Andromeda Light Show

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The Andromeda Light Show was an event that took place at Star Trek conventions.

They were created and produced by Jeff Maynard.

Some Venues

• Star Trek Lives! (convention)/1973 (1973)
• Star Trek Lives! (1974)
• Ourcon (1975)
• The Chicago Star Trek Convention (1976)
• Boston Star Trek (1976)
• Toronto Star Trek '76 (1976)

Fan Comments

1973

The Slide Show, assembled by Elyse and Steven Rosenstein, consisted of STAR TREK slides with a short narration for each slide. Among the slides were "The Girls of STAR TREK," units of various episodes with the highlight being slides of "The Trouble with Tribbles, combined with a long narrative poem stressing the arranger's humorous interpretation of the story which described the episode. All in all the half-hour slide show was entertaining.

The Andromeda Light Show on Friday night was an entirely different event. While this light show was the official "Welcome to the Second International Star Trek Con“ and while it used slides from STAR TREK, as did the above slide show, it went far beyond it in equipment, scope, and use of different media.

Basically it was a combination of different lighting effects by Jeff Maynard. Slides were combined with films which were both combined with special lighting effects. Using a three-screen effect, films of different NASA launches and other space events were shown on one screen while different slides were shown on the other two screens.

The NASA films showed different launches, especially the Apollo and Gemini flights with such specific events as a space walk. While these were being shown slides from a great variety of STAR TREK episodes were being shown on another screen (or more specifically another area of the same gigantic screen). When these were first shown they were greeted with great applause from the 1500 or so trekkies who had assembled early on that first day. Slides of all their heroes (and arch-enemies) and of all those people and places which they all connect so closely with STAR TREK were shown.

The final element was the use of various lighting effects which were both colorful and hypnotic in their beauty. All of the above effects were accomplished with the use of two slide projectors, several movie projectors, and two color wheels situated in front of the two slide projectors, while various music played in the background. Very good.

Len Wein and Chris Rush spoke first on Friday [at Star Trek Lives! (convention)/1973]. This was followed by a plea from the director of "Warp" (a live SF on Broadway) to attend a performance. A slide show was lost in the shuffle; but the Andromeda Light Show wasn't. For this yours truly is most grateful. The show was psychedelically fantastic!

1975

...each night [at [Star Trek Lives! (convention)/1975], the films would begin with the Andromeda Light Show, with its slides and sound tracks from other cons, Appolo launches, certain episodes, the stars, etc. I would like to say "fascinating," but I guess "interesting" will suffice.

The “Andromeda Light Show” was back [at [Star Trek Lives! (convention)/1975]: a conglomeration of ST and colored lights.

About the only thing I caught on Saturday was a showing of Jeff Maynard's Andromeda Light Show, which was great as usual.

The May meeting (western Mass con) was very successful. The Berkshire mountains, and Connecticut Valley added greatly to the festive mood of everyone. Shirley Maiewski, mail room chief for STW, served hamburgers, hotdogs and fixin's. Jeff Maynard (The Andromeda Light Show) with a retinue of people set off rockets in a field. Everyone gathered in groups to either watch ST on the tv or work out story ideas. Convention film clips were shown and films of SF movies (a la Jeff Maynard). Around 7PM Mr. Maiewski brought in barrels of Kentucky Fried Chicken, so the "meeting" went on till after dusk.