When I was a kid I had a few go-to movies. One of them was Dirty Dancing. The other? Was La Bamba. I think I watched that movie a million times growing up. I would walk around singing the Ritchie Valens song “Donna” all the time. I love, love LOVED it.

( So when First Contact Conventions announced a few weeks ago that they had managed to secure a very last minute Sunday night convention with the one and only Lou Diamond Philips, I couldnt have been more excited. )