Lunacon was held March 19-21, 2010 at the Rye Town Hilton.
Below is a collection of pictures showing costumer's at play. There are pictures of Hall costumes as well as candid pictures from the Green Room just before the masquerade. Our own Dora Buck ran the masquerade and Toni Lay was the MC. Ken Warren was the Official Photographer, so seek him out for formal pictures. This is only a sample of both costumes and events at the convention. There were two Balls (Regency and Steampunk), lots of panels, films, animes, a book auction, and art show, filking, larping, gaming, dealer's room and all. AND it didn't snow!
"The Rye Town Hilton" is just a cover for this hotel. The fans know it is really a place where Time and Space bend,
namely "The Hotel Escher". This is a hotel where you can walk from the fourth floor, to the second floor and then the
seventh floor without ever changing elevation. This year they tried renumbering all the floors, BUT WE KNOW THE TRUTH!
To aid you, our own Kathy Draves provided us with a link to this space eye view of this notoriously sneaky hotel (kind of appropriate for a SF based convention)
but even from above its secrets remain hidden...However the heated indoor pool is a wonderful consolation
(especially during the occasional snow storm) for never being quite sure what floor you are on.
Click pictures for larger images:
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Main Entrance
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Main Entrance closer
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The NY "Vampire" Blood Drive
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Outside view
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Back view
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Side showing new walkway.
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Gazebo!
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Fans enjoying the warm weather on the patio.
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Another view of the new walkway.
Some scenes from the convention:
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Dora Buck at the Masquerade table hiding behing Carol Salemi's Mad Hat.
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Devra at the Poison Pen Press (temptation) booth in the Dealers' Room.
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Some daffodils
Art Demonstration. See more pictures here: Donato Giancola Art Demo:
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Donato Giancola: Mixing Paints
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Donato Giancola: Beginning to lay color
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Crocus
Hall Costuming! (Send names for the unidentified!):
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Amanda Lord
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Amanda Lord
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Amanda Lord
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Xena 1
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Xena 2
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Amanda Lord
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Hoop Magi
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Vicky Warren
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Fairy Tales
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Pretty Fairy
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Susan Connor (Pella)
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Susan Connor (Pella)
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Robin Kraus wearing a Pretty Hat!
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Merlin (Deanna Kovalcin)
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Hidden Crystal Cave?
Steampunk! (Send names for the unidentified!):
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Laura Kovalcin
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Laura Kovalcin
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Steamy Couple
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Steamy Corset
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Steamy Gun
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Steamy Gizmo
The Green Room (Send names for the unidentified!) (and pictures too!):
Some people are not identified and we are missing pictures of one person and
for a Novice group "This is Vacaloid" which won "Most J-Pop-ular Group"
(Emily Scirbona, Gabriel Padilla, Ileana Sykes-Didwell, Christina Di Donato)
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Toni Lay - MC
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Toni Lay - Merlin Hat detail
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Toni Lay - Merlin Hat back
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Novice - Cutest Novice "Fairies School" Sara, Jessica and Amy Kugelman
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$1.98 Entry 1
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$1.98 Entry 2
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Novice - Best in Class "We're Mad, But the Best People Are" Josh Goldberg, Kaitlin Wood, Michael Brenner
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Novice - Best in Class "We're Mad, But the Best People Are" Josh Goldberg, Kaitlin Wood, Michael Brenner
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Novice - Best in Class "We're Mad, But the Best People Are" Josh Goldberg, Kaitlin Wood, Michael Brenner
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$1.98 "Heroic Victory" Most Clever & Special Workmanship Award for First Attempts at Pinning, Sewing and Lacing
Michael Rovner
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$1.98 "Heroic Victory"
Michael Rovner
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$1.98 "Heroic Victory"
Michael Rovner
We ended up with a bunch of pictures of the Best in Show Entry: "Thief of Dreams"
by Abigail Livenson, Laura Kovalcin and Deanna Kovalcin:
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Abigail Levenson
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Abigail Levenson
Tina Connell
Abigail Levinson
Tina Connell
Abigail Levinson
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Abigail Levinson
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Abigail Levinson
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Laura Kovalcin
Tina Connell
Laura Kovalcin
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Laura Kovalcin
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Laura Kovalcin
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Laura Kovalcin
Tina Connell
Laura Kovalcin
Tina Connell
Laura Kovalcin
Tina Connell
Deanna Kovalcin
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Laura Kovalcin Practice
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Deanna Kovalcin
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Deanna Kovalcin
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Abigail Levinson
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Abigail Levinson & Deanna Kovalcin
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Abigail Levinson & Deanna Kovalcin
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Abigail Levinson & Laura Kovalcin
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Laura & Deanna Kovalcin
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Laura & Deanna Kovalcin
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Laura & Deanna Kovalcin
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Laura & Deanna Kovalcin
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Laura & Deanna Kovalcin
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Laura Kovalcin
"The Building of Mystery" pictures (or maybe just the CBL Path, Inc, a large pathology lab full of mad scientists). This futuristic edifice greats you as you get to the hotel.
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Mystery Building
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Mystery Building
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Mystery Building
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Mystery Building
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Mystery Building
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Bridge over troubled waters.