Babblings
| Fan Club | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Babblings |
| Dates: | August 1995 - |
| Founder(s): | |
| Leadership: | Robbie Irvine, Sarah Baker, Stephen Beckwith, Raj Rijhwani, Dave Wonnacott, Jane Taylor, Bill Sheward, Marissa Nicoll, and Jeremy Morley (organizer team) |
| Country based in: | UK |
| Focus: | Babylon 5 |
| External Links: | 1997 Homepage |
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Babblings is a Babylon 5 fan club and their meetups and minicons. Their newsgroup was uk.media.tv.sf.babylon5.social. Actors were known to attend their minicons.[1]
Babblings started life in August 1995 when a group of readers of the USENET newsgroup uk.media.tv.sf.babylon5 met at Page's Bar in Westminster (Home to the London Star Trek fan club) to watch the final episode of season two. Since then, Page's and other venues have hosted numerous meetings, visits by stars of Babylon 5, video screenings (usually of episodes not yet shown on Channel 4) and Drazi Wars. Babblings continues to provide opportunities for Babylon 5 fans from accross the UK to get together, drink large quantities of Hooch and have lots of B5-related fun.
Events
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The first Babblings meetup was held in August 1995 at Page's Bar. Thirty members watched an episode together, with others arriving later for discussion and socializing. About 45 members attended total.
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The second Babblings meetup was held on the same weekend as Wolf 359 in 1995, intended as an option for fans who had missed out on the convention tickets. This was also held at Page's Bar, and about 70 members attended.
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The third Babblings meetup featured special guest Michael O'Hare, a B5 actor, and 180 people attended the event at Page's Bar in December 1995.
Babblings 4
Babblings 4 was attended by actor Jason Carter in early 1996, with about 130 attendees.
Babblings at Wolf 359
One of the meetups of the Babblings in 1996 was at Wolf 359, with J Michael Straczynski attending.
Drazi War
Drazi War was a series of Babblings meetups organized by Jeremy Morley. They were held at a laser-tag venue in London, with the laser war being the main event.
Regional Groups
Many groups held local gatherings.
References
- ^ Babylon 5 Images
- ^ Babblings on BabSoc (1997)