Good morning...good morning. In less than an hour, fans from here will join others from around the world, and you will be launching the greatest fannish gathering in the history of fankind. "Fankind" ...that word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interest. Perhaps it's fate that today is Memorial Day, and you will once again be fighting for our fandoms; not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution, but from cancellation. We are fighting for our shows right to live, to exist. And should we win the day, Memorial Day will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice, "We will not go quietly into the night. Our shows will not vanish without a fight. They're going to live on. They're going to survive. Today, we celebrate our MediaWest*Con!" -- Mr. President

Resistance was futile... You have been assimilated... Your unique fannishness has been added to the collective... Have a nice day.

MediaWest*Con 17

May 23-26, 1997 (Memorial Day Weekend)

Co-Chairs: Lori Chapek-Carleton & Gordon Carleton

Whether they're attacking national monuments without warning or infiltrating by more subtle means, Hollywood seems obsessed with the theme of alien invasion. MediaWest*Con 17 tracked the onslaught.

Fandoms represented in panels at MediaWest*Con 17 included Babylon 5, Mr. Bean, Beauty & the Beast, Blake's 7, Buckaroo Banzai, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cadfael Chronicles, Champions, Dark Skies, Dr. Quinn, Dr. Who, Due South, Early Edition, Emergency!, ER, EZ Streets, Forever Knight, Gargoyles, Garrison's Gorrilla's, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, High Incident, Highlander, Jurassic Park: The Lost World, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, LA Firefighters, Lois & Clark: The New Adv. of Superman, Homicide: Life on the Street, Independence Day, Modesty Blaise, Millenium, Nash Bridges, NYPD Blue, Outer Limits, Poldark, Poltergeist: The Legacy, Pretender, Pride & Prejudice, Rat Patrol, Robin of Sherwood, Quantum Leap, seaQuest, Sentinel, Shadow Chasers, Sherlock Holmes, Sliders, Starsky & Hutch, Star Trek (all), Star Wars, 3rd Rock from the Sun, 3 Stooges, U.N.C.L.E., Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, VR.5, Lord Peter Whimsey, Wild Wild West, Wiseguy, Young Riders, Xena: Warrior Princess, X-Files, and Zorro.

Click here for info on the 1997 Fan Quality Awards.

Art Show Awards

Science Fiction: End of the Future by Wappel

Fantasy: Castle Dragon Albert by MacKenn

Detective: The Ties That Bind by River

Secret Agent: Shadows & Secrets by McClain

Animation: Duck Wars by DeSouza

Humor: Dana, Warrior Woman by Rosenthal

3-D: Arsenic & Old Lace by Sandmann

Fabric: Undercover with Bodie & Doyle by Wochoski

Western: Soiled Doves by Rosenthal

Horror: The Beast Within by McClain

Portrait: To Reach the Sky by Lovett

Critter: Not Just Another Lawyer by McClain

Too Cute to Live: Peek-A-Boo by McCLain

Masquerade Awards

	Best Workmanship/Best in Show: Don't be Afraid to Mix & Match by Jesse McClain
	Workmanship (on wings & tail) /Best Re-creation: A Goyle from New York by Rolaine Smoot
	Most Humorous: Blake's 7, the Truth by Katheryn Andersen, Mary O'Connor, & Judith Proctor
	Best Found/Best Cheap: Following Up the Rear by Wolf
	Most Serene: Little Grasshopper by Samantha Powell
	Honorable Mention (for hand stitching): Xena, Warrior Babe by Cicatrice du Veritace & Kelly Jeanette Aurora Lowry

Door Decoration Contest Winners

Best in Show Due South -- We're Gonna Ride Forever -- Jean Curley, Donna Pleasants, Jill Collins, Joyce Strohm Funniest Door Baby-lon 5 -- Michael Emond Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror First Prize: Reduce! Reuse! Recycle! Dalek -- Lisa Truant, Irwin Tan, Stella Luuk, Rob Butler Second Prize: The Force, The Comet, & 20 Years of Star Wars -- June M. Edwards Third Prize: Poltergeist: The Legacy -- Vickie "Viper" Swanson Non-Science Fiction First Prize: Due South -- We're Gonna Ride Forever -- Jean Curley, Donna Pleasants, Jill Collins, Joyce Strohm Second Prize: The Celestial Portal -- Becky Mock, Kathy Condon Third Prize: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow -- Debbie Ramsey, Catherine Salmon, Sue Cleric Media Personality First Prize: Antonio Bandaras -- The Rising Star -- Deborah Rojano Second Prize: Hunks of Hockey -- Julie Skelly Third Prize: Watcher Training Academy -- Siouxie Sherman, Tracy Ingalls

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