VPE 2021 Convention Guide January 8-9, 2021 Thank you for submitting your artwork! Lilac Fusion by Katharina Agapow Sunburst by taelvea Twitter: @taelvea A Message from the Chair There you were, sitting at home, watching My Little Pony (like all of us), and thinking to yourself, jeeze. This sure is an odd thing to get into. That event I went to last year? Vanhoover Pony Expo? Tropical Canada? What a crazy theme! And just when you thought the world couldn’t get any stranger, 2020 happened! As chairman for this, the 3rd year of Vanhoover Pony Expo, I am humbled by the will and sheer dedication of the incredible staff of this event. Many months ago in the spring of 2020, once it was clear the world was going how it was and lockdowns started happening everywhere, we knew the event this year would be different. Many events were cancelling all together, and many new online events were springing up to fill the holes. The question came up to the staff: Should we run an online event, or should we just cancel and wait for next year? The staff, overwhelmingly, made it clear. Vanhoover WILL go on this year! We shall make it happen! It may not be what we wanted, but we hope it helps with what we all need: Pony. Friends. Fun. This year is a challenging one for a small con like ours to get by with fewer people registering and contributing to our costs. I just wanted to thank each and every one of you who chose to financially support the event by buying a registration, some merch, and supporting the vendors who are also facing challenges this year. In particular, our generous Patrons and Alicorns are quite figuratively how we could afford to bring in our amazing guests this year and have our streaming event space! You helped make it possible for all of us to be together in this virtual event! Thank you the incredible Vanhoover Pony Expo staff, the fine people at PonyFest Online, our stellar panelists and game hosts, The BC Anthro Events Association, and to all of you who continue to support a Brony event in Canada! Welcome to Vanhoover Pony Expo online! - Aphinity Table of Contents Staff List 2 Case #1 3 Agency Rules 6 Note from the P.I. 7 Vendors 8 Con Store 9 Case #2 10 Guest List 14 Musicians 15 Event List 16 Case #3 18 1 Vanhoover Pony Expo 2021 Written by Artwork Coordinated by Published by Fisherpon & CadetRedShirt FirestormCAN Springs Artwork by Taurson BajaGryphon Micromera AmyNewBlue CrescentScript CadetRedShirt Fanatic Panda Aphinity ComboBreaker Chair Vice Chair Registration ..................................... VanillaSkunk Publications ...................................................................Skepticolt Stream Layout ................................FirestormCAN Discord Administration..................................DDR CCG Events ........................................ Grand Pause Discord Moderation .................................. Cloudz .................................................................. Bigcheese ...................................................................Skepticolt ..........................................................................Aracat .........................................................................Twaifu ...........................................................Ivory Starlight Audio/Visual ................................................ Beekin Theming Co-Head ......................................................................... JimFox Comic Writer ........................................................................NullFox Video Editing .........................................Fisherpon Streaming ......................................... VanillaSkunk Theming Co-Head ........................................................ Katharine Berry Script Writer Audio Editing ............................................. Springs Logistics ........................................................JimFox Sunny Showers ..............................................KayPi Website .................................................. LinuxPony Trail Blazer ................................................. Springs Royal Guard ................................................Delfynx Apricity ..............................TheBunny_Workshop ..........................................................Shadow Stroke Poutine ........................................................Kairillia ......................................................................Lee Wah Narrator ..................................................Alex Atley ...........................................................................Sugar Story Guest Relations ...............................Matt Stafford Character Design ...............................Lost Legacy ................................................................ Alex Boone Special Thanks Musicians PonyFest.online Social Media ........................Bolt the Super-Pony PonyvilleFM Pony.Town Programming Executive Hotel Vancouver Airport Merchandise ............................................... Cloudz Dedicated to our friends, family and fellow Vendors fans who remained strong and believed in Con Store ......................................................Twaifu each other during these difficult times. ©2018-2021 BC Anthropomorphic Events Association My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Pony Life, Equestria Girls and related media belong exclusively to Hasbro, Inc. 3 4 5 Agency Rules All new gumshoes must adhere to BCAEA Policies & Bylaws, as well as Discord rules. Depending on the severity, violators may be refused entry to all future BCAEA events. MAKE YOUR WAY REGISTER TO KEEP KEEP IT CLEAN, TO DISCORD! THE STORY GOING! PLEASE! For the convenience of our By registrating for a spirit We ask that attendees refrain staff and attendees, stream badge, you help us to run our from posting problematic or discussion will be limited to event, bring in guests, and illegal content in our channels. our Discord server. Twitch plan more in-person cons! Those 18 and older may chat will be disabled for the If you’ve registered, thank you! request access to our adult duration of the con. If you haven’t, you can do so at (NSFW) channels by contacting Post about your experience at vanhoover.ca/registration our moderators in the Vanhoover using #VPE2021! until Monday, January 11. #discord-support channel. BE KIND WE’RE HERE TO OTHERS! ENJOY YOURSELF! FOR YOU! We all have opinions, yes, Every creature is here for the Just because we’re separated but we do ask that you remain same reason as you are—to by an internet connection, respectful to staff and reconnect with others and doesn’t mean we can’t be of fellow attendees during share their passion for Pony. service to our attendees! the convention! How you want to engage in the If you have any questions, Hate speech and bigotry will festivities is up to you! comments, or concerns, not be tolerated and may leave us a message in the result in an permanent ban. #discord-support channel! Additional conduct information can be found at https://bcanthroevents.org/#policy 6 Out to Lunch To the new gumshoe, If you find this note, welcome to the agency! Sorry I couldn’t be there to meet you in person. I had a last minute appointment with a very important client. I’ll be back in the office later today! ...I think. While I’m gone, I have a really serious assignment for you. I need to catalog some evidence for the mounties, but the office is in a huge mess at the moment. If all that evidence doesn’t make it to the station by 9 o’clock tonight, we can both kiss the Private Eye goodbye. You better put that new ACME Detective certification to good use and keep an eye out for these items: Suitcase Slice of My Call Sign Dragon Egg Buckle Coffee Manilla Hawaiian CLUE Folder Pizza Security Film Reel Officer’s Hat Arctic Curdzilla Strangely Changeling Blocky Necklace Sharpie Horn Plushie Be sure to check everywhere - Good luck! - Sunny they’re pretty good at hiding. 7 Vendor Hall Baja Gryphon BaNoodle Art Prints & Commissions Art Prints & Commissions kaijuriot.bigcartel.com www.banoodle.art BeatSpark Choco Pony Tarot and Flags Apparel Tarot Cards, Flags, Badges & more Redbubble: BeatSpark conhistory.com/pony-marketplace CadetRedShirt Corey’s Corner Art Prints & Commissions Accessories, Plush & Pillows deviantART: CadetRedShirt coreyscorner.bigcartel.com CrescentScript Discounted Shipping Prints, Commissions and Charms TSSSF Cards Instagram: CrescentScript https://shipfic.co DoTheDaringDew fannytastical Music Prints, Commissions and Charms Bandcamp: DoTheDaringDew fannytastical.com Fiaura The Tank Girl, LLC Hibiscus Stitch Prints, Buttons, Apparel & more Buttons & Plushies www.fiaurathetankgirl.com www.hibiscusstitch.com Little Party Comics Luck Rock Art, Comics and Graphic Novels Apparel www.littlepartycomics.com Redbubble: LuckRock MelodyBrony MidnightPremiere Apparel & Music Prints, Buttons and more Bandcamp: MelodyBrony Etsy: MidnightPremiere Moozua My Little Ties Art & Merchandise Accessories and Shinies Etsy: MoozuaArt www.mylittleties.com Peachybats Plush by Lumi Prints, Commissions and Charms Plushies, Patches, Prints & more www.peachybat.fun deviantART: plushbylumi Ponies by RubioWolf RimiPlushies Plushies Huge, Huggable Plushies https://linktr.ee/rubiowolf Etsy: RimiPlushies Scratch Papers Scribbles Taurson’s Cafe Prints, Commissions and Apparel Badge Commissions & more Etsy: scratchpaperart deviantART: taurson Traveling Pony Museum Waffle Wishes Prints, Apparel and more Plushies, Pillowcases and more travelingponymuseum.org dakidreams.com