Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas
29 June - 1 July, 2008
Some people don't understand convention culture. Fan conventions are a way to share your interest (whether casual or fanatical) in a group/tv show/culture/sport with other people who are just as fanatical as you are. If you attend the same convention for multiple years, you develop a convention family. I have been working at the Fest for Beatles Fans (formerly known as Beatlefest) since 1996, so I have developed quite a family away from home. I only get see my Fest family a few times a year, so when we are together it is nonstop catching up, swapping stories, celebrating how geeky we are about the Beatles, listening to fabulous music, practicing our sexual harassment techniques and drinking.
The Fest is three full days of Beatles' videos, authors giving presentations about their books, memorabilia auctions, art exhibits, special guests speaking about their time with the Beatles, and nightly concerts by the best Beatles sound-alike band, Liverpool. Liverpool has been around since the 1970s with various changes in the line-up. Currently, the group is made up of Drew Hill, Chris Camilleri, John Merjave and Glen Burtnik. The special guests at this show included Pattie Boyd, Donovan, Billy J. Kramer, Spencer Davis, Neil Innes, Ken Mansfield, Nancy Lee Andrews, Allan Tannenbaum, Jude Kessler, Mark Hudson, Ian Wright, Tony Palmer, Peter Sander, Paul Saltzman, and Bruce Spizer. The next show is in August at the Hyatt Regency O'hare in Chicago. See you there.
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