Flans planning to attend Grand Slam in Pasadena please post reply ASAP! :)

POSTED BY: OdileB
UPDATED: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 19:44
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ODILEB

Tuesday, December 21, 2004 9:42 PM

I need to get 'yes we will be there input from folks' and how many tickets per post please. I am posting this on a few message boards, if you say yes on one message board, please do not reply on another so that I can keep track of numbers.

Here is the info:

"Hi Folks:

Thanks for offering to help get the word out on a possible Firefly reception
at Grand Slam for Nathan and Adam. In order to make this work we'd need to
get a guarantee of at least 50 people. The cost would be $65 per person and
it would be held at Delmonicos, the fantastic restaurant across the street
from the Pasadena Center. It would be a Happy Hour (probably 5-6 pm) on Saturday.
March 12 and the menu would feature:
- Stuffed Mushrooms
- Chicken Skewers
- Seafood Cakes
- Veggie Platters with Dips
As well as complimentary Well Cocktails, House Wine and Draft Beer.

If you can get us at least 50 people to guarantee they will buy tickets to
this function we'll make it happen. FYI the day is subject to change
depending on the Serenity shooting schedule."

Thank you for your replies! :)

Also I just checked and you don't have to attend Grand Slam to attend the reception.

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

CANADIANBROWNCOATS

Wednesday, December 22, 2004 6:10 PM

bumping the thread to the top.

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www.canadianbrowncoats.com

ODILEB

Wednesday, December 22, 2004 9:10 PM

Also, fyi, you do not have to buy con tickets to be able to buy reception tickets. Here is the url for convention information:

http://www.creationent.com/cal/stgs.htm

The general admission tickets have not been listed yet.

This reception will not be added to the convention events if I/we can't get 50 people to commit to buying tickets.

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

ODILEB

Thursday, December 23, 2004 5:10 PM

Last bump.

No one on this board is interested in going then?

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

BRUISERSMOM

Thursday, December 23, 2004 6:24 PM

I guess not.

How many LA browncoats are there anyway?

ODILEB

Thursday, December 23, 2004 7:31 PM

I'm not sure how many LA browncoats there are online, but there are alot in real life. Last year the LA Comic-Con (a Firefly exclusive event on a Sunday only) had over 500 attendees and it was very last minute (although there were a few of us who flew in but we were by far the minority).

Oh well, at least I tried to spread the word, I guess I overestimated how many LA area fans are online...

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

KASUO

Thursday, December 23, 2004 9:55 PM

Oh wow I didn't even know about this. Good thing I came back to FFF.net to read about this! I live in the Long Beach area so count me in!

ODILEB

Thursday, December 23, 2004 10:10 PM

Thank you, that's great! :)

I will keep at this for awhile longer, hopefully there will be more folks around after the holidays maybe?? :)

Right now I have 10 definitely will be there (if the event takes place) and 12 to 15 maybes...

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

ELWOODMOM

Thursday, December 23, 2004 11:11 PM

Bump for you, friend!

ODILEB

Friday, December 24, 2004 5:14 AM

*grin*

Thanks Elwoodmom!

***HUGS***

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

RIPLEY

Saturday, December 25, 2004 11:59 PM

I'll be there. Let me know who to pay and where to go and when. I actually live in Pasadena.

ripley

SIOUXSIE

Sunday, December 26, 2004 4:54 AM

I'll be at the Slam and would definitely attend, plus would probably bring a friend! Sounds awesome!!!!

ODILEB

Sunday, December 26, 2004 6:13 AM

*Awesome*! Thank you! :)

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

ODILEB

Sunday, December 26, 2004 6:14 AM

*Awesome*, thank you! You guys are giving me hope again! :)

36 to go!! :)

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

RICKKER

Sunday, December 26, 2004 6:33 AM

I don't know if I can make it to Pasadena for the big con. I am going to a local creation held con in Seattle may 13-15. Its being touted as a Xena and women of sci-fi. With the lovely Gina having a history with both Xena and herc I was Hoping they would invite her. While they were at it the rest of the ladies would be really keen to. It has become a bit of a tradition for me and my nephew to do these local cons. I am having a bot of a problem getting through to the Creation people how much we want to support our sci-fi here in the pacific northwest. To those of you in co. Cal. Please if you have any connections to either Joss' people or the Creation crew, let them know there are lots of fans and manny possible converts please send Serenity crew to Seattle. Thanks for letting me rant

ODILEB

Sunday, December 26, 2004 6:43 AM

Absolutely! :)

I will do anything I can! :)

The reason I am so keen on having this reception work is I have been nagging (nicely of course :)) for Firefly stuff for awhile claiming that the market is out there and I am (today's three yeahs helped though) getting nervous that maybe I was wrong.

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

FIREFLOOZYSUZIE

Sunday, December 26, 2004 2:09 PM

Sorry! I was going to come out for the Grand Slam but decided to go to Thistle Heathrow Con and blow my nearly-worthless dollars in England.

If it's any help, I heard that last year's Grand Slam was fantastic, and I will bump this thread with the recommendation that folks should strongly consider going.

BTW, have you cross-posted this to the prospero bd?

ODILEB

Sunday, December 26, 2004 9:31 PM

Congratulations on going to the Heathrow one! :)

I would love to go to that one, but I am commited to waaaayy too many conventions next year! ;)

Grand Slam is always a blast, but if this reception happens... then wow!

I crossposted this here, prospero and the Serenity board, hopefully as people come back from the holidays I will get more positive responses!

Thank you! :)

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

ODILEB

Tuesday, December 28, 2004 2:58 PM

Anyone else? :)

33 to go.

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

SIOUXSIE

Tuesday, December 28, 2004 4:48 PM

Morning!

My friend mentioned the reception on a board she frequents and she's already had one response. I've asked her to email me and I'll provide her with the link here, so hopefully another one will be added to the list.

Also, I'm in a posting group and I'd be happy to send an email out through them - it might well spread from there. Let me know if you'd like me to do that and I'll follow up from there.

Thanks!!

ODILEB

Tuesday, December 28, 2004 5:34 PM

You so *totally* ROCK!!!

Thank you and please go ahead!

BTW, I have wanted to ask you this before, but is your screen name a shout out to Siouxie and the Banshees? Just curious.

Thanks again!!!

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

SIOUXSIE

Tuesday, December 28, 2004 6:15 PM

My pleasure - I'd love to see this happen and hopefully we'll get so many responses you'll be turning people away (just not me!)

And, yes, my name is totally a shoutout to Siouxsie (altho sadly I'm not familiar with much of their music - just love the name!)

ODILEB

Tuesday, December 28, 2004 6:53 PM

Cool!

Yep, I'm that old... ;)

I only know some of her songs that were videos back when MTV played music videos... ;)

Even though I selfishly do want this to happen, I also want it to happen for all Browncoats because if we can prove there is a demand for exclusively Firefly content then we might get more exclusive con events or even cons! :)

Last year at Grand Slam they had a Stargate breakfast that sold out very quickly and Amanda and Michael were at the con itself and got a fantastic crowd reaction and this year there are *all* kinds of Stargate conventions all over the US. I was kind of hoping that could happen to us...

Thanks again for your help! :)

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

JILTEDTOO

Tuesday, December 28, 2004 9:10 PM

I would go. Live in Ventura and was planning on going to the convention.

JT

ODILEB

Tuesday, December 28, 2004 9:13 PM

*Awesome*, thank you! :) (I need to change words, I'm getting repetitious! :)

32 to go! :)

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

TRACY

Wednesday, December 29, 2004 1:20 AM

Count me in too - I'm gonna email my friend in Toronto, who is also coming (not sure if with her husband or not, since we're actually having a friendly discussion as to who gets to kidnap Nathan -j/k-) and the receptionist at work, who is also attending Grand Slam. Will post more the moment I know, but for now it's just silly old me. And happy!

MAL: If anyone gets nosy, just, you know...
shoot 'em.
ZOE: Shoot 'em?
MAL: Politely.

ODILEB

Wednesday, December 29, 2004 3:17 AM

*Rocking*! How's my new word? ;)

30 to go, woohoo!! :)

If all the maybes become definites there would be less than 20 to go... :)

Thank you!

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

BRUISERSMOM

Wednesday, December 29, 2004 7:49 PM

How much is it to attend Grand Slam? I looked on their website and saw a bunch of ticket prices to have your picture taken with a star and I saw this golden ticket thing that was $400 which I would not shell out to go.

ODILEB

Wednesday, December 29, 2004 8:03 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by BruisersMom:
How much is it to attend Grand Slam? I looked on their website and saw a bunch of ticket prices to have your picture taken with a star and I saw this golden ticket thing that was $400 which I would not shell out to go.

FYI, you don't need to attend Grand Slam to attend the reception (reception is going to be $65, if it happens). However the only ticket prices they have listed now are the gold tickets which are three day packages with perks. They will list additional ticket options soon I believe. Usually they have a cheaper three day ticket behind the gold then they have daily reserved and then they have general admission tickets. If you look around their other cons that are coming up before Grand Slam you can see roughly what their usual pricing structure is. A little bit for each taste! ;)

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

ODILEB

Thursday, December 30, 2004 8:07 PM

FYI, I just checked and the daily general admission tickets for other events seem to run between $35 and $50 depending on who the guests are that day.

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

ODILEB

Friday, December 31, 2004 9:50 PM

Latest tally:

Officially 29 to go, however more than likely only 20 to go since there is a group of 9 Browncoats who are going to Grand Slam and the one person who commited (oh yeah, so that makes it 28 officially to go) says they are pretty much 100% sure the other 8 will go...

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

ODILEB

Monday, January 3, 2005 3:01 PM

And a Happy New Year bump! :)

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

ODILEB

Tuesday, January 4, 2005 7:53 PM

17 definites to go or we don't get to go...

Anyone else?

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

MUNN75

Friday, January 7, 2005 8:48 PM

Hi, just joined the group. I will be going to Pasadena from Sacramento and would love to come to the reception.

When I am not working my day job or watching Firefly, I do professional photography. If you would like coverage of the event, I would be glad to do it free of charge for all the Firefly fans out there.

Ben Munn

CANADIANBROWNCOATS

Friday, January 7, 2005 10:03 PM

13 more to go!

Anyone else going to Grand Slam? Can't wait for the reception.

http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/grandslambrowncoats/

Hazyone101

Join the CanadianBrownCoats:
http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/canadianbrowncoats

www.canadianbrowncoats.com

ODILEB

Friday, January 7, 2005 10:42 PM

Yeah, 12 to go!!! Thank you! :)

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

STAR

Saturday, January 8, 2005 5:31 PM

I've been to a Creation event at that restaurant before and (1) the place is lovely, (2) the food is great, and (3) you tend to get semi-casual, quality face time with the guests. So - heck, yeah!! I'd be up for it, along with at least two friends.

ODILEB

Saturday, January 8, 2005 5:54 PM

*jumps up and down*

Thank you! Down to 9 to go!! :)

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

WEBBGIRL

Saturday, January 8, 2005 6:50 PM

Hi, count me in for it. I'm already planning on attending the con and this sounds great!

ODILEB

Saturday, January 8, 2005 6:59 PM

*Awesome*, thank you! :)

8 to go!

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

CHEVRONNINE

Saturday, January 8, 2005 7:46 PM

Please count me in. I'm already attending the Creation Con as well.

Shirley

KARENDREAMER

Saturday, January 8, 2005 9:22 PM

Oh yes, oh yes......oh please yes!!!!

ODILEB

Sunday, January 9, 2005 1:02 AM

Woohoo! Six to go!!! :)

Thank you guys! :)

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

KARENDREAMER

Sunday, January 9, 2005 4:13 AM

Add one more, you can count in hubby.

ODILEB

Sunday, January 9, 2005 8:45 AM

Thank you! :)

5 to go!

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

WEBBGIRL

Sunday, January 9, 2005 10:27 PM

Have one more friend who said yes.

ODILEB

Sunday, January 9, 2005 10:41 PM

Yeehaaa!!!! :)

4 to go!

I *really* believe a lot more than 50 tickets will sell if they do organize this since the 50 is only from online and only from 3 Firefly boards... :)

Thank you!

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

DUFFY

Sunday, January 9, 2005 11:57 PM

If this reception happens, then I will be there!

ODILEB

Monday, January 10, 2005 12:19 AM

*does a little dance*

3 to go! :)

Thank you!

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

ODILEB

Monday, January 10, 2005 8:10 PM

One to go, one to go!!!! :)

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

MUNN75

Monday, January 10, 2005 8:39 PM

Well, my son will be with me when I come down there so i guess you now have 50!

ODILEB

Monday, January 10, 2005 9:03 PM

*throws confetti*

Will email Creation in two seconds! :)

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

ODILEB

Tuesday, January 11, 2005 1:13 AM

FYI their website is down and so is their email so we won't find out anything until they get back online. Power outage, flood or mudslide is what my money is on... ;)

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

MANOFSTEEL25

Wednesday, January 12, 2005 1:10 AM

Count me in as well. I live in Pasadena, CA and had a good time at Grand Slam 2 years ago. Sound slike a good excuse to go again now that I have a new found love for Firefly.

Look forward to seeing all the L.A. browncoats there!

ODILEB

Wednesday, January 12, 2005 7:44 PM

Cool Thank you! :)

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.

ODILEB

Wednesday, January 12, 2005 7:44 PM

I posted info on how to get tickets at:

http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=8523

Thank you all for making it possible! :)

Mal: Well, we're still flyin'.
Simon: That's not much.
Mal: It's enough.