The VIP party at H-con
May. 5th, 2015 12:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hazelchazSo, let's talk about the last of the trio of parties I helped host at Hanadoki Con. That would be the "VIP Party" on Saturday night, which had a lot of the guests and many of the staff and "usual suspects." It was a big bash on the top floor, with a live band, video game, Adrian the bartender, and a photography backdrop. For this, I did "food on sticks" with fruit kebabs, veg kebabs, meat/cheese kebabs, and Little Smokies in BBQ sauce. Plus two coolers of soft drinks. I had a couple of pitchers of iced tea and limeade, but not much happened with them.
For this party, I went shopping, and then a number of fans (Steve Roberts and Allison's minions Elena and Alexa) helped with cutting up things and putting them on skewers. We also rounded up a small squad to carry everything upstairs in time for the party.
I am very grateful for all that help because it gave me a chance to shower and change! We used my fancy platters and doilies, and really tried to make it all look classy.
The challenging thing for me, about doing these three parties one night after the next, was they all used different equipment. It's not like having a couple of parties that all use the same crockpots, or what have you. We were washing a lot of dishes over the course of the weekend and they weren't the same sets of dishes!
What this means in practical terms is I ended up using two carloads of party gear. If I had it to do all over again (and I probably wouldn't want to, quite) I'd make one of my personal requirements to get additional cargo capacity arranged, plus (as I think I mentioned earlier) more staff to help make it happen.
For this party, I went shopping, and then a number of fans (Steve Roberts and Allison's minions Elena and Alexa) helped with cutting up things and putting them on skewers. We also rounded up a small squad to carry everything upstairs in time for the party.
I am very grateful for all that help because it gave me a chance to shower and change! We used my fancy platters and doilies, and really tried to make it all look classy.
The challenging thing for me, about doing these three parties one night after the next, was they all used different equipment. It's not like having a couple of parties that all use the same crockpots, or what have you. We were washing a lot of dishes over the course of the weekend and they weren't the same sets of dishes!
What this means in practical terms is I ended up using two carloads of party gear. If I had it to do all over again (and I probably wouldn't want to, quite) I'd make one of my personal requirements to get additional cargo capacity arranged, plus (as I think I mentioned earlier) more staff to help make it happen.
