BY
THE GODS
XENA AND HERCULES NIGHT
PAGES BAR, 11TH OCTOBER 1998
POSTER, PHOTOGRAPH AND REVIEW
Poster design by Kristen Jones (with the help of Derek)
"Be there or the irritating blonde gets it!"
Original advertising campaign for the first By The Gods.
(And we were overwhelmed by the response to save Gabrielle's life.)
This was the first event of its kind
attempted by DeanoMyk productions, and first of all I’d like to say just three words
By The Gods!!!!! What an event it was! If you weren’t there where were you?
If you like to see episodes
before they’ve aired (especially when you know that when they get shown here on Sky
and even on channel 5, they’ll be cut to shreds because of there graphic content). If
you like watching silly music videos and blooper tapes, drinking, partying and generally
having a great time then this is the place for you.
The night started
off with people being welcomed by Xena herself and Callisto?! ( actually very good
doubles, I know I was Callisto!!!) plus the evil Xena gave them automatic free entry into
the raffle, well would you say no?
Once everybody had settled down,
they were welcomed by Dean And Michaela, of you’ve guessed it DeanoMyk. Myk was
dressed as Gabrielle (or was it Hope?) and Dean although not in costume is well known as
Hades!! You could tell that they were nervous but they performed admirably, welcoming
everybody to By The Gods.
During the course of the night
we were shown the first episode of Hercules, (well recommended, even from a Xena fan as it
links to the Dahak story). A Hercules music video to the tune of Holding out for a hero,
by Bonny Tyler, the first Two episodes of Xena (very important as it was a two parter!)
and both the Herc and Xena blooper tapes. In-between all this we had a raffle where prizes
included scripts, trading cards, artwork, autographs and toys.
Note, the tickets were sold by
Xena and Callisto and much money was taken (well would you say no to them).
On a personal note, being in
costume has its advantages and disadvantages. You get a lot of complements and people feel
its easier to talk to you, but you can also get a lot of unwanted attention and slimy men
following you around.(No problem for me I just got into character and they soon backed
off!!) This is in no way a discouragement for others to dress up as it’s still well
worth it as that night we had two Xenas’, a Callisto, an Iolus, an Amazon, two
Gabrielles’ (or was one of them Hope?), and various glamorous costumed people. Next
event you might even see, Discord, Aphrodite, Electo the Fury and Hope for definite, among
others.
I think every body had a
brilliant time and there was only one hitch , which was with some of the technical stuff
(a temporary problem I have been assured). Everybody that I spoke to said they were coming
again and I will too and that will be on the 29th November.
See you there!!
Review by Kristen
‘Callisto’ Jones
Photos by Andy ‘Iolaus’ Sears and Dean Le Gassicke