SuperSponser Question
Posted by AllyCat on Wed, 2008-05-28 05:00
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Attendees can (and do) show up in anything from suits (usually Uncle Kage) to jeans and tee-shirt to partial fursuit. (Full fursuit makes eating somewhat difficult.) Basically, as long as your clothing meets local decency laws, there shouldn't be a problem.
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It is very much come-as-you-are! Of course, if you want to dress up nice, don't let us stop you.
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permalinkYou know, that sounds so much like a challenge. The problem with a furry convention is once you get past fursuits, there isn't a whole lot you can do to make yourself stand out and have people regret giving you creative liberties.
Of course, I have a lot of fun with that at my place of work. Whenever my boss gives me creative liberty, it inevitably ends up with side-splitting laughter then a headache as he tries to figure out how to undo everything I did. He must be a glutton for punishment though because he keeps giving me raises and more responsibility.
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permalinkLocation: Ardmore, PA
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I went to the Super Sponsor luncheon in 2001 with face paint on.
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And I punished you by putting you in charge of Ops!
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Oooo! if I keep pushing, what will you punish me with, Mr. Bored Stiff?
Bored stiff... Stiff board.
WHEE!
On topic: I always do Supersponsor, I love the luncheon, and I love the special treatment. It appeals to my draconic sense of superiority and lack of humility.
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I've found it never hurts to be a bit dressy for social occasions, and for the luncheon, perhaps something a bit nicer than t-shirt/jeans might be appropriate. Your mother probably has a good point, but you don't need to have a 'formal outfit', and the dress code for the luncheon is simply the Anthrocon dress code.
Or, to put it another way: attendees at Anthrocon spend $2000 on a fursuit because they want to dress a certain way. Packing a $100 outfit for one day of the con isn't a bad idea either.
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permalinkLocation: Roseville, CA, USA
I see by your icon "sig" that you are coming to Pittsburgh from Halfway around the World - literally.
I've always found it best to "travel light", meaning one grip or suitcase, if you can manage it; and while the GOH Luncheon would seem to be held in the honor of the - er - Guests of Honor, I believe that it is really an opportunity for the AnthroCon organisers to show appreciation for the SuperSponsors, while presenting them with the opportunity to interrupt the GOH's meal with questions and comments from the audience. The GOH's have always been very gracious and good sports about that.
If you wish to dress up really nice, have a nice pair of dark slacks and a clean non-"tee" shirt, or a solid-colored Tee-shirt over which you can wear an open sports shirt, Barong-Tagalog, Guyabera, or Hawaian shirt like Scott Shaw! is famous for, and shoes that are NOT sneakers or tennis shoes, and you will be among the sartorial elite at the luncheon.
...And as for honoring the GOH's? Don't worry about that, Uncle Kage makes it a point to pull out all the stops, treating them to a special private reception luncheon or dinner, from what I've seen; their first impression of AnthroCon is often a premium feast, and when one has been well-fed with lobster and steak and swordfish and pheasant and oysters and dessert and wine and cognac - topped off with an after-meal mint - it is very hard to imagine oneself as anything BUT a truly honored guest. Yes, AnthroCon takes care of the GOH's.
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Don't forget the limousine ride from the airport and the first-class accommodations at the hotel! Anthrocon has always believed in keeping the honor in "Guest of Honor."
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permalinkTo be a guest of honor at an event like this I would imagine you would have to be... Open-minded, out of the box thinker, I suppose would be the kindest way to describe it. That or we just don't tell them what kind of 'diversity' too expect.
As for me. I shall be traveling rather light. A few changes cloths, Uniform, Laptop, And a few other random articles.
I plan to look good the whole time I'm there. Which reminds me. Does the weston have a laundry room for guest use?
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permalinkAnother option for GOH are artists who are already familiar with furry fandom. When Vicky Wyman was GOH, the only thing that surprised her was the air-conditioning failure on the Sunday of the con. It surprised the hotel as well.
When you've been at a SF con raided by a SWAT team (as Vicky and I have both been), it's a lot easier to take simple strangeness in its stride...
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Actually, I think that universally our guests of honor have been greatly impressed with Furry fandom. Many of them come back on their own having had so much fun in our company.
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Will this be the first AC with "only" one GoH? (No disrespect toward the AC staff or Floyd Norman is meant by that - I read through all of his Jim Hill entries except the latest; he's had an interesting career.)
Ron
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This will indeed be. We had rather ill luck with the other folks we invited. Most folks who can't make it are good enough to send a nice note saying so; we had a series of folks who just sort of ignored our invitation, which left us in the awkward position of, "uh, how long do we want to wait before we move along?"
I still keep all of the "no thanks" notes that we receive because some of them are charming. One gentleman sent a very lengthy and friendly note that amounted to, "Nah, I'm too damn old to travel any further than my mailbox-." Another was obviously in a great hurry but still found time to scrawl by hand on some hotel stationary: "Sam -- sounds fun but can't make it. Bye!"
No, I won't tell you who until you buy me that drink.
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permalinkLocation: Trenton, Florida!
Aha.. What drink? >:3
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