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Portus 2008
I was going to give a full report on Portus 2008 in Dallas last July, but after one day our party ended up in the hospital down the road. We could see the Hotel Anatole from the window of the hospital room, but we could only imagine what was going on. In the end we got out of the hospital and flew home two days late. "Some days you get the bear, and some days the bear gets you."
My Little Pony Fair 2008
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Fear and Loathing on Spooner Street
I admit it. I drew the short straw. That's how I found myself driving south on I-93 to Providence to attend the "My Little Pony Fair" convention. On the way, fate cleverly diverted me to make a pilgrimage to the world of TAPS in Warwick, and to the location of 31 Spooner Street. In the end, however, and despite the kind assitance of road construction, bad instructions, and various street events, I finally made it to the Providence Civic Center.
Coning soon: Paranormal Busters. An original (copyrighted) spoof.
HI, I'm Dr. Jim, the web guru and driving force behind this site, and I love fan events: cons, highland games, renfairs, pow-wows, UFO conventions, cryptozoology conventions, tattoo expos, fairs, memorobelia meetings, TV show fan gatherings, reptile expos... you name it, I want to go. Unfortunately, before I can go to an event, I have to know it exists. While it is true that these days most events usually have their own website, and there are a few sites that provide a list of one particular kind of fan event, it's also true that such sites are often hard to find, not up to date, or surprisingly user UNfriendly. Until recently, for example, I was not even aware of such fan events as Moosefest or the My Little Pony Collectors Convention even though they both have websites and lots of fans.
Several of us started this website to solve that problem. Our original idea was to collect information about every fan event of every kind anywhere in the U.S. and Canada and share the results with other "industrial strength" fans like ourselves. (If you see Porco Rosso or Lucius Malfoy or a guy in a kilt with a stuffed rabbit on his head at an event, take a close look, it cood be me!) This website is the result of all that work. So take a look around, let us know what you think, and watch our database grow! All we ask in return for letting you search through our databases is that you let us know if there's a fan event we need to include.
We also like CONTESTS. Do you have any videos of a really unusual event? Upload a copy to us. We will award $100.00 for the best entry, and put the winner our video page. If your video doesn't win, but we use it on our site, you will receive a $10.00 honorarium.
And finally, become a member of this site and you can post ads and announcements in our "classified" section. We're also looking for members who would like to provide reviews, photos, video clips and the like of various events. There are, after all, more events than we could possibly attend, but we want to know about all of them! It's free to join and members who contribute recieve full credit for their contributions and retain their copyrights.