Some pics, no commentary :(

[mlsdesigns]

I've started a write up of UTR, but it's getting long, and I'm tired, and I still have photos to edit, so you'll have to wait till tomorrow for the blow by blow account! I had a fab time though, in spite of the heat and the bug bites (26!!!!!!!) and really miss all of my costuming buddies :'(
Anyway, I have managed to get the pics up onto photobucket, here they all are, completely unedited so be prepared for a fair percentage of fuzzy and gloomy pics too :D
http://s43.photobucket.com/albums/e373/mlsdesigns/UTR%202010/
Now, who can enlighten me as to the hows and whys of Costume Con? The web site is not very clear. Not that this means anything! Although, I have found out it's at the end of my Easter holiday ... and I would appear to have made a tag for it...

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[jennylafleur.livejournal.com]

The membership will get you into the classes (fewer and no workshops compared to CosCol), the Friday Night Social, the Con suite (food!) and the masquerades if you want to enter.

The CosCon I went to everything was in the hotel lobby so you probably could have gotten away with not having a badge (don't think anyone was checking them and it was a public space) but looks like the set up is different at this one so I don't think I'd risk it.

CosCon is all about the masquerades (contests), parties and the socializing. There are planned parties and meet-ups (although we probably won't know about them until the last minute) and impromptu ones as well. The classes are fewer both in number and on a focus on historical costuming. I only went to one last time, besides the one I taught.

I mostly just hung out with my friends, took lots of pics and combed through the vendors. It’s all a bit of a blur now, because of all the personal stuff going on in my life at the time - I hope this helps a bit!

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

That helps a big bit! It's exactly what I wanted to know :) The socialising is the thing, isn't it?!