Des Moines’ Annual Science Fiction,Fantasy & Gaming Convention

April 29 - May 1, 2011

Author Guest: Sarah PrineasArtist Guest: Sarah Clemens

Fan Guests: John & Denise GarnerDragon Guest: Tiamat

Toastmaster Emeritus:Rusty HevelinToastmaster:

Tadao TomomatsuMusic Guest: Wylde Nept

Illustration © Heather McBride used with permission.

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Welcome to DemiCon 22 —Here Be Dragons!

The Des Moines SF Society, Ltd. —Our Local Sci Fi Group

We have fought and bribed our way pastevil dragons, used invisibility potions to sneaksilently past hungry dragons, and invited thefriendlies to once again bring you DemiCon.The Staff and attending dragons wish to wel-come you to our cavern for a weekend ofbooks, movies, Anime, art, music, costumes,dancing, plays, and much much more.

At DemiCon 22, you'll get to meet oldfriends, such as Rusty Hevelin (ToastmasterEmeritus), Tadao Tomomatsu (master ofdragon fire making toast), and John and DeniseGarner (fan Guests of Honor). You'll also getto meet Sarah Prineas (Author Guest of Honor)and Sarah Clemens (Artist Guest of Honor).Be wary if you meet our Dragon of Honor,Tiamat. She expects absolute homage fromher subjects and we want her to stay happyduring this convention. You will meet other

The Des Moines Science Fiction Society,Ltd. (DMSFS), is the local organization thatsponsors DemiCon. But, DemiCon is not allwe do. After the con is over, there are 362 daysremaining in the year (363 in leap years) to befilled with fhannish fun!

Our club meets twice a month to discussbooks we've read, plans for DemiCon, eventswe host or participate in, games, movies we'veenjoyed seeing, club business… and anythingthat anyone in our SF community has an inter-est in.

We publish and mail the “Paradox” — aquarterly newsletter with DMSFS news andreviews of interest. And perhaps you've seenus participating in community parades, givingaway books or bookmarks to help promoteliteracy.

We have gatherings for birthdays, holidays,Oscar night, movie openings... and occasion-ally, for no other reason than to simply enjoyeach other's company. We also hold two multi-day, annual social events - one during NewYear's, and one on Labor Day weekend - thattranscend the "party" label to become minia-ture conventions in-and-of-themselves.

We meet on the second and fourth Fridaysof the month at the West Des Moines Commu-nity Center on 5th Street in Valley Junction.Meetings start at 7:00 p.m., and socializationcontinues into dinner at a local restaurant af-terwards. We hope you'll drop by our nextmeeting on May 13, 2011. For the latest infor-mation and other club-related events, checkout our Web site at www.dmsfs.org. We wouldlove to have you join us!

old friends and make new friends.Friday's activities begin with the opening of

Dealers' Room and Art Show. Then we kickoff the evening with Opening Ceremonies at7:00 pm, followed by the latest play by theTrans-Iowa Canal CompanyTM. Then, with aloud SLAGO, we welcome Wylde Nept toDemiCon with a concert in the Ballroom.

Whether you are new to DemiCon or you'vebeen with us since we began in 1990, this pro-gram book will provide you with the informa-tion you need to enjoy your weekend. Inside,you'll find bios of our guests, information aboutevents, and a separate grid of the times anddescriptions of the myriad of panel discussions,workshops, performances, videos, and otherfun things to do here.

The Dragons bid you: Enter if You Dare!

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The DemiCon 22 ConclaveThey who are responsible for inviting Dragons to DemiCon —

Weyr Leaders (ConCom) ........... Sallie Abba, Heather McBride, Tammy MohningAntiquarium (Art Show) ................................................................Monica HarperIejir Banri Anthropotomist (Blood Drive) ....................................... Sheril HarperKilderkin Perveyance (ConSuite) ..................................................Andy WheelerDragonbait Virgins? (ConSuite Minions) .............. Rick Lancaster, Diane DunlopFire-fanged Archivist (Database) ..........................................................Les RothGuild Master (Dealers’ Room) .............................................................. Bob CookKeep Ferlarw (DMSFS Table) ............................................... Chris (Sparky) VerloBiwrixle Minstrel (Filking) .................................................................... Robert UyExchequer (Finance) .................................................................. Tammy MohningYe Olde Celluloid Faire (Fhannish Film Festival) ............................ Bo3b HarperLehhav Dryicir (Gaming) ............................................. Scott and Wendy ArnburgDragon Concierge (Guests) ....................................... Mike and Candy AndersonDemesne (Hotel) .....................................................................................Les RothKirtle Walkist (Masquerade) .......................................................... Megan HarperBardic Entertainment (Music Room) ............................................. Eric ColemanPosset Woofitizer (Parties) ............................................................ Diane DunlopHorarium (Programming) ..................................................Dave and Donna ReedDAMD Serfs (Publicity) ........................................... Andy Wheeler, Jon Mohning,................................................................................ Laurre Breman, Sheril Harper

Scriptorium (Publications) .................................................................. Max RauerQuill-Driver (Registration) ................................................................... Greg AbbaFrith-Gegildas (Security) ................................................................. Al HohrmannScamble Squire (Tech Services) ......................................................Jon MohningClashmaclaver (Venue D) ......................................................................Les RothBroozleier (Volunteers) ................................................................... Sheril HarperArachnid Scribe (Web Site) ..................................................Mandi Arthur-StrussDragonet Wrangler (Youth Programming) ..................................... Spencer Reed

Art Show HoursFriday: 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Tour: 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.Sunday: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Dealers’ Room HoursFriday: 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.Sunday: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Illustrations in this publication are © Sarah Clemensor Heather McBride and are used with permission.

Art Auction: Saturday, 6:00 p.m. — Ballroom

portant, and she began creating her own chal-lenges in the form of large oil paintings offriends and family members. Her realistic ap-proach was second nature, after so many yearsof meticulous detailing in medical illustration.She has shown her work at galleries in PalmBeach and Boca Raton, Florida, Scottsdaleand Beverly Hills, as well as exhibiting at theSociety of the Four Arts in Palm Beach andthe Armory Art Center in West Palm Beachand the Mesa Art Center in Mesa, Arizona. Arecent move to the Southwest has been in-spiring, and trips to the Grand Canyon for in-tensive photographic shoots are sure to showup in her paintings.

Magnus and her dragon Loki join the drag-ons attending DemiCon 22 this year. Comeand meet them in the Art Show.

Fan GoH:John & DeniseGarner

John and DeniseGarner have been at-tending SciFi andFantasy conventionsfor over twenty-fiveyears, but have beenfans their entire lives. Their award winning art-work has been displayed in innumerable con-vention art shows, books, magazines, and onmany fans' walls. You can check out their artin the art show and see their older paintingson their Web sites.

For many years, they have also been host-ing karaoke parties at DemiCon into the weehours of the morning. Please stop in and rockthe room with your singing talent (even if youdon't have any)!

And don't forget to drop by for the early af-ternoon tea party filled with all kinds of treats,conversation, and, of course, tea. If you don'tlike tea, this is a good place to be surprised

Author Guest of Honor:Sarah Prineas

Sarah Prineaslives in the midst of thecorn in Iowa City,Iowa, and can usuallybe found writingfantasy novels andstories on a stealthysilver MacBook calledPip. The Magic Thiefand The Magic Thief: Lost, Sarah's first twonovels, introduced readers to the irascible wiz-ard Nevery and his gutterboy apprentice,Connwaer. Sarah holds a PhD in English lit-erature and recently taught honors seminarson fantasy and science fiction literature at theUniversity of Iowa. She has an amazing dragonaction-figure collection and occasionally bakesbiscuits (although she says hers never seemto turn out as tasty as Benet's do in The MagicThief: Lost).

Sarah is married to John Prineas, a phys-ics professor, which comes in handy whenshe's writing about magic prisoning devices andpyrotechnics. They are the parents of Maudand Theo.

Artist Guest ofHonor:SarahClemens

Sarah Clemensgraduated fromFlorida Atlantic Uni-versity with a degreein Fine Arts and Art History, and the convictionthat she would always be an artist in one ca-pacity or another. She has freelanced in logodesign, book cover illustration, and photogra-phy; worked as the curator of exhibits at a sci-ence museum; and for the last fifteen years,been a medical illustrator.

But the need for self-expression is most im-

Guests of Honor —

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with some really good tea that might changeyour mind. It's also your best opportunity totalk with them and all the other interestingpeople that show up.

John and Denise have also enjoyed cos-tuming at conventions over the years. Deniseis currently making fabulous costumes, acces-sories, and props for herself and severaltroupes of burlesque performers and bellydancers. John has also cobbled together manyinteresting costumes that have been seen atconventions over the years.

John and Denise would like to humbly thankall the fans that have been so immensely kindto them over the years (and who have put upwith their nonsense all these years too!).

Toastmaster:Tadao Tomomatsu

So there's this guy that lives in L.A., andyou want to know why we keep asking him tobe our Toastmas-ter. After all, therehave to be peoplecloser to Iowa whocan make toasts,tell stories, intro-duce guests, mod-erate discussions,and so on.

Well, you'reright, but Tadaobrings more to thetable than that. Besides being a past FanGuest of Honor at both Icon and DemiCon, hehas run or helped run many conventions. Hiscon credits include being the logistical coordi-nator at the 2006 World Science Fiction Con-vention (LA Con IV), and both entertaining andvolunteering at the San Jose WorldCon,WesterCon, Gallifrey One, and many others.

He also has numerous performing credits.He was a police translator in an early episodeof “Heroes,” and Mr. Shake Hands Man in“Banzai” on American television. He's also hadguest roles on many other TV programs. Tadao

won a Galaxy Award for "Outstanding Perfor-mance on a 'Stories from the Golden Age' Au-dio Book." Other credits include performing atcomedy clubs in L.A., being a host andcyberjock on CyberRadio TV.com, being a pro-duction assistant on “Friends,” and writing, di-recting, and producing comedy radio sketches.His most recent project is “Street Fighter High:The Musical” where he is starring as Gouken.

He has a history in Iowa. He got his BA atthe University of Iowa and was involved withMid-Western Fandom here. He's also per-formed with the Des Moines branch of theTrans-Iowa Canal CompanyTM on more thanone occasion. Due to his involvement in Mid-Western fandom and because he´s so muchfun, he has been Toastmaster at both Icon andDemiCon.

And, since Tadao's practically family, wetreat him that way. That's largely his own fault,because he insists that he won't be happy un-less we let him help. So he comes in early toload and unload trucks, set up the art show,ConSuite, and Grand Ballroom, run errands,and entertain the other workers. He also staysin Des Moines to do all of the above in reverseafter the con.

In addition, he overdresses in American, inScotts, and in Japanese; pitches in any timehe sees a need; and talks in many differentaccents to any attendees who will listen.

Toastmaster Emeritus:RustyHevelin

In appearance, acombination ofDumbledore and theworld's oldest hippie.In reality, a combina-tion of huckster, SF/F fan of long-stand-ing, and a source ofall fan lore for de-cades past. You will often see him withoutshoes and wearing a fannish T-shirt. He's al-ways quick with a smile, a laugh or a hug.

Rusty Hevelin joins us for the 22nd year ina row! Rusty has been a fixture at our conven-

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tion for as long as we have dreamed of beinga convention. Serving as Fan GoH, toastmas-ter, and toastmaster emeritus, he is always anentertaining and enlightening part of fandom.

Rusty's history within the fannish commu-nity dates back to 1941 at his first convention.He is so devoted to the genre that he createdPulpCon and is a tireless fund-raiser for TAFF/DUFF (Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund/Down UnderFan Fund). His stories are hilarious, thought-provoking, informative, and always told withgood cheer. Although he has retired from hislife as a huxter bookseller, Rusty still gets toas many S-F conventions as he can and is of-ten seen in the company of Gay and JoeHaldeman.

Eminently approachable, always ready towelcome a new fan into the fold, and full ofamazing, sometimes true, and always enter-taining stories, Rusty is the ultimate fan. Hispanels — telling attendees how to enjoy theirfirst convention, which forgotten books are stillworth reading, or how to take care of your bookand magazine collections — are must-sees atconventions. Do yourself a favor and seek himout. We could all learn a great deal about howto be a good fan, a good storyteller, and anall-around good person from our honoredToastmaster Emeritus Rusty.

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Dragon Guest: TiamatTiamat is a greedy, vain, and arrogant god-

dess who embodies all the strengths of evildragonkind. She spreads evil and never for-gives a slight. Although she is not averse to

razing the occasional village, her true schemesare subtle and hard to detect. She has beencompared to a puppeteer manipulating her cre-ations from within shadows.

The Queen of Evil Dragons demands rev-erence, homage, supplication, and tribute fromher subjects. She is often called "Her DarkMajesty" or simply "Dark Queen.”

Other Guests —Writers, Artists, and Singers

Sara Butcher Burrier Ryan— Artist

An Iowa resident, Sarah's work comesmostly from self-motivation to learn the humanfigure. The daughter of an art teacher and acrafter creative, her interest in art began at anearly age. Sara sees her art as an opportunityto express her highest ideals. She has alwaysbeen inspired by nature's diverse and awe-some beauty; yet she has learned to find,through her sincere faith, an even greater in-spiration in her Source: “The Earth and all itsWonders” used to be my main source of inspi-ration. Though now there is another source ofinspiration I thrive on, and that is God."

Elaine Bergstrom — AuthorElain Bergstrom lives in Milwaukee, Minne-

sota. Her first published piece of fiction washer first novel, Shattered Glass (1989). Thenovel was a critical success and since then,Bergstrom has written five other novels in theseries, including Daughter of the Night, whichfeatured Elizabeth Bathory as a half-breedAustra vampire. She also works as a televi-sion critic and feature writer. Her interviewshave included the novelist David Morrell anddirector Wes Craven.

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Glenn Cook — AuthorHe is a quiet guy who absolutely loves

books. He writes and sells them, and he'll signone if you ask. Glen's hobbies include stampand book collecting, and military history. ADemiCon regular (Writer GoH at DC 5), you'llfind him and wife Carol in the dealers' roomwith the most amazing array of books for sale.

His series includes The Black Company,Garrett P.I., Dread Empire, and his most re-cent, The Instrumentalities of Night.

Erin McKee — ArtistDemiCon 4's Artist GoH, has been painting

professionally for the last 30 years, but she'sbeen an artist all of her life. Erin's style blendsa realistic style with elements of fantasy. Whileworking primarily in acrylics, pastels, and digi-tal media, she also works on scratch board andwith pen and ink.

Taylor Kent — AuthorTaylor Kent, AKA the Snarky Avenger, is a

longtime fan and critic of comics and graphicnovels. He is the author of “The Adventuresof the Snarky Avenger Comic.”

Lee Killough — AuthorWhile Lee began by publishing science fic-

tion, her work has evolved into a combinationof SF or the supernatural and her other favor-ite genre, mystery...producing stories aboutfuture cops, space-going cops, vampire cops,werewolf cops, and ghost cops. To take a lookat some of her eBooks, check out this link:http://bookswelove.net/killough.php.

Dawn Obrecht — ArtistAn Iowa resident, Dawn has been painting

fantasy art professionally for 4 years, havingdrawn for as long as she can remember. Sheis self-taught and works primarily in watercol-ors, with earlier works done in colored pencil.

Dawn has won awards for her art in the pastfew years with 1st-place finishes for her pieces'My Only Friend' and 'Lost in Memories' in the2008 Hamilton County Fair. She also receivedthe "Best Amateur" award at DemiCon 19.Dawn is also published in a few books, includ-ing the back cover art for Faeries Through theSeasons compiled by Christina Davis.

Lettie Prell — AuthorLettie is another Iowa author. Her first novel

is Dragon Ring, new in 2009 with Flying PenPress. She is also currently editor of “TheBroadsheet,” the newsletter of Broad Universe,an organization of science fiction, fantasy andhorror writers.

Scott Ross — Artist andMusician

Scott got his first banjo (a Washburn "E") atsixteen and has played old-time clawhammerstyle ever since. He has worked as a graphicartist, riverboat banjo player, propagandist, andbanjo teacher. He collects ray guns, robots,masks, Japanese tea kettles, and science-fic-tion soundtracks, and dabbles in costumingand 3D computer art. Scott holds a B.F.A. ingraphic design and an M.F.A. in sculpture fromDrake University. A former hippie, he wants tobe a computer geek when he grows up.

Ralph Ryan — ArtistScience fiction and fantasy artist.

Mary Wilson — Author,Publisher

Jupiter Gardens was founded in Januaryof 2007 by Mary K. Wilson. A metaphysicalwriter for several years, Mary has an avid in-terest in spirituality, and Jupiter Gardens real-ized a need for an electronic spiritual publisherwith a focus on the pagan community, and apublisher who could market effectively to suchgroups. Because Mary also writes romancenovels, she added a romance imprint to Jupi-ter Gardens Press with Pink Petal Books. Hernewest venture focuses on books for childrenand young adults based in the fantasy andscience fiction genres with Jupiter Storm.

Stephen Zimmer — Authorand Filmmaker

Stephen is the author of books such as TheExodus Gate and a maker of films such as “TheSirens” featured on the Indie Movie MastersCD series “Festival of Horrors Volume One.”

“Swordbearer,” Stephen's latest movie willbe shown at DemiCon.

Music Room at DemiConBennigan’s Room

Schedule of Performers:Friday: Ballroom

9:30 p.m. — Wylde Nept

Wylde Nept (Traditional & Original CelticPub Tunes) With an emphasis on Pub tunes,Wylde Nept is a concert not to be missed.

Westan, Steven, George, Jon, Wayne, andBrian make up this crew and play a mix of mod-ern and traditional instruments and sing to tra-ditional tunes as well as their own original com-positions.

Tiamat insisted that these Eastern Iowa fanfavorites come to DemiCon to spread their rev-elry here in Des Moines. Come prepared tohave a lot of fun at their concert and be thirsty.

Join Wylde Nept Friday night, as they turnthe Ballroom into your favorite Celtic Pub.Slago!

Saturday through Sunday:See your program grid to find out when

these other awesome musicians are regalingus with their talents.

Beth Kinderman (Geek-Folk) Basedin Minneapolis, Beth Kinderman & the PlayerCharacters have been bringing their geeky, filk-influenced progressive rock music to sci-fi con-vention audiences across the Midwest since2008. Beth’s unique and complex originalsongs are inspired by everything from StarWars to comic books to Battlestar Galactica tozombies to video games to fantasy novels andbeyond. They have released three CDs so far,the most recent of which, “More Songs AboutRobots & Death,” features a blend of originalhumorous material and cover songs. The bandconsists of Justin Hartley (percussion, accor-dion), Elizabeth Greenberg (vocals, keyboards,violin), Beth Kinderman (vocals, guitar), andDave Stagner (guitar). They’re thrilled to beback at DemiCon for the fourth year in a rowto share their music.

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Bryan BakerBryan Baker has been called many things,

but lately his favorite is “The Zombie King”. InOctober of 2010 he released his latest single:Zombie Love Song (if Anyone Eats my Brains)a tender story of love, loss and brains. He’salso been writing send ups of Second Life forover 5 years as well as other geeky fare likeRobots, Vampires and Ninjas. He is the guitar-ist and one of the lead vocalists for the bandThe Grape Ape Trust which will join him, mix-ing fun eclectic covers with geeky originals. TheGrape Ape Trust consists of Bryan, who you’vealready read too much about, Justin Chastainon keyboards and vocals, Eric Jones on Bassand the right reverend CW Smith on percus-sion and vocals.

Orckes and Trolls (Madcap Folk)Orckes & Trolles is a high-energy music trio

that specializes in Celtic and piratey songs.Sing along with this local group who has per-formed at many Renaissance and Celtic festi-vals throughout the Midwest. Bring your JollyRogers and parrots and booty (hee hee) for arollicking fun concert!

Venue DDancing and Carrying On

Have you watched the entertainment onDemiCon’s main stage and thought, I can dothat? If so, then Venue D is the place for you.We’re looking for members that would like toprovide five minutes of entertainment: danc-ing, comedy sketch, stand up comedy, or anyother act that you think the audience will en-joy. We will provide the stage, lighting, andsound - you provide the entertainment. If you’dlike to be part of Venue D, stop by the registra-tion desk at DemiCon, no later than 5 pm onSaturday, and fill out an entry form. If you haverecorded music, please drop it off as well.

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The Trans-IowaCanal Co.TM

Fhannish TheaterJoin us as we present the original

play Flee — which will be performedduring Opening Ceremonies on Fridaynight.

The members of Fangs High SchoolGlee Club just can’t get along. And thatwas before the new girl arrived!

FilkingSee Program Grid for rooms

Filk is a genre of music consisting ofsong parodies related to fandom, sci-ence fiction, and fantasy. It encom-passes other music like history, Societyfor Creative Anachronism, 60s folksongs, Irish drinking songs, or anythingthat the crowd likes to sing. It is a greatoutlet for creative song writing, musicmaking, or just singing along.

In addition, we’ll be having fun with“insty filk”! Come share your ideas,rhymes and creative energies in help-ing us write a song parody in about anhour.

GamingWisconsin Room

DemiCon will feature scheduled andopen gaming events and the gamingroom will be available throughout theentire convention. Roleplaying games,cards, board games and puzzles are allwelcome.

If you are a gamemaster who wishesto schedule an event, just post yoursignup sheet in the room. Please includea short description, time of event andhow many players you can accommo-date.

DemiCon will also feature a LARP(Live Action Role Playing) event running

in a single 4 hour slot so you don’t needto be in character while sitting in pro-gramming events or trying sing a filksong. See the programming grid formore details.

“Dragons of Destiny”Technology has allowed us many

conveniences. Steam-powered veloci-pedes now allow us to travel across theland, faster than ever. Dirigibles allowus to fly over the land, higher than ever.But some things are still beyond ourcontrol... For now.

In this part of the world, life can stillbe unpredictable.

Here, nature still has its mysteries.Here, people seek power

unimagined.Here be dragons...

Dragons of Destiny — DemiCon 22LARP 1-5 p.m. on Saturday, April 30th

Looking for miners, aircar drivers,London philanthropists and business ty-coons, merchants, historians, local con-stabulary or people who are of one-mindwith the dragon; and would like to bepart of this Steampunk/Firefly style liveaction game — please contact JoeStruss (joe@newrenvideo.com) formore information.

You must be registered for Demi-Con in order to pre-register for theLARP.

Art ShowMinnesota Room

As one of the best Art Shows in theMidwest, we take pride in the quality ofwork displayed with us and the enthusi-asm of our buyers.

Bidding for Artwork: You can bid onartwork in the Art Show Display Area.Write your offer on the art bid sheet at-tached to the piece. Artwork with two ormore bids will go to voice auction Sat-urday night.

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If a piece of art in the display areahas a “Quick Sale” price listed, a buyermay purchase that piece immediately forthat quick sale price - if that piece hasreceived no bids. On Sunday, unsoldartwork may be purchased for the quicksale price only.

Print Shop Artwork: We have artworkfor sale in the Print Shop area on a “cash& carry” basis. We accept cash, checks,or PayPal.

Saturday Night Art Auction: Artworkwith two or more bids goes to the voiceauction. Prize-winning artwork (exclud-ing Not for Sale works) will also go toauction. Our auction is also part stand-up comedy, so even if you’re not inter-ested in buying any artwork, come andwatch the show. Who knows? You mightsee a piece of art you can’t live without!

Buyers may pick up their auctionpieces and quick sale works on Sundaymorning, 10 a.m. - Noon.

Interested in meeting the artists orlearning about their art? Then be sureto attend the Art Show Tour.

Art Show Hours:

Friday: 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.Tour: 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Sunday: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Art Auction:

Saturday: 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.— Ballroom

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DMSFS TableWith Registration, Iowa Room

Are you about to embark on an epicjourney of adventure or vengeance? Isyour future riddled with perilous fightsagainst terrible forces you can barelycomprehend? Then you need to stop inat the DMSFS +1 Emporium and GiftShop. We’ve got all your +1 equipmentneeds covered for anything you mightencounter in your travels.

Need a +1 charisma tee shirt to im-press your lady fair? We’ve got that.Need a +1 stamina mug to keep you ingood spirits with good spirits? We’ve gotthat. Need a +1 intelligence badgeholder to help you remember who youare after you’ve knocked back a few withthat other thing? We’ve got that.

So before you run off to slay yourdragons, stop into the DMSFS +1 Em-porium and Gift Shop. We’ve got whatyou need to get the job done.

VolunteersThank you for your interest in volun-

teering at DemiCon! Volunteers arewhat make our convention work. As afan-run convention we do not pay ourstaff, so all of us from ConCom to De-partment Heads to Badgers are volun-teers. There is no financial compensa-tion for volunteering. We all pay our ownway — even the ConCom — but thereare many benefits to volunteering:

• Learning more about runningconventions

• Making New Friends• Knowing you helped to make

DemiCon possible• Being “in the know” about what’s

happening at DemiCon this year• Your school, scout troop, or other

social organization may acceptvolunteer hours at DemiCon

We need volunteers in the ConSuite,

Dealers’ RoomSalon A

Welcome to the Dealers’ Room ofDemicon 22. Tiamat requests your pres-ence. Amass your own hoard of trea-sure from the fine wares, precious ob-jects, and fhannish delights availablehere. After all, where do you think theDragons of Old acquired theirs?

Official Dealer’s List:

Asgards Wonders — Sci Fi andFantasy Toys, Models and OtherWares

Glen Cook — Books

Isabella’s Treasures — Jewelry,Stepstones and Photography

Lady Heather’s Fashions —Corsets, Steampunk, Lolita Styles andAccessories

Jupiter Gardens — Books

Mohr Creations — Jewelry

Mudcat Studio — Wheel ThrownStoneware Pottery

Mystik Waboose — Fine Clothingand Accessories

Felix Needleworthy — Fine Clothes

Shane O’Shaughnessy — Artwork

Wandering Mail — Chain Mail

Ziggy’s West — Blades

Stephen Zimmer — Books, DVDsand T-shirts

Dealers’ Room Hours:

Friday: 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Sunday: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

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Art Show, at Masquerade, Registration,Dealer’s room and many other placesin the convention. We need volunteersbefore, during and after the convention.

ConSuiteRoom 513

The Consuite is the place to refresh,rest, and recharge! Here you will findbeverages to brink your brim, munchiesto mellow your maw, and buckets ofbanter to stimulate your senses.

Expect to see such delicacies of theFhannish world such as fresh-poppedpopcorn, sweets and homemade treats,salty snacks, fruits, veggies, plus a fewsurprises. In the mornings crawl insidefor a bowl of hot chicken soup or somemore standard breakfast fare. Makesure to check in from time to time, asyou never know when Tiamat may feelthe need to drop a cow or sheep on us!

And what would a consuite be with-out something to wash down all thatfood? The bar is well stocked and readyto serve during the posted eveninghours, while soft drinks such as soda,tea, and coffee will flow throughout theentire con. If you have suggestions fora particular concoction, be sure to bringyour ideas to the consuite! We can’tguarantee anything, but we’ll certainlytake all requests under consideration.

Be a ConSuite Collaborator! Ifyou’re feeling particular generous, we’dbe happy to help put that good feelingto use! Feel free to drop off donationsof cash, checks, edibles or drinkablesat the consuite. Everything will go to-wards making an even better spread,and we’ll let everyone know just howCOOL you are! If you contribute $25 ormore, you receive a nifty sponsor rib-bon for your con badge.

Blood DriveIndiana Room

Once again we will be holding theblood drive on Saturday morning.Please remember to drink plenty of flu-ids, eat a good meal before donating,and try to increase your iron intake be-fore donating blood. We have had 5successful blood drives and would liketo continue this tradition. Every blooddonation has the potential for helpingup to 3 individual patients. Let’s pay itforward and help our fellow humans.

Room PartiesFifth Floor

The fun doesn’t stop just because thesun goes down. There’s plenty of en-joyment to be had at the Room Parties,conveniently located on the 5th Floor. Avariety of themed parties will take placeon both Friday and Saturday nights. Weremind all Convention members to partyresponsibly, and to contact Security forassistance if needed.

Fhannish FilmFestivalMissouri Room

Join us as we peruse the submis-sions of those filmmakers among us. Welove Dragons, and hopefully they haveinspired short films to be made tellingtheir side of the tale. Regardless, thetheme of the film, there will be merri-ment and enjoyment in the films weshow.

Anime/VideoKansas Room

Konnichiwa mina san! We will behaving a Bring-Your-Own Animé roomthis year. See your Pocket Program orposted Program Grid for a listing of view-ing times.

For the convenience of all, tech walkswill be scheduled by sign up. All props,music and footwear are to be broughtto the rehearsal walk.

All contestants are required to arrivein the green room prior to the beginningof the Masquerade.

There are 2 categories for competi-tion and 1 for display.

Apprentice: costume designed andexecuted primarily by someone under13 years of age on the event date ofApril 30, 2011.

Artisan: costume designed and ex-ecuted by someone 13 years of age orabove on the event date of April 30,2011.

Exhibition: costume worn for display/non-competitive purposes.

The Masquerade Coordinator will beavailable at posted times during the con-vention to answer questions and assistwith forms. When in doubt, ask at the12:30 p.m. meeting.

Masquerade Rules —1. All participants must be registeredmembers of DC 22.2. All contestants must complete andturn in the required paperwork and par-ticipate in a rehearsal walk. The Formscan be found near the masqueradeposter at Registration.3. Entries are allowed a maximum of twominutes for presentation. Music to ac-

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DemiCon CostumeContestsTwo Ways To Have Fun!

Greetings, adventurers and dragonlovers! At the pleasure of Her MostRoyal Dark Majesty, Tiamat, Demicon22 continues with its traditional Hall Cos-tume contest, beginning after OpeningCeremonies. Be sure to get to our pho-tographer to have your photo taken! Nophoto, no chance to win. Photographeron duty from 10:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

Additionally, this year, to pay hom-age to Her Most Royal and Dark Maj-esty, we will be giving out a special HallCostume award for the new “My Tail’sA-Dragon” contest! Your dragon tail maybe part of an entire dragon costume ornot; be creative! Come to the judge at9:30 p.m. in “The Dragon’s Lair” nearthe photographer, to enter. Be sure tohave your picture taken as well!

Formal MasqueradeBallroomSaturday, April 30, 2011,8:00 p.m.12:30 p.m. — Masquerade meeting —MANDATORY for contestants.

1:00 p.m. — Tech Walks begin.Please be on time for yours, sign up

will be during the meeting.

7:00 p.m. — Green Room Opens.Adult contestants should arrive by

7:15 contestants under 13 should arriveby 7:30 unless instructed otherwise bythe Masquerade Director.

Contestants are required to attendthe Masquerade meeting at 12:30 p.m.on Saturday and should bring a com-pleted entry form and any music theyplan to use. The preferred format formusic is CD.

Contestants are required to take atech walk across the DemiCon stage.

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company your entry is encouraged. Thepreferred format is mp3 or CD.4. A parent or guardian must superviseall child participants at all times.5. Costumes that are past winners inany DemiCon Costume Contest are noteligible for competition in the Masquer-ade and may be worn for exhibit only.This also applies to costumes worn inthe Hall Costume Contest on Fridaynight or any other time prior to the Mas-querade while at DemiCon. Commer-cially available / mass produced cos-tume pieces are not permitted withoutsignificant modification.6. Costumes must be completed priorto arrival in the Green Room. Emer-gency repair and final assembly of largeprops or costumes is permitted.7. Weapons of any type must be ap-proved by the Masquerade Coordina-tor in advance. Only those deemed safewill be allowed on stage. Those using aweapon of any type assume all risk bysigning the Masquerade entry form.8. The following cannot be allowed onstage for any reason: nudity, pyrotech-nics or flame of any type, live animals(service animals excepted), projectiles,liquids, chemicals, foods.9. If you are planning something un-usual, let us know well in advance. Wewant to work with you to present yourentry at its very best.10. The Masquerade Coordinator is solearbiter of what will be allowed and re-serves the right to eliminate an entry thatmay endanger the audience, partici-pants, or venue. An entry may also beeliminated for failure to comply with anyof the previous rules or for any otherreason deemed sufficient. Please keepin mind that the rules are here to pro-tect us all. No one has ever been askedto leave a DemiCon Masquerade. Byworking together, we can keep it thatway.

Hotel InformationThe Holiday InnNorthwest

There is lots of function space, roomto wander, and fun and friendly Hotelstaff. They look forward to seeing ourcostumes. Enjoy the 24-hour hot tuband pool! — they should be open theentire convention!

The meeting rooms for programmingsessions are on the 1st floor and takethe circular stairway one level down forthe rest. Salon C - the ballroom is largeenough to provide seating for all of usattending Opening Ceremonies, theMasquerade, Venue D and the WyldeNept concert. Check out the ConSuite— off the elevators on 5th floor and turnleft. Please don't take refreshments toprogramming floors!

Parties are on the 5th floor. Foreasier, quicker, and healthier access,use the stairs.

The entire hotel is non-smoking.The pool can be accessed from the

first floor, across from the hotel maindesk. A hotel room key card is requiredfor entry. Did we mention that the pooland hot tub DON'T CLOSE? We hopeyou enjoy your stay at this hotel.

Photo DisclaimerThis weekend, please be advised

that unless you expressly prohibit ourphotographers from capturing you oncamera, you hereby waive all rights as-sociated with their publication and grantthe Des Moines Science Fiction Soci-ety, Ltd. all publication rights.

Photos are intended for use only aspromotional materials to appear in print,television, Internet advertising and/or inthe Paradox publication and publicity,including video.

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Programming Schedule— By Title*

* As of printing. Last-minute additions will be posted withprogram grid wall posters displayed throughout the Con.

ing on ideas for attracting youngermembers! Friday 5PM-6PM Michi-gan (Dave Reed, Spencer Reed)

Men are from Mars, Women are fromNeo-Tokyo Do you find it hard to talkto that con-crush of yours? Well itdoesn’t have to be, we will give you thelowdown on meeting and connectingwith your fellow con-goers. Learning tobreak the ice and how to relax while talk-ing, as well as getting contact info areall just a few things to be covered. Friday 11PM-12AM Michigan (Rob“Vash” Lewis)

Movie Join us for a film. Friday10PM - Saturday 12AM Colorado (Spencer Reed)

Opening Ceremonies Introduction ofthe Guests, Reading of the rules (thereis no rule 6!) and TICC! Don’t Miss thisone! Friday 7PM-9PM Ballroom (Tammy Mohning, Tal Roth, Tadao To-momatsu, Sheril Harper, Sallie Abba,Rusty Hevelin, Robert Cook, RickLancaster, Rachelle Hrubetz, MonicaHarper, Mike Anderson, Martin McClure,Mandi Struss, Lyndsey Griffey, LesRoth, Jon Mohning, John Garner, JoeStruss, Heather McBride, Diane Dunlap,Denise Garner, Dani Roth, CandyAnderson, Bo3b Harper, Alan Guile,Sarah Prineas, Sarah Clemens, TadaoTomomatsu)

SteamJunk Weapons from Stuff youhave at Home Have you seen thosespiffy SteamPunk weapons some fanscarry? Come learn how to build one with

Friday ProgrammingArt Show Opens • Friday 2PM Minnesota

Bo3b’s Movies Catch an fine flick withBo3b. A Demicon Tradition! Friday4PM - 7PM Illinois (Bo3b Harper)

Bring Your Own Anime • Come ondown and see what the other fansbrought with them. If you’ve broughtsomething, stick it in the DVD player andlet’s have a look! Friday 9PM - Satur-day 1AM Kansas

Consuite Games Winnit-in-a-minuit,bar games, and whatever else strangeand wonderful we can think of. Friday12AM - Saturday 1AM Consuite (Robert Uy)

Consuite Opens Friday 9PM-10PM Consuite

Gaming Room Schedule Seethe schedule posted at the room anddetails in your Pocket Program. Allweekend Wisconsin

Great Books For Young People OK,we all know the Magic Thief series isgreat, but what OTHER books are greatfor getting young people hooked on F/SF? Come discuss the question withsome real, live Young People! Friday6PM-7PM Missouri (Spencer Reed,Theo Prineas)

Grow Your Group Want some greatideas on growing your club member-ship? Me, too! Bring your best stuff andwe’ll discuss it together! Plus — work-

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Art in about an Hour Come on overand see AND PARTICIPATE in art be-ing made. Saturday 5PM-6PM Michigan (Erin McKee, Ralph Ryan)

Art Show Saturday 8AM - Saturday1AM Minnesota

Astronomy and Stargazing Thisyear’s astronomy panel will bring backthe 4 horsemen of the Epoch-eclipse foran enlightening discussion of what is inthe space above us. After the discus-sion the panel will adjourn to theoudoors for an observing session. Saturday 11PM - Sunday 1AM Mis-souri (Brian Adams, Larry Stevens,Lewis Hainlin, Mitch Thompson)

Audio Books: Good - Bad - Ugly Audio Books have grown in popularitya lot of late. Come find out about all thegreat sources and books out there. Saturday 7PM-8PM Illinois (TaylorKent)

Blood Drive Pay it forward Satur-day 9AM-2PM Indiana (SherilHarper)

things you have at home. Friday 9PM-10PM Missouri (Evil Dave Duncan)

The Dragon in Art Learn more aboutThe Art of The Dragon - see pretty pic-tures and learn what you’re really look-ing at! Friday 4PM-5PM Missouri (Ralph Ryan, Tammy Mohning)

The Dragon in Literature Come andhear about Dragons in Books and Sto-ries. Friday 5PM-6PM Kansas (Rose Field)

Wylde Nept Starting at 9:30, WyldeNept will be taking the stage Friday9:30 PM - Saturday 12 AM Ballroom

Youth Lounge Opens Are you 12-17? Wanna get away from those oldfolks that just don’t get whatever it is wedon’t get? this is the place! Friday9PM-10PM Colorado (SpencerReed)

Saturday ProgrammingA Photo Op for Bearded Men. Areyou a Bearded Wonder? Come andhave a group photo taken with Rusty -a memento of this occasion! Satur-day 11:00AM Lobby (Dennis Lynch,Steve Houle)

All your brains are belong to us! Think you can survive the zombieapocalypse? We think not! Let us showyou the way. “Gentlemen, we can rebuildhim. Make him faster, stronger, we havethe technology!” Saturday 7PM-8PM Missouri (Rob Lewis)

Anime 101 Saturday 10AM-11AM Missouri (Tadao Tomomatsu)

Art Auction Come and Bid on yourpiece of art to see if you get it. Satur-day 6PM-8PM Ballroom

Art Auction Set Up Saturday 5PM-6PM Ballroom Programming continued...

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we sing just about anything. Come bringyour instruments and voices and shareyour songs and music. Saturday11PM-12AM Indiana (Robert Uy)

Filthy Filk An adults only filk singwhere the songs are bawdy and thetimes are merry! Saturday 12AM -Sunday 1AM Indiana (Robert Uy,Dave Reed)

Finish My Filk Do you have a filk songthat you are writing that you just can’tcomplete? Get input from our experi-enced filkers to help finish your filk. Saturday 7PM-8PM Michigan (Rob-ert Uy)

Hall Costume Judging Judges Only! Saturday 10AM-11AM NebraskaRoom Closed

Hor-RIFF-ic Ya know when you’rewatching those old movies and you andyour friends are coming up with greatlines and riffs and everybody’s hot andthe movie is like, TEN times better be-cause you’re all clever and it’s great?Ever had a night like that? Well, Erinand Gary do that all the time, and they’dlike you to come in and listen. If you’veseen what MST3K does to old SciFi,then you know what they do to Horrorfilms. Saturday 7PM-9PM Kansas (Gary Wickering, Erin Wickering)

Hor-RIFF-ic Setup Saturday 6PM-7PM Kansas Room Closed

LARP - Dragons of Destiny Tech-nology has allowed us many conve-niences. Steam-powered velocipedesnow allow us to travel across the land,faster than ever. Dirigibles allow us tofly over the land, higher than ever. Butsome things are still beyond our con-trol... For now.

In this part of the world, life can stillbe unpredictable.

Here, nature still has its mysteries.

Blood Drive Setup Saturday 8AM-9AM Indiana (Sheril Harper)

Bo3b’s Movies Catch an fine flick withBo3b. A Demicon Tradition! Saturday7PM-10PM Indiana (Bo3b Harper)

Bring Your Own Anime Saturday9PM - Sunday 1AM Kansas

Dialect 101: Talk like a Scotsman Listen to our experts explain what “HootMon” really means, and why you rollyour Rs. With these panelists, expectthe conversation to wander wildly. I thinkyou have to see to believe JapaneseTexan with a Scottish accent. Satur-day 1PM-2PM Nebraska (Robert Uy,Bo3b Harper, Tadao Tomomatsu)

Dragon Construction 101: BuildingSmaug A recent production of “TheHobbit” required the dragon, Smaug toput in an appearance. His constructionwas managed by two of our local ex-perts, who will share the story with you. Saturday 11AM-12PM Nebraska (Greg Abba, Mandi Struss)

E-Publishing (tentative) What’s thedifference between publishing for thescreen and publishing on paper? Is iteasier, harder? Come hear from some-one who did it. Saturday 10AM-11AM Kansas (Lee Killough)

Fhannish Film Festival Relax andenjoy short films from Fhans. Entries willbe judged and the winner will be pre-sented at closing ceremonies. Satur-day 12PM-1PM Missouri (Bo3bHarper)

Filk in About an Hour Join our groupof rascally rhymers to write a parodysong in less than an hour. It’s the 12thyear of Instant Filk! Saturday 5PM-6PM Indiana (Robert Uy)

Filk Singing Song parodies, SCAsongs, Irish songs, popular songs...hey,

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Here, people seek powerunimagined.

Here be dragons...

Looking for miners, aircar drivers,London philanthropists and business ty-coons, merchants, historians, local con-stabulary or people who are of one-mindwith the dragon; and would like to bepart of this Steampunk/Firefly style liveaction game. Saturday 1PM-5PM Michigan, Kansas (Owen Reynolds,Mandi Struss, Joe Struss, Jeff Mowen)

LARP Set-up Room closed for set-up Saturday 12PM-1PM Michigan,Kansas (Joe Struss)

Masquerade Enjoy the pageantry ofthe formal Masquerade Saturday8PM-10PM Ballroom

Masquerade Meeting If you are acontestant in the Masquerade, you mustattend this meeting. Saturday12:30PM-1PM Ballroom

Masquerade Tech Rehearsals Saturday 1PM-5PM Ballroom

Movie Saturday 3PM-5PM and 9PM-11PM Colorado (Spencer Reed)

Music Room Performances Seeyour Pocket Program or posted ProgramGrid for times Bennigan’s Room

Podcasting 101 Podcasts. What arethey? Where can I find them? How tostart one of my own. Come find out theanswers to those questions and manyothers at this panel. Saturday 3PM-4PM Nebraska (Taylor Kent)

Pro Signing and Chat This is a gath-ering of authors, artists and other folkswe admire. They’re here to sign books,answer questions, and make them-selves available to their fans. Satur-day 4PM-5PM Lobby (ElaineBergstrom, Erin McKee, Lee Killough,

Lettie Prell, Ralph Ryan, SarahClemens, Sarah Prineas, StephenZimmer, Tom Ashwell)

Rapid Fire Reading Rapid readingsfrom the works by Members of the BroadUniverse. We’ll just divide the hour intohowever many authors show up. Comein for the fun. Saturday 10AM-11AM Illinois

Reading: Elaine Bergstrom Comelisten to Elaine Bergstrom reading fromher own work. Saturday 11AM-12PM Illinois (Elaine Bergstrom)

Reading: Lee Killough Come listento Lee Killough reading from her work. Saturday 12PM-1PM Illinois (LeeKillough)

Reading: Lettie Prell Come listen toLettie Prell reading from her work. Sat-urday 2PM-3PM Nebraska (LettiePrell)

Reading: Sarah Prineas Come lis-ten to our Author Guest of Honor read-ing from her own work. Saturday11AM-12PM Michigan SarahPrineas)

Reading: Stephen Zimmer Comehear some of his own material fromStephen Zimmer. Saturday 12PM-1PM Nebraska (Stephen Zimmer)

Reading: Tom Ashwell Come hearTom Ashwell reading from his work. Saturday 1PM-2PM Illinois (TomAshwell)

Red Neck Wine Tasting Hey y’al yagotta try this. Come on it and samplesome of the best wines ever to pour froma screw-top bottle! Saturday 2PM-3PM Consuite (Laurre Breman,Candy Anderson, Andy Wheeler, MarkAnderson)

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Queen-Demon? Saturday 4PM-5PM Illinois (Andy Wheeler, Dave Reed)

Venue D Saturday 10PM - Sunday12AM Ballroom

WTF Youtube: Season 2 We de-stroyed your childhood last time, nowwe’re back to finish the job! Horror, com-edy, and WTF moments, Oh My! Sat-urday 4PM-5PM Missouri (RobLewis)

Youth Lounge Closes Saturday Mid-night Colorado (Spencer Reed)

Sunday ProgrammingAre you lost without “Lost”? Comejoin a discussion of Lost Did the endingmeet your expectations? How has theseries impacted the landscape of SF/Ffilm and TV? What has the series of-fered as new possibilities? Sunday10AM-11AM Indiana (MeganBygness)

Art Show Sunday 10AM-2PM Minnesota

Atheism What’s going on in Atheism?Is it an “alternate” life style. Is it grow-ing? What’s taking so long? What aboutAtheism in SF/F? Sunday 11AM-12PM Illinois (Robert Cook, Eric Oppen,Denny Lynch, Al Hohrmann)

Care and Feeding of Dragons 101 Sunday 12PM-1PM Kansas (MaryWilson)

Closing Ceremonies All good thingsmust come to an end. Meet next year’sConCom. Find out who won contests.Say good-bye for another year. Sun-day 3PM-4PM Ballroom (HeatherMcBride, Jon Mohning, Sallie Abba,Tammy Mohning, Susan Stewart, MandiArthur-Struss)

Role Playing Games 101 Do youknow what it means to make a savingthrow? Do you know why we carry thosefunny dice? Do you want to know whatall the fuss is about? Drop by and jointhe discussion. Saturday 5PM-6PM Illinois (Dave Reed)

RPG’s you might have missed. Ev-ery gamer has heard of D&D, GammaWorld, Path Finder, Champions, andCall of Cthulhu. Come to this panel tofind out about some of more obscuregemes out there like Dread and Don’tRest Your Head. Saturday 6PM-7PM Nebraska (Taylor Kent)

Speed Dating for Authors Sit downand chat with our Author Guests. Signup at the DemiCon Table for yourchance for a seat. Saturday 3PM-4PM Indiana (Tom Ashwell, StephenZimmer, Sarah Prineas, Lettie Prell, LeeKillough, Elaine Bergstrom, Dave Reed)

Swordbearer - Page to Screen Learn how the words in H. DavidBlalock’s novel “Ascendent” became thepictures in the film “Swordbearer”. Saturday 1PM-2PM Missouri (Stephen Zimmer)

Swordbearer - Screening See theshort film “Swordbearer” and participatein a Q and A session afterward. Sat-urday 2PM-3PM Missouri (StephenZimmer)

The Dragon in Film Examples ofDragons in film. See a little history, learna little about dragons. Watch a littlevideo. Saturday 8PM-9PM Ne-braska (Dave Reed)

Tiamat, The Queen, The Dragon, TheLegend Come hear more about ourDragon of Honor. Didn’t you always wantto attend a panel dedicated to a Dragon-

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CopyRights and Wrongs Is it OK tocopy a movie? Can you rip a CD? whatabout downloading things from the net?How SHOULD it all work in the 21stCentury? Come join the discussion. Sunday 1PM-2PM Michigan (TomAshwell, Sarah Clemens, Dave Reed)

DemiCon Squares Come and learnthe history of DemiCon in this wackyway - 9 squares, 1 crazy MC and onehost trying to hold it all together. Sun-day 1PM-2PM Ballroom (Tadao To-momatsu, Susan Stewart, SusanLeabhart, Steve “Wookie” Huele, MitchThompson, Mike Cole, Megan Harper,Joe Struss, Gregg Parmentier, DennyLynch, Tal Roth)

Fear 101 Are you afraid of theBoogeyman? Should you be? Howabout a terrorist? Are you afraid of thethings you SHOULD be afraid of? Comediscuss what’s REALLY out to get us andwhat’s not. (Wanna guess which animalkills more Americans, sharks or honeybees?) Sunday 10AM-11AM Kan-sas (Laurre Breman, Dave Reed,Andy Wheeler, Peggy Miller)

Iowa Writer’s Forum Back for it’ssecond year, this is open to authors whoare from Iowa or have lived in Iowa. Top-ics will be announced, and will includeround-table discussions and moderatedpanels. Everyone is welcome to cometo hear this con-within-a-con as authordisuss their craft!

12:00-1:00: Iowa Writer’s Forum:Writing Careers

1:00-2:00: Iowa Writer’s Forum:Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy

2:00-3:00: Iowa Writer’s Forum:Revision & Critique

Sunday 12PM-3PM Bennigan’sRoom (Karen Bovenmyer)

Living on the Fringe Are you a bud-ding Fringe Scientist? Interested inwhere the series will go next? Come inand discuss it with like-minded fans. Sunday 11AM-12PM Indiana (Megan Bygness)

Midwest SCI FI Modeler’s Contin-gency Model building is one of theoldest parts of fandom. Come see themodels! Sunday 10AM-Noon Colo-rado (Kevin Carroll)

Nigel And Bridgette Welcome to theWorld of Nigel and Bridgette! Take afragment of “Fawlty Towers”, a modicumof“Monty Python”, a granule of “GoodNeighbors”, a dash of “Dr. Who”, a pinchof “The Prisoner”, a scrap of “Star Trek”.Think of it as Rob and Laurie Petrie meetthe X-Files – but in England. Sunday11AM-1PM Ballroom

Playing the Theremin 101 Wannalearn how to make that neat SciFi mu-sic? Wanna almost touch a theremin?Come learn how from the multi-talentedSarah Clemens. Sunday 10AM-11AM Missouri (Sarah Clemens)

Scavenger Hunt Wrap-up Come tellthe tale of your Dragon Hunt! Listen toother teams tell the tale of “the one thatgot away” Sunday 12PM-1PM Consuite (Spencer Reed, Nicki Reed,Dave Reed)

Superstition Bash Break a mirror,open an umbrella. Laugh in the face ofsuperstition! Sunday 12PM-1PM Nebraska (Alan Koslow, Robert Cook)

Win Lose or Draw DAGOBAH is backwith the cruel box to torment our artistsas they draw and have the audienceguess the movie, book or play. Sun-day 2PM-3:PM Ballroom (ScottRoss, Sara Butcher, Nancy WirsigMcClure, Erin McKee, Susan Leabhart)

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Convention RulesMore helpful suggestions from The Committee

Rule #1 — Weapons Policy: All weap-ons must be peace-bonded; no projectileweapons of any type may be carried or used.Exceptions may be made for certain weaponsthat are part of the formal masquerade cos-tumes, provided that arrangements have beenmade in advance with the masquerade direc-tor. Any violations of the weapons policy, orrefusal to cooperate with the requests of oursecurity staff regarding weapons matters, mayresult in actions ranging from confiscation ofweapons to being evicted from the convention.

Rule #2 — Drinking Policy: The drinkingage in Iowa is 21. We cannot serve any alco-holic beverages to persons born after May 14,1989. If you turn 21 during the convention, comesee us at registration so we can arrange a spe-cial badge for you. The barkeep on duty hasthe right to card anyone, even if I.D. has beenpreviously presented. Persons hosting roomparties are responsible for ensuring that theirguests are of legal age before serving them al-cohol. Any one serving alcohol has a right anda legal responsibility to refuse service to any-one who may be imbibing irresponsibly.

Rule #3 — Badge Policy: Badges are re-quired for all convention functions. Anyone notwearing a badge will be asked to produce it orleave the function space. If you lose yourbadge, report it immediately at the registrationtable. If you find someone else's badge, pleasereturn it to the registration table. Burden of

proof of lost badges rests with the badgeholder, not the convention staff. It's our callwhether to replace a badge with a charge orat no charge.

Rule #4 — Kids in Tow Policy: All childrenunder age 10 must be accompanied by a paidadult when in convention areas. Parents/Guardians are responsible for controlling thebehavior of their offspring. DemiCon is not aday care facility.

Rule #5 — Compliance Policy: If you haveany problems, suggestions or complaints,please contact a DemiCon staff member, nota hotel staff person (unless the problem is withyour personal sleeping room). There is alwaysa radio at Registration, the Art Show, theDealer's Room, and the ConSuite if you needassistance summoning Security or a memberof ConCom.

Rule #6 — There is no rule six.Rule #7 — Chocolate Policy: Yes, thank

you. Preferably dark, please. The more, thebetter.

Rule #8 — Non-Smoking Policy: All ar-eas of the hotel are designated as non-smok-ing. If you smoke outside, please dispose ofcigarette butts appropriately.

Rule #9 — Pool Policy: Pool hours are24/7. Please cooperate if you are asked toleave by our security or hotel staff. The pool ison the 1st floor, and you need a sleeping roomkey to access the area.

DemiCon 22 —Here Be Dragons!Notes, Signatures and Memories...

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A hugeTHANK YOU

to the followingConsuite

Sponsors!Cindy Salyers

Jon & Tammy Mohning

Al Hohrmann &Diane Dunlop

Max Rauer

In memory of Tinka Shanahanof Toronto, Ontario. She was an

opera singer, a fan of sciencefiction, an avid reader, a lover

of everything Irish, and a longtimeToronto theater volunteer.

Lift a Guinness in her honor.(from Sarah Macht and Phil Dean)