One of the coolest pieces of merch ever created for a convention was sold at AC08. With help from the fabulous artist Karly Dytrych we produced a Rocky Horror themed deck of playing cards. Each face card features a different piece of art. All of the kings have Frank and Riff, all the queens Columbia and Magenta, all the jacks Eddie and Rocky, and Brad and Janet are on two Jokers. Each suit is further divided by scene- so the king of spades will look very diffeent from the king of hearts.

Playing cards are $15.00 per deck. There is also a shipping fee of $5.00. If you are interested in ordering them you can purchase them by paypal by going here: http://tickets.rockycon2008.com/playingcards.aspx

Thank you to everyone who came and helped make the convention the smashing success which it was. If you are looking for pictures and reviews, I highly recommend checking out the convention LiveJournal- www.livejournal.com/users/atlanticcitycon

Ryan, one of our official photographers, also already has his pictures up! Check them out at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/artemisjrg/collections/

In case you weren't around on Sunday's picnic, we have big news. From the makers of ACO8 comes...

4711 Convention!

Intrigued? Believe it or not, we already have a MySpace page set up for it! We wanted to set it up early to give all of our friends here time to join our new page. Go to..

www.myspace.com/rockyhorrorcon

See you there!

Wow, unbelievably, the convention starts tomorrow! We have had a wonderful response from people all over the country, and even "across the pond." As we announced earlier in this blog, the high response rate of ticket sales means we had to create alternate arrangements in case the convention block of seats for the House of Blues show sells out.

We wanted to keep you updated on this development. Right now, we only have a few House of Blues tickets remaining. This does NOT mean we will sell out of convention tickets, or that anyone will miss Rocky Horror.

What it DOES mean is that if you purchase your convention ticket between now and the show you may not be guaranteed a seat on the floor for the House of Blues screening of Rocky Horror. The Balcony is stadium seating and has an amazing view; however, our blocked seats are on the floor. Because we have a limited number remaining, they will be given on a first come first served basis. We are glad to have such an amazingly positive response, and we will offer anyone who doesn't get to sit on the floor a refund for the price of their balcony seat when it is purchased.

If you have questions, any member of the convention committee will be happy to help. Once the convention starts, you can reach us by speaking with our staff at the Registration table.

Your best course of action? Pay for your ticket as soon as possible. Please visit tickets.rockycon2008.com to register and pay via PayPal. If you have already registered and still need to pay, you can still follow the PayPal instructions you received previously. If you have lost that information, just send an email to: contact@rockycon2008.com

Hi everyone!

It's only a few days until the convention, and we have had a wonderful response! So good, in fact, we need to make some plans for any last-minute attendees.If you have registered and paid for your ticket- you're all set. You are guaranteed a seat in our special reserved section at the House of Blues Rocky Horror screening. We have ensured our guests get the prime seats.

Other seats, however, are selling fast. Therefore, if you pay at the door, you may not be guaranteed a seat in the same section as the rest of the convention attendees. We cannot pay for additional seats which may not be filled, so we can only account for the paid tickets holders. We will have some extras, which will be provided on a first come, first serve basis. IF we do run out of House of Blues tickets, you will be required to purchase your own ticket through the House of Blues box office. We will then subtract the price of the ticket from the $95 convention price. The prices of the tickets depend on the location of the seating- we cannot guarantee what seats will be left, but we will subtract the full price of whichever option you choose. Please bring your ticket or receipt.

Your best course of action is to pay for your ticket by Thursday. If you have registered but not yet paid, and need help doing so, please email contact@rockycon2008.com If you have not yet registered, please go to tickets.rockycon2008.com

Just to make it clear- if you have paid for your ticket by this Thursday, you are completely covered. If you buy your ticket at the door, you may need to purchase your own House of Blues ticket, and we'll be on hand to answer all of your questions.

Hey Gang!

So... the summer sure flies by when you're trying to plan a convention. For those of you that haven't been to a Rocky Con before, the special "pre-show" routines (or musical numbers, or sketch comedy bits, or whatever your cast calls them...) are often the highlight of the weekend. In fact, if not for a certain routine that involved 9" dildos at the Vegas 2005 convention, I wouldn't be working in Manhattan right now. But I digress...
We have a number of awesome performances lined up for this convention, but we'd like to give you all one last chance to toss your hat into the ring. Due to various time constraints, we cannot promise that you or your cast will be given a performance slot. If you'd like to submit a routine for consideration, please send me an email at:

puppet4711 (at) yahoo (dot) com

All routines must be under 10 minutes, relatively simple to set up and break down, and generally not obscene or involving nudity (we do give obscenity a pretty wide berth... this is fucking Rocky Horror after all :) Also, keep in mind that if your "special routine" is just you standing there lip-syncing to a show tune, I'm just going to tell you that you suck and send you on your way. Please don't waste our time.

All other rules and regulations can be found on our website:

www.rockycon2008.com

or our MySpace:

www.myspace.com/rockycon2008

Feel free to shoot me an email if you have any questions.

See ya next week,

-Shawn

Wow, time flies! A week from now, many of you will be pouring into Atlantic City, checking into the Showboat, and gearing up for the weekend's activities. We figured now was a good time for an update, filling you in on everything which has been keeping us busy these past few weeks.

There have been a couple of changes to the schedule of events. We were able to secure the Club Harlem Ballroom for Thursday night's bonus party, so there is even less need for you to ever trek down the Boardwalk in your high heels! The Rocky Horror Puppet Show will go on at 9:00 p.m. A cash bar will be available before and during the show.

We have been lucky enough to secure some new and rare video footage, which we will screen during Saturday. We have been given an advanced screener copy of The Rocky Horror tribute Show at The Royal Court Theatre by Kultur films. This never before seen film will air for the first time at our convention. The release date for the DVD has been moved up to 10-14-2008, just in time for Halloween! We'll also be screening a second rare treat - special footage from behind the scenes on the set of the original movie. See on set interviews with Director Jim Sharman, writter and Riff Raff Richard O'Brien, and of course Frank-n-Furter himself, Tim Curry, in all their 1975 glory.

There also have been some exciting developments in the capstone activity of the convention...the House of Blues screening of Rocky Horror! One thing which makes this convention different from many others is the screening of Rocky Horror is open to the public, and not just put on for convention attendees. And it looks like the show will be HUGE! As of last week, over 500 tickets already have been sold, and that doesn't include convention-goers. The audience won't be disappointed. We have been working on exciting aspects of the preshow, including Patricia Quinn and Little Nell's involvment.

The All-Star cast lineup we have for Rocky Horror looks phenomenal. There is, however, still some room for those of you who wish to perform. Our floorshow will feature a full cast of 19 screen-accurate Transylvanians. We still have a few spots open for people who wish to portray the following Trannys: Sadie Corre, Fran Fullenwider, Peggy Ledger, Ishaq Bux, Hugh Cecil, Tony Then, Henry Woolf, and Tony Cowan. If you have or can put together a reasonably screen-accurate costume for any of these characters, please email kate@rockycon2008.com. If there are multiple applicants, we may request photos.

While we're on the topic of special guests...Patricia Quinn has asked Robin Lipner, the original 8th Street Magenta, to join her at the convention for a little Q&A. Robin will be bringing with her photos and memories from the days when Rocky Horror first got started. Speaking also of 8th Street, no convention would be complete without the original master of ceremonies, Sal Piro - President of the Rocky Horror Fan Club. Sal has decades of stories to share. He will also be bringing plenty of stuff from "Sal's closet" with him as well.Some things to keep in mind when considering how to spend the money you win at the blackjack tables: we will have three styles of t-shirts available in men and women's styles, with each shirt costing between $20-$25, depending on the style. The playing cards you have seen will be $15 a deck. Both the t-shirts and playing cards are expected to sell out, so buy early!

Keep an eye out for more updates this week focusing on specific aspects of the convention!

The convention committee had a fabulous artist, Karly Dytrych, help us out with a brilliant idea. At the Atlantic City Rocky Horror con, we will be selling decks of custom designed playing cards. It is a perfect souvenir for an event in Atlantic City, and at the same time, a cool item for ANY Rocky fan to add to their collection. Karly is so talented it hurts. Every single face card features a different piece of art. All of the kings have Frank and Riff, all the queens Columbia and Magenta, all the jacks Eddie and Rocky, and Brad and Janet are on two Jokers. Each suit is further divided by scene- so the king of spades will look very diffeent from the king of hearts! Here are four examples, just to tease you. The rest not shown are just as awesome. The decks will be on sale at the convention for $15 each. If you can't make it to the convention, have a friend buy a deck for you- we can't garentee we will have any left over!

With a litle over a week left until we're all gearing up to travel to scenic Atlantic City, NJ and enjoy the company of hundreds of like minded folks AND a couple of celebrities (not even counting Larry!) we'd like to take this opportunity to announce the advertising opportunity of a lifetime:PROGRAM ADVERTISING!

That's right folks, you can buy an ad or a booster in our weekend long convention program! Use it to advertize your website, impress your friends, promote your political party, propose to your girlfriend/boyfriend/both! Or just tell someone you hate them and their stupid hat.

THE PRICES:

For the low, low price of $1 you can purchase 30 characters (including spaces) in the booster section of the program that say WHATEVER YOU WANT!

For the reasonable price of $25 you can purchase a 1/2 page ad featuring whatever black & white images & text you would like.*

And for the not-so-cheap-but-still-kinda-affordable price of $50 you can buy a FULL PAGE AD featuring your product/website/favorite picture of a cat macro.

*Be aware that this is an all ages convention, so we do reserve the right to edit profane material.**

For boosters/ads please send a paypal payment to: boosters@rockycon2008.com NOTE: if you are just purchasing a $1 booster (or several) please include the text in the comment of your payment. Please keep the booster @ 30 characters and that does include spaces.

Please email any full or half page ads (with full text & any images) to: liz@homeofhappiness.com

Sorry but at this late date we cannot take checks/money orders/foreign currency/promised favors via mail. (Unless you're buying like 6 pages, then shoot me an email, we'll work something out =)

*Large images & text will be resized to fit program format.

**...but we probably won't.

EDITED TO ADD: Please note the deadline for ads & boosters is this Thursday, September 18th.

We have received some great entries to the video competition! To give even more people a shot, we are extending the deadline to September 15th. And if having your video shown in front of a live audience isn't enough, the creator of the best video will receive a $100 Best Buy gift card!

Details for the competition can be found here:

http://blog.rockycon2008.com/?page_id=12

Look for more updates this week. We're counting down!

 

Hey gang,

For those of you that haven't heard, the Home of Happiness and the Atlantic City Convention Committee have put together some truly entertaining parodies of the most popular viral videos today. Check them out in the Videos section of our MySpace, or on YouTube at:

http://www.youtube.com/puppet4711

Don't forget, the convention is fast approaching, so get those Video Contest submissions in to us ASAP.

See ya in September,

The Atlantic City Convention Committee