Bri Tze - Deja Vu

As people may remember, at the 2006 Convention, Brian D took to the stage in Maskerade as Bri Tze (to thunderous applause). What people now know, is that he was pounced on afterwards by the nascent 2008 Committee to be the poster boy for the next Convention.

Some may also remember that he received a special place in a Kaffee Klatch with Terry at the 2006 DWCon because he'd arranged some major surgery to happen after the Con!

Well, this is the History Monks' convention (where it's all about time), but it does seem rather "quantum" that history has repeated itself.

After one of Bri's routine checkups, the tests came back as positive that the cancer had returned. There followed weeks of more tests, some sounding positively painful (Reporter's Note - although Bri does assure me that they weren't as bad as they sounded). With results in hand, his consultant recommended more surgery and Bri agreed, adding that it MUST NOT HAPPEN between 21/08/08 or 26/08/08.

Everything was set ready for the operation on Wednesday 13th August. Bri turned up only to be told that they were unable to do the operation as his medication should have been stopped and had nobody told him so!! (The History Monks strike again!). Needless to say, the offer of a date over the Con was refused and his new date was set for 03/09/08.

So, luckily for us, Bri was able to attend DWCon 2008 and took part in the Opening Ceremony, reprising his role as Lu Tze, and leading the Monks in Saffron to save the ceremony.

He's enjoying himself so far (Reporter's Note -I caught up with him on Saturday). The Opening Ceremony was a lot of fun to do and he enjoyed the extended reading at Terry's Bedtime Story. He summed up Nation as "an allegory on how people should get along".

One of the best things that has happened to him so far though this year was the birth of his grand-daughter Charly (his lady Beth's 1st grandchild) - although the Con comes close!

Ssirienna of the Conjuror, Thespians, & Associated Trades' Guild

Photo: Robert "Otto" Flach