ad in Media Monitor #34:
* ESCAPADE 7: Multimedia adult/slash Slumber Party 
* Santa Barbara, California, February 7-9, 1997.
* Hotel: The Santa Barbara Holiday Inn (located in Goleta, Ca, 6 miles north of downtown Santa Barbara) 
* Featuring: Art Auction, Dealer's Room, Complimentary Sunday Breakfast, Panels, the Escapade Party, Music Videos and much more. 
* Memberships: $32 through November 15. Include 2 SASE's to receive your PRs. 
* Please note: This hotel is not wheelchair accessible. The staff will carry wheelchairs up stairs as needed.
From the post-convention report:
==Programming==
Program Book(PDF)
Friday:
* My Fandom is Okay, Your Fandom Sucks, led by Colleen and Jo (A friendly, boisterous discussion of tolerance and the lack thereof for our own shows vs. other people's shows.)
* X-Files: Find Mulder a Mate, led by Lyn and Nicole (Fox Mulder. Pouter extraordinaire. Wears red Speedos and trusts -- almost -- no one. LONELY. Where to find him a mate? In his beloved yet female partner? In his acerbic yet balding boss? In his one-armed enemy? In the world of crossovers? YOU decide.)
* The Chief: More than just a Pros AU, led by KC and Dana (Alan Cade is played by Martin Shaw. Many Pros fans have seen this as a reason for even more Bodie/Doyle/AU's. We watched at first because Martin Shaw was there, but we found great stories, and a great show on its own.)
* Rape: The Virtues of Non-Consent, led by (Charlotte Hill) (Okay, let's take the gloves off. Let's get messy. Let's talk about Bodie struggling and failing to win against insurmountable physical odds. Let's talk about Doyle and biker gangs. Let's talk about Vinnie Terranova and prison sex. And let's enjoy it.)
* Writing Workshop, led by Sharon and Joan (Points of View: who sees it? How to bring your reader into the scene by selecting the most appropriate and effective viewpoint from which to tell the story. Common viewpoint mistakes and successes. Emotional closeness or distance? Viewpoint makes the difference.)
* Highlander: Methos, Loveable Old Guy or Evil Imposter?, led by Kim, Lynn and Jill (Is Methos really the loveable old cynic he appears to be, or does his past contain some deeper, darker secrets he'd rather not reveal? And would Duncan, the 400-year-old Boy Scout, be able to handle the truth? Optional advance viewing at 4 in the video room.)
* Bedtime Story Reading (Just to get you excited about the opening of the dealer's room tomorrow, hear wonderful excerpts from Sharon's new Pros novel and other new works.)
* ESCAPADE Party!!! (Yea!!!. A fun, adult frolic through fandom, food, and firewater. Join us for music, laughter, margaritas, appetizers, and good company. Have a great time with us!)
Saturday:
* Babylon 5: Spider Queen or Cinderella, led by Colleen and Barbara (Is there more to the Delenn-Sheridan relationship than meets the eye? B5 is one of the best plotted shows on TV and JMS can be very guilty of misdirection. Are there some dark sides to our heroic characters that we haven't thought about? Do some of the dark characters have silver linings?)
* Writing Workshop, led by Sharon and Joan (The different ways of judging the "quality" of a show: how much do I like it? Why do I like it? Does it have literary merit? Is it structurally well-composed? All of these are methods for discussing and categorizing stories. Only one requires objective standards; none are "right" or "wrong.")
* Pros: Bodie vs. Doyle, led by Sharon, Cass, and Terri (This is a show where most of us claim to like both boys almost equally. In the face of that, where did "child-bearing hips" come from? Or "the pipecleaner with a bad perm"? If we love them both equally, why is it that we hate them so unequally?)
* Cuddly/Nasty: Fitting Story to Show, led by Shoshanna and Jane (When Blake's 7 exists, why make Starsky go off the deep end? When Wiseguy exists, why make Avon live happily ever after? With all the shows we can choose from, can't we tailor nastiness to nasty shows? Why don't -- or do -- we?)
* Blake's 7: Emotional Bonding vs Emotional Bondage, led by Gayle and Tashery (What affinities (or conflicts) unite the B7 characters? Do they want to escape even their chosen ties?)
* Net Fiction & Print Fiction, led by Nancy and Sharon (Is the very existence of net fic changing the characteristics or reducing the quantity of print fic? Are there really stylistic and/or content differences? What makes some shows predominantly produce netfic, while others happily generate both? How do the barriers of access to each affect the fan community?)
* Wiseguy, the Movie: Treasure or Mistake, led by (Charlotte Hill), Terri, and Kay (We were given something this year: an older, bigger Vinnie who seems to have all his marbles in the same box. A Frank who knows his place in the world, and hints at a past between them that fan writers can take anywhere. Poor scriptwriting, by the standards Wiseguy fans have come to expect. VERY little interaction between the core guys, and no mention of Sonny or Roger. A 'Wesley. So -- were given a gift? Or an albatross?)
* History of Fan Socialization, led by Cass, Marian, and Kathy (Was fandom really different in the "old days"? Was there a feeling of community that we're missing now? Or is that just nostalgia clouding our memories? In today's net-connected fandom, what is (or should be) different? And what elements of the past should we try and retain?)
* Garak/Bashir: Will Paramount Kill It? Can They?, led by Kandy and Vicki (For many, G/B has been their first slash fandom, discovered largely via the Internet. Question: Are "traditional" fen more able to cope with and/or adapt to scripted relationship changes in this pairing than "first time fen" or those new to slash? 'Do newer fen have difficulty going "beyond canon" in order to visualize what we may no longer be seeing on the screen?)
* Fan Pairs, led by (Charlotte Hill), Lyn, (Megan Kent), and Jo (What happens during those "low periods" when they're still finishing their sentence for you -- but with the wrong words? What happens when the thrill of finding a kindred spirit becomes the reality of long-term relationship, with all its negotiation, moves, changing fandoms, and give and take?)
* Craft Hour (Join Melissa in the Con Suite and bring your hobby -- handwork, crochet, embroidery, rug hooking -- to enjoy a dainty discussion on the delights of slash)
* Space: Above and Beyond: Oh, the Possibilities, led by Jo and Carol (What might have happened in the second season? And why do characters with no childhoods seem so appealing?)
* Reviews, LOCS, and Editing, led by Sharon and Christy (Reviews (your opinion of a story or zine), LOCS (letters of comment to writers or editors), and editing (feedback on the structure, content, and style of a story): are they good for the writer or do they stifle creativity? Are there better ways to criticize than others?)
* Computers 101, led by Sandy (Tips and tricks on how to turn net fic into nicely formatted, zine-style stories. This is an especially good class for people who use MS Word (Mac or PC).)
* Sentinel: Two Guys, One Loft... Where's the Bathroom?, led by Colette and Laura (Can a bright, young anthropologist teach a hard-body cop how to use his hyper senses? For work-related purposes, of course!)
* Music Choice for Song Vidding, led by Gayle and Tashery (Finding the right song for the fandom is almost as great a challenge as finding the right clips for the song. Discussing what to look for in music choice.)
* K/S: The Changing Face of a Fandom, led by T'Rhys, and Caren (For many of us, Trek was our first love, and we've now moved onto "greener" pastures. But there are new fans discovering K/S every day. And some of us never left.)
* Effects of the Internet on Fandom & Slash, led by Nancy and Sandy (On the upside: more fans, more conventions, more excitement and a 24-hour party. On the downside: are the connections more shallow? Are the changes made to "fandom as we knew it" change what we enjoy? Do print fans have something to fear? Or is this simple another wave?)
* Songvid Show!, presented by Kandy
* Fan Games (The Olympics Pale by Comparison), presented by (Megan Kent) and (Charlotte Hill) (The Opening Ceremony: Slash filks as only Melissa can write. Our first event is a spectator sport, in which several paired teams will be participating. After this first event, other team sports will occur. Join in for fun and hilarity!)
Sunday:
* Art Auction, led by Shoshanna
* Songvid Critique, led by Sandy and Tashery (Ad exploration of different elements of media vids, with an emphasis on aesthetics. We'll look at segments of different songs to see how the images were used in conjunction with the varied rhythms of the music, and to enhance the mood.)
* Gender Astigmatism, led by Melissa (The Gender Continuum: in what we read, in what we write, and what we are, there is always a connection with a point on the gender continuum. How do our definitions of "feminine" and "masculine" influence our creativity? Where do bisexual characters fit in? (besides there, you dirty-minded person!)
From the post-con report:{{Quotation|"Panels We had 31 panels on the schedule, and three more were penciled in for the "open panels: make your own convention!" time. We wish we could tell you what happened in every panel-we wish we'd been able to see every panel, given the interesting things we've heard about them.
==Vid Show==
SONG 		ARTIST 		FANDOM 		Vidder
 		 		 		
"Nobody Does It Better" 		Carly Simon 		ST: Deep Space 9 		Kronette
"Play Me Backwards" 		Joan Baez 		Wiseguy 		Gayle F. & Morgan Dawn
"Hero" 		David Crosby 		Sandbaggers 		Gayle F.
"Made about You" 		Sting 		Blake's 7 		Gayle F.
"3 Days" 		Toni Childs 		The X-Files 		Morgan Dawn
"My Father's House" 		Joan Baez 		Name of the Father		Morgan Dawn
"Looking for Myself" 		Jann Arden 		The Professionals 		Morgan Dawn
"Let the Day Begin" 		The Call 		Highlander 		Sue Glasgow
"Something to Talk About" 		Bonnie Raitt 		The Sentinel 		Cybel Harper
"Dust in the Wind" 		Kansas 		Highlander 		Cybel Harper
"One Clear Voice" 		Peter Cetera 		Due South 		Cybel Harper
"Return to Innocence" 		Enigma 		Star Trek (TOS) 		Sylvia Bond
"Man with the Child in His Eyes" 		Kate Bush 		The Professionals 		Sylvia Bond
"No Green Eyes" 		Suzy Bogguss 		The Professionals 		Sylvia Bond
"I, Huckleberry Me" 		Big River 		The Professionals 		Sylvia Bond
"True Colors" 		Cyndi Lauper 		The Professionals 		Morgan Dawn & Justine Bennett
"Live and Let Die" 		Paul McCartney		ST: Deep Space 9 		Kandy Fong
"It's All Coming Back to Me Now" 		Celine Dion 		Star Trek (TOS) 		Kandy Fong
"Still the One" 		Orleans 		The Man from UNCLE		Stacy Doyle
"All for One" 		Bryan Adams 		Wiseguy 		Stacy Doyle
"Nobody Does It Better" 		Carly Simon 		The Man from UNCLE		Stacy Doyle
"Let's Make a Night to Remember" 		Bryan Adams 		The Man from UNCLE		Stacy Doyle
"Take a Look at Me Now" 		Phil Collins 		Star Trek (TOS) 		Stacy Doyle
"You're My Best Friend" 		?? 		Keifer / Lou 		April Valentine
K. Southerland/Lou Diamond Phillips Interview		n/a 		Keifer / Lou 		
"Born to be Wild" 		Stephenwolf 		Keifer / Lou 		April Valentine
From the post-convention report:
==Vid Show Agenting Controversy==
Note: Originally, copies of Escapade vid shows were mastered, duplicated, and mailed directly to convention attendees on behalf of the concom by staff member Kandy Fong. At one point, she supplied some of these high-quality tapes to Mysti Frank to sell at cons Kandy herself wasn't attending, but after learning that Mysti had inflated the prices and kept the profits, Kandy rescinded any permission for Mysti to copy, distribute, sell, or in any way be associated with Escapade con tapes.
In April 2014, it was discovered that Mysti had been making and selling lower-quality tape copies without the concom's or vidders' knowledge or permission, and also without including any of the vidder credits that Kandy had originally provided. Concom member Charlotte Hill then contacted Mysti and asked her to stop distributing tapes in order to protect the quality and reputation of both the vidders and the vid show.
The original information added to this page offering tapes for sale via Mysti's website is below:
The vid show was released on a songvid VHS tape and sold by Agent With Style. From the description: "The wonderful song vids shown at the Escapade convention in Santa Barbara, CA, each year are collected and presented here for your enjoyment through the auspices of Kandy Fong. Capturing every fandom you could think of -- and many you couldn't! -- these tapes are amazing and not to be missed! Available only in VHS tape."
==Con Reports==
In 1997, more and more fans were getting online and talking about their convention experiences. As a result, we have a rare glimpse of Escapade from multiple points of view. 
From Sylvia Bond: For an amusing meta convention report inspired by Escapade 7, read her I'm beginning to think I'm the only one suffering from Post-Con Depression, but I know that that can't possibly be true..
From Morgan Dawn: In 1997, Morgan Dawn posted the following review to the CI5 Mailing List. It is reposted here with permission: 
From Sandy Herrold: In February 1997, Sandy Herrold posted the following convention review to the Virgule-L mailing list. It is reposted here with permission.
From Shoshanna: In February 1997, Shoshanna posted the following convention review to the Virgule-L mailing list. It is reposted here with permission. 
From Michelle Christian: In February 1997, Michelle Christian posted the following convention review to the Virgule-L mailing list. It is reposted here with permission.
From Jane Mailander: In February 1997, Jane Mailander posted the following convention review to the Virgule-L mailing list. It is reposted here with permission.
From a K/S fan: 
==Gallery==
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== References ==
Category:1997 Conventions