How not to host a costume contest

Here's the view of the costume contest when we first came across it.


Great, huh?

That's right: no stage. Why the heck would you host a costume contest and then prevent the vast majority of the audience from actually seeing the costumes? Would a stage have been so difficult to set up?

It left audience members no alternative but to hold their cameras above the crowd and take pictures. You can see how well that worked.


Note to con organizers: for the October show, GET A STAGE!