1999 Hercules/Xena Convention in Santa Monica

 
Hercules, Season 5. Xena, Season 4. Big annual conventions....#3. Ok this was only my second, but that doesn't really matter. The venue was bigger....around 5000 seats this year to only 2000 last year. Once again, Xena rules the con. Lucy's day, Sunday, sold out. Saturday had a respectably large crowd, but it was not anywhere near the same in size and fever pitch. So, what happened this year? Both days were filled with delicious treats and surprises. There was the usual bevy of music video tributes to the various characters on the shows. Lots of merchandise to be had as well...
merchandise dealers fan club information sword dealer herc/xena shirts
Kiwi gear weapons dealer signed lithographs

 
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Rob Weisbrot and Sharon Delaney

"Behind the scenes" folks as well as actors and actresses made appearances as usual. Wandering around, one could find Official Hercules/Xena guidebooks author Rob Weisbrot conferring with Creation's Xena/Hercules Fan Club President Sharon Delaney.
 
Staff on stage was well represented from all shows. Hercules writer and producer Paul Robert Coyle was nothing like he has been portrayed in Hercules parody shows. He told us how he was not pleased about the Dahak story line on H:TLJ and how distressed he was by time slot changes, especially in Los Angeles. I didn't actually see much of his talk because one has to eat sometime....
Paul Robert Coyle Paul Robert Coyle Paul Robert Coyle

 
From Xena: Warrior Princess, we heard from writer/producer Steven Sears and editor Robert Fields. Sears was his usual elusiveself in terms of plot give-aways and the like. Fields talked about the editing process taking anywhere from 3-7 weeks per single episode depending on how complicated it is. He also brought along the usual cache of bloopers and cut footage. One cut footage scene was from "The Greater Good", after Gabrielle whacks the daylights out of a tree. What we didn't see was Argo coming along to nuzzle her afterwards. Touching scene. Maybe we can get editor's/director's cuts on video someday....we can always hope.
Steven Sears Steven Sears Robert Fields Robert Fields

 
Costuming at the con was inventive as always with some excellent variations on the themes. Of course, it is always after the cons that I wish I had taken more/better shots. But anyway, there are a few:
variations of Xena little Emily as Gabrielle Cupid costume
 
Celebrities were there in force and are on their own pages:
 

 
Gina Torres Alexandra Tydings JOel Tobeck Young Hercules
Gina Torres Alexandra Tydings Joel Tobeck Young Hercules
Kevin Sorbo Claire Stansfield Karl Urban Lucy Lawless
Kevin Sorbo Claire Stansfield Karl Urban Lucy Lawless

 

 
Wanna see what happened last year?
 

 
1999 Hercules/Xena Convention, Santa Monica
Gina Torres | Alexandra Tydings | Joel Tobeck
Young Hercules | Kevin Sorbo | Claire Stansfield | Karl Urban | Lucy Lawless