Saturday evening was the cosplay competition, judged by the guests. This was the first time I had seen Ess wearing glasses.
My personal favourite was Colonel Jarrett. Cat helped by re-enacting THAT scene from 3.08 Petra’s Favourite Pen.
With the same result. Jarrett had that coming.
In many ways this proved to be Cat’s evening. She gave us one of my all time favourite convention moments. [It doesn’t top Amalia singing Redemption to Taylor at Witchbomb 2003, but it is right up there in the top 5]. The ‘halftime song’. Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond.
She had the entire hall singing along with her, or perhaps roaring along with her would be a better description. And joining in the actions. One thing I want to ask her at the upcoming convention in Paris is whether this was planned or spontaneous? I should explain that this is the song of The Lionesses, the England Women’s Football team. The Lionesses had won the European Championship the previous weekend for the second consecutive time. So that song was everywhere leading up to Witchbomb. It was unexpected and a great success. And that Grrl has got moves
Ess and KTY giving us the results of the competition.
After the cosplay, it was time for the disco and dancing.
After a little while some of the cast returned to the dance floor. Arlen talked to the DJ and the music stopped. Arlen took the microphone and, with Taylor’s help, gave a dance class in how to do The Hustle. They had a packed dance floor paired up and following dance moves, with varying degrees of success. Sadly taking photos was forbidden. It was fun and original. Thank you Arlen.
After that the DJ played dance music again and Arlen and Taylor stayed and joined the dancing. Seeing them doing line dancing to YMCA, the Macarena and Tragedy was a lovely thing. Taylor looked so happy out there on the dance floor. She is a party girl.
At various points Cat, Amalia and Demetria joined us briefly at the dance party. It is unusual for convention guests to join in the evening parties, but the ladies of Motherland certainly made this an evening to remember.
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