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The Highlander DownUnder Conventions
Highlander WorldWide's predecessor, Highlander DownUnder, held Conventions in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in
1997 to 2003.
HLDU Cons established
our operating standard, and quickly became proudly known as the
cons at which all participants know everybody else's name. They
leant towards discussion and participation and feature panel
discussions, workshops, displays, competitions, merchandise and
much more including get-togethers and a ceilidh. All
participants met the guests of honour and had time to chat with
them.
Guests of honour have
included major Highlander stars and behind the scenes personnel
including Adrian Paul, Bill Panzer, Peter Davis, Ken Gord, David
Abramowitz Peter Wingfield, Jim Byrnes, Elizabeth Gracen, Valentine
Pelka, Anthony De Longis, James Horan, Gillian Horvath, Donna
Lettow, Roger Bellon, Don Paonessa, and Maureen Russell.
Our last two conventions have also included artists and writers
and producers from the new Highlander Anime and comic book
series.
The following pages
touch just lightly on some of the experiences of those convention
weekends.
The Highlander WorldWide Conventions
During the weekend of
the Los Angeles Walkabout Workshop in February, 2004, Highlander DownUnder changed its name. Having been endorsed by Davis-Panzer
as the official worldwide Highlander fan club, we became
Highlander Worldwide.
Our first event as
HLWW was the France Tour in October of the same year. Our first
convention was HLWW 6 (continuing the count from HLDU years), held
in April/May of 2005.
Other Conventions
Many of our
favorite Highlander alumni make appearances at such events like
The London Film and Comic Con, the San Diego Comic Con, Creation's
Grand Slam event, the PWFC Road Shows and IndyLander.
We have put together
a list of conventions at which Highlander stars have appeared
and would love you to add it with pictures and reports. If you know something is on and you can't find a
link to it - or if you're running a convention at which a Highlander alumni is appearing and you'd like us
to link to you, just drop our webmaster an email.
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