How quickly time
flies! It’s already
October and we are seriously into the thousand details of planning the
next Beauty and the Beast convention. Just to bring everyone
up-to-date, the 2006 national convention is
Remember
the
Magic July 7-9, 2006
Red Lion Hotel Denver Central 4040 Quebec St
Denver, Colorado USA
We hope everyone is planning to come out a day or two early in order to
adjust to the Mile High City’s altitude and get to see a bit of
Denver. We have several field trips in the planning because
there
is no better western city to visit! Denver is a city of
significant
historical interest with scenery beyond compare! There are
also a
number of fun things to do outside the city which might provide a
side-trip before or after the convention. Taking a drive into
the
high country or visiting our mountain casinos are just a couple of the
many possibilities Colorado has to offer.
Early registration is still $140.00, but only for a few more weeks,
until
November 1, 2005. In addition to the discounted rate, the
first 50
paid-in-full registrations will receive a complimentary plush Red LionŽ
beanie-style toy in their tote bags upon registration at the
convention. Over half the lions are already gone, so get your
reservation in soon! From November 2nd through March 1st,
2006 the
rate is $155.00; from March 2nd through June 1st, $165.00; and
registrations after June 2nd are $175.00. The registration
fee
includes the banquet on Saturday evening, a tote bag with the
convention
fanzine and sport bottle, and most convention activities, including any
guest question and answer sessions.
For those of you who have been debating financial considerations, we do
offer a payment plan to help facilitate your decision. This
includes three installments. The final installment’s postmark
will
determine the final cost of your registration. For example,
you can
pay $50 in August, $50 in October, and $55 in December for a total of
$155.00. Checks or money orders should be made payable to:
Supporters of Beauty and the Beast. We also accept
PayPal.
Whether payments are made in one or three installments, if PayPal is
used, there is an additional charge of $5.00 to cover the PayPal
fee. To download a registration form or for further
information see
our website at:
www.rememberthemagic.net
,
email us at:
info@rememberthemagic.net,
or send a SASE to Krys Britton, 1125 E 14th Ave #9, Denver CO,
80218.
Please be sure to put your email address on your registration
form.
If you’ve already registered or are waiting to register, you can email
m.davis53@comcast.net
and ask to be placed on our email list for future
newsletters.
Those of you without email addresses, please don’t panic, you will
continue to receive your newsletters via U.S. mail.
A couple of you have asked about our refund policy. Following
previous convention policies, we have established a refund policy of a
full refund if requested 60+ days prior to the event, a refund of half
of
the fee if requested 30+ days prior to the event, and no refund within
30
days of the event. PayPal fees will not be refunded.
Hotel:
There are two Red Lion Hotels in Denver.
The convention
will be held at the Red Lion Hotel Denver Central at 4040 Quebec
Street. This Red Lion has a new ballroom and meeting area
where we
will have our Dealer’s Room, Art Show, the Saturday night Banquet,
opening and closing ceremonies, Q&A with guests, and all of our
panels and workshops. Along with the registration desk and
gift
shop, the lobby also has an adjacent bar and restaurant for
visiting. For the three days of the convention, all of these
public
areas will be non-smoking.
The deluxe rooms, which are called ‘premium rooms’ on the Red Lion
website, include the
4th
and
5th
floors, which have been recently renovated with pillow-top mattress,
coffee maker, hair dryer, a console with cable TV and a mini
refrigerator
in each room. Play Station and high speed Internet access is
available for an extra fee. There are king rooms with one
king size
bed and double rooms with two double beds. All deluxe/premium
rooms
are $85.00 per night with up to four persons in the room.
Room tax
is 13.85%. Standard rooms which have not been renovated are
available at $72.00 per night. The same rate is available for
three
days before and three days after the convention
Some reservations clerks have been telling callers there is an
additional
fee for more than two in a room, but this is not so. Rest
assured
we will be on hand with a copy of our hotel contract to keep you from
being overcharged at checkout!
If you visit the Red Lion website now, you may see lower room
rates. These are non-peak, non-summer rates, and will go up
substantially for summer dates. For those of you not renting
a car,
a free shuttle runs between the hotel and Denver International Airport
from 4:30 a.m. to midnight each day. Another free shuttle
runs to
downtown Denver in the afternoon and evening each day.
We suggest you make room reservations ASAP to ensure a place in the
reserved price block. This will also aid us in our planning, and there
is
no cost to call and reserve your room!
The Red Lion is working to make their online reservation system
available
to con members, but this feature is not enabled at the present
time. To make reservations, please call 1-800-RED-LION and be
sure
to tell them you are registering for
Remember
the
Magic
in order to get the
special convention rates. To learn more about the hotel,
visit
their website at:
http://www.redlion.com/WHC/Hotels/ShowHotel.asp?ID=177
Let us Know You’re Coming! There are a number of decisions, such as ordering
tote bags,
printing con zines and negotiating with guests, which depend upon
knowing
approximately how many are coming to the con. Here’s an easy way to let
us know you’re coming without expending any money. Make your hotel
reservations now! All that’s required to hold your reservation is a
credit card. The card will not be charged! If you
have
trouble with the 800 number, you can call Glen Tyler directly at
303-262-7728 and he will personally take your reservation and provide a
confirmation number. If you prefer, you can email him at
Glen_Tyler@hilton.com
with your reservation details. Please take time today to make your
reservation and help us with our preparations! No credit card? Send an
email to
m.davis53@comcast.net
and ask to be put on our list of those who will attend.
Collector Alert!!!
Any of you collectors out there, please start
watching
eBay! A large number of “Beauty and the Beast”
fiction/poetry/art
zines will be listed in upcoming weeks to help defray costs of our
convention. This will be a great opportunity to fill those
holes in
your collection, and the bonus is many of these zines are signed by the
authors! Just check the ‘search title and descriptions’ box
and
type in keyword “Remember the Magic zine” to check out these
auctions.
“Remember the Magic” Fanzine
The official Convention Fanzine is really starting
to shape
up! It will include stories, poetry and art. We
already have
commitments from some of your favorite authors, including Becky Bain,
Margaret Davis, Kay Simon, Carol Kyne and Betty Neiswender.
Although this will be included in our convention tote bag at no
additional cost, you might consider buying an extra one for a birthday
or
Christmas gift, or for a friend who can’t make it to the convention
this
year. For you writers and artists, it’s not too late to
contribute!
Stories and art should be rated G to PG-13 and can be about any of the
characters we love. Our fanzine editor may request revisions
for
grammar, spelling or content that exceeds PG-13. Deadline is
January 1, 2006. Submissions should be hard copy for stories
or
poems (by floppy disk later) or photocopies of art (original or scans
later). Send to Carol Kyne, PO Box 162, Concord, NH
03301
A Tunnelish Tea?
We are also thinking of having a Sunday afternoon
charity event.
We need your input and will be creating a poll at our website to see
how
many of you would be interested in attending. This event is a tea which
would include scones, savories and sweets as well as a short workshop
to
teach participants how to properly select, brew and serve tea and its
accoutrements. We are estimating the cost to be around $12.50
per
person, and all of the proceeds would go to our convention
charity.
The Jane Austen Tea Group (made up of several members of the Colorado
BATB group) will be hosting this event, and they put on a wonderful
spread! Again, we need your feedback and input on this so
please
watch for the poll on the
www.rememberthemagic.net
site.
Now, for some convention particulars:
Dealer Tables
There will be a small dealer room at the
convention. A dealer table is 72” x 30” and includes a table
cover, skirting and two chairs. Electricity is available on a
first-come, first-served basis. Early registration cost from
now through November 1, 2005 for a dealer table is $30.00.
From November 2 through March 1, 2006 the cost is $40.00; from March 2
through June 1, 2006 the cost is $50.00. After June 2, 2006
the cost is $60 if any tables are still available
Convention Activities
Negotiations with possible guests continue, and we
hope to have information for you soon. You can also vote on
your favorite episodes at our website so we can plan to show those at
the convention, complete with popcorn! There will be panels,
discussions, and workshops. There have also been rumors that
we may even see that popular activity ‘Mad Libs’ that many of you will
remember from previous conventions.
Charity:
Our charity is Food Bank of the Rockies.
We would like to ask each person attending the convention to bring at
least one non-perishable food item for the food bank, and will have an
auction to augment these donations. For Food Bank
information, please see: http://www.foodbankrockies.org/
We Welcome New Tunnel Folk…
Someone who is not a part of the Beauty and the
Beast fandom recently asked me whether ‘Outsiders are welcome’ at this
convention. I replied, “In the Tunnels, no one is an
outsider”. What gathers us together for this event is a love
for the show, and even though many of us are already friends, there are
still wonderful friendships and memories waiting to be made.
Let’s make next summer in Denver the next chapter of our personal
“Beauty and the Beast” stories and get those memories going!