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Shore Leave <\/em>will be celebrating thirty-five years of existence this August, and the fan run convention is still going strong, with Shore Leave 35<\/em>‘s Trek guests to be William Shatner <\/strong>and Brent Spiner<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Dating back to the 1970s, the convention name was taken from an original series name and was only expected to be a “one-time Star Trek<\/em> gathering.”<\/p>\n That first convention, lasting only one day, “took place … on the 3rd floor of the University Union building at what was then called Towson State University.” Guests at that long-ago convention included NASA Program Manager Jesco Von Puttkamer<\/strong>, who was the technical advisor on 1979’s Star Trek: The Motion Picture<\/em>; and several editors of well-known Star Trek<\/em> fanzines, which were all the rage in those pre-Internet days. Fans in attendance enjoyed a Star Trek<\/em> slide presentation and the Star Trek merchandise available at the convention.<\/p>\n After that first Shore Leave<\/em> convention, future Shore Leaves<\/em> were held at the Marriott Hunt Valley Inn in Hunt Valley, Maryland, where they still take place (the hotel has recently been renamed) and Star Trek<\/em> guests in those early years included original series actors such as George Takei, Walter Koenig<\/strong>, and Nichelle Nichols.<\/strong><\/p>\n The actors were joined by science fiction authors Robert Greenberger <\/strong>and Howard Weinstein<\/strong>, who joined the convention in those early years and the pair has rarely missed a Shore Leave<\/em> since. Shore Leave<\/em> is known for having a strong Star Trek<\/em> author presence.<\/p>\n As the years went by, other Shore Leave<\/em> staples were added to the usual convention fare of Q&A and autograph sessions, memorabilia dealers, arts shows and panel discussions; including the Ten-Forward dance, the Saturday night Masquerade, the Friday night “Meet the Pros” (which includes Star Trek<\/em> authors and scientific guests), and Mystery Trekkie Theater 3000<\/em>. Many fans especially enjoy the “Meet the Pros” event, where they can purchase Star Trek<\/em> books, meet the authors, and get the books autographed by the authors.<\/p>\n Shore Leave<\/em> also shows the generosity of its fans and the spirit of IDIC, with charity events such as blood drives, donations to the Maryland Food Bank, the Robbie Greenberger<\/strong> Memorial Texas Hold-’em poker tournament and more being offered at the yearly convention.<\/p>\n Several other conventions have come and gone in the Baltimore area, but only Shore Leave <\/em>and Farpoint<\/em> remain. Shore Leave<\/em> is known for its friendly atmosphere and guests and fans alike enjoy the yearly event.<\/p>\n This year’s Shore Leave<\/em> will be held August 2-4, and will include William Shatner, Brent Spiner, Saul Rubinek, Amanda Tapping, Eddie McClintock, Neil Grayston, Greg Evigan, Vic Mignogna<\/strong>, and Julie Caitlin Brown<\/strong> on its guest list. Almost forty authors will be in attendance, and there will be over a dozen science guests. Entertainment will be provided by The Chromatics, Luna-C<\/strong>, and The Boogie Knights<\/strong>.<\/p>\n There will be a blood drive at Shore Leave 35<\/em>, and a charity auction which will support Military Working Dogs, Poe’s House Museum<\/em> (a Baltimore charity), and the Prince George’s County Free Smoke Alar<\/em>m program, which provides free smoke detectors for those who cannot afford to purchase them. The Fifth Annual Texas Hold-’em poker tournament will be held in memory of Robbie Greenberger<\/strong>, son of author Robert Greenberger<\/strong>, and food will be collected for the Maryland Food Bank<\/em>.<\/p>\n Tickets will be available at the door for Shore Leave 35<\/em>. Tickets will cost $85 for the entire weekend. Prices for single days will be $30 for Friday, $60 for Saturday (this includes the Masquerade and Ten-Forward dance), $15 for Saturday evening only, $40 for Sunday. Teen tickets will cost $50 for the weekend, children’s (5-12) tickets will be $20, and those under five years old can attend free with a paying adult.<\/p>\n More information on Shore Leave 35<\/em> can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Shore Leave will be celebrating thirty-five years of existence this August, and the fan run…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","newsphere-slider-full":"","newsphere-featured":"","newsphere-medium":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"T'Bonz","author_link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/author\/tbonz\/"},"category_info":"Uncategorized<\/a>","tag_info":"Uncategorized","comment_count":"2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27752,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27746\/revisions\/27752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}