Towards the end of March I would attend Galaxy Con in Richmond. My main want is Carl Lumbly from Mantis and I had splitters. So it made sense to go. First get is Jerry Trainor who I probably would have never gotten if I didn't have a splitter. It was shocking to see him have a huge line while legendary actor Alan Ruck was sitting by himself.
Then I go for Carl Lumbly, Katie Leigh (Gummi Bears), Bradley Pierce (Jumanji), Bob West (Barney voice actor), comic book names Ron Wilson and Christopher Priest, and Reno 911 actors Carlos Alazraqui, Cedric Yarbrough, and Mary Birdsong.
Then get Kayvan Novak (What We Do in the Shadows) and comic book names Christopher Sprouse and Jim Shooter. Finally get actress Alex Kingston who I was putting off for the longest time cause she was pro ops only and I never had a splitter. This time she was doing table ops. Ended my time in Galaxy Con with the 95 year old Sid Krofft.
Full list of Galaxy con photo ops
After Galaxy Con it was time to head to Maryland for an appearance by Chumbawamba guitarist Boff Whalley. They are best known for the 90s hit "I Get Knocked Down". Going there I hit probably the worst traffic I ever encountered to a point where I wondered if I would make it on time. Shockingly, his event was 90 minutes and not an 1h. As I parked it had just ended! Had this event been an hour like these things usually are, this would have been a miss. Thankfully he was nice as can be as he signed and did photos.
Now it was time to drive an hour away for the band Ambrosia. Touring were 2 original members, namely Joe Puerta and Burleigh Drummond. Actually had meet and greets that were gifted so was looking forward to that one. Sadly as we got there the meet and greet was long done. Burleigh Drummond was still hanging around so got the photo op.
Went out back in the hopes of seeing Joe Puerta but sadly only got 4 barely valid members. I guess the luck for Boff Walley translated into a 50% miss for Ambrasia. "Can't win them all" is a phrase that truly defines combo hunting.
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