WESTERCON 64

2011 West Coast Science Fantasy Conference

PO Box 61363, Sunnyvale CA 94088-1363 USA

i...@westercon64.org; http://www.westercon64.org/ 



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JUNE 20, 2011



Westercon 64 Announces Special Events

This Fourth of July weekend sees Westercon 64, the 2011 West Coast Science 
Fantasy Conference, coming to downtown San Jose. Westercon 64 will include 
several special events in its schedule in addition to traditional SF/F 
convention programming. Among the special events planned is a performance of a 
radio-style play written by artist guests of honor Phil and Kaja Foglio, a 
themed Saturday afternoon tea with writer guest of honor Patricia McKillip, a 
focus event on the guests moderated by Terry Bisson from the SF in SF reading 
series, and an SF/F-themed game show. The convention will also include two 
Regency Dances and the Westercon Masquerade costume contest.

Friday Events

Friday evening of Westercon features Regency-style Dancing in the appropriately 
named Regency Ballroom starting at 7:30 PM. Come while away the evening in 
courtly style. Period costumes are welcome (but not required), and both 
experienced dancers and those that have never tried Regency dancing are all 
welcome.

Saturday Events

Writer Guest of Honor Patricia McKillip will be featured in a Saturday 
Afternoon Tea in the Westercon 64 Hospitality Suite from 4:00-5:30. Tea and 
light refreshments will be served with Moira Greyland playing the harp for 
accompaniment.

The SF in SF Reading Series makes a special appearance in San Jose on Saturday 
afternoon at 5:30 in the Club Regent Room, with the spotlight on all of 
Westercon 64's guests: Patricia McKillip, Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio, and Mike 
Willmoth. Terry Bisson hosts the Q&A/interview session to follow the readings.

Saturday night at 8 PM is the Westercon Masquerade Costume Contest, where 
members of the convention show off their best SF/F costumes before an 
appreciative audience. Costumes are a big part of SF/F conventions, both "hall 
costumes" designed to be work around the halls of the convention and 
"presentation costumes" to be shown on stage at events like the Masquerade.

Sunday Events

The Hugo Award-winning Girl Genius series of graphic novels by Artist Guests of 
Honor Phil and Kaja Foglio is the inspiration for a radio-style play on Sunday 
night at 8 PM in The Club Regent Room. The play features the Foglios along with 
the Girl Genius Radio Players in a hilarious romp through the "gaslamp fantasy" 
world of Mad Science with Agatha Heterodyne, Girl Genius and her companions. 
Members wishing to participate in the play should come to the Foglios' table in 
the Dealers' Room to volunteer.

If you have a ready answer to a question like "Captain Kirk has the biggest ___ 
in Starfleet!" then you'll love Match Game SF, an SF/F-themed version of the 
classic 1970s game show, Saturday afternoon at 2:30 PM with a special "late 
night" edition on Sunday night at 10 PM. Both shows will be in the Club Regent 
room. Contestants will be randomly selected from the audience to match wits 
with the panel. Contestants who do the best job of matching the panelists 
receive great prizes, while all participants receive the famous Lovely Parting 
Gift.

Because one good Regency dance deserves another, Alan Winston adds live music 
to the second session of Regency dance on Sunday night at 7:30 PM in the 
Regency Ballroom. As with Friday's session, costumes are encouraged (but not 
required), and all skill levels are welcome.

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Westercon 64 will be at the San Jose Fairmont Hotel in downtown San Jose, 
California on Friday, July 1 through Monday, July 4. The convention opens on 
Friday morning, with the Dealers' Room and Art Show opening at Noon (10 AM the 
other days of the convention). Programming starts at 1 PM on Friday and 10 AM 
on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, with the convention winding down on Monday 
afternoon around 4 PM.

Admission to Westercon (known as an "attending membership") is $75 for all four 
days. Single-day admission memberships are also available for $25 to $40 
depending on the day. Children 7-12 accompanied by a parent/guardian are $40, 
and kids in tow under seven years old are free but must stay with their 
parent/guardian except for children 3 and older in Children's Programming.

For more information about Westercon 64, see the convention web site at 
http://www.westercon64.org/ or write to i...@westercon64.org.

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Contact:

Westercon 64: Kevin Standlee i...@westercon64.org

Westercon 64 is part of San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, Inc., a 
California non-profit corporation recognized as tax-exempt under US Internal 
Revenue Code 501(c)(3).

"Westercon" is a service mark of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, and 
is used with permission.


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