FurFright News
September 16, 2008
IMPORTANT INFORMATION! Please read if you are attending FurFright!
ID Requirements: You MUST have a valid, current photo ID to enter the convention. NO EXCEPTIONS! For more info about our IDENTIFICATION requirements view this post: http://community.livejournal.com/furfright/212937.html or contact our registration director at reg2008 HAT furfright DHOT org.Late Arrivals: If you'll be arriving to the con late (after registration closes--after 7pm Friday or 5pm Saturday), and want to attend convention events, you MUST pre-register and contact our registration director at reg2008 HAT furfright DHOT org.
September 16, 2008
IMPORTANT INFORMATION! Please read if you are attending FurFright!
- In This Issue:
- ***Pre-Reg Deadline Sept 20th (4 Days Left!)***
- ***ID Requirements***
- ***Late Arrivals***
- Discount Water Park Passes
- Last Call for Masquerade Acts!
- Overflow Hotel Info
- Sushi Bar @ FurFright!
View the whole newsletter at the FurFright LiveJournal!
Please post any questions on the FurFright LJ community or visit our Contact Us webpage for the address of the appropriate department.
August 23, 2008
Overflow Hotel Information
Holiday Inn Express - Waterbury88 Union Street
Waterbury, CT 06706
1-203-575-1500
Rates: $99/night
When you place your reservation with the front desk, be sure to mention you are with FurFright.
Our overflow hotel is located 4.5 miles from the main FurFright hotel.
August 18, 2008
We're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat... (August '08 News)
Only 60 days (2 months) until FurFright! The hotel is almost sold out, so if you haven't reserved your room do it now! Also, if you want to save money and spend less time waiting in line, pre-register at http://www.furfright.org/attendee_registration.htm! And the biggest bit of breaking news is… FurFright's Indoor Water Park WILL be open this year! So on top of all FurFright's outstanding programming and events you'll have even MORE options for fun!- In This Issue:
- FurFright's Water Park WILL Be Open!
- Pre-Registration Perks
- Attention Artists & Writers (August 31st Deadline)!
- Run A Panel/Class At FurFright
- Acts Wanted For The FurFright Masquerade!
August 5, 2008
FurFright’s Water Park WILL Be Open This Year!
Oh yeah . . . FurFright just got wetter!Grab your suit and slip on the swimmies because the Indoor Waterpark WILL be open for this year’s FurFright! Against all odds it will be finished a month ahead of schedule and will open October 10th, just in time! I can already smell the wet fur!
Now as exciting as this news is, and as cool as it will be to have additional activities available in the hotel, FurFright has always been about giving you an awesome con! So if water parks aren’t your thing, don’t worry, we’ll still be busting our tails to give you the best con allowed by law!
If you DO wanna get wet, here’s all the water park info:
Rides/Attractions:
Three 40-foot body/raft slides; Adventure River (a moving river you can tube and drift on); indoor/outdoor Jacuzzi; Wet Rooster Bar; Key Quest Arcade; A&W restaurant and a Pizza Hut Express; Activity Pool; Parrot’s Perch Island; and more! Also, the park is always kept a sunny 84 degrees, so even during the Fall you’ll be ready for a swim!
Basic Rates (we’re still awaiting information on group rates, which may provide a discount):
$29 for a single day pass, $39 on Saturdays
Day-passes can be purchased at the front desk or in advance at cocokeywaterresort.com (the Waterbury, CT page is not up yet, but check back because the website sometimes offers special rates).
Hours:
Weekdays, Sunday 11am - 10pm
Saturday 10am – 10pm
Basic Guidelines:
- You MUST have a day-pass to enter the water park and attractions/restaurants within.
- Fursuits and costumes can NOT be worn in the water park. Bathing suits only.
- Outside food and drink is NOT allowed in the water park.
- All water park and convention rules apply.
I’m so excited I may cramp up and sink! ;o)
See ya’ll at FurFright!
July 11, 2008
Support The Rabid At FurFright! (July '08 News)
Only 100 days until FurFright! It’s time to pre-register (to save money and speed up your registration process at the con), reserve your hotel room, contact us about running a panel/class, get your Masquerade acts together, and brace yourself for the maximum amount of furry fun allowed by law!FurFright will NEVER rest on it’s luscious, well-rounded past! This year we’re working hard to bring you new and/or improved Registration, Dealers’ Dungeon, Fursuit Massacre, Masquerade, Dances, Game Rooms, Sponsor perks, programming, events, attractions, things, stuff, nooks, crannies, what-have-you’s, and forget-me-nots! We’re gonna make this con rock or break it trying!
Stay tuned to our monthly newsletters, the FurFright LJ community (http://community.livejournal.com/furfright/profile), and www.furfright.org for more info.
- In This Issue:
- FurFright Announces 2008 Charities
- Furs Needed To Run Panels/Classes
- Halloween-themed Artwork & Stories Wanted!
- Calling All Masquerade Acts!
- Water Park/Hotel Update
March 19, 2008
Guests of Honor Announced!
FurFright is proud, excited, and slightly scared to announce our 2008 Guests of Honor…
Likeshine & BJ, the ghoul with the cool!
BJ, the ghoul with the cool - Actor, comedian, performer at Universal Studios; master of stage, screen, and the afterlife!
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/betelguese/
Likeshine - the mistress of awesome arts!
http://likeshine.artspots.com/
http://likeshine.deviantart.com/gallery/
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/likeshine/
A world-class artist and a dead guy.
And FurFright is proud to present special musical guest…
Bob Drake's Cabinet Of Curiosities!
Their music has been described as…
"Way off-kilter Americana, singer-songwriter, fingerstyle, alt-rockabilly pretentious crap!" -- Harold
What Harold neglected to mention is that most of the songs are about hauntings, death, abandoned farmhouses, shrieking statues, accursed cellars, shunned graveyards, things in the attic, and doomed séances . . . and that the personages in the songs generally end up dead, undead, or in a madhouse! Despite this seemingly grim subject matter, Bob's music generally has a strangely bright, sunny character, and as an entertainer he always leaves the crowd laughing at the encroaching horrors.
Aside from his many solo albums, Bob is well-known in the avant-rock world as a recording engineer and producer, holding 'the weirdest resumé in Hollywood'- including: Ice Cube, Shirley MacLaine, Tina Turner, Engelbert Humperdinck, George Clinton, Charo, Quincy Jones, and others. Lately he's gotten into fursuit performing and in the spring of 2008 performed with the group Thinking Plague in Paris and at the Gouvea Art Rock Festival in Portugal as "Beardog" on the drums. drums (Bob will not be performing in suit at FurFright, but fursuiters and other surprises will be part of the show).
Check out Bob's website: http://www.bdrak.com
Do NOT miss Bob Drake's Cabinet Of Curiosities performance Saturday October 18th at FurFright! It's an event that will haunt you the rest of your life!
FurFright: The party starts NOW!
May 16, 2008
Fur-covered Candy-like Fun at FurFright! (May '08 Newsletter)
Only 4 1/2 months until FurFright! Yes, the biggest, weirdest, most funnliest 3-day furry Halloween party is back! This year we’ve got new things, better stuff, and 75% more shenanigans! So make sure you register, grab a room, grab your fursuit/costume, grab a friend, and head on down, up, or over to FurFright!- In This Issue:
- Register Cheap Before May 31st!
- Bob Drake To Perform At FurFright!
- 2008 Events & Attractions
- We Need People To Run Panels, Classes, & Discussion Groups
- We Need Halloween-themed Artwork & Stories!