#nycfiftiestuck

[joestarlight]

NYC Sock Hop 2 and NYC Promstuck 4

the-special-child replied to your post “If we were to hold a second (multifandom) Sock Hop next spring, which date works better - May 24 or 31?”

What about Promstuck?

I can guarantee that Promstuck, if it happens, will NOT be either of those dates. I have spoken to Alex and while she mentioned wanting to do one possibly the same date as last year (5/10) nothing is definite yet. While we're on this topic, I think it is important to point out that the Homestuck fandom is not the same now as it was earlier in the year, and in previous years. People have been moving on to SNK, DR, Night Vale, and other fandoms - some still are interested in Homestuck, others have lost interest completely. This is completely fine and natural - people move on! But when it comes to running costly events, if you do not have enough people interested, it makes it extremely difficult. Case in point - This Sock Hop. I was not able to get enough Pre Regs to cover the minimum for the venue. Thankfully, we made it back and more at the door of the event, which is the reason why I am considering holding another! However, at the end of the day, attendance was a LOT lower than anticipated when planning this event. And I do not see things growing for the Homestuck fandom any time soon. The TL;DR to this is that is why the next Sock Hop is going to be open to all fandoms. And end of May is time that is a good lull for me personally with grad school, as well as a lull for most local convention goers. Because these things take time to plan and can book up, that's why I am starting the ball rolling now with feeling out dates. A date we wanted for this Sock Hop got booked up before I could take it - I don't want to see that happen for the next one. As for Promstuck, my personal suggestion, if it does happen, would be to hold it close to 4/13. With the decline in the fandom, I am not sure how many people are going to turn up half a year from now as people are in the throws of other newer fandoms, but if you set it as a celebration of the 5th anniversary of the webcomic, you might be able to pull more people out of the wood work than just holding another prom. And it would put a nice space between the Prom and Sock Hop, so that people don't get fandom danced out. But that is JUST a suggestion and I am NOT in charge of that, so you'll have to wait and see what pans out! Bottom line, though, Promstuck will NOT be the same weekend, and will be at least 2 weeks apart, if not more!

[liesunseen]

I was varsity!John for the 50sstuck sockhop. ouo Varsity!Dave is Kintozero, and Ms Paint is Abeata. On the drive up Kinto and I came up with a story about 50sstuck John and Dave. Basically, Dave is the sports star and John is the waterboy. They're BFFs anyway.

[joestarlight]

NYC Fiftiestuck Sock Hop Playlist!

As requested by an anon earlier, here is the playlist from the Sock Hop. Please note that I ended up skipping some of these songs due to time constraints (the dance off and limbo took a bit longer than we thought) and other song requests, but hey, now you can look them up and listen on your own! Also, if anyone can tell me an easy way to export the files onto 8tracks or something via iTunes, let me know and I'll throw it up! Note that a good chunk of the songs on here are by a group called the Baseballs - I cannot recommend them enough! They are a doo wop cover band for pop songs, they're German, sound amazing, and aren't bad looking either ;-) Definitely check them out!

Any other questions about the list let me know!

Name    Artist Maybellene -   Elvis Presley Peppermint Twist -    Joey Dee & The Starliters Great Balls of Fire  -  Jerry Lewis Let's Get Loud -   The Baseballs Umbrella -   The Baseballs Angels -   The Baseballs Shake It -   Metro Station Titanium ft. Sia -   David Guetta When Sin Stops -   Buddy Holly Beauty School Dropout -   Frankie Avalon (Grease) Hound Dog -   Sha-Na-Na California Gurls -   The Baseballs Crazy In Love -   The Baseballs The Look -   The Baseballs Treasure -   Bruno Mars Katamari on the Rock -    Katamari Damacy Johnny B Good  -  Chuck Berry Old time Rock n Roll -    Bob Seger Grease -   Frankie Valli This Love -   The Baseballs Hey There Delilah -   The Baseballs Thrift Shop (Vintage "Grandpa Style" Macklemore Cover)     I Need a Flare -   Homestuck vs Dr. Dre & Eminem Tainted Love -   Marilyn Manson The Creep (feat. Nicki Minaj) -   The Lonely Island Summer Nights -   John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John Help! -   The Beatles Fly Me to the Moon (in Other Words) -   Frank Sinatra Cascada with lyrics -   Evacuate The Dancefloor Gentleman -   PSY Die Young (Homestuck Parody) -   Total Spiffage Paparazzi -    The Baseballs Bitch -   The Baseballs I'll Never Be Lonely Again -   Ludo Shakin' at the high school hop-Grease Broadway Show  Splash Free -   Free Cast MeGaDanceVaNia -   Homestuck My Girl -   The Temptations Shout! -   The Isley Brothers Jailhouse Rock -    Elvis Presley Swing the Mood -   Jive bunny never gonna be together (Homestuck Parody) -  totalspiffage Bye Bye Bye -   *NSYNC Quit Playing Games -   The Baseballs Greased Lightnin'  -  Jeff Conaway & John Travolta Ghetto Superstar  -  The Baseballs We Can't Stop - Tones Vintage 1950's Doo Wop Cover Whipped Cream -   Ludo Radioactive  -  Pentatonix & Lindsey Stirling Derse Dreamers - Homestuck & horizon    Theme from New York, New York  -  Frank Sinatra DANCE OFF Born to Hand Jive - Grease Gangnam Style - PSY We Go Together  -  John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John Guren no Yumiya  -  Linked Horizon Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na) -   My Chemical Romance Save Rock and Roll (feat. Elton John) -    Fall Out Boy Love Me Dead -   Ludo I've Just Seen A Face  -   Jim Sturgess (Across The Universe) Stay -   Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs Hot 'n' Cold -   The Baseballs Everybody (Backstreet's Back) [Extended Version] -   Backstreet Boys Britney Spears -   Toxic How Do I Live -   LeAnn Rimes You're the One That I Want -   John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams) -   Daft Punk Just Dance (feat. Colby O'Donis) -    Lady GaGa North Side -   Game of Thrones Ultimate Rap Battle Tik Tok  -  The Baseballs Bleeding Love -   The Baseballs Turn Me On (feat. Nicki Minaj) -   David Guetta & Nicki Minaj The Phoenix - Fall Out Boy What Does the Fox Say - Yivis Don't Stop Believin' (Live)  -  Journey (I've Had) The Time of My Life -   Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes

[joestarlight]

If we were to hold a second (multifandom) Sock Hop next spring, which date works better - May 24 or 31?

Hey folks, when I did the Sock Hop I was expecting it to be a one time deal. While I thought it would be fun, I didn't realize it would be as successful as it was. Because of this, I am considering holding another one in the same venue, and already have a theme in mind. However, I need to know what people think of the following dates: May 24, 2013 May 31, 2013 (Memorial Day Weekend) There is a facebook poll here, or you can reply to this post, send me an ask, or e-mail me (ginnyseta at aol dot com) NOTHING is set in stone yet, but I am trying to get an idea now, as things book up quickly! Other dates/months MIGHT be plausible too, but after looking at my calendar these seem to be the best two dates. Thanks everyone! <3

[joestarlight]

Here is a little snippet of Shel and I derping around as Cronus and Aranea on the dance floor at the Sock Hop, recorded by Re! The song playing is The Baseball's cover of Meredith Brook's Bitch. We're not fab dancers or anything, but I like how you can see my skirt in action!

Ah this whole night was so much fun!

[eldritchw1tch]

Hello friends I was this roxy at fiftiesstuck last night and it was, let me tell you, HELLA BITCHIN'.  You may have noted me as that one roxy who dances a lot.  Also, I was the roxy in the ALPHA SQUAD, HOO HA.  That was fun.  All the people I met were really awesome and cool and friendly and nice and awesome and etc.  So many cool people.  All of the cool people.  Many thanks to Ginny for organizing this awesome event!  

Also if anyone has pictures with me in them it would be super cool if you could tag me in them or message me that they're there or just tag them nycfiftiesstuck idk but that would be cool! thank you!  or just message me because I like to talk to people! yay people! cool friends.  wow. so cool.

I'll shut up now.  

[joestarlight]

Now that all is said and done, I can officially say that the Sock Hop was a GREAT success! I seriously CANNOT get over how well it went, I was not expecting things to come together as nicely as they did! - Decorating went quickly and efficiently, and all the decorations came together nicely! If you weren't able to make it to setup, don't feed bad! We had plenty of help, and even managed a few unexpected touches (confetti on the tables and making Trollvis a prospit dreamer, lol.) - Registration never became a clusterfuck and seemed to go smoothly. Honestly it was good that some people were late - it helped space things out. - The sound system worked (I was having nightmares about them not having the proper ipod hookup and us having to do Cavemanstuck by banging on things instead, lol.) - The lighting was great, we had lights on for half so people could get photos, lights off for the other half. - THERE WAS SO MUCH FOOD! We had sandwiches, punch, cookies, cupcakes, chips, salsa, fruit...It was amazing! I was NOT expecting that much! - The photo backdrop that our photog Kimberly designed came out REALLY cute (thanks to the checked roll Briana brought!) Kim also took a TON of photos and video! And of course, Trollvis was a thing that happened, ahahaha. - Everyone REALLY seemed to get into the music, and it was SUCH a relief for me! I've been working on the playlist for a while now. Most of the requests I got were for 50s songs, which is great, but to keep things balanced and fun I did my best to mix it up. BTW, the crowd reactions to the FREE! ending theme and SNK opening theme were fucking priceless. - The planned dance things (limbo and the dance off) went well, but you guys also pulled a lot of unexpectedly dance moves, including the can can, dance circles, and this pair line dance thing. I was really impressed! - Everyone was on their BEST behavior! Homestucks have a reputations for being awful, but this was an event where I saw very few problems. My non Homestuck friends who came were pleasantly surprised! Also, I am really proud to say that not ONE person greyed. The rule about no grey on the hands was followed, which was great because it meant so much less stress for me. And while I think it is awesome to grey for other events and cons, for this kind of thing I think not having to grey your face is just less stressful for everyone!  Another reputation Homestucks have is always having to wear grey and then smearing it everywhere, so we proved that one wrong too! I had no idea a year ago when Emilia and I watched Grease and talked about how cute Aranea would be in a spider poodle skirt that a year later I'd be hosting my own Sock Hop. And it wasn't easy! One week ago I was literally sitting in my kitchen baking cupcakes, stressing myself sick over how things would go. A week later, I couldn't be happier! Thank you again, everyone! <3

[joestarlight]

Still getting my feels together, expect another post from me later. But in the mean time, this song sums it up pretty well! <3 (BTW, I totally LOL'd when the Dirk did the lift with Lil Cal during this number.)