TAFF - pg 32 Norman Ashfield, & Brian Burgess. I had a gag item I'd stolen from Doc Barrett when he used it on me at our birthday party (Lou & I) in January. It's a piece of rubber that looks like someone vomited. Pretty gruesome when you lay it on a chair or table. Daphne wouldn't sit in a certain chair. Back at the convention hall it created quite a stir when I'd toss it into the lap of Ella or Ethel, etc. Pamela didn't appreciate it when I put in the bassinet with Debra. I got a frown over this from a lady, who was later identified as being Dorothy Ratigan, fellow OMPAn. So, I guess I'm now on her "list". Following the ending of the TAFF quiz, I was due to show my slides. I believe the auction followed, but also during this time I had to load the slide magazines. Dave Kyle was in the hotel & was being readied for a special grand entrance. Ted Carnell made the announcement & every- one turned back to see Dave walk into the room. It was quite a dramatic event. I think everyone's eyes then turned towards Joy Ckarke and Sandy Sanderson. Dave said he'd already made his speech but no one applauded...at the Sandringham Hotel (The one that cancelled) & it was just like the one year at Bellefontaine when he came 1 week early & nobody was there. With the aid of Ron Buckmaster, Norman Shorrock and the expert ass- istance of Peter West we got ready to get the show on the road. Dur- ing the necessary confusion of getting the screen up, projector set up & focus slide put in, etc., Charlie Duncombe came up & introduced himself. I tried to talk to him while I was working, but it wasn't too successful. I never saw him afterward and hated that I didn't get to talk to him in a more lengthy conversation. I've thought a hundred times since the convention, "I wonder if Charlie thinks I'm a no good s.o.b.?" I'd prepared a slide show of previous World cons & Midwestcons, try- ing to avoid showing too many of the fans who'd been over to London in '57, and concentrating on some of the lesser known or shall we say lesser travelled fans than they'd previously seen. Also, I'd been warned to cut to the bone; that fans were a bit tired of convention slides, etc. In addition, I'd included photos of the CFG, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & the start of my TAFF Trip from Loveland to London, which was why I had to get the roll of films processed earlier in the week. I stood near the screen to point out and identify fans, while the other 3 worked the projector & changed the magazines for me. This particular ARGUS model wasn't working so good & the magazine kept sticking or else would advance. However, despite these obstacles we managed it fairly well. I'd included a number of night scenes of Cincinnati into the show, remembering these had drawn favorable comm- ent at the Midwestcons. They also look pretty to the average person who is not particularly a camera fan. After the show was over, they commented more on these than they did the fannish slides. The costume party was next & things were held up for a half hour or so while the movie and still camera fans had a field day. Ted, Pamela & I were judges & we were to choose two winners. First place was to Ethel Lindsay & Ina Shorrock as the Witches & 2nd to an unident- ified fan who had a monster get up on. There were some good costumes & the selections were not too easy to make.