JANUARY 31, 2017 > WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
LIFE dressed to impress WKUHERALD.COM
Tim Brewer, 45, of Louisville, as Darth Revan from Star Wars.
Dustin Burkhart, 33, and Sasha Mullins, 26, of New Albany, Ind., dressed as “Frankglamorstein” and “Lady Glamorstein”.
Shane Roberson, 27, of Bowling Green, as a Mandalorian from Star Wars.
Stephen Logsdon, 32, of Munfordville, Ky., as Obi-Wan Kenobi from Star Wars.
Kaitlyn Head, 23, of Glasgow, as Rey from Star Wars.
Mary Stephens, 50, of Hebron, as Jyn Erso from Star Wars.
Heather Stephens, 23, of Hebron, as Harley Quinn from Suicide Squad.
Kim Stephens, 26, of Hebron, as “Shaak Ti” from Star Wars.
Daphney Sproles, Scott Proles, and Sydney Sprees of Oolitic, Ind., with their self-built R2-D2 from Star Wars.
Sal Lizard, 61, of Bowling Green, as “Vampire Santa”.
Kierston Whalen, 18, of Bowling Green, as “Maddam Red” from Kuroshitsuji.
Kat Tyler, 17, of Bowling Green as “Alois Trancy” from Kuroshitsuji. PHOTOS BY SKYLER BALLARD/HERALD
Corvette Museum hosts First-Annual pop culture event BY ELISABETH MOORE HEARLD.FEATURES@WKU.EDU Pop music blared from the National Corvette Museum as Disney Princesses and Star Wars Clone Troopers gathered around for the same cause. Intermingled with people sporting everyday clothing, cosplayers and regular attendees lined up early on Jan. 28 to enter the first annual Vette City Con. Located directly across from the Corvette Gift Shop, a large room was filled to the brim with vendors, celebrities and a projector showing films such as “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” Despite the crowded nature of the showroom, convention-goers
seemed to easily make their way to any celebrity or vendor that interested them. The Vette City Con was created by two agents at a booking agency based out of Bowling Green called NahPro Entertainment and was scheduled for Jan. 28 and 29. Chad Sheppard, a senior agent, and Michael Etherton, a southeast agent, said they have been working on the Vette City Con for almost six months. “To give you a little back story, me and my business partner both like comics and Comic-Con-style events,” Sheppard said. “We both are fans of those events and we have been all over the country and even into Canada to see some and we just wanted to do some ourselves to test the market and to see what kind of response we would get in Bowling
Green.” Sheppard and Etherton chose the National Corvette Museum for their convention because of its popularity. Due to it’s location off of the highway and the recognizable name that the Corvette Museum has throughout Bowling Green, Sheppard said it seemed to be the best spot to hold their first convention. “The Corvette Museum has bent over backwards to help us with everything that we have asked,” Etherton said. “They have been nothing but a pleasure to work with and I can’t thank those guys enough for allowing us to do this.” Throughout the convention, there was a total of 52 various vendors and celebrities that attended. This included actors and stuntmen like Deep Roy and John Dugan, to
more localized groups like the Western Kentucky Ghostbusters and the Southern Kentucky Technical Community College. Celebrities were stationed toward the back of the vendor hall where attendees could get autographs and photos. The rest of the floor was shared by vendors selling their wares, models showing off their cosplay outfits and local groups trying to gain more traction. One group that was located near the front was the Vette City Roller Derby team. The Vette City Roller Derby team is a group of women that do competitive roller derby. As a local team, they were asked to set up a booth at the convention to sell shirts, memorabilia and to spread the word about their team.
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