WonderCon 2010 Masquerade Wrap-up

This year's Masquerade attracted an audience of over 2,200 into the Esplanade Ballroom, and featured 31 entries, totaling 78 costumes crossing the stage (our biggest show yet).  While most entries were singles and pairs, one group had 13 individuals, and several others featured 6-8 persons in their presentations.  Two giant video screens gave all in the audience great close-up views of the many clever and impressive costumes, and the line for seating started forming over two hours before show time. Our entertaining Master of Ceremonies was three-time Hugo-winning artist and writer Phil Foglio, and our guest trophy judges were Lucasfilm Master of Communications and costume expert for the company Josh Kushins, four-time Comic-Con Masquerade Best in Show winner and now professional Hollywood prop-maker Andrea Davis, and stepping in for the workmanship judge called away for a family emergency was professional graphic artist and designer Brian Scott with 20 years' costume experience with the Society for Creative Anachronism.  The evening's entertainment included special advance movie previews before the show, and at the judging intermission the audience was treated to a collection of award-winning Star Wars Fan Films courtesy of Lucasfilm. The entire show ran 2 hours and 15 minutes, wrapping up at 10:45 PM.

Trophy winners:

Best In Show: "Death of a Timelord" (Doctor Who), worn by Ant, Bryan, Chistopher, Elena, Espana, and Mette.  Made by Mette Hedin, Bryan Little, and Elana Herzen.

Best Re-creation: "Marie Antoinette" (historical), worn, designed and made by Catherine M, Fisher.

Judges' Choice: "Mystery Men", (movie based on comic book) made and worn by "The Super Squad".

Best Workmanship: "Bumblebee" (Transformers), worn and constructed by Greg Adler.

Most Humorous: "Marvel Versus Capcom 2: Maximum Pwnage", (Marvel Comics & video game company) worn by Daniel and David Proctor, Christophe Tang, Nikki Costa, Louis Stokes, and Ryan Vindum.  Made by Chistophe Tang, Daniel and David Proctor, and Nikki Costa.

Best Novice: "Bounty Hunters' Catch" (Star Wars) worn by Hanna Littier, Isaac Spooner, Daniel Nichols, Jacob Phillips, Hana Spooner, and James. Made by Hannah Littier, Daniel Nichols, Jacob Phillips, and Hana, Isaac, and Heather Spooner.

Honorable Mention to: "Disney Villainess Squad", worn and made by Sarah Clark, Umi, Liddo-Chan, Hoshikaji, and Cheesy Muffin.

Honorable Mention to: "Lando Calrissian" (Star Wars), worn & made by Kryian Perry.

Honorable Mention to: "Two Face" (Batman) worn by Dylan Byrd, made by Dylan Byrd and Troy Scott.

Honorable Mention to: "Duchess Satine of Mandalore" (Star Wars Clone Wars) made and worn by Kim Davis.

Honorable Mention to: "Zatanna's Magic Tricks" (Batman) worn by Emylee Wang, Aaron Blossom, Thera Pitts, and Alex Iseri.  Made by Emylee Wang, Aaron Blossom, and Patsy Pitts.

Company donated prizes:

Frank and Son Collectibles Show presented $500 cash for what they deemed the audience favorite to "Bumblebee", worn and made by Greg Adler, plus, a $100 Gift Voucher from the company Imported Blankets was presented to "Mad Hatter & Jack Sparrow", made and worn by Sara Scott and Cheyenne Finney.

DC Comics representative Joe Hughes presented a special limited edition DC Direct collectible Batman statuette to their favorite DC entry: "Green Arrow & Black Canary", worn and designed by Rob Goodfellow and Roxana Meta.

Lucasfilm presented a collection of special Star Wars collectibles (including a very cool Star Wars commemorative wristwatch in a Death Star case) from the Lucasfilm Archives to the best Star Wars entry "General Grievous", worn by Jack Cramer, made by Jack & Ed Cramer.

Century Guild presented $100 cash to the best entry inspired by Art Nouveau or fantasy to "Mad Hatter & Jack Sparrow" (from the recent Alice in Wonderland film plus Pirates of the Caribbean), worn and made by Sara Scott and Cheyenne Finney.

Stewart ComGraph provided to each of the six trophy winning groups a complimentary (and visually amazing) 8" x 10" 3-D portrait of them in their costumes (each a $65 value).

WonderCon offers its sincere thanks to everyone who donated their time and talents as constestants, to the companies for their generous prizes, and to our judges and M.C. for creating a terrific evening of fun!