What The Fur Progress Report 2

February, 2010

I know a lot of you have been waiting to see what we have in store for you, and I want to thank you all for your

patience. Your wait is now at an end!

Hotel

We are pleased to announce that the Days Hotel and Conference Centre is now taking room reservations for

What The Fur! We have secured a room rate of $110 CDN per night for the three nights of the convention

(Friday, Saturday and Sunday). This rate applies to Single or Double occupancy rooms. Each additional person

is $10 per night. There is indoor parking at the hotel, however the parking will be at an extra cost. All prices are

before taxes. Please take this into consideration when booking your rooms.

To reserve your room, call the Days Hotel directly, 1-877-468-3550 or at (514) 938-4611, and be sure to mention

What The Fur so that you can take advantage of our special room rate! The cut off date for room reservations is

May 6th, so don’t delay.

IMPORTANT: Please do not reserve your rooms via the hotel's website, as the code for What The Fur is not

available there. Please call the hotel directly if you will be staying at the Days.

Programming

We’ve been working hard to make sure that you will have stuff to do and things to see while attending WTF. So

what do we have planned?

For the Fursuiters and costumers we will have both a fursuit parade and challenging games. As well, we will be

holding a Masquerade; a semi formal presentation of costumes and costumers’ work that will be judged by a

guest panel. So brush out that fur, dust off those eye patches and pull out those smoke pellets! For application

to the Masquerade, forms will be made available at registration. More details are coming soon, but information

can be had by contacting the Masquerade team at [email protected].

For those musically inclined, or at least good at hand-eye coordination, there will be the grand Rock Band

competition!

Also, on Saturday night running into the wee hours of the morning, we will be holding a dance. Effects and music

galore! If you’re interested in taking a turn at the table, let us know! We’re looking for experienced DJs, and an

audition will be required. Contact [email protected] for details.

For those in the sponsor level of registration, we will also be providing a brunch, catered by the hotel on Sunday

morning. Spots will be limited once pre-registration closes, so to ensure you have a spot, register soon.

We will also be holding the first ever WTF Charity Auction! All proceeds of the auction will go to our selected

charity. If you have something you’d like to have in the auction, be it artwork, books, objects or even services

and commissions, please let our Art Show Director know.

Lastly, to close off the convention, we will be holding a traditional Dead Dog party, so those of you still around on

Sunday night can still hang out and have some more fun.

Dealers, Artist Alley and Art Show

We still have space available in both the Dealers Room and the Art Show!

What exactly are these exotic things?

The Dealers Room is where artists, crafters, and merchants can sell their wares. It is a central location for

people to set up their small storefronts and display what they have and what they can do. If you’re interested in

having a table, or if you’re interested in more information, please visit the Dealers page on the website, or send

an email to [email protected]

The Art Show is a little bit different. The What The Fur Art Show is for display and sales of art, usually originals,

as well as limited edition prints; you'll also find 3-D art such as sculpture, jewellery and other items. We also

have our Charity Auction items on which you can bid. There are still spaces available for this as well, but space

is limited. Contact the Art Show for information at [email protected].

Volunteers

We’re still on the lookout for people who would like to help make WTF the best convention ever! We need help

with set up and tear down of the art show and dealers’ room, with watching over our Con Suite, general

gophering, and plenty of other things! If you think you’d like to help out by being an official WTF Volunteer,

please either contact our volunteer director at [email protected] or use our handy web form from the

website!

Merchandise

We all like getting swag. Something to show you’ve been to a great event. Something that says “Hey! I was

there!”, and to ensure we don’t disappoint, we have a few things to offer you!

Official Bradley Buttons will be available at the convention. Bradley, that cute little mascot figure that you can

see everywhere on our site, will adorn this wonderful button.

We will also be offering something a little more special. In addition to our convention T Shirts, we will be offering

a limited number of What The Fur Stitched Shirts. The breast of these button-down, long sleeve shirts will have

the WTF logo stitched onto the left breast (pictures forthcoming). These shirts will be in limited supply, so if you

want to be sure to have one, visit the website and let us know! For all of those who have already registered,

don’t worry! We’ll contact you to give you the opportunity to have this beautiful shirt.

Remember that the Early Bird pre-registration will close on March 8th! On March 8th, the prices will all be raised

by $5. But from now until then, your costs for registering for What The Fur will be as listed on our main Registration Page

We look forward to seeing everyone in June!

Christopher “Feli” Pilgrim

Chairperson