Escapade 29 is right around the corner! Less than 2 weeks until the convention starts, and there are still a few things you can do to get ready.

First, a special note regarding elevator access in the hotel:  If you are planning to commute to the con and will not be staying in the hotel, please let us know and provide us with your full real name, so we can make arrangements with the hotel for your elevator access.  They are less willing than in past years to unlock the elevators during the convention weekend. If you let us know, we can give your name to the hotel, and they will provide you with a special key to use while you’re attending Escapade, so you can access the elevators and reach the con suite. Email us at info@escapadecon.net to make arrangements.

Here are some other things you can do now to prepare for Escapade:

• Register for the con! Did you know there are still open spots for full weekend or single day memberships? There are!  Not 100% sure you ever actually registered for the con?  Want to make sure your friends are attending?  Please take a moment to review the membership list on the Escapade website to confirm that your own membership is current, and please reach out to your friends if you don’t see them on the list! Use the following links to check registration status for you and your friends, and to register for the con:

List of Members

Register for Escapade

• Contribute to the Escapade Art Show! If you have considered bringing art to display or sell at the art show, it’s not too late. If you know you plan to bring art for the show, please register your art ahead of time.  This helps save time for art show staff and volunteers at the con and is much appreciated.  Details about the art show and the link to register your art can be found here:

The Escapade Art Show

• Sign up for DIY panel slots! The panel schedule has been created based on the votes of the membership, but there are still slots in the schedule for you to revive panels that didn’t make the cut or create new panels that weren’t submitted to the original ballot. Panel slots are assigned on a first come, first served basis, including any slots remaining once the convention is underway. Your panel information must be received by Friday 2/15 to be included in the Escapade program book. Review the panel schedule and follow the instructions on the Escapade panel page now to get your pick of the available slots:

Schedule

• Consider volunteering during the con! Escapade is grateful for the enthusiastic assistance of our volunteers throughout each convention. We literally could not do it without you. Please review the Escapade schedule and consider signing up for some volunteer shifts. Visit the volunteer page for more info about volunteering:

Volunteer at the Con

Recent News Updates:

https://escapadecon.net/escapade-29-schedule-is-posted-and-diy-panel-signups-are-open/

https://escapadecon.net/thinking-of-bringing-food-to-share-in-the-con-suite/

https://escapadecon.net/the-escapade-raffle-and-swap-table/

https://escapadecon.net/the-escapade-volunteer-program-2/

The Escapade schedule still has many slots open and available for you to fill with…well, with whatever kind of programming you want and can’t already find on the schedule!  Maybe your panel idea didn’t make the cut, or you just thought of it yesterday.  Maybe you’d like to pimp people into your shiny new fandom.  Maybe you want to see who will join you to play a new fandom-themed game you just thought of.  Maybe you want to get a gang together and watch your favorite episode of your favorite show.  Maybe you want to hang out with folks from an old fandom and reminisce.  Sign up for a slot and make it happen!

View  time slots marked “Available” on the Escapade schedule here:

Schedule

This post has more information about Alt/DIY programming:

Escapade 2018 schedule is posted and Alt/DIY panel signups are open!

To sign up, send your first and second choice for panel slots to KatBear at: diypanels@escapadecon.net

Signups for open slots will still be available at the convention, but if you want your panel to be included in the program book, submit your request by 6:00 pm PST this Thursday, February 15.

The convention is just over a week away!  Now that the schedule is posted, it’s time to start planning your weekend and thinking about how you’d like to spend your time and the ways you’d like to be involved.  This is a great time to think about signing up for some volunteer slots.  And you can still submit art for the art show!  Follow these links to learn more about Escapade programming.

Escapade Opening Night: the Friday night dance party!

The Escapade Volunteer Program

Introducing: the Escapade Art Show!

Vid Show

Did you know that Escapade has an Art Show?  Well, we do!!  We set aside a room at the convention on Friday and Saturday to display and admire fanworks brought by the amazing talented and endlessly creative members of the Escapade community.  We welcome all kinds of fan art: drawings, paintings, jewelry, photos, prints, crafts, and works that defy description!

On Sunday morning of the convention, art that has been marked as “for sale” and that has received a few bids from interested buyers will be auctioned off.  Our amazing auctioneer Shosanna always puts on a fabulous and entertaining show, enjoyed both by serious art collectors and those who are just in it for the eye candy!

If you are a fanartist (or are willing to pretend to be one), please consider submitting a few pieces to the show!  The more variety, the better!

Find more information on the Escapade website:

The Escapade Art Show

Naked Bee got her start by volunteering for the Escapade Art Show in 2008, and has been coordinating the show since 2014.  You can ask her questions before the convention at artshow@escapadecon.net.  During the convention, head to the Art Show Room during the hours listed in the program and either Naked Bee or the Art Show Staff will be able to help.

In the meantime, check out a selection of art from previous years at the Virtual Art Show:

http://escapadecon.tumblr.com/tagged/Escapade+Art+Show

Reminder:  Escapade Art Show registration is open!

https://escapadecon.net/art-show/

The Escapade Art Show wants YOU to submit something this year! The people who attend the convention are a talented group with a wide variety of interests – let’s celebrate our talents and fannish loves!

On-line registration is open until Monday, March 6, 2017.  For those last-minute inspirations, walk-in submissions will be accepted Friday afternoon during art check-in.

Need some ideas?

* Artistic abilities peaked in elementary school? Glitter and construction paper are an under-rated medium! If you had a good time making it, then it belongs in the show!

* Are you a crafter? Clay sculpture, jewelry, dolls – you name it, we want to see it!  All art is valued!

* Are you a cook? Baked goods and preserves with a fannish connection are welcome!

* Not willing to part with the fabulous thing you just made? That’s OK! The art show welcomes art for display only.

* Not enough time before the con? Offer your services to make something for the highest bidder! Just give us a piece of paper explaining what sort of commissions you’re willing to offer (art, vid, gif, etc).  We would be ecstatic to auction off a vidder, er, I mean auction off a vidder’s services.

Art Show 2016 Call for Entries!

Escapade Art Show registration is now open!
https://escapadecon.net/programming/art-show/

The Escapade Art Show wants YOU to submit something this year! The 
people who attend the convention are a talented group with a wide 
variety of interests - let's celebrate our talents and fannish loves!

On-line registration is open until Monday, February 22, 2016.  Please 
help us test out the new system!  For those last-minute inspirations, 
walk-in submissions will be accepted Friday afternoon during art check-in.

Need some ideas?
* Artistic abilities peaked in elementary school? Glitter and 
construction paper are an under-rated medium! If you had a good time 
making it, then it belongs in the show!
* Are you a crafter? Clay sculpture, jewelry, dolls - you name it, we 
want to see it!  All art is valued!
* Are you a cook? Baked goods and preserves with a fannish connection 
are welcome!
* Not willing to part with the fabulous thing you just made? That's OK! 
The art show welcomes art for display only.
* Not enough time before the con? Offer your services to make something 
for the highest bidder! Just give us a piece of paper explaining what 
sort of commissions you're willing to offer (art, vid, gif, etc).  We 
would be ecstatic to auction off a vidder, er, I mean auction off a 
vidder's services.

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Panels, panels everywhere!
Now we need more mods!

We have collated the initial list of panels, based on voting by members 
like you. Several of the most popular panels need one or more mods to 
sign on, in order to make it on to the final schedule. Check out the 
panel cut here, and then email us to let us know which you'd like to 
moderate or co-moderate.

Panel cut link:
https://escapadecon.net/programming/panels/panel-cut/

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Vid Show Deadline

Just to give all the vidders a little breathing room, the deadline has 
been extended to February 6, midnight PST. Remember that the vidshow 
details can be found here: https://escapadecon.net/programming/songvid-show/

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The Escapade Scholarship Drive

1. Contribute to the Scholarship Fund
The Escapade scholarship works because it's like the rest of Escapade: 
you make it work. Your contributions have supported many attendees over 
the years, from maintainers of fannish archives, lists, and communities 
to fanfic writers and vidders. Scholarships introduce new fans to 
Escapade, and bring back long-time attendees who may have fallen on hard 
times.

Please donate to the fund. You can contribute by Paypal (to 
info@escapadecon.net), by check (made out to Escapade; send to 264 Santa 
Monica Way, Santa Barbara, CA 93109), or by pledge via email to 
info@escapadecon.net  (You must be an attendee to pledge; you can pay 
when you arrive at registration.)

Any amount you can give, from $10 to $10,000, helps tremendously. It 
helps attendees who couldn't otherwise make it; it helps programming, 
because scholarship recipients volunteer and co-moderate panels; it 
helps your karma. As always, 100% of your contributions go directly to 
recipient expenses like airfare, hotel, and food expenses, if needed.

2. Nominate a Potential Scholarship Recipient
Now it's time to check the registration list at the web site, and 
consider who isn't on it. Are they skipping due to unforeseen financial 
stresses? It's time to think about a fan who has never been to Escapade 
but who you know might love it.

In the same way you create the scholarship fund through donations, you 
create the scholarship recipients through nominating people. Go to the 
Escapade website: https://escapadecon.net/programming/escapade-scholarship/
and share a little about the scholarship nominee. We will do the rest, 
and announce scholarship recipients at the con.

First, if you haven't done it, go to escapadecon.net and update your
profile!  Start by logging in, then go to "My Account" and once you're
there, click on the "edit your password, badge details, email and photo
preferences" link where you can choose to receive notifications direct
to your inbox, and if you don't want people taking your photo at the
con, you can select that, and it will be part of your badge.

Second, if you haven't done it yet, it's time to make your hotel
reservation!  The "Hotel" link on the website will get you where you
need to be to do that.

Third, and by no means least, help us plan the Opening Night dance party:

Friday, join us for Opening Night, Escapade's dance party where we'll
boogie to great dance vids and revisit fandoms new and old. Just vidded
Hamilton? What about classic Star Trek? Classic Trek to a song from
Hamilton? Do you have old MFU vids on DVD that you'd like to send us, or
have you just spotted a great MFU movie vid on Youtube? Hoping somebody
can find a great X-Files vid to celebrate its return? Let us know in the
comments.

We'll be selecting the show for diversity of fandoms, diversity of
vidders, and good musical flow. We welcome vids of any era, including
old VCR vids (provided we can find a high enough quality digital file).
We'd love to include more vidders outside of Escapade/Vividcon/Festivids
circles whose work the Escapade audience might be missing out on. Let us
know about your old favorites and undiscovered gems or just the fandoms
you'd love to see included and the songs you'd love to dance to.

We're looking for already-released vids that are infectiously
booty-shaking with big, beautiful, high-quality files suitable for
playing through a projector. (If you've got a new vid in progress, the
Saturday night vidshow welcomes your premieres.)

Don't be shy: comment and rec us something!

We would also like to announce a special art show event:

Trek Art Retrospective

Escapade is celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Star Trek by hosting a 
fandom artwork retrospective.  We are looking for fanworks of all sorts 
and from all of the Trek verses for display at the art show.  Art for 
the retrospective will be for display only, not for sale, and will be 
returned to the owner after the show.  Anyone interested in displaying 
their own art or works from their collection at Escapade, please 
contact: saklani2@gmail.com  If you cannot bring your art and need to 
ship it to us, we will need to have it in hand by February 19th.

Day five is the call for art submissions! Please visit our art show page for more information about how to submit.