A Weekend in the Country (US)
See also A Weekend in the Country (UK).
| Convention | |
|---|---|
| Name: | A Weekend in the Country (US) |
| Dates: | 1987-1995? |
| Frequency: | annual, April |
| Location: | Maryland, USA |
| Type: | fan convention |
| Focus: | multiple fandoms |
| Organization: | |
| Founder: | Laura Peck |
| Founding Date: | 1987 |
| URL: | |
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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.")
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
1988 flyer
1989 (3)
- According to one attendee it was held in April 1989 [1] 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
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,[2] 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:
[Contact Carol Swoboda]. Media con with a very relaxed attitude toward "/" themes, and with a wide variety of interests. Most attendees are SF/F fans.
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.
a flyer for the 1994 (6th) con
Con Reports: 1994
Alex & I went to Weekend in the Country on 4/22 - 4/24 and had a lot of fun in the video room - lots of songtapes. The Bullshitters part II (missed pt I) which was very amusing; and did some of our Media West shopping early - not that I've got any time to read any of it...I still have zines from LAST Media that I haven't read![...]
At Weekend in the Country, we saw a songtape we thought you & Jane might like - it was a Cowley/Bodie one to Gloria Estefan's song "Cuts Both Ways" - was a pretty good video. (And this from a non-fan!)
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
1995 Flyer that appeared in a fanzine
1995 flyer handed out, front page
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References
- ^ mentioned by Judy Chien in a 2012 interview
- ^ "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