There are two events going on that the Heroes Alliance will be at:

Dec. 1 - St. Petersburg Lion's Club present the Santa Parade.

Parade route runs along Central Ave. to the waterfront, north on Bayshore Drive to 5th Ave. N. 10 a.m. This is located in Tampa, Florida. An 80-year tradition to kick off the holiday season. The joyous sounds of marching bands, colorful displays, floats, clubs, organizations precede the arrival of Santa Claus! Free.

Come out and watch as the Heroes Alliance is honored with the position of being the Grand Martials for the parade. If you have any interest in joining us for the parade in costume please send a email.

The second Event will begin Friday November 29th and end on Dec 2nd.

Florida SuperCon is being held this weekend. Come out and show your support for one of Florida's fastest growing anime cons. There are many activities and admittance cost is reasonable. Also purchasing a ticket at this con will cut costs for admittance to Florida Comic Con held the next weekend.

For information and directions check out the website http://www.floridasupercon.com/.

Members from the Heroes Alliance will be attending as guests. A member of our group will be a guest judge in the costume/cosplay contest. The other members will be wandering around in various costumes to take pictures and show our support for this convention.

we hope to see all who are able there

Hello to all

This Saturday October 27th 2007 the Heroes Alliance will be walking in the Guavaween kids parade in Ybor. Thats Tampa, Florida for those not local.

This event runs from 10 am - 3 pm. There are events for the kids, costume contest and the parade. We will be setting up a booth to show anyone about who and and what we are as well as be walking in the parade.

For directions go to http://www.cc-events.org/gw/. more information on the Guavaween family fun fest is there.

As for us, anyone who is interested in going and walking with us in the parade please send me a message letting me know your interest. We will be having a small get together on Friday to lay out our game plan.

Remember that costumes need to be child appropriate. The real Guavaween party doesn't start until later on that evening. At that time you can wear whatever you want.

Hope to see you all there

Dragon*Con is less than five days away and the Heroes Alliance has been busy getting all thier costumes together for this exciting weekend. We are looking forward to seeing you all there and meeting up with old and new friends for some fun times.

Come out and join us for the parade, even if you don't have a costume. All are welcome. It will be a blast.

See you all there.

SuperCon was a rousing success, thanks to all who participated. For those of you who may not have known, the HA participated in this Ft. Lauderdale based convention over the weekend of June 22-24.

Having set up the table in the Celebrity signing room Friday night, everything was ready to go Saturday morning. We were able to share space with Kevin Conroy of 'Batman: the Animated Series', 'Justice League' and 'Justice League Unlimited'. We also met, Micheal Winslow (Police Academy), Dana Snyder (Aqua Teen Hunger Force), Marcia Wallace (The Simpsons) and, of course, George Lowe (Space Ghost). The highlight for me personally was meeting Rikki Simmons (the voice of Gir from 'Invader Zim').

The HA was in charge of the Costume and Masquerade contest for which we had 43 entrants of all ages, genres and talents. People were able to sign up online preshow and at the HA table until an hour prior for the saturday event. The contest was a great success with so many people in attendance the organizers were forced to close the doors. Some of the event categories included: Best Anime Group, Best Anime Individual; 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place Superhero; Best Skit, Best Prop (Anime and Superhero), etc. George Lowe hosted and 4 of the HA members made great judges. After the costume contest we continued to man the table and field any and all questions about the HA and costuming in general. The dealer's room and signing rooms wrapped up at 8 and we all headed to dinner with some friends from the Wolf Pack and our good friends Tim Gordon (who owns and runs the local Tampa Comic Book and Toy Convention). After dinner we spent some time with the promoter and checked out the bands and Rave. A long night and day of con, caused us all to crash, but looking forward to a new day on Sunday.

Sunday morning started promplty at 11 with the HA's panel on Costuming. We had a small, but enthusastic crowd and fielded some great questions (Thanks Ana!!).
We then had to get ready for the next costume contest to be lined up, The Supergirls of SuperCon. This contest was intended to create a new type of mascot for the convention and promotions. Six girls of varying genres were chosen by celebrity judges (and myself, who also got the opportunity to MC). You'll be seeing these girls (which include: Dark Phoenix, Zelda, Ichigo, Cindy-Res. Evil, Zatanna, Psylocke) on the SuperCon website as well as promotional information leading up to and during the next Convention. 15 girls entered and it was tough to wheedle it down to even just those 6. After the contest the con started to wind down, ending at 5pm. The HA members all met their favorite celebs, got some signatures, comics and collectibles and made some new friends.

Overall the convention was a great success. We all had a terrific time and came home exhausted. This is the second SuperCon the HA has had the privledge of attending and participating in. There will be one in December for all those who might be interested and all are welcome to attend. For all who met us at the convention, thank you for your participation and support. We look forward to seeing you again.

-Firebird

Here are a list of the next events that the Heroes Alliance will be attending.

June 14 - Midnight showing of Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer. The Heroes Alliance with Read More Comics will be at the Channel Side Imax. Come out and meet Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman. Location is Tampa, Florida

June 15 - Either a repeat at the Channel Side Imax Theater or at Muvico in Ybor. Location is Tampa, Florida

June 22 - 24 - We will be in Ft Lauderdale, Florida for the Florida SuperCon http://www.floridasupercon.com/. The Heroes Alliance will be hosting a panel on costuming, as well as running the costume contest and mascot contest. Come by and see us at our table. We look forward to seeing you all there.

July 4 - In Brandon, FL right outside of Tampa, the Heroes Alliance will be walking in the parade along with Read More Comics. If anyone is intersted in joining us in costume let us know so we can give you details on where to be and when.

July 6-8 - We will be at Metrocon  located in Tampa, Florida. http://www.metroconventions.com/control.cfm At this convention we will have a table set up and also be performing a fight show for your entertainment. If you can make it to this convention the fight show is a must see. Anytime you have Daredevil battling the Hand with Electra it is worth your time.

August 19 - Come out to the Tampa Comic Book and Toy Convention. The Heroes Alliance will have a table set up and be running the costume contest for this convention. http://www.comicbookconventions.com/tampaconvention/index.htm

August 31 - Sept 3 - Dragon*Con located in Georgia. The Heroes Alliance will be there in full costume having a good time taking pictures and enjoying the costuming experience. Come find us and say hello. http://www.dragoncon.org/

As more events develop they will be added. If anyone is going to any other convention or knows of events going on in your area let us know. Thank you all for your support and we look forward to seeing you all out there

We showed up with 100 balloons, bags of candy, and over 100 comic books. We changed into our costumes and split into a DC and Marvel group. Each group took a wing of the hospital visiting the children offering them candy, a comic book and a balloon. We had expected around a hundred children, but to our delight we found that many had been discharged from the hospital to return home.We entertained the remaining children and families for as long as we could and then departed from the hospital, happy that we could give these children a happy thought for the day.

Thanks to all that showed up to St. Joesph Hospital. Thank you to Read More Comics for donating over 100 comic books for the children, as well as Party City in Carrollwood, FL for almost half of the balloons being free.

 Hello to everyone.

There has been some mail concerning new events that the Heroes Alliance will be a part of so here are the closest with more to follow.

To start with will be May 3rd. At Channel Side IMAX, in Tampa, FL the Heroes Alliance in conjunction with Read More Comics will be providing not one but two live spider-man's, entertaining the audience before each showing of  Spiderman 3. Then  Friday night the  4th is another Spiderman 3 promo, at another movie theater location which is to be announced as soon as we know.

On May 5th, from 12 - 3 pm, the Heroes Alliance will be at Read More Comics in Brandon, FL. This event is for free comic book day. For directions check out the stores web page www.readmorecomics.com
We will be there showing our support for our passion for comic book reading and having a great time dressing up. Please join us at Read More Comics. Although not necessary, costumes are encouraged.

The next convention we are going to is the following day. Tampa Comic Book and Toy Convention. May 6th from 10 am - 4 pm. The Heroes Alliance will be at this convention greeting, MC-ing, and hosting the costume contest. Our good friend Tim Gordon runs this convention and the Heroes Alliance does all it can to help make this con great and grow each time it is held.

Many events are coming up in May and more will be planned as they become available to us. With Metrocon, Florida Supercon, AFO, and Dragon Con coming up there will be plenty of times to get out and show your love of costuming. We look forward to seeing everyone out there

Its time again for another event to show your community that  we are here for them. The Heroes Alliance is planning a visit to a hospital in Tampa, FL on April 1, 2007. From games, to pictures, to easter eggs, we are planning on  entertaining children to give them a happy holiday. If you can join us for this event, send a message with the costume you wish to wear and contact information. Remember all costumes must be child apropriate, as well as meet hospital requirements. For example, no massive amounts of cleavage and no costumes with latex. Thanks to all of you that can make it and show your support for your local communities.

Here is a link to many pictures from MegaCon. If you have any pictures from MegaCon you wish to add please send them to mvtrek1701@hotmail.com. They will be added to the album for everyone to enjoy. Thanks to all that attended and hope to see everyone who could and couldn't make it at the next cons.

Enjoy the pictures

http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b327/mvtrek1701/megacon%2007/

    To all of you that we saw at mega con, it was great seeing you all. If you have any pictures you would like us to add to the heroesalliance page from mega con, send them to us in a myspace message. Pictures will be posted as soon as they are all loaded up online. We had a blast and hope you all did too.