Greetings, soon-to-be-travelers!
As befits the nature of a convention celebrating an immersive experience, we have a number of interactive sessions on the schedule! This includes lightsaber training, workshops on immersive and improv acting, and specially-designed games!
Some of these, however, can only accommodate a limited number of participants at a time. As we are not yet in possession of trans-dimensional technology (though I’m sure someone’s working on that), we are beholden to things like walls and temporal reality.
We want to make sure as many of our attendees as possible have the opportunity to join at least one of these interactive sessions! So we’ll be operating these on a principle of “nobody gets seconds until everyone has had firsts.”
Here’s how this is going to work:
- On September 20th, we will release the full program schedule for the convention. You’ll be able to see when each session is – and what else is on at the same time!
- On September 22nd at 3pm EDT, once everyone’s had a chance to view and mull over the schedule, we will open a form for pre-registration (also found inside the Things To Do menu up top there). This form will list every session for which we are taking pre-registrations.
- You will fill out the form first for your top choice, the interactive session you most want to attend.
- Please note that you can only sign up for one person at a time, not on behalf of a couple or group. If you want to be in the same session as someone else, we suggest coordinating your submissions accordingly.
- If you would like to select a second choice, you will need to fill out the form again. It might be for a second session of the same type of programming (lightsaber training at a different time, for example), or it might be a different type (like an acting workshop or a game).
- By all means, fill out the form as many times as you wish! Each submission will be date-stamped, allowing us to easily sort how you’ve ranked your choices.
- That form will close at 8pm EDT on September 27th.
- Halcy-Con will then sort through submissions and assign you to your highest choice that still has slots available! (That may not be your top pick, depending on how many folks submitted before you, but as we remind the younglings, “you get what you get and you don’t pitch a fit.”)
- If you submit more than one pre-registration and there is still room in one of your lower-ranked choices after everyone possible has been assigned at least one item, then you may get a second assignment.
- You will receive an email from programming@halcy-con.com (so make sure that’s whitelisted!) letting you know which session(s) you have a reservation for.
- Workshop leaders will receive your name and email address.
- Workshop leaders may get in touch with you ahead of time. (They also might not! It depends on the session, so if you don’t hear anything, don’t panic.)
There may be an opportunity for day-of walk-ins for some sessions, but there is no guarantee. You are welcome to check with the session’s Teal Team helper at the start of sessions you’re interested in!
Questions? Please reach out to me at programming@halcy-con.com!
Ba ma’ shay, everyone!
Cass / Lady Annazena