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DRAGON CON PROGRESS REPORT AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 1, 2014 • ATLANTA, GEORGIA • WWW .DRAGONCON.ORG Announcements ............................2 From the Page to the Stage Dragon Con Store ..........................3 Pageant ....................................48 Featured Guests, Professionals, Hallway Costume Contest ........49 and Performers Masquerade .............................49 5 FEATURED GUESTS Featured Guests .........................5 Makeup Makeover Challenge ..49 Additional Featured Guests .....23 Miss Star Trek Universe Featuring over 400 guests, Attending Professionals ...........24 Pageant ....................................49 professionals, and performers! Live Performances ....................25 Robot BattlesTM ........................49 Dealers/Exhibitors Lists ..............30 Workshops Fan Tracks ...................................32 Acting .......................................50 Special Events Belly Dancing ............................50 13th Annual Parade ...................41 Fabrication ..............................51 28th Independent Film Fest ......41 Tai Chi .......................................52 The Armory ..............................41 Practical Self Defense ...............50 Art Show, Print Shop, and Special Effects ..........................51 Programming ...........................42 Writing Workshops Autograph Sessions ..................42 Hourly .................................53 Baen Book Launch ....................43 Two Day Intensive ...............52 Blood Drive ..............................43 Gaming 32 FAN TRACKS Celebrity Photo Ops .................43 General Information.................54 More than thirty-five fan tracks, Charity Auction ........................43 MechCorps at Dragon Con .......55 find the one for you today! Comics & Pop Art .....................43 NSDMG ....................................55 The DCTV Late Show ................45 Board Gaming ..........................55 Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along ..........45 Collectible Card Gaming ...........56 Dragon Con Burlesque .............43 LAN Gaming .............................57 Fan Photo Opportunities ..........45 LARPS .......................................57 Guests of Honor Awards Miniatures Gaming ..................58 Banquet ....................................45 Roleplaying, Campaign .............56 Late Night Programming ..........45 Roleplaying, Non-campaign .....58 Late Night Puppet Slam ............45 Table Top Gaming .....................58 Mechanical Masquerade ..........45 Video Game Track ....................59 Museum of Alternate History ..45 Convention Services Night at the GA Aquarium ........46 Disability Services ....................60 41 SPECIAL EVENTS Parties ......................................46 Hospitality Suite/ConSuite .......60 Charity events, our parade, Pin-ups by the Pool Party .........45 Information Services ................60 Reading Sessions ......................46 Travel Information award ceremonies, and more! Video & Film Rooms .................46 Host Hotels ...............................61 Wrestling ..................................46 Overflow Hotels .......................61 Contests Courtesy Shuttle Buses ............62 Comic Book Quick Sketch .........48 Parking .....................................62 Cosplay Contest ........................48 Marta .......................................62 Fandom Music Video Awards Air Travel ..................................62 Contest .....................................49 Rental Car .................................62 Friday Night Membership Information...........63 Costume Contest ......................49 Registration Form .....................64 50 WORKSHOPS DRAGON CON THANKS ITS 2014 SPONSORS! Learn belly dancing, how to write better, or self defense! 54 GAMING Board games, LARPS, MMORPGs, & more–come get your game on! Dragon Con Progress Report 2014 | Published by Dragon Con Printed in the USA All material, unless otherwise noted, is © 2014 Dragon Con, Inc. and may Cover © 2014 Dragon Con, Inc. not be reproduced without permission. All other artwork is TM and © Progress Report © 2014 Dragon Con. 2014 by respective owners. All Rights Reserved. Dragon Con, PO Box 16459, Atlanta, GA 30321-0459 Phone: 404-669-0773 Fax: 404-669-0722 (M–F 9:00 AM–5:00 PM) ANNOUNCEMENTS Check out all of the latest information on picking up membership badges, hotel security, the big dealers and exhibitors hall move, airfare, and rental car discounts, and more! * Those of you who have purchased your * Shuttle buses will be available again this memberships in advance will receive (or year, including the popular dedicated have received already) a postcard with shuttle between the host only hotels. a barcode on the mailing label. Please Additionally, we will have special bring that postcard (with the mailing shuttles available for our Annual Parade label intact and legible) and a valid (for participants only) and the Exclusive government-issued photo ID with you to Night at the Georgia Aquarium. the registration area at the convention. Don’t miss Dragon Con’s membership That will greatly speed up your (and * newsletter, DRAGON TALK, providing hot everyone else’s) registration experience off the press information to our current at Dragon Con 2014. NOTE: Forgetting and future members as well as providing to bring your postcard will slow down them with tips and tricks to surviving your registration process. four days at Dragon Con! Read the latest * While we are talking about badges, issue at advertising.dragoncon.org/ for the safety of all of our convention publications/dragontalk. members, you will need your Dragon Have you always wanted to fly to Dragon Con badge to enter the host hotels * Con but the airfares were just slightly out during many of the peak attendance of budget? Well pack your bags because times. Your badge is your passport to we have good news for you! We have all things Dragon Con! again partnered with Delta Air Lines to * Beginning on Tuesday, July 16, 2014 offer discounted airfares to out of town and ending on Friday, August 16, 2014, con-goers. And don’t miss our great a limited number of Saturday Only deal with Enterprise and National Car memberships will be available through Rental, not just at the convention, but the Dragon Con store for $50.00. New year round! We have more information this year, during the same time period on page 62! a limited number of Sunday Only BRAND NEW! Dragon Con is proud to memberships will be available for $40.00. * offer TWO concourse stages this year No group discounts or transfers allowed. for all your acoustic band pleasure! NOTE: Saturday only memberships can The original concourse stage will still be only be picked up on Saturday, August located at the Hyatt Regency while the 30, 2014 in the Capital Ballroom of the brand new stage will be located on the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel and Sunday only back patio of the Hilton Atlanta Hotel. memberships can only be picked up on Check your onsite Pocket Program for Sunday, August 31, 2014 in the same band schedules! ballroom. Follow the signage directing you to pre-paid memberships or follow the blue tape. 2 PROGRESS REPORT AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 1, 2014 DRAGON CON STORE Your portal to everything Dragon Con! Including our newest stuffed baby dragon, t-shirts, bags, lanyards, and more! Greeting and felicitations! Providing you The new edition with the official event shirts, lanyards, of the plush plush baby dragons, drinkware, bags, baby dragon pins, and other great accessories, your will be stellar, friendly Dragon Con Store volunteers are in shades of here to serve. They want you to have a white, gray, and wonderful time at the show and be able blue. He’s eight to take back great souvenirs and gear that inches tall with you will be proud to use and give as gifts. adjustable wings and can The hottest items are the collectible event be strapped to your shoulder, bag, or just fly shirts and high-quality lanyards. A specially commissioned shirt is created each year, behind you if you are a true dragon master. plus a second cool shirt that celebrates the Did you hear about the Steampunk necklace outrageous parade. These come in adult, and key chain? They sold out last year and ladies, and kids styles, with sizes to fit were so popular they’ve been brought back. most everyone. And you’ll want one of the They’re still available online and should awesome satiny full-color lanyards to hang be available during the con but be aware, your badge from. There’ll be two exciting they’re going fast, so head over to store. versions for 2014. dragoncon.org! For some reason, drinkware is especially popular among the Dragon Con crowd. What else, you ask? So much good Whether it’s Romulan Ale or some good stuff! Stickers, magnets, bags, pins, ole Southern iced tea, the Dragon hoodies, wristbands, koozies, polos, fans, Store has high-quality drinkware ornaments, and whatever else can be to handle all your drinking cooked up between now and the con. needs, including coffee mugs, It’s highly recommend that you come insulated tumblers, shot by and check it out. The Dragon Con glasses, wine glasses, and store aims to please—and to have fun stainless steel flasks. doing it. You’ve always been able to visit the Dragon Con Store in the Sheraton and the Marriott. But new for 2014, the store will have a location in the Vendor Halls in the AmericasMart too! The store will be open in the Sheraton Thursday–Sunday and the Marriott and Vendors Hall Friday–Monday. See you there! FOR THE LATEST