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Yesterday was quite fun!  Tony and I attend a Star Trek Convention in Chicago.  At first we were a bit disappointed because Leonard Nimoy was supposed to attend (he had minor benign abdonimal surgery according to the convention website, and he is doing well.) he was unable to.  Still, we enjoyed ourselves.  We attended Armin Shimerman’s (Quark from Star Trek Deep Space 9) session, which also included Jeffrey Combs (Weyoun from DS9 and Shran from Star Trek Enterprise, which is where I saw him) and Casey Biggs (Damar from DS9).

We also attended an auction of Star Trek memorabilia.  It was so fast paced, and amazing!  I think the most expensive item went for around $400. Wow!

We walked around the vendor area a bit, bought some Vulcan ears, a few books, and some great, small action figures of characters from Star Trek: The Next Generation (the series we’re currently watching the DVDs of).  We contemplated buying t-shirts so we could fit in a bit with the folks who were dressed up (not many, but enough to add some color!) but didn’t see any we really liked.

Our final fun thing we attended for the day was  a cabaret type show described here: “Super-talented MAX GRODENCHIK has written a hilarious and fun evening music and comedy show done in the style of the classic Vegas “Rat Pack” and featuring himself and fellow Trek celebrities VAUGHN ARMSTRONG, JEFFREY COMBS, CASEY BIGGS and ARMIN SHIMERMAN. This show was a smash hit at our Vegas Star Trek Convention and we knew we had to bring this performance to our fellow fans in CHICAGO.”  What fun!  And the guys really could sing pretty well!  Vaughn Armstrong (I know him best from Star Trek Enterprise but he also was on DS9) can play a pretty mean harmonica, while Casey Biggs has a great voice!  Max Grondenchik’s songs were incredible, and Jeffrey Combs and Armin Shimerman were great too.  I was smiling and laughing the whole way through!  Some members of the group perform in the Enterprise Blues Band, and they have released a few CDs that I think are in our future.  Great fun!

Because I am working today I will be unable to attend most of today’s events, but I will probably be going back tomorrow, especially to play the Star Trek trivia game.  Think I have what it takes? I would bet many of the questions would be about STar Trek Deep Space 9 though, and I have only seen a few episodes of that show.  We are working our way through the Star Trek dvds (we’ve watched The Original Series, Enterprise, and we’re on Season 5 (or 6?) of The Next Generation) and haven’t come to the DS0 episodes yet.  Regardless, it would be fun to watch!  Well, I have to go to work now, so the convention reminiscing has to be over for now.  I really enjoyed myself and see us going next year as well!  We’ve talked about going to the Las Vegas convention which attracts even more Star Trek big names, but the attendance fee is so expensive I’m not sure about that yet.  We’ll see!  Thanks Star Trek Convention, Chicago for a great time!