1959, Richard "Dick" Harris Eney, Fancyclopedia II[1], Whitcon:
The gathering (brainstormed by John Newman) that marked the postwar revival of congoing in England.
1995 June, Garth Spencer, “Letters of Comment”, in Opuntia[2], number 24, →ISSN, page 5:
I guess the answer to the 'bandwidth' of Internet is to treat it like a smorgasbord; pick and sample what appeals to you, take what you need, and let the rest go by. I understood that to be the concept of congoing, almost immediately.
1998 July 16, Andre Lieven, “Re: Why cons SHOULD NOT cost so much”, in alt.fandom.cons[3] (Usenet), message-ID <[email protected]>:
Over that time, the demographic of congoing has evolved, and many longer running cons have had to adapt.
2001 February 18, Envoy, “Re: Alt.Polycon 7 Announcement 1.08”, in alt.polyamory[4] (Usenet), message-ID <[email protected]>:
I don't think I have ever, in my 15 years of congoing, encountered a more genuinely friendly and pleasant hotel person than the individual I just spoke with to reserve a room at that hotel. Wow.
2001 June 29, Steven Roby, “Re: Star Trek Newbie......Help! :)”, in rec.arts.startrek.current[5] (Usenet), message-ID <[email protected]>:
A few years ago, Sam Ramer wrote a book for people whose friends and/or loved ones were Trek fans, and who wanted to understand what said friends/loved ones were always going on about. It described the key characters and settings of each series, discussed aliens and technobabble, looked at fannish activities like congoing, and so on.
2005 December, Joseph T. Major, “The Fanivore”, in File 770[6], number 146, page 25:
The rest of it is very good and I wish I had had something of the sort available when I started congoing thirty years ago... ulp.
2007 October 20, Dave Van Domelen, “RANT: Dave's Supplemental Capsules for Oct 20”, in rec.arts.comics.misc[7] (Usenet), message-ID <[email protected]>:
Devil's Panties #7-8: Silent Devil - There's a lot of convention strips in these two issues, and to judge from the endnotes (which are a big part of why I buy these and don't just read the online archives) this marks the part of Breeden's congoing life where she transitioned from fandom to prodom.
He screams, and they all join hands to hips and congo line around the cabin. As they are congoing, Moose puts his keys on a shelf that is located downstage left.
2004, Cass Pennant, Rob Silvester, Rolling with the 6.57 Crew, →ISBN:
If you can picture the scene: you've got people behind the bar breaking into where the spirits are, handing out free spirits and fags; you've got somebody else in the DJ bit handing out George Michael CDs to people, just pinging them around; you've got other people tipping the fruit machines, handing out 50p pieces left, right and centre; and the rest of them are all congoing and singing, jumping all over the cushions and chairs.
