Happy Holiday season, everyone! Darn, it’s great to be past this elongated presidential election season and into something potentially less stressful. It’s especially great for us to be thinking about Escapade with growing excitement: friends, food, men f— okay, alliteration is over-rated. But still, friends and television, slash fic and the library, parties, consuite… but mostly, friends. For us Escapade has become a place where we touch base with people we’ve known for years who are spread far too widely across this planet, so it has become a really special weekend. We hope it’s the same for you.
The presidential election season was long, and it sucked our attention up like a new fandom might. So we figured it might have done the same for others, and that now was a good time to focus on people getting their registrations in. We decided to extend the Registration Fee discount (reg fees were due to go up to the high rate of $125 after October 10, but we are holding them at $110 until January 15.)
Consider the following:
- A good slash con where we see our friends, walk along the beach, enjoy good food, and share good slash, is possibly the best holiday gift you can give to yourself and your friends.
- Now is a good time to schedule your vacation and make your plans for March 2009.
- Airfares are incredibly good right now (I’ll post separately with some sample rates and transportation ideas for in-state attendees).
- If you’re coming in from wintery climes, you have the Southern California sun, ocean, the picturesque city of Ventura within easy walking distance, and views of surfers to look forward to. (If you’re coming in from anything else, well… you have the same stuff to look forward to. *g*
If you have questions, email charlottechill@escapadecon.net, jennifer@escapadecon.net, or if you actually want an answer really quickly (::sigh::), charlottechill@yahoo.com
ETA: We have finally solved the lost password/username issue in the database. It will work if you can remember any two of the following items you gave us when you signed up: username, private email, phone number. Click the Sign Up/Sign in for Escapade 2009 link at the right side of the page, and select the Guest account. If you still can’t get logged in, send an email to jennifer@escapadecon.net, and she’ll help you out.