[Steppes] FW: DEMOS AT CONVENTIONS

[Wilkerson, Glen D]

The comments below were sent to me privatly, with Elizabeta's permission
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From: traci at crimsonvision.net [mailto:traci at crimsonvision.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 10:36 AM
To: Wilkerson, Glen D
Subject: Re: [Steppes] DEMOS AT CONVENTIONS


As a former member of the All-Con staff (I was one of the original
member of the reation team) I'd like to clarify a bit on what happened
with that demo.  They were in touch with the Baronial officers but the
reason that it fell through was because the staff wanted the SCA
demo-ers to pay full price admission when they came to the con.  After
the con was over they would be refunded the entry price.  Obviously that
wasn't such a hit with the people that were going to do the demo.
 
I'm not sure how they do it now; the people that did the martial arts
demo might be in a different situation than the SCA.  One of the main
staff members of the con is a member of that Martial Arts group so
wouldn't have to pay to get in anyways.  Oh and btw, the con was never
supposed to be a tie in with the Star Wars movie; it just happened to
open up in the same year so it was a big interest.  it was always
supposed to be a multi-media and literary / comics convention.  :)
 
If you are interested in trying to get into this con I can either give
contact information or I can try and contact the members myself; we
haven't talked much since I decided the SCA was more interesting.  ;) 
 
XxX,
Elizabeta
 
> www.all-con.org - All-Con is on the weekend of March 17, 2007 and
there 
> is currently nothing on the Ansteorran calendar against it. It was 
> originally conceived as a big regional tie-in convention to the "Star 
> Wars" movies but almost bombed the first year. (They actually had us 
> scheduled on that Sunday for a FOUR HOUR demo, but somehow NEVER
managed 
> to get in touch with the demo coordiator, or any of the other baronial

> officers to make arrangements...) It was reorganized this year as a 
> multi-media and literary / comics convention, and while it was much 
> smaller it met with a little more success than the first year. Like 
> ConDFW, there were also a couple of martial arts organizations that
did 
> demos here this year. I think this con would also be a pretty good 
> venue.