Tag: Tennessee

RiseUp convention in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

This past weekend I got to go to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee for the RiseUp convention. I got to meet Kevin Sorbo, Dav Coretti, and Erick Avari. I also attended their Q&A sessions, along with Scott Hamilton and Cameron & BJ Arnett.

My friend and I also visited The Island at Pigeon Forge and the Sunliner Diner. I’ve included a video from the Island below.

I’m so glad I got to go. Apparently they do them every year with different celebrity guests. So I will definitely have to try and go again in the future. 😁

The first set of pictures are the selfies I got with the actors.

Top left: me with Kevin Sorbo; Top right: me with Dav Coretti. Bottom pictures are with Erick Avari

The second set of pictures are from the Q&A sessions

Top left: Dav Coretti, bottom left: Scott Hamilton; top right: the Arnetts; middle right: Kevin and his wife, Sam; bottom right: Erick Avari

These pictures are from The Island and 2 pictures from the Sunliner Diner

Top 2: The Island; bottom left and middle: Sunliner Diner; bottom right: the island

The video below has more pictures from The Island at Pigeon Forge.

Smokey Mountain Terror event in Kingsport, Tennessee

My friend and I made a trip from West Virginia to Kingsport, Tennessee for the Smokey Mountain Terror convention. We drove down on Friday, Spent at least 5 hours at the event and then came back to the hotel after stopping to get something for dinner. We are scheduled to come back home tomorrow, Sunday afternoon.

I had a blast and I’m am still in 7th heaven. I got to meet Sasha Roiz, Bree Turner and Silas Weir Mitchel from Grimm, but I was only able to get a picture and autograph from Sasha.

Me with Sasha Roiz and the picture I had him autograph
The empty booths where Sasha, Silas and Bree were but at lunch
I couldn’t help myself but I took a picture in front of Sasha’s booth

I didn’t get to talk to Erick Roberts officially but he walked past my friend and me while we were near one of the vendors. I made eye contact with him and smiled and he tapped me on my shoulder as he walked by. 😁

Erick Roberts info from the website

My friend got to meet and talk to Mark Dacascos from the Double Dragon movie, The Crow TV series and several martial arts movies. He was really nice

Mark Dacascos signing pictures

I snuck a picture of Corey Feldman while he was signing autographs