Jewel Staite, Jonathan Woodward, John Billingsly and R.D. Price
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6th and 7th May 2006
For one special weekend in Sydney in April 2006, the Hub Productions presented Jewel Staite (Firefly), Jonathan Woodward (Buffy and Angel), John Billingsley (Enterprise) and RD Price (Writer/Director for Angel) and Angel Comic Artist Nicola Scott. What a line-up!
On the Friday night, a super glamourous cocktail Party was held where fans could mingle and meet Jewel, Jonathan and RD with drinks and food a plenty. There was a great turn out of fans, and many drinks drunk and photos taken, especially by Johnathan . And as we suspected it turned out to be a good fun night for everyone, Jonathan was truly in his element, I think.
On Saturday, Nicola Scott, a brilliant comic book artist based in Sydney, talked about getting into the business, pitching ideas, what it was like to work on a famous title, such as Star Wars and Angel, and to draw likenesses. She answered questions, sketched beloved characters and sold original art pages. A woman of many talents she also acted as our MC on the Sunday.
Straight up after Nicola was RD Price talked about his education and early experiences breaking into the TV industry. Next up was, Jonathan who gave an animated and decorative talk, often rambling into related, and unrelated, stories, but all were entertaining as was his manner of telling them. He was followed by Jewel, in the hottest hot pants in the world, whose talk enthralled the auidence, with many stories of pranks and gags on set, as well as her times at conventions all over the world. She also had to emphasise how much she loved Firefly, and how disappointed she was, like all the fans, when the show was cancelled. Truer words people, truer words
Rounding out the day after the auto session was RD Price with a workshop for those interested in the finer arts of breaking into film as both an actor and director and provided indeepth answers to everyones questions. Of course RD being RD he showed a hilarious blooper reel from Buffy and another from Angel, to everyone's amusement.
On Sunday, John Billingsley and his wife Bonnie Friedericy joined us, having spent Saturday at another event in Adelaide. He and his wife were quite the onstage duo, bantering and nagging each other and trying to embarass each other with various stories. John had many thoughts to share about his time on Enterprise, as well as on the poorly received show The Others.
Later on the Sunday, after Jewel and Jonathan had a joint Q&A;, we started the Hub charity auction, the highlight of this auction was that Jonathan was playing MC, and a very entertaining one indeed. Also, four special Serenity coffee mugs were being auctioned off which Jewel and Jonathan had drawn on and signed personally. One of Jewel' s mugs, for example, was covered with her favourite things including hamburgers, kittens, pinot and high heels. One of the mugs went for a whooping $250!
We raised over $1400 for the Hemophilia Association.
All in all, was a highly enjoyable weekend, for both fans and guests. The Hub definately hopes to have Jewel, Jonathan and John again for a con in the future. Many thanks to the attendees!
For photos and stories from fans who went, visit the Serenity Oz forums.
On the Friday night, a super glamourous cocktail Party was held where fans could mingle and meet Jewel, Jonathan and RD with drinks and food a plenty. There was a great turn out of fans, and many drinks drunk and photos taken, especially by Johnathan . And as we suspected it turned out to be a good fun night for everyone, Jonathan was truly in his element, I think.
On Saturday, Nicola Scott, a brilliant comic book artist based in Sydney, talked about getting into the business, pitching ideas, what it was like to work on a famous title, such as Star Wars and Angel, and to draw likenesses. She answered questions, sketched beloved characters and sold original art pages. A woman of many talents she also acted as our MC on the Sunday.
Straight up after Nicola was RD Price talked about his education and early experiences breaking into the TV industry. Next up was, Jonathan who gave an animated and decorative talk, often rambling into related, and unrelated, stories, but all were entertaining as was his manner of telling them. He was followed by Jewel, in the hottest hot pants in the world, whose talk enthralled the auidence, with many stories of pranks and gags on set, as well as her times at conventions all over the world. She also had to emphasise how much she loved Firefly, and how disappointed she was, like all the fans, when the show was cancelled. Truer words people, truer words
Rounding out the day after the auto session was RD Price with a workshop for those interested in the finer arts of breaking into film as both an actor and director and provided indeepth answers to everyones questions. Of course RD being RD he showed a hilarious blooper reel from Buffy and another from Angel, to everyone's amusement.
On Sunday, John Billingsley and his wife Bonnie Friedericy joined us, having spent Saturday at another event in Adelaide. He and his wife were quite the onstage duo, bantering and nagging each other and trying to embarass each other with various stories. John had many thoughts to share about his time on Enterprise, as well as on the poorly received show The Others.
Later on the Sunday, after Jewel and Jonathan had a joint Q&A;, we started the Hub charity auction, the highlight of this auction was that Jonathan was playing MC, and a very entertaining one indeed. Also, four special Serenity coffee mugs were being auctioned off which Jewel and Jonathan had drawn on and signed personally. One of Jewel' s mugs, for example, was covered with her favourite things including hamburgers, kittens, pinot and high heels. One of the mugs went for a whooping $250!
We raised over $1400 for the Hemophilia Association.
All in all, was a highly enjoyable weekend, for both fans and guests. The Hub definately hopes to have Jewel, Jonathan and John again for a con in the future. Many thanks to the attendees!
For photos and stories from fans who went, visit the Serenity Oz forums.
