Thank you everyone who attended for a great Friday evening of amazing cosplay! I'm glad we got to move back to what was always intended on being our "usual" location, G3. We'll have the co-host pictures up in a week or so, and will post the link in the usual place.
It was NINE years ago (seven Fanime's) when I inherited the Old School Gathering. That is just crazy to me, even more so that many who attended this year were there way back when. I know there is a lot of uncertainty in the immediate future, and a lot of people are considering changes for 2025.
My commitment remains to you, to us, the amazingly diverse retro / vintage / old school cosplayers. I hope that one year from now, on the Friday of Fanime 2025, I'm there welcoming the group (even if it's not made up of the usual attendees) of Old School Cosplayers to another gathering, a decade after I first did so.
If you'll be stepping off here, I thank you - SO MUCH - for coming along with me nine years after my journey began. For supporting the gathering. Supporting this great tradition. And for supporting me, helping me to build the confidence to continue to host year after year, which also lead me to hosting panels - again, year after year. Thank you - it really is impossible for me to put into any kind of words how much your support means to me.
It was NINE years ago (seven Fanime's) when I inherited the Old School Gathering. That is just crazy to me, even more so that many who attended this year were there way back when. I know there is a lot of uncertainty in the immediate future, and a lot of people are considering changes for 2025.
My commitment remains to you, to us, the amazingly diverse retro / vintage / old school cosplayers. I hope that one year from now, on the Friday of Fanime 2025, I'm there welcoming the group (even if it's not made up of the usual attendees) of Old School Cosplayers to another gathering, a decade after I first did so.
If you'll be stepping off here, I thank you - SO MUCH - for coming along with me nine years after my journey began. For supporting the gathering. Supporting this great tradition. And for supporting me, helping me to build the confidence to continue to host year after year, which also lead me to hosting panels - again, year after year. Thank you - it really is impossible for me to put into any kind of words how much your support means to me.