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IFC 2013 'Back To School' Report!
12 years ago
Musings of an old, gray (and black) fursuiter!
Well, we are home from IFC and as per usual, had a FANTASTIC time! For the sake of simplicity, I'll go day by day.
Thurs. 8/8: arrived at the Keystone Sheraton & checked in. I have to admit I felt like we should have had a Hollywood entourage due to the amount of luggage we schlepped in (just two people but 3 fursuits, clothes, toiletries, props & the laptop...it was ridiculous, all that was missing were paparazzi lol!). Got our Supersponsor badges that evening, had dinner in and unpacked & prepped for Friday.
Fri. 8/9: Made serious dents in the Sheraton's breakfast buffet (which is wonderful, BTW) & then spent time brushing out Arlo's suit. Down to opening ceremonies at noon, derped around a bit beforehand as we brought giant inflatable pencils with us (back to school theme). Upstairs to shower & change before heading back down to catch Uncle Kage's 'Can't We All Get Along?' panel. Was a great look at the us vs. them attitudes that different fandoms as well as society in general can have/perpetuate.
NOTE: Let me just stop here & say that Pandez's standup is excellent. His routine of what is a typical furry (complete with impersonations) had us in stitches! Pandez, if you read this: BRAVO!
We checked out the art show & dealer's den (at full capacity this year!) before getting a late lunch/early dinner. Caught Uncle Kage's Story Hour (and a half) then decided to call it an early night. Spent quite some time getting both Guhstav's suit and my SO's fursuit ready for the parade on Saturday.
Sat. 8/10: Breakfast at the hotel again & then got everything sorted out, on and attached for the fursuit parade at 1pm. This was Guhstav the wolverine's first outing at IFC & my SO fursuited as Liszt the lion. We wore doctoral graduate robes & tams & carried 'Doctor of Derpology' diplomas. Folks seemed to like us (we got laughs at any rate, whether at us or WITH us matters not when you're in fursuit though, lol) and then we went to the fursuit photo shoot afterwards.
Showered, changed, late lunch & rest up before attending the live recording of the Dragget Show with Xander and Alkali. If you were at IFC & didn't attend this you REALLY missed out. Spiderman (Draggor) was also there, along with Pandez & Chairman Roxas dropping in. Absolutely inappropriate in every possible way and one of the most hilarious hours I've ever experienced! Placed a bid on some art & skipped over to 2 Gryphon's show (great as usual).
Sun. 8/11: Slept in & then down for the Charity Auction. Couldn't resist the quilt or the honey-badger plushie. Dropped off our purchases & then caught 2's Podcasting Panel (lots of useful information, thank you 2!). Decided to hit Don Pablo's for a late lunch and found the most amazing cupcake vendor in the same shopping center (see pic in my gallery!!!)....NOMS!!!! Went to Closing Ceremonies & rested up before getting Arlo all gussied up for the Dead Dog dance. I made tuxedo cuffs & a suit collar w/bowtie to match his green formal vest. Topped it off with a gold crown & my wolf fursuit was ready to go to the dance as the Homecoming King! (see gallery pic). Back to the room to recuperate, pack a bit & then fall into a stupor of exhaustion (lol).
Mon. 8/12: Slept IN.....zzzzzzzz. Finished packing & hit the road for home. Very light traffic the whole way & made great time.
This year's IFC was fantastic all the way around but a few specific shout-outs:
Pandez: Two thumbs up for your programming line up, Sir! Well done. The offerings were great & still managed to include some 'downtime' for food consumption and rests. Can't wait to see what next year brings!
Liedt: The Sponsor's Suite was wonderful! Well-organized, well-stocked and a great variety of food/drinks/snacks. The hot food service was a life-saver for lunch & we can't speak highly enough about how friendly the volunteers (and you of course) were. Great job and a huge THANK YOU to all of you!
Ryn, ExRev, Blake & Alkali: for making us feel welcome and like part of the family. As relative 'newbs' to the official fandom, we really appreciate it.
Roxas Panda: for being willing (and insane enough) to undertake the post of Chairman.
And to the whole staff: Tora, Dasha, Storm Griffin, Samii, Linnaeus, Anubis, Christofur, Firr, Speedy, Xander, all the volunteers, Go-Furs and of course the Dorsai.
IFC is the wonderful convention it is because of each & every one of you and your dedication to making sure all attendees have the best weekend we possibly can. Will we be back next year? Heck YEAH!!!
Extra Shout Out to the Staff of the Sheraton Hotel: I cannot stress enough how polite and helpful the hotel employees were. I hope IFC is able to remain at this venue for some time to come (unless of course it grows too large.....just hope it never loses it's smaller-con vibe, grin).
Once again thanks to everyone involved with making IFC possible: You are THE BEST!
Thurs. 8/8: arrived at the Keystone Sheraton & checked in. I have to admit I felt like we should have had a Hollywood entourage due to the amount of luggage we schlepped in (just two people but 3 fursuits, clothes, toiletries, props & the laptop...it was ridiculous, all that was missing were paparazzi lol!). Got our Supersponsor badges that evening, had dinner in and unpacked & prepped for Friday.
Fri. 8/9: Made serious dents in the Sheraton's breakfast buffet (which is wonderful, BTW) & then spent time brushing out Arlo's suit. Down to opening ceremonies at noon, derped around a bit beforehand as we brought giant inflatable pencils with us (back to school theme). Upstairs to shower & change before heading back down to catch Uncle Kage's 'Can't We All Get Along?' panel. Was a great look at the us vs. them attitudes that different fandoms as well as society in general can have/perpetuate.
NOTE: Let me just stop here & say that Pandez's standup is excellent. His routine of what is a typical furry (complete with impersonations) had us in stitches! Pandez, if you read this: BRAVO!
We checked out the art show & dealer's den (at full capacity this year!) before getting a late lunch/early dinner. Caught Uncle Kage's Story Hour (and a half) then decided to call it an early night. Spent quite some time getting both Guhstav's suit and my SO's fursuit ready for the parade on Saturday.
Sat. 8/10: Breakfast at the hotel again & then got everything sorted out, on and attached for the fursuit parade at 1pm. This was Guhstav the wolverine's first outing at IFC & my SO fursuited as Liszt the lion. We wore doctoral graduate robes & tams & carried 'Doctor of Derpology' diplomas. Folks seemed to like us (we got laughs at any rate, whether at us or WITH us matters not when you're in fursuit though, lol) and then we went to the fursuit photo shoot afterwards.
Showered, changed, late lunch & rest up before attending the live recording of the Dragget Show with Xander and Alkali. If you were at IFC & didn't attend this you REALLY missed out. Spiderman (Draggor) was also there, along with Pandez & Chairman Roxas dropping in. Absolutely inappropriate in every possible way and one of the most hilarious hours I've ever experienced! Placed a bid on some art & skipped over to 2 Gryphon's show (great as usual).
Sun. 8/11: Slept in & then down for the Charity Auction. Couldn't resist the quilt or the honey-badger plushie. Dropped off our purchases & then caught 2's Podcasting Panel (lots of useful information, thank you 2!). Decided to hit Don Pablo's for a late lunch and found the most amazing cupcake vendor in the same shopping center (see pic in my gallery!!!)....NOMS!!!! Went to Closing Ceremonies & rested up before getting Arlo all gussied up for the Dead Dog dance. I made tuxedo cuffs & a suit collar w/bowtie to match his green formal vest. Topped it off with a gold crown & my wolf fursuit was ready to go to the dance as the Homecoming King! (see gallery pic). Back to the room to recuperate, pack a bit & then fall into a stupor of exhaustion (lol).
Mon. 8/12: Slept IN.....zzzzzzzz. Finished packing & hit the road for home. Very light traffic the whole way & made great time.
This year's IFC was fantastic all the way around but a few specific shout-outs:
Pandez: Two thumbs up for your programming line up, Sir! Well done. The offerings were great & still managed to include some 'downtime' for food consumption and rests. Can't wait to see what next year brings!
Liedt: The Sponsor's Suite was wonderful! Well-organized, well-stocked and a great variety of food/drinks/snacks. The hot food service was a life-saver for lunch & we can't speak highly enough about how friendly the volunteers (and you of course) were. Great job and a huge THANK YOU to all of you!
Ryn, ExRev, Blake & Alkali: for making us feel welcome and like part of the family. As relative 'newbs' to the official fandom, we really appreciate it.
Roxas Panda: for being willing (and insane enough) to undertake the post of Chairman.
And to the whole staff: Tora, Dasha, Storm Griffin, Samii, Linnaeus, Anubis, Christofur, Firr, Speedy, Xander, all the volunteers, Go-Furs and of course the Dorsai.
IFC is the wonderful convention it is because of each & every one of you and your dedication to making sure all attendees have the best weekend we possibly can. Will we be back next year? Heck YEAH!!!
Extra Shout Out to the Staff of the Sheraton Hotel: I cannot stress enough how polite and helpful the hotel employees were. I hope IFC is able to remain at this venue for some time to come (unless of course it grows too large.....just hope it never loses it's smaller-con vibe, grin).
Once again thanks to everyone involved with making IFC possible: You are THE BEST!
pandez @ indyfurcon . com
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