A Weekend of Wizardry, Muggles, Vendors, and Insights

                                                           

  

I’m constantly attending events as a vendor to sell my sci-fi Roof Oasis Series and to do Psychic readings. I love the excitement of seeing old friends and meeting new people. Although I’ve seen every Harry Potter film, I’ve never read the books, so I was a bit hesitant when my granddaughter asked me to share her table for a Twitch-Twitch Production Event.

                                                              

                                                                

My granddaughter, Allie, is a big Harry Potter fan and she wanted me to join her for the Pomynauk Academy Event that celebrated the 20^th Anniversary of Harry Potter. This event was held at the Old Bethpage Restoration Village in Old Bethpage New York. It was a two day event that offered Wizardry classes for the kids while offering a shopping spree for the adults. How could I refuse the offer?

Road Trip

There comes a moment in every grandparent’s life when we realize that little girl or boy that we cradled in our protective arms is now a grown, functioning, adult. Allie is my first grandchild and even though she is a successful and enterprising young woman, I still view her as one of the kids. That view changed drastically over the weekend. The Pomynauk Academy Event was a good three-hour-ride, but my granddaughter took care of all the details which included: directions to the venue; reserving a hotel room; booking a table at the event; setting up our space; gas and tolls. Allie, who designs and makes her own products called Loonilolidesigns: hats, bows, earrings, etc., picked me up and off we went. It was such a pleasure to play the role of passenger for a change. Allie even had the music for the ride up planned: Everything Disney!

                                                                   

 

After we arrived at the beautiful restored barn, Allie got to work setting up our space. I wasn’t allowed to lift anything heavy. It’s nice to have someone “Mother” me for a change. The next day we were at the barn, bright and early and the students and their parents arrived for the series of wizardry classes. There was plenty to keep everyone entertained, including belly dancers and a dinosaur.

The barn at Old Bethpage Village is a replica of the original 1860 Mineola Fair Building which offers 8000 square feet that can hold 300 people. The wooden beams and cathedral ceilings are awesome to behold.

                                                                 

The village itself is a living history museum that consists of 36 houses, barns and buildings dating from 1765 to 1865. I only had a little bit of time to explore the land and was only able to visit one of the homes. As a psychic/medium, I can sense spirits wherever I go and I was able to pick up a spirit in the building that I visited. She belonged to the home, and she was a bit curious as to why all these people were visiting her house.

Conclusion

Elsie Martinez-Ginsburg, who is the owner of Macabre Faire Film Festival as well as the Director/Writer/Producer/Actor at Twitch-Twitch Productions, did a beautiful job with the Pomynauk Academy Event. Although, I'd been friends with Elsie on Facebook for years, this was the first time I'd met her in person.

                                                                

I finally got to meet PatrickDevaney. Patrick is an Independent director, producer, actor, and the creator of the Zombie Hunter Show several times, here,  here  here, and here  but this was the first time that I met Patrick in person.

I did get to see another talented director friend, Manny Serrano and you can read my interview of Manny here. I'm really happy to have finally met these two amazing men and their lovely brides and, I hope to get more interviews with them.

I had a great time at the event selling my books and doing psychic readings, but the best part of the weekend was spending some quality time with my granddaughter.

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