califur

Pre-reg shuts down Sunday May 20th! Be sure to register now, to save yourself some time and money!
http://www.califur.com/2012/?page_id=15
We have ALL levels of memberships available, including single day passes!

Three day attending membership - $40

Sponsor - $80

Patron - $150

Friday ONLY - $25

Saturday ONLY - $30

Sunday ONLY - $20

Also of note: Friday night's dance is BADGE FREE!!! So you can take advantage of a Saturday only badge, and still come out and shake your tail on our dance floor Friday night!

We can't wait to see you in two weeks!

This year at Califur we're extending a warm paw to all the Bronies, Pegasisters (and just normal pony fans :P) out there!
We have some Brony specific programming planned for Saturday June 2nd. Some of these offerings are even no-badge required events, for the Brony on the budget.

*Starting at 11am, we have the Equestrian Embassy. An all purpose Brony meet to start off the day in the Furum.
At 1:00 pm we have a How to Draw Ponies panel. Hosted by Anuvia, in the Newport Beach Room.
*We'd like to invite anyone with a pony Cosplay to join our fursuit parade at 2:30pm.
*We also have a professional photographer offering free photos in the Furum from 1pm till 7pm, so you can get a nice photo of your costume as well.
*At some point during the afternoon, there will be a Mare-a-thon in our movie room.
*In the evening there will be a Brony Reception in one of the hotel rooms (more info on this to come at the convention).
And at 11pm we will be having our Saturday night dance!
We also have a large Dealer's Hall, which I know several vendors are offering pony stuff this year. You will need a membership to enter the Dealer's Hall.

Events marked with a * means no badge is required to attend this event.
We do sell single day passes on site at the convention, or you can pre-reg now for the entire weekend con for $40 on our website now!

Hope to see some of you there!

Yesterday in a terrible accident, the life of a dear fur named Vex was taken. He and his wife Serpy are a friend to many on our staff at Califur. A few months back they moved from So Cal out to the East Coast. Serpy is now stranded out there, and we are asking that anyone who can, please donate to the cause of bringing her, and her husbands remains back to Southern California.

Serpy has appointed Tiberious to be in charge of handling donations, and he is in direct contact with her family, whom are receiving all monies.
You can find information on how to contact him here http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3270968/
Please spread the word, please donate if you can even if it's only a dollar. Help bring Serpy home!

* Official Cabaret Fur Le Dance Info
* Special Notes for Body Painted Dancers
* Call to Artists: Cabaret Posters
* Special Thanks to FNL

Hey, cats & kittens. Stego and I have been quite the lollygaggers as we survive this century’s Great Recession. However, its about that time again to get our game-face on.

Cabaret Fur Le Dance is rolling it back for 2012. We invite all you hotsy-totsy flappers, dames and even you cake-eaters (that is, the ‘ladies man’/men, if you get my drift.) to submit your acts for Califur 8’s favorite past time …. Cabaret Fur-Le Dance!

A Southern California favorite, Cabaret brings you adult-friendly stage entertainment. Burlesque, talented singers, general-audience (yes, we can be clean too!) performance, fursuit skit antics, and maybe even a jazz man when you consider this year’s theme. Even if you are unsure that your act fits, please feel free to contact us and suggest your idea. Trust me, some of us like our acts all wet from time to time. From sensual to suggestive, we wanna jitterbug into the hearts of all who attend our show.

Suggested media pieces which may inspire you include (but surely are not limited to):

The Lights of New York (1928), Enemies of Women (1923), Little Ceasar (1931—Great for those who dig scenes of the good ol’ Chicago typewriter/Tommygun), Looks Very Jolly, Doesn’t It? (1921),

Steamboat Willie, Scarface: Shame of a Nation (1932), The Jazz Singer (1927—the first “talkie”), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (created in ‘88, inspired by the 1920s era), Betty Boop, Dangerous Nan McGrew (1930)….

Our music selection is going to be quite interesting this year, so we invite as many of you to get creative. The electro-swing/nu-jazz genre of modern day could be a great gap to bridge between old and new. But if you are curious, here are some musical pieces from the 1920s:

Duke Ellington Orchestra – What Can A Poor Fellow Do (1927): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjZXNU21fG8

Henry Burr – Time After Time (1922) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA5RX8ImjL0

George Olsen – Doin the Raccoon (1928) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uf-AgE0yes

Ben Selven – Love, Your Spell is Everywhere(1929) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSQwyjxpNUk

Landry Orchestra – Five Foot Two Eyes of Blue/Has Anyone Seen My Gal? (1925) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypLWvaGDpEQ

Manhattan Dance Makers – Sleepy Time Gal (1925) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrwiYHuXQsw

Earl Burtnett and Orchestra – Sing Another Chorus (1931) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWyO0LmXbvc

Coon Sanders Nighthawks – The Flippity Flop (1929) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdz1B6QMOfA

For more information and to keep in contact with us, feel free to join the official Califur forums: http://forum.califur.com/

If you need a bit of help with your routine and are into working with some of the interesting(read: funny as heck) lingo, take a look at the Jazz Age Slang Glossary located here: http://home.earthlink.net/~dlarkins/slang-pg.htm

Special Note and restrictions: You must be at least 18 years old to attend or perform in our show. The only EXCEPTIONS which we will advise Not be shown on stage will be acts which contain:

- Sexual Acts
- Incendiaries & Explosives
- Projectiles
- Body-Fluids of any sort
- Torturing of any living being
- Age Play
- Anything Else that is Illegal in the State of California (we sure dont want those snoopy coppers showing up!)

If you have been thinking about performing on stage, but have had reservations about doing so, Fear Not: Cabaret Fur-le-Dance is a “NO CAMERAS EVENT”. With thanks to Rivercoon, only those whom participate on stage in the Cabaret will be able to get Official Con Footage of their performance. This Means that to See the action in Cabaret Fur-le-Dance, you’ve got to Be There!!!

For those curious about where your simoleons go, both the cabaret ticket and any scratch that you give to our performers, we have chosen the World Wildlife Foundation (http://www.worldwild.org/). Tigers and red pandas need help from being rubbed out completely, so start saving those dollars now!

Still wanna be a part of Cabaret but not quite ready to be under those hot lights? Become a stage hand. Every year, we always need someone to wrangle those important props and scenery that some of our skits love to use. If you wish to volunteer for this, feel free to contact us as well.

Bodypainting:

With the dedication of Rubberzebra, our hotstepping hoofers will be ready to bring further antics and performances complete with bodypaint. Yes, that means we have 2 more slots available for others who wish to also get painted (either partially or full body). Remember, you must be comfortable with nudity if you are going to go beyond just the face, hands and/or feet.

To get in on this, contact our talent coordinator at: kat (dot) leopardessofzion (at) gmail (dot) com. In order to best communicate the species and look you intend to look, gather as many references (drawn or photo) as possible. This is especially imperative if your character has very specific markings (stencils may need to be created). Please do this ASAP.

If you are curious on where to get paint that is friendly towards an airbrush, here are the companies you can order from. PLEASE GET IN CONTACT WITH ME BEFORE purchasing your paint as this is something you must purchase on your own. In addition, we might be able to help you figure out how much paint you need for each color.

http://www.michaeldavy.com/products/products_airbrush.html (Michael Davy – Florida)

http://airbrushbodyart.com.au/shop/enter.html (Airbrush Bodyart – Australia. If you use these guys, be sure to check stock first. This can take anywhere from 6-8 weeks to arrive from overseas. While they have had some unforeseeable delays, this stuff seems to last the longest (just ask Kat, who often has paint on her over 25 days after Califur has ended).

http://www.naimies.com/make-up/character-fx/prosthetics/surprenant-prosthetic-pax-paint-2-oz.html – Recommended by last year’s bodypainter, Kyrene. PAX paint. This is a local vendor of these but I have no idea how well they stock the stuff. Rubberzebra has more knowledge on this kind of paint than I do.

Definitely contact us first before purchasing as you will need to know how much to prepare for mixing for whatever products you use. We are not restricting you to these above brands, but these are the ones that this year’s body painter does have some experience with. When possible, I will do my best to keep people abreast of this situation on the Califur forums (http://forum.califur.com/). We even have a private (password locked) sub-forum for you to plan and plot in these next few months (contact us for that info or post in the public area of the forums).

Posters!

Calling All Artists: Should you wish for your skills to be seen, we invite artists to create some 1920’s themed Posters in your art style that will be printed and distributed to the Furry Public before and during the Convention! This is a free advertising opportunity, at no cost to you, which will help spread the word of Cabaret and help bring in more donations to our Charity! All art must maintain a G->PG rating, due to these being placed in the public areas of the hotel. 11X17” color prints will be given out, and You will receive a 17x22” color copy of what you supply to us!

Califur Cabaret 2011 Wrap-Up:

We wish to thank all of our previous years participants for showing your all on-stage last year! Taping of the event was thanks to Super Jayhawk and the FNL Video crew! Once they have finished editing the Video footage, personalized copies of the Cabaret Video will be distributed to all the participants.

-We hope to see you there!

Stego – Cabaret Lead
cabaret@califur.com

Zacharaiah – Cabaret 2nd
zachariahtln@gmail.com

Kat – Talent Coordinator
kat.leopardessofzion@gmail.com

Says it all in the title. It should just be me and my dad, if there is anyone else I will tell you.  Willing to pay money.  @ the merriot hotel or however unsay it.

http://www.califur.com/2012splash/index.html

Check out this year's snazzy new website! Don't forget to pre-reg while you're there too!
Pre-reg is currently $35, but will go up on Dec 31!

It may be the Holiday Season, but it's always good to treat yourself too ;3
That said, Califur registration is now open! Register now to secure the cheapest rate!
The current price is $35. Registration prices go up December 31st!

http://www.califur.com/2012old/index.html

The rest of our website is still under construction, and should be finished shortly, so stay tuned!

This information comes from Oggywolf, I'm just cross-posting it here for convenience, originally posted on her journal here http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2823065/

"Hey everyone! I'm making this post without my Califur hat on, just like I did last year. I will be making one now, as well as one closer to the convention as a reminder. Please keep in mind that I am making these statements under my own will, and without my Califur affiliations attached. So, here's what I have to say: Last year when I let you guys know that you can host parties under other names worked well. This year it's going to be a bit of the same. If you plan to have a party, don't call it such!

Call it a: gathering, social, tea, dance, orgy.... I don't care (ok maybe not orgy, but you get the idea)just anything other than a party. This prevents the hotel from having a reason to shut you down. Remember, what the hotel doesn't know they can't bust you for! So make sure you do not post anything up with the word party on it at the convention! This gives us a way to do what we do best after hours, and keep everyone happy! Hey, I'm just as bad my room usually looks like a bar. ;) Now, you may spread word of the party on FA, SoCalFurs, AIM, E-mail or whatever and call it a party.

Just don't call it that on site. Keep it on the DL. Now for the booze in room notation. If you have drinks in your room, you are responsible if the hotel or CFAC comes calling. This means it is VERY wise not to have minors in the room, and to card if this is the type of event you will be hosting in your room. Don't let just ANYONE into your room to party. This leads to major issues. Keep it to these rules, and you'll make it so we can all enjoy our party time. If you see someone being a herp derp and doing things outside of these notations let them know.

We don't want someone ruining it for all of us. Since the theme this year is Roaring 20's I expect there to be quite a few speakeasys in hiding. Have fun, be safe, and enjoy your convention! If you want to ask me something in regards to these party notes, or have a general question about califur..... let the Wolf/Raven know! I'm easy to get a hold of, just poke my AIM Amegin02. This AIM name is just for Califur questions! "

Everyone the FNL videos are in the final editing stages and will be posted soon... Stay Tuned!!!
We need to give our proper big thanks to all those involved in making Furry Night Live possible!!!
We would especially like to thank our three stage ninjas however we're lacking two of the three ninja's names



Can you help?

Stage Ninja:
1. DJ Palmquist
2. ???
3. ???