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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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. 

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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: 

• Calendar of Events
• Facebook Group Events

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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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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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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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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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​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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Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and many of us will be spending time with family and friends, celebrating the things we are grateful for including good harvest, good community, and a good start to the holidays. 

We'll be at Starbase Indy spending second Thanksgiving with some of our Geek Family, spreading the message of what ConCoction is, what ConCoction 2020 will be, and letting them know how awesome they are and we are. 

We will also be doing some recorded and live video for them to help promote both conventions, as Starbase Indy is also an all Fan Run Community event. 

Interested in traveling to a new place this weekend? 
Come visit us on the Starbase! 
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The friends and volunteers here at Cleveland ConCoction's 2020 Convention (aka ConCoction 7) wish to welcome featured music guests, Wild Mercy! 

The two time Best Performance nominees and 2012 Best Performance Pegasus Award winning group is a welcome addition to our musical guests in 2012.

Comprised of performers Sally Childs-Helton, Barry Childs-Helton, Jen Midkiff, and Debbie Gates, they call their music something like "neo-Celtic-powered post-industrial electro-acoustic folk-rock with jazz influences and freeform choral structure" but agree that it's always more fun to make music than to label it.

We look forward to having them with us for their first time at ConCoction 2020 during performances, panels, workshops, and open filks. 


Wild Mercy on Facebook
Wild Mercy on Twitter


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