Star Trek Saturday
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| Star Trek Convention | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Star Trek Saturday |
| Dates: | December 1981 |
| Frequency: | once |
| Location: | in the Memphis, TN area |
| Type: | fan con |
| Focus: | Star Trek: TOS and NASA |
| Organization: | Allies for Star Trek (fan club) |
| Founder: | Debbie Gilbert |
| Founding Date: | |
| URL: | |
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Star Trek Saturday was a fan-run min-con organized by the fan club, Allies for Star Trek.
Con Report
My club is elated over the success of our venture this weekend [December]. "Star Trek Saturday" was a way to present some of the flavor of a con without the responsibilities and financial hassles. We reserved both meeting rooms of the public library (no charge) for the entire day. In one room we had two displays, "Star Trek - The Dream That Would Not Die" and "Space: The Final Frontier". For the former, we combined the best parts of our personal collections of books, zines and all kinds of merchandise, I have never seen so much ST stuff concentrated in so small a space! All the visitors were overwhelmed. On the other side of the room we showed ST's NASA tie-in (NASA was very cooperative and sent tons of free material). There was a continuity display of models of all the ships called "Enterprise", and we plastered the walls with posters, both of ST and of the solar system. In addition, we had constructed five or six plasterboard displays featuring 8x10 stills, fan art, club photos, etc. In the adjacent room we showed videotapes - TRIBBIE, BABEL, CITY, and the blooper reel about four times. All of our members wore ST uniforms or our new "Allies" T-Shirt. The response was tremendous; we estimate close to 500 people between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Everyone was interested and intelligent. We were pleased to see so many adults, and no one threw away their program (we'd only printed up 300). We had two drawings for door prizes, for adults and under 12. The folks hung around waiting to see if they would win. Wc gave out ST comics and tribbles for the kids, and the adult prizes were model kits, stationery by Verina, and copies of our club's own zines. I was MC for the drawing, and we all had fun. One or our members is an apprentice filmmaker, and he videotaped the event for a documentary. We received coverage in the papers, TV and radio. The reporter who in interviewed us was so impressed that he wants to join the club. Many people expressed similar interest. Afterwards we had a "dead dog" party at the ubiquitous Shoney's, then we watched ourselves on videotape and told crazy stories. It was great. We plan to make a big trip to Space Trek in St. Louis in April.[1]