Darkover Midwinter Festival

The Darkover Midwinter Festival and Grand Council Meeting Program Booklet. The Midwinter Festival was held at Berkeley on January 27th, 1979.

Darkover Midwinter Festival and Grand Council Meeting, 1979, Program Booklet. The Festival was held in Berkeley on January 27th, 1979. The program booklet consists of the welcoming words (editorial) by Marion Zimmer Bradley, the introductions of the people behind the Festival, schedule of the Festival day, and some advertisements of other publications: - The Deryni Archives magazine, devoted to the works of Katherinen Kurtz, published by the Caer Deryni Publications; - The Journal of the Royal Thaumaturgical Society, "a very special journal devoted to those delight in the Lord Darcy stories of Randall Garrett", published by Vicki Anna Heydron; - Walter Breen's Darkove Concordance, published by the Pennyfarthing Press; - Children of the Atom by Wilmar Shiras, published by Pennyfarthing Press; - Tape recordings and interviews with well-known science fiction writers and personalities, including Katherine Kurtz and Randall Garrett, published by Hourglass Publications. The events of the day included: - Opening Ceremonies: Welcome by MZB - Language Panel; Walter Breen, Caradoc, Christopher Gilson, discussing Darkovan and imaginary languages - A Science Fictional Un-natural History; Animals in Science fiction, Horsemanship in Fantasy, chaired by T'Pat - Constructing Costumes for Fun and Profit: a Workshop and Master Class on Fantasy Costumes with Diana Paxson, Adrienne Martine, Katherine Kurtz and Kelson - Darkover, Deryni, Darcy; Three Faces of PSI in Fantasy; Marion Z Bradley, Katherine Kurtz, Randall Garrett - Representative of Pennyfarthing Press bringing the official update on The [Darkover] Concordance; autograph session - Katherine Kurtz; Guest of Honor speech - Marion Zimmer Bradley speaks - Miscellaneous entertainement; Songs by Cynthia McQuillin, Linda von Braskat, and the Thendara Council Choir - Paul Edwin Zimmer demonstrates weapons and martial arts; Swordplay for the Fantasy Writer - Costume and Fashion Show; Adrienne Martine, Diana Paxson and a little help from the Friends - Free Amazons of Ghor, an original Musical Skit by Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron, from an original story idea by Marion Zimmer Bradley - Closing Ceremonies, conducted by MZB In the back cover there's the announcement of the 2nd Annual Darkover Grand Council Meeting at La Guardia Sheraton, scheduled for July 13th through July 15th, 1979.