Shore Leave (US convention)/1984
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| Name: | Shore Leave (US convention) |
| Dates: | July 13-15, 1984 |
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| Location: | Baltimore, Maryland |
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| Focus: | multi-fandom |
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Shore Leave is an annual fan-run convention that takes place in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
It was founded by the Star Trek Association of Towson which continues to run it. The first convention took place in 1979; the con was still running as of 2025.
The con's focus was initially on Star Trek, but it has since broadened to include other science fiction media.
1984: Shore Leave 6
Shore Leave 6 was held July 13-15, 1984 at the Marriot-Hunt Valley Inn. The chairperson was Geraldine Sylvester.
Guests were Mark Lenard, Walter Koenig, Howard Weinstein, and Bob Greenberger.
Lenard and Koenig preformed a one-act play called "Actors."
The controversial flyer called Naked Doubles was distributed at this con.
It was this con where Reverend Trekwell had his first Temple of Trek Revival.
The program book contains two essays. One is by Bob Greenberger and it is about Howard Weinstein. The other is by Weinstein, and is called "My Four Years at Hunt Valley; or, Rabbits I Have Known."
1984: Programming
- Panel: Zine Publishing ("Advice from those who know - the editors")
- Panel: Religious Themes in Trek ("Maybe more than you know.")
- Panel: Character Evolution in the Trek Trilogy ("Our crew has changed. How? Better or worse?")
- Panel: Filk Panel/Workshop ("Write a filk with some of the members of this year's filksingers.")
- Panel: Amateur Filmaking ("(Almost) everything you wanted to know about making your own movie.")
- Panel: Intro to Blake's 7 ("A discussion of the series for the unlimited (and the diehards).")
- Panel: Fan Fiction After Trek III ("Where do we go from here?")
- Panel: Costuming ("'How-to's' from prize winning designers.")
- Panel: The Darth Vader Roast ("Darth Vader is roasted by "family and friends" in role playing panel.")
- Panel: Art in Fandom ("Techniques and suggestions by some of fandom's finest.")
- Panel: Pro and Fan Cons ("A discussion of the differences between the two and the advantages/disadvantages of each.")
- Panel: Star Trek Mad Libs ("Ever play Mad Libs using The Covenant of the Crown? (Howie said okay).")
- Panel: Raiders of the Lost Idea ("What's the attraction of today's adventure film?")
- Panel: Shore Leave VII Idea Panel ("What would you like to see next year? Let the committee know.")
- Showcase: Con Skit: a takeoff on Star Trek: The Search for Spock [1] (see for more information on the con's skits in general)
- filksinging with the Kobayashi Maru Glee Club, Julia Ecklar, Cindy Lewis, Howard Weinstein, Omicron Ceti Three, The Electric Eel, Roberta Rogow, the Denebian Slime Devils, and Boogie Knights
- art show (no artwork containing graphic scenes of sexual acts allowed, tasteful nudes with no pornographic content are allowed, R-rated art area was clearly marked and parents needed to monitor their own children)
1984: Gallery of Ephemera and Samples from the Program Book
1984 flyer
a 1984 badge
1984: Con Reports
The Showcase was a Thing of Beauty and a Joy Forever -- no, that's not the title. It was a takeoff on Star Trek: The Search for Spock and its low-tech charm made it thoroughly enjoyable. In later years the Showcase became a Thing, a Serious Thing, where fuel reports were not needed and props did not suddenly fail, but here, at Shore Leave VI, after I had packed up and all my friends had gone, this was just what I needed. Highlights included: the Vulcan mind meld sequence between Sarek and Kirk. The two characters sat down; Sarek pulled out a View-Master and Kirk whipped out a View-Master reel. An overhead projector provided line drawings imitating the cinematography of the sequence in the film. I thought I would die I laughed so hard. However, it was the Klingon singing "I like to kill, it's delightful, it's delicious, it's deloverly," who stole the show. It was an altogether upbeat way to end the convention! [2]
Annually, we in the Metropolitan D.C. area pilgrimage up to the Hunt Valley Marriott to participate in Shoreleave, a Star Trek convention put on by the Star Trek Association of Towson (STAT).
It is always a treat to go -- not only is the hotel first-rate, the con is always well run and our friends from far and near congregate. This year's Shoreleave VI was no exception. Sandy Moruzzi, Mid-Atlantic Regional Assistant (Pam Igo, the other R.A., was on vacation in the Orient), and I journeyed up there and met our friend Mary K. Hillman. We had a table on which we sold everything from the BRAND NEW HOOKER 2! zine, to old zines and tribbles. Of course, prominently displayed was the WSF poster beckoning new and old fans of William Shatner. Many new members were added to the fellowship, from as near as Maryland to as far away as Australia. Many current members renewed their memberships, as well.
The Mid-Atlantic WSF called a meeting on Saturday night in the lounge of the hotel and we gathered tables together to talk about our favorite subject: (you mean you haven't guessed yet!). Unfortunately, a couple of members who had said that they would come were curiously absent. The next day we discovered that they had indeed been there, at a small table "waiting" for us. The lights were so low in the lounge (it was near the bar) that all they could see was a rather large group of people having a noisy good time -- never guessing that it was the WSFers! So close and ye"t so far!
Although most of the time was spent at the dealer's table recruiting members and hawking our wares, we did find time to attend the talks given by the guests of honor, Walter Koenig and Mark Lenard. We had a pleasant surprise from Walter, who was particularly complimentary to William Shatner, ascribing the success of Star Trek directly to him and his characterization of Admiral Kirk... [3]
References
- ^ see comments by Fanlore user:badgershoph (March 2018)
- ^ contributed by Fanlore user:badgershoph (March 2018)
- ^ from The Shatner File v. 3 n.4