Peninsula Campaigns 2011: The Emperor Goes To The (Air)Zoo!
Peninsula Campaigns is on the move again! This year, we are proud and pleased to announce that the convention will be held at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo. The Air Zoo is an air museum on the grounds of the Kalamazoo International Airport. It houses many historic and noteworthy aircraft and exhibits. It includes an onsite café, and is conveniently located off I-94.
The convention will be held on July 30, 2011, and will start at 9AM and continue until 7PM. As in years past, there will be two sessions. The first session will go from 9AM to 1PM, and the second session will go from 2PM to 6PM, with a one hour set time in the morning for the dealers and early bird attendees. There will also be an hour at the end of the night to finish off the last game and pack up.
As in years past, we will have many "Old Guard" GM's returning who have been the core of our success. We are always looking to add new faces as well. If you are interested in running an event, please see the CONTACT section below. We would also like to add some small tournament or demo events like DBA and Flames of War. If anyone is interested in running these events, please get in touch with me. One thing that may be of interest is the fact that we have some 4' round tables available for those who wish to use them, as well as the standard 2.5' X 6' tables. Please consider this with any events that you may be planning or have available.
We are also looking for dealers. At this time, I have a couple of returning dealers from last year, but I am looking for other interested parties to come in and sell their wares. If you are interested, or know of anyone interested, please contact me.
Admission for Peninsula Campaigns will be $10.00 USD. The admission for children 12 and under will be $5.00 USD. The convention will run from 8AM-7PM with events going on all day. We have been scheduling events in two time slots, 9AM to 1PM and 2PM to 6PM close. However, if other times work for you, please let me know. All I ask is that no event starts before 9AM, and that we can conclude activities by 6:30PM at the latest for final clean-up and tear down. We will be having a flea market area that will be available for $5.00 USD per table. If there are any dealers interested in attending this one-day event, please contact me below. Dealer tables will be $25.00 USD.
BESIDES ATTENDING, HOW CAN YOU HELP?
I took this event over from Tod Kershner in 2006, and it has been a blast. However, with all the hours I've had to work over the past year, I haven't had as much time to devote to planning and running this event, and I could greatly use your help in a number of areas.
First off - SPREAD THE WORD! On the Peninsula Campaigns Yahoo! Group, there will be a flyer for this year's event and a copy of this press release in Microsoft Word and PDF format. Please blog and post about this event! I truly appreciate it. Please talk it up to your gaming buddies, particularly if they are in the Michigan, Indiana and Ohio areas.
You can also volunteer to run a game or tournament. I'd love to get some Flames of War players to run a few games. I'd also like to see more representation in the Ancients and Medieval areas as well. So please run an event if you can.
We also could use some photographers out there, as well. I know many of you are good (some a ton better than me), and I could always use the extra pics in promoting the con.
And desk volunteers to give me a chance to circulate and run a game.
In the end, what we really need is you. If you are free on Saturday, July 30, please stop on by and play a game or two at the Air Zoo.
KALAMAZOO AIR ZOO LOCATION:
The Air Zoo is located at 6151 Portage Road in Portage, Michigan, halfway between Detroit and Chicago. They are located off I-94 (exit 78), just south of the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
CONVENTION DIRECTOR: Tom Bryant
Please address emails with the following in the subject lines to assist me in organizing things:
Email: tombryant@muskegon.com
GM Offers - "(GAME MASTER) or (GM)"
Dealer Requests - "(DEALER)"
Mail address: 5120 Gay Street, Muskegon, Michigan 49441-5724
Phone: 231-286-1207