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Saturday, Jan 20 2007
MASQUERADE de NOCTURNE
featuring the Great Pinata Riders at Last

Davroz, Kendra Duane, Freon,Lady Diana Frkan, George “Geon” Andaluz, Paul BART Stevens, Rich Tucholka, Lynne Wardrop, Jennifer Dye, and Thomas SHARK Jones invade The Marriott Detroit in Troy Michigan,  Salon E:

The Great Pinata Riders round up the Creatures who Walk by the Light of the Moon!The infamous David DAVROZ Rozian takes his act onto the big stage tonight! Original and Fan-Recreation costume entries are awarded on Originality/Accuracy, Technical Accomplishment, Theme and Presentation. Presentations from Junk Pile Wars and even hall cosplayers will be honored!Remember, all Costumers are welcome to ConFusion’s Costumer Muster and Masquerade, even if you are interested in presenting your costume to the Convention without competing.

See Convention Operations for your Masquerade Costumer’s Packet and enroll as a Non-Competitive Stream entry to join other exhibition-only costumers. Jury and lightning-round judging happens right away this time!

Stick around and help break down for the dance - it’s easy if we Work Together.

Jump Back!   It’s ConFusion 19100! Well, folks, if you’re reading this I can assume two things: 1) the world DID NOT end last month, as predicted, and 2) you found your way to Warren for the twenty-sixth installment of SF/Fantasy’s annual ConFusion.   Welcome.ConFusion stands as Michigan’s premier SF Con.   Its membership has neared or topped a thousand pretty consistently for a number of years, and I am hard-pressed to recall a bad time in the ten years I’ve attended.   ConFusion, as you may well know, started it all.  It’s grown mightily from humble beginnings with Ro Nagey’s RelaxaCon in 1974 to the spectacle you see around you.   Local talent and international celebrities alike have graced these halls, and I assure you that this year is no exception.   And, as the Operations guy this year, I am at your service, as always.Kicking off the Piñata-ridden events this year is a stab at the music business with the Friday Night Fannish Karaoke Sing-along, which features state-of-the-art technology to make the most tone-deaf phony sound like Celine Dion and Harry Connick Jr. in a blender.  Er… Well, you get the idea.In addition, I am given to understand, ConFusion’s traditional Secret Judges will be marauding the Masquerade this year, which will be MC’d by our favorite DJ and a Guest of Honor, Mr. Dennis Tabaczewski.   As the lore goes, the costumers who put on the wildest garb and/or show for these clandestine mystery-judges score some sort of prize, and personal experience holds that once they are discovered, these judges can be bribed.   Who says you don’t get anything useful out of this magazine?Anyway, enjoy yourself at ConFusion, and take a trip down to Ops sometime and see if I’m still conscious.   This time around I seem to have given up my prime spot under the munchie table for a high-visibility gig.Cheers,

~freon