Editing C8

Montréal, May 31-June 2 2002
==The Bids==
* Montréal '''WINNER''' [http://www.altgothic.com/c08montreal bid site]
* Denver [http://www.altgothic.com/c08denver bid site]
* Las Vegas [http://www.altgothic.com/c08lasvegas bid site]
* Philadelphia [http://www.altgothic.com/c08philadelphia/pages/index.htm bid site]
* Salt Lake City [http://www.altgothic.com/c08saltlake/ bid site]
* San Francisco [http://www.altgothic.com/c08sanfrancisco/ bid site]

==The Voting==

* Montréal won.
* Las Vegas were second.
* Denver, Philly & SF got some votes.
* Salt Lake City got less votes than it had committee members!

==The Committee==
* Super Admiral [[Casper von bittergoth]]
* Alpha Male  [[User:Siobhan | Siobhan]]
* Party Secretary  [[User:Axel | Axel]]

===Henchmen===
* [[Steph | 50ft Queenie]] - Web editor, Writers Programming, Zine Fair
* [[Rachel]] - Last minute crises
* [[Jason]] - Manning the decks, 'leet programming skillz
* [[Nancy Kilpatrick]] - Writers Programming
* [[Sonia]] - Friday Fashion Show
* [[Carine]] - Friday Fashion Show
* [[Sandra]] - Sunday Fashion Event
* [[Karen]] - Sunday Fashion Event

===[[Casper]]'s Superzombies & [[User:Siobhan | Siobhan]]'s Flying Monkeys===
* [[Matthew Ardill]] - Volunteer Liaison.
You know who you are. Pipe up if you want the world to know.

===Lucky to Make It Out Alive===
*[[Pandora]]
*[[Uriel]]

==The Drama==
Drama? There was no drama. It took one look at [[User:Siobhan|Siobhan]] and walked away very slowly & cautiously, whistling an innocent tune.
Well, there was [[Tweedledumb | Uriel]] & [[Tweedlefuckhead | Pandora]] but that was all back of house. Moral of the story? Just 'cos they're local doesn't mean they're useful.

==The Party==

===The Official Events===
*La Maison Hantée
*Cemetary

===The Bands===
"Gothic PunkSkaBilly Myths [[Captain Matt's Armada Featuring Axel (where Trevor Writes All The Songs and does all the work)]] reformed exclusively <ref>They got into a big fight at an after party and haven't talked to one another since.
</ref> for C8.
They were ably supported by
*[[The Chaos Engine]]
*[[Bella Morte]]
*[[Cinema Strange]]
*[[This Ascension]]
*[[Bordello]]
*[[Swarf]]
*[[Mara's Torment]]

===The DJs===
* [[Doc Pain]]
* [[Todd]]
* [[Human Clone]]
* [[Sexbat]]
* [[Scary Lady Sarah]]
* [[Fross]]
* [[Mr Black]]

===The MC's===
* [[Macross]]
* [[Mr Sharkey]]
* [[The Mighty Sex God AXEL]]


==The Photos==
[[Gallery_sites#C8 | On the gallery page]]

[http://virulent.org/Scrapbook/Goth%20Events/Convergence%20VIII%20Montreal/ Official Program etc] archived on [[User:Siobhan]]'s website.

==Footnotes==
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