SHINY, SHINY AUCTION ITEMS!

Firefly Cargo Bay has been a generous donor to CSTS Vancouver for several years.  This year she has donated a number of posters, including this one:

There were also several prints from artist extraordinaire, James Hance, including these members of the Serenity crew.

I'll post some of the other posters - from other fandoms - later in the week.

SCHEDULE

Saturday's Schedule - subject to change without notice (but probably not)

Noon     Doors open

12:30     Welcome
              Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog sing-along

  1:20     Evil Laugh Contest

  1:40     Live Auction

  2:15     Costume Parade & Prizes

  2:30     Whedon Trivia Bingo

  3:00     Silent Auction ends; doors close
              Prize draws
              Special videos & introduction to movie

  3:30     SERENITY

  5:30     Silent Auction winners announced
              Closing remarks and acknowledgements


PLEASE NOTE:  There is no food allowed in the auditorium although you are welcome to bring food with you - and certainly try some of the delicious Firefly & Serenity-inspired confections from C&C Cakery - as long as you eat outside the auditorium.  Only liquids in containers with lids are allowed inside.  For anyone who wishes to stay after the event, we have the Lounge booked until 9 pm and will probably order pizza while we wind down.

Those people who are entering the costume contest, please proceed to the Lounge between Noon and 12:25 so the judges can see your costume and make their decision.

Don't forget to bring lots of cashy money with you, as we don't accept credit cards at this point.  There is an ATM in the lobby of the building should you find something so irresistable that you must bid on it.  Most of all, enjoy yourselves with old friends and new while you help women and girls less fortunate than we are.

LOOK WHAT ALBERTA BROWNCOATS SENT US!!

The Alberta Browncoats had a poster signed by Nathan Fillion and Jewel Staite, especially for us!

The signatures are not showing up in the picture but Nathan's is on the left, Jewel's on the right and they both wrote something - Jewel addressing the BC Browncoats!

Standard Action has donated a signed DVD of Season 1 so you can start catching up before Season 3 starts.

VCON has once again donated two memberships to this year's convention, which will feature pirates!!

The schedule will go up later today.

COSTUME CONTEST & MORE DONATIONS!

This year's costume contest will follow the same format as past years - one prize for the best costume from the Firefly/Serenity 'verse and one prize for the best costume from anywhere else in the Whedonverse.  Costumes will be based on originality, authenticity and creativity. 

We have been fortunate this year to have some wonderful and different donations, including passes from the Space Centre, the Museum of Vancouver, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Chinese Garden, VanDusen Botanical Gardens and the Royal Museum of BC in Victoria.   In addition, Storm Crow Tavern donated two $25 Gift Cards and West Coast Geeks versus Nerds donated two passes for one of their shows next season.

Laura has donated the card that Nathan signed and handed out at last year's San Diego Comic Con.

 Bianca's handmade Viking helmet attracted a lot of attention at our FanExpo table this year.

Not only did Julia crochet the Kaylee doll that Jewel signed, but she made Mal, Jayne and Zoe.  All will be separate auction items and are about half the size of last year's, should you want a comparison.

AUCTION T-SHIRTS!

Have you seen a Whedon-inspired t-shirt that you wished you had?  Check out the t-shirts we have in our auction.  The first one is "A dragon they call... Jayne", designed specifically for the Seattle Browncoats.

Yellow Serenity and VCON 2012

Toy Story Mal & Jayne

Mal & Jayne as Calvin & Hobbes characters

Don't forget to bring cash for the auction.  Although we don't take credit cards, there is now an ATM in the lobby of the Space Centre if you need it. :)

FABULOUS NEW AUCTION ITEM!

I am blessed in having some very creative friends - many of them as a result of mutual Joss Whedon love.  One of them has made a box full of delightful bottles and trinkets that might have been found in Inara's shuttle.  Some of the perfume she made herself, as well as the labels for the perfume bottles.  This is not a prop, but it certainly could have been.  I am in awe and very grateful to Karen "QuoterGal" Wellenkamp for the time, effort and obviously love that she put into this. 

So bring your cashy money on Saturday and bid on this shiny box of delights - it could be yours!

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR JUNE 9TH - UPDATED!

You've asked for it and here it is (always subject to change, of course):

10:30am              Doors open
11:00                   Brief introduction, then singing along to Dr. Horrible
11:55                   Evil Laugh contest
12:15                   An episode of Mind My Brains, Darling
12:25                   Reaver Dance
12:35                   Animism
1:00                     Firefly Trivia Bingo
1:40                     Episode 12 of Standard Action
2:00                     Live Auction
2:35                     Costume Contest parade and awarding of prizes
3:00                     Close silent auction
                            Draw for Fan Expo ticket prize
                            Door prizes
                            Joss's Equality Now speech
                            CSTS introduction
3:30                     SERENITY
5:30                     Announcement of winning bidders in the silent auction

There are still tickets left.  Ticket sales at La Fontana will end at noon on Friday and on the blog at midnight.  Any tickets left will be available at the door.

A reminder that no food or drink, except for beverages with tops, is allowed in the auditorium, although you are welcome to use the table and chairs set up in the Lounge for that purpose.  C&C Cakery will be present with their Firefly-inspired treats for a recommended donation.

The parking lot is paid parking - $2 per hour or a flat rate of $10 from 6 am to 6 pm. After 6 pm, it is a flat rate of $5.  They are pretty strict in the lot so if you are staying after 6 to join some of us in the Lounge to order food, please make sure you pay the evening rate.

REMEMBER, all monetary transactions at CSTS Vancouver are cash only.  That includes tickets available at the door; limited grab bags ($5); Bingo cards ($1); CSTS 2012 patches (a limited number for a minimum donation of $4); food and auction items.  There will also be jars around if you would just like to drop in some change - or bills - as an extra donation.

If you are entering the costume contest, please arrive by 10:30 and go directly to the Lounge where the judges will see you.  If you are entering the Superpowers costume contest, you will be asked to fill out a card with your Superpower name, talent, how you would use that ttalent and whether you would fit in with Iron Man, Black Widow and the gang, or whether you plan to aid Bad Horse, the Thoroughbred of Sin!

NEW DONATION!!

If you're a Buffy fan, you are going to want to sell empty bottles, old school books, your children, grandmother, anything you can find to raise some extra money to bid on this shiny item.  A huge thank you to a generous supporter for donating this lovely Buffy fanny pack, given by exclusively to the cast and crew by Sarah Michelle Gellar and Alyson Hannigan for Christmas 1998!  Please send good thoughts to the Postal Gods that it arrives in time for the auction!

YOU SAY YOU WANT BOOKS?

We have books.


Signed by Wil Wheaton:

Excellent essays on various aspects of Firefly and Serenity, edited by Jane Espenson:

A collection of posts and thoughts on watching Firefly for the first time by @MarkDoesStuff.  At the moment he is watching & posting about Season 5 of Buffy and Season 2 of Angel, concurrently. Yesterday's post was on "The Body".

Trade Paperback collection of Dollhouse: Epitaph comics.

DO YOU HAVE YOUR TICKET YET?

Less than two weeks to go until CSTS Vancouver 2012 and everything is coming together for another wonderful event.  Remember that all the net proceeds go to charity so come and enjoy a day of fun and entertainment while helping women and girls throughtout the world and in our own backyard.  Tickets are $15 (cash) from me or from Gian at La Fontana Caffe (Boundary at Hastings) or $16 via PayPal and the button to the right.  Don't forget to bring lots of cash for the silent auction and this year - a live auction of some special items, pictures of which will be coming soon.

In the meantime, remember this?

That is a Kaylee cupcake from C&C Cakery.  Last year they made many Firefly-inspired treats for us and this year they will be back.  I can't guarantee they will have the same things, but whatever they bring, we know they will look fantastic and taste even better!

Speaking of Kaylee, look what Julia made for our silent auction, based on a pattern by Nyss, which can be found at http://pixelatedmushroom.blogspot.ca/:

 She also made Mal & Jayne, complete with guns in holsters:

There will be a Zoe at the auction, but she needs to spend a little more time with Julia. ;)

Thanks, Julia.  They look delightful, as people who saw them at FanExpo Vancouver can attest.

Less than 5 Hours to Bid!

Less than five hours left to bid on the Once More With Feeling songbook, signed by Sarah Michelle Gellar, on eBay. Remember, all the money is going to our two beneficiaries, Equality Now and BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre Foundation.  Only a few more dollars and we can reach our goal of $5,000 raised this year!

SPECIAL eBAY AUCTION ITEM!

As if we didn't have enough shiny items at our silent auction last weekend, we received a donation that we thought was worthy of putting on eBay.  Today's the day.  For one week only, you can bid on Buffy the Vampire Slayer's "Once More With Feeling" songbook, signed by Buffy herself, Sarah Michelle Gellar!  One of our CSTS volunteers has donated this unused book which he had signed when Sarah was in Vancouver filming the movie Possession, which was released in 2009.

The proceeds of this sale will go in to our CSTS Vancouver totals for Equality Now and BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre Foundation, so click the link above and bid high and bid often!