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1·. _, Thursday Evening ConFurence Hello Again! fwahnse reo fy youo urc afna vmoreiteet awniit.mh al 8 Welcome back to (comparatively) sunny type, real or imagined. s Southern California, home of the first Remember, we want to see regular Furry convention in the world - your face there! currently settled in our new home, the Buena Park Hotel and Convention Center. (Our many thanks ahead of time to the Check with your handy Pocket Program (or right C Registration, Catering and Saks staff at here in the Scratching Post) to see what's going on, the BPH for all their hard work helping us or just run by the Information Booth on the :r set this up!) We hope we can help you Mezzanine if you find yourself totally lost! Above have as much fun and surprises this year as all else, have fun during your stay at ConFurence a ever before - and that you'll keep coming Eight --and come back in join us in 1998 for back to join us! ConFurence Nine: Furries in Love! This year, ourspeciaJ main theme is Music _____________ -t and Mirth - that which makes you laugh, Major Attractions and that which makes you sing. Laughing is perhaps ~I represented ~ 0~ Guest of Program Changes C Honor Bill Holbrook, comtc stnp creator; Thursday: 7pm _ Matting Artwork Workshop music by our illustrious filk Guest of Artists• Lounge Honor, Dr. Jane R:obinson. Interesting!~, 8pm _ Intro to Werewolf(fhe Game) h- Dr. Jane also fits rnto our sub-theme this Gaming Room year, ~ans, being that she's doctored 9pm -Club Tekno-Fur (Dance) in studying dinosaurs! But dinosaurs are Buena Park Room perhaps what our author Guest of Honor, 12a -Nevermore (Dance) I. Rwoeblle. rtR lo unSdaiwngy eor,u t isth eb efsite ldk nwoew hna vfoe ro naes Buena Park Room :n.. of our own_, cartoonist Mel. White -who's The Video Theater, Lounges and main SIG Room been _coming for year_s anyway, so :"'e will be open tonight. Pleasefeelfreetostopby,or g sguurepstn! sedR ehmeer mbbye r,m aalkl inogf ohuerr Ga usepstesc ioalf better yet, volunteer to help the convention set up. Honor not only get their own hour to tell ;yo:ue w:h:a;t ~they~'veS be:efn rupi !to:, ~the~y s:ta:r=t of.f. _ ____________ Hall (Buena Park Room). Party Announcements! Music and dancing can be found throughout this ConFurence, whether it's We will be printing any and all party 0 at one of several dances (Chili Tekno-Fur, announcements here on a first come first serve Nevermore, Purple Nurple Live), the 1:asis. Get 'em in ASAP through 'the regular s Cabaret Fur le Dance, or the Friday night channels. Filk Concert. Not to mention food, films, and fun a1l around! Plus stuff, stuff and more stuff in our busy Den of Dealers. -t Look for many artistic and writing how-to presentatins, and the ever-poopular Species SIGs (Specian Interest Groups) 1997 So You Want To Be In submitted aftec that lime will be TThursday Evening rejected. The Art Show? If you follow these simple rules, your But you didn't sign up before you got art show experience should be a very here? You may still be able to get positive one. some pieces on display if you follow these simple rules. Special Announcement! First off, you have. to b:e ta ~~m~b;heir3 o:f Well-known furry sculptor and tail- ~:.ure:~ ~~ ~r Julie BoMitan is p~ntin~ a Post, ygo u , ve got ~t one down. Wi.t gh fsapkeec iaful r waonrdk sfhaobpri cos nc awJloerdk i"nMg awkiinthg :;1 =~P,i, ~0~, 8;\;:: Your Own Funy". ~is ext~ve ' caonuyr sstei,l l tahvoasiel aabrlteis wtsh wenh oy ohua varer iavlere. aOdyf f5o:0u?rJ->h?o1u ro nw Fonr~dahyo,p uWpsJtIaI.u ~b e~mm thaet /4 ~ signed up may have used all available Artist Lounge. Talk to Julie at her ✓-;-/ ·. . '_\\\ spaceandifso,you'reoutofluck. ~:rn:~o~ers table for more Secondly, if space is available, look at your art and decide if it is appropriate for the general public or should be put in the NC-17 section. ConFurence may move inappropriate material to the NC-17 section, but by and large, we permit the artists to make the· decision. = =rum!:7i!:m°:~W: L~ of the pie.cc, somewhere on the pie.cc. This is required on every pie.cc of art you submit. Also make sure your an Ciso nFmuarettnecde caannndo t bwee rlel spopnrsoitbelcet efodr, -! Ok, I give ups,t uwfhf?y the MSTJK damage to your art due to poor matting Don't forget! A couple of good reasons. First Be et1:vironmentally off, MSTIK and Confurence are Bring your art to the show! Our conscious! the same age. Both have had (o r friendly art show staff will assist you are having) eight years of on filling out all the paperwork Bins available throughout popularity and a ''test" year, both required and in finding a suitable Conli\arencc. are extremely popular within the place to hang your artwork fandom and, heck, we just like it. Remember: the last ti.me to hang any art is 2:00pm on Saturday, anythlng You don't? Yeah, bitemefanboy. The Scratching Post is produced twice a day for Confurence 8, the premiere anthropomorphic convention, running Thursday evening through Sunday morning for 6 issues. Your Scratching Post staff is Brian & Lori Henderson. Submissions to The Scratching Post may be deposited in envelopes posted for that purpose, located conveniently arowtd the convention. Dt2dl.ine for the morning issue is 6pm the night before. Deadline for the evening issue is noon. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. lbey-1Mpc;twc"re1Mr<:,Pinl::y.Oorplan~l