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This weekend I was thrilled to help my good friend, and fellow Star Wars fan, Leo Burggraeve , pull off one of the greatest surprises of all time. Several months ago he let me in on his plan to surprise his good friend, Lance Fensterman, the Global Vice President and creator of ReedPOP, which brings us such conventions as New York Comic Con and Star Wars Celebration, to name a few. Leo had been invited to Lance’s wedding, which took place this past weekend just outside of Albany, New York. Leo told Lance that he was unable to attend the wedding, but behind the scenes started the wheels turning to make the trip from Amsterdam to the US to attend the wedding, without Lance ever knowing. All his hard work and planning paid off, as by all accounts, Lance was thoroughly and completely surprised.
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Months of planning about to pay off. Leo arrives to the wedding.
Let’s back things up a bit. My daughter and I picked Leo up from Logan Airport at 2:15 pm on Friday. We drove back to my home long enough to drop things off, freshen up and by 4pm we were on the road heading to Bridgeport, CT for ComiConn. The show ran from 3pm-8pm Friday night and unfortunately, due to traffic, we did not get there until 7pm. Upon arrival we were told by security that the box office was closed and we could not get in. Thankfully ComiConn organizer, and all around nice guy, Mitchell Hallock was in the area and graciously allowed us in for the last hour of his show. What followed was a whilwind 50 minutes of autographing, pictures and fun.
Bob Wiacek
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Tom Palmer
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Bob Layton
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Brian O’Halloran
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Colleen Doran
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Danny Fingeroth
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Tom Smith
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Joe Rubinstein
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William Katt
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Mark McKenna
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Peter Newman
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Tom Raney
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Jordan Hembrough
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Ray Park
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