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PPS Replacement Event?

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Cheetah:

--- Quote from: VulpesRex on 03.02.2015, 05:40:06 ---
   What is a "Hevisaurus", and why would I wish to see them?


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It's a finnish heavy metal band for children made up from various members of several "adult" bands. They're all anthropomoprhic dinosaurs, and they perform in suit. We're currently not considering them, but they were a convenient opportunity to explain why it's too expensive to book certain kinds of talent.

Cheetah:

--- Quote from: Ralphie Raccoon on 02.02.2015, 20:23:03 ---You make a fair point, but I would like to point out that EF has successfully had industry professionals as the GoH in the past, like Mr. Jim Martin, and the puppeteers from Mongrels.

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The point is not that they are professionals. The point is that you can't invite a professional musician as a guest, and then expect them to perform for free, because you made them the "GoH" :)

Just like we can't invite a baker and expcect free cake for everyone. Sure, you can invite him to honour his work, and if he's passionate, maybe he'll do some panels about making cake and the future of bakery in a digitized society. And if you're a fan, maybe he'll sign your cookies! But the thing you won't get is free cake, cause he's a baker, and his work ain't free.

(Unless of course, for some rason, he's got some personal motivation to support the con, then it's basically a gift. But definitely not something you can expect or even ask for.)

If I call Sony Music Live (the booking agency they're under) and ask them if their artists will play at our event for free, they will laugh at me and hang up.

Ralphie Raccoon:

--- Quote from: Cheetah on 03.02.2015, 11:00:57 ---
The point is not that they are professionals. The point is that you can't invite a professional musician as a guest, and then expect them to perform for free, because you made them the "GoH" :)


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I did actually suggest that even if they weren't free, you could sell tickets. It's been done before, at many conventions, furry and non-furry.

UppCon in Sweden has had quite a few professional bands, and up until recently their attendance wasn't much bigger than EF. So it is possible.

But anyway, it is clear that you are not at all interested, so I won't pursue it any further. :)

So, any other ideas, personally maybe something that isn't 100% dance related? (IMO, EF has enough dances as it is, it's a furry convention not a furry discotheque!) :P

EDIT: Hey, does anyone know whatever happened to that furry musical? Can't quite remember what it was called... could have that!

Blaster-Hedgie:
There's always a possibility of a jam event like the brief musical freestyle that occurred last EF on the final night.

Ralphie Raccoon:
Well, it looks like you got the Swiss team in to do a PPS. Shame it's only in German, but I guess that's better than nothing, and that was the best you could do, and I'm sure they'll be entertaining. Guess a monoglot like me will have to do without.

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