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ConCoction 7 welcomes back Vladimir Snape!

12/31/2019

The Volunteers and Friends here at Cleveland ConCoction 2020 welcome back Emcee Guest Vladimir Snape.

Vladimir Snape was last with us here at Cleveland ConCoction in 2017, when we were at the Sheraton Airport Hotel.

A fantastic actor, musician, Snape Impersonator, and public speaker on topics relating to Harry Potter, Anti-Bullying, Equality, Music, and more...
We are pleased to have him back with us to be our Emcee once again in 2020!

To learn more about Vladimir Snape, visit his page on our website!

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Tours at ConCoction 2020

12/19/2019

In 2019 we ran a pilot program on scheduled tours at ConCoction during the convention.
The hope was to show new and returning members different parts of the convention that they might not know about or otherwise see.

This first year was a complete success and after listening to your feedback, we will be holding them again in 2020 during scheduled times:

Friday

12:00 pm (2 hours after Registration opens)
3:00 pm

Saturday

10:00 am
1:00 pm

These times will be added to the Programming Schedule in the Onsite Program Book and the Online Program Schedule.
The meet-up point for the Tours will start at Info Point in the Main Building and proceed from there.

Important Dates 2019 - 2020

12/17/2019

It's now the end of 2019, and 2020 is fast approaching.

We wanted to make sure you knew about several upcoming events and deadlines so that you can mark them on your calendars:

December 2019

17th - Volunteers Meeting @ Critical Hit Games
27th - Programming Signup Ends

January 2020

11th - Volunteers Holiday Party
14th - Volunteers Meeting @ Panera Rocky River
15th - GM Signups Close for Program Print
30th - Program Book deadline (All Depts & Ads)
30th - Custom Ribbon order deadline

February 2020

11th - Volunteers Meeting @ Critical Hit Games
15th - ALL GM Signups Close
16th - Player Signups Open
21st - 2020 Membership Registration Ends
23rd - All Swag Bag Items Due

March 2020

10th - (Tentative) Volunteers Meeting @ Critical Hit
20-22 - Cleveland ConCoction (ConCoction 7)

April 2020

21st - Volunteers Meeting @ Panera Rocky River

For more details see:

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ConCoction 7 welcomes Lar DeSouza

12/13/2019

The Volunteers and Friends here at Cleveland ConCoction 2020 are pleased to welcome Guest Artist Lar DeSouza.

Well known for his work with Blind Ferret webcomics with ongoing projects like 2008 Shuster Award winner "Looking for Group" and "Least I Could Do", Lar is always drawing.
Lar has also been the recipient of the Prix Aurora Award for Artistic Achievement in Canadian Science Fiction among other awards for his work in caricature and cartoon artwork.

To learn more about Lar DeSouza, his work and projects, visit his page on our site and come see him in in our Art Show at ConCoction 7.

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ConCoction 2020 welcomes Center for Ray Bradbury Studies (IUPUI)

12/12/2019

The Volunteers and Friends here at Cleveland ConCoction 2020 are pleased to welcome Jason Aukerman of the IUPUI Center for Ray Bradbury Studies.

Jason will be at ConCoction 7 presenting a series of panels/topics on Ray Bradbury, his life and works. There will also be a Hall Table in the Main Atrium during the convention where you can view selected pieces from this collection outside of the Center, which is located in Indianapolis, Indiana.

To learn more about the presenter as well as the Collection itself, see the Retrospective Page on our website.

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ConCoction 7 welcomes SuperKayce!

12/6/2019

The friends and volunteers here at Cleveland ConCoction's 2020 Convention (aka ConCoction 7) wish to welcome Cosplay guest, SuperKayce!

SuperKayce is a professional cosplay & creator out of Indianapolis, IN! Cosplaying for fun since 2009 and professionally since 2014! She has created over 100 costumes and raised thousands for charity. She has also been featured in the 2015 issue of Icosplay Magazine, as well as countless podcasts and fan-sites for her creativity and charity work!

To learn more about SuperKayce, see her bio on our website!

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ConCoction @ Light Up Lakewood

12/4/2019

Cleveland ConCoction will have a booth again this year at Light Up Lakewood in Lakewood, OH.

We will most likely be joined by the Confused Greenies and their Dalek Scarino to help spread the message of fun and geekery at the holidays and to let people know more about the Cleveland ConCoction community.

Be sure to stop by and visit us.
We will be in Space #18 between Cook and Warren in front of the First Federal of Lakewood Building.

Link: Light Up Lakewood

Link: The Confused Greenies

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Behind the Scenes update...

12/3/2019

Cleveland ConCoction's Staff is working on dates/information for:

Winter Game Day & Food Drive 2020
Extra Life Day 2020

If you are interested in helping us with either of these future events, let us know. More details coming soon!

Programming Open for ConCoction 7

12/3/2019

Hey guys!

If you are willing to serve on Programming at Cleveland Concoction in March, now is the time to sign up and let us know your ideas.

Be sure you're pre-registered with Registration and fill out the online form so we know what you would like to do!

Link: Registration
Link: Programming
Link: Programming Signup

Programming Signup ends December 27th!!

Lisa Garrison
Programming Lead

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