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Friday, July 15 • 7:00pm - 7:30pm
E Komo Mai (Welcome)!

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This is our version of our opening ceremonies. There will be door prizes and short speeches by some of the guests!

“eh koh-moh my-ee” (means Welcome! in Hawaiian)


Moderators
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James Fulbright

ConChair/President, ConGregate
James Fulbright was introduced to AD&D by a friend in 1979. After joining his first gaming group, his friends convinced him to start attending conventions like StellarCon and Hexacon. It wasn’t long before attending cons led him to start helping out with those cons; which, in turn... Read More →

Guests
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Steven Barnes

Writer Guest of Honor
Steven Barnes has published almost thirty novels and over three million words of science fiction and fantasy. He’s been nominated for Hugo, Nebula, and Cable Ace awards. While his television work includes Twilight Zone, Stargate SG1 and Andromeda, his “A Stitch In Time” episode... Read More →
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A.J. Hartley

Special Literary Guest
A.J. Hartley is the international and NY Times bestselling author of a dozen novels including the mystery/thrillers THE MASK OF ATREUS, ON THE FIFTH DAY, WHAT TIME DEVOURS and TEARS OF THE JAGUAR and the young adult fantasy adventures ACT OF WILL and WILL POWER. The first of his Darwen... Read More →
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Lindsey Look

Artist Guest of Honor
When Lindsey was three years old she won her first art contest, and she’s been hooked ever since. Sure, she’s come along way from the upside down drawing of her father with a very realistic beard, but her passion for art hasn’t changed much.   Lindsey attended The Art Institute... Read More →
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Allen L. Wold

Allen L. Wold was born a long time ago in south-western Michigan, where he began writing when he was about eight years old. He still has some of those early “stories” somewhere. He finished high school in Tucson, Arizona, and graduated from Pomona College, in Claremont, California... Read More →
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Valentine Wolfe

Special Musical Guests
Formed in 2006, Valentine Wolfe is the combined effort of the Lady Sarah Black and Braxton Ballew. Imagine Sarah Brightman being backed by Francois Rabbath blowing through a Marshall stack at midnight. Having dubbed their music "Victorian Chamber metal", the duo have synthesized a... Read More →



Friday July 15, 2016 7:00pm - 7:30pm EDT
Salon B-C-D