A Trip to the Time Travellers Reunion-Part One
A Trip to the Time Travellers Reunion-Part One
This past weekend I took a steampunk step back in time when I attended the Time Travellers Reunion in historic Sherbrooke Village, Nova Scotia. The event was a wondrous Victorian occasion, organized by the Jules Verne Phantastical Society and the Sherbrooke Village officials. I was kindly invited to be a guest speaker in my capacity as one of the authors in the book, Mechanized Masterpieces: A Steampunk Anthology.
The event location, Sherbrooke Village, is nestled in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, and is a museum town of living history, depicting a typical Nova Scotian village from 1860 to pre-WW1. It has, among many fascinating buildings, a working woodturner shop, blacksmith, pottery shop, and printery. And this past weekend of June 15th-16th, it hosted a barrage of ever-so elegant steampunk enthusiasts.
The weekend was a grand affair, a fashionable, mechanical (steam-powered of course) and highly Victorian
celebration, with workshops, vendors, musicians, and strange contraptions. An impressive array of costuming and other steampunk paraphernalia was on display, as well as the entertaining workshops and guests, some evening cinema on Saturday, and even Garden Party with music and cucumber sandwiches to end out Sunday. For two days, the parasols twirled, gentlemen tipped their hats, and marvellous inventors demonstrated their amazing gadgets.
I’ll be discussing everything (including my guest appearances) in more detail, in A Trip to the Time Travellers Reunion-Part Two. So stroll back tomorrow, if you please for more delights and wonders.
This past weekend I took a steampunk step back in time when I attended the Time Travellers Reunion in historic Sherbrooke Village, Nova Scotia. The event was a wondrous Victorian occasion, organized by the Jules Verne Phantastical Society and the Sherbrooke Village officials. I was kindly invited to be a guest speaker in my capacity as one of the authors in the book, Mechanized Masterpieces: A Steampunk Anthology.
The event location, Sherbrooke Village, is nestled in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, and is a museum town of living history, depicting a typical Nova Scotian village from 1860 to pre-WW1. It has, among many fascinating buildings, a working woodturner shop, blacksmith, pottery shop, and printery. And this past weekend of June 15th-16th, it hosted a barrage of ever-so elegant steampunk enthusiasts.
The weekend was a grand affair, a fashionable, mechanical (steam-powered of course) and highly Victorian
celebration, with workshops, vendors, musicians, and strange contraptions. An impressive array of costuming and other steampunk paraphernalia was on display, as well as the entertaining workshops and guests, some evening cinema on Saturday, and even Garden Party with music and cucumber sandwiches to end out Sunday. For two days, the parasols twirled, gentlemen tipped their hats, and marvellous inventors demonstrated their amazing gadgets.
I’ll be discussing everything (including my guest appearances) in more detail, in A Trip to the Time Travellers Reunion-Part Two. So stroll back tomorrow, if you please for more delights and wonders.
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Jun 21, 2013 12:58PM
Looks like so much fun!
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Heidi wrote: "Looks like so much fun!"It was; the Sherbrooke Village people and the Jules Verne Phantastical Society did a great job in organizing everything.
