MasqueCon
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| Name: | MasqueCon |
| Dates: | 1991 |
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| Location: | Phoenix, AZ, US |
| Type: | fan con with guests from the show |
| Focus: | Beauty and the Beast (TV) |
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MasqueCon was a Beauty and the Beast (TV) convention.
Trouble
It sounds like some attendees of MasqueCon in Phoenix felt it "didn't live up to its advertising." What they didn't realize was there nearly wasn't an event at all, thanks to criminal mischief on the part of some as yet unidentified fans. The business office of the hotel was bombarded with anonymous calls claiming that the hotel was going to be 'stiffed' out of its fees. If it weren't for some very adroit handling by the convention's lawyer, the convention, its charity and all the attendees would have been out of several thousand dollars and have probably had to set up in a public park! "Walking under the stars with Vincent, indeed!" As it was, set-up was so delayed that attendees themselves had to pitch in and take over from the beleaguered committee, saving the day very well considering. There was at least one totally happy camper, word is guest star Jay Acovone had a fantastic good time and is already considering other up-coming events run by MasqueCon personnel.
If you heard or saw unauthorized announcements made on behalf of either "South of Oz" or "MasqueCon" — to the extent that one or the other had been canceled, or their celebrities weren't coming, or that their membership quotas had been filled to capacity — you may well be a witness to something legally actionable. The creation of rumours to the effect that monies collected for a charity might have been embezzled by a con committee falls under that same heading. (In this case the charity itself had to come to the defense of the committee so falsely accused!) because of this kind of vindictive, thoughtless behavior, no convention can now afford to be without a hotline phone number (wary convention-goers have come to expect one), nor can conventions afford to be without legal counsel on retainer, and that is money spent out of charity's pocket. [1]