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The Starfest
Costume Contest
Registration - Rules - General Information
Registration
The Starfest Costume Contest will be held Saturday night right after
the Play Parody. Be sure to register at the Costume Contest Registration table with Susan
if you wish to participate. If you
have pre-registered online, you MUST check in
at the Registration table and let us know you’re here! You may not
participate in the Contest if you don't check in at the convention.
Rules
You must sign the StarFest Photographic Release
before you will be allowed to enter the Contest. It allows us to use your picture and
likeness in photographs or video for our promotional use.
There is a limit of 75 entrants.
Costume Presentation
- All costumes must be ORIGINAL. If you bought or rented
your costume as one unit (i.e. a Batman costume as opposed to purchasing your tights here,
your cape there, and your leotard somewhere else and customizing it to fit your character)
points cannot be given for anything except presentation.
- All winning costumes must be retired. They may be scavenged for parts,
but refurbishing doesn't constitute a new costume.
- Dramatic speeches, skits, and singing will be allowed. You may have a CD with your presentation.
You will have 90 seconds.
- If you have a CD with your presentation, you must make sure we know about
it when you register and give it to us before 5:30pm Saturday. CDs can be
collected immediately after the Contest or at Convention Information the next day. You can
help us out by giving us a CD with only the music that you want played.
- Cassette tapes will not be played in Main Events; if you need to use a
tape, you will need to take your own player on stage with you. Make sure it runs on
batteries since power will not be available.
- A written description of your costume can be given to Kevin for reading while you present
your costuming skills onstage. The description will be limited to a maximum of three bullet points,
so make sure you know what you want to say. You will not be able to have something read if you
choose to sing or say something yourself.
- You must let us know if you are going to use any
props and/or special effects. Figure if you can't carry it on stage with you, it probably
won't be allowed. If there is any question about what can and can't be done, you need to
ask about it before the convention. We wouldn't want you to invest in equipment you can't
use.
In this presentation, judges will be evaluating overall stage appearance
and costuming skills. Your singing or speaking may detract from your overall score.
Things We Shouldn't Have to Tell You, But Here It Goes:
- We strongly urge you to have a costume that is somewhat comfortable to
wear. Sometimes you have to wait quite a long time before your turn, and we would hate to
have you pass out before you were able to show off your creation. Be sensible -- make your
costume is well-ventilated.
- NO NUDITY! No Band-Aids stuck in strategic places, no loin cloths that
show too much, no see through flimsy outfits that leave nothing to the imagination . . .
if you feel you must flaunt it, do it in the privacy of your own home. All costumes will
be viewed at the Contest Lineup. Because everyone has a different idea as to what
constitutes a rather questionable outfit, the Contest Staff will have the final say. What
they say goes! You can be disqualified and asked to leave the convention. (This is
actually handed down from the entire Convention Staff and constitutes official policy for
the whole convention. Please be forewarned that KathE is very serious about this rule
being enforced.)
- No offensive or coarse language (this is a family convention).
General Information
- There will be one winner and runner up selected from each
presentation in each category listed below. Costume Best of Show will be the highest
judged costume from Media Science Fiction, Fantasy/Literary/Anime, Masters and Groups. The
costume categories for this convention's contest are:
- Media Science Fiction -- Costumes inspired by TV, movies, live or
animated.
- Fantasy/Literary/Anime -- Costumes inspired by a Sci-fi/fantasy/anime
book or characters (also Original characters)
- Masters -- For costumers having placed in three StarCon/StarFest
Contests.
- Juniors -- For young costumers 13-17 years of age.
- Children -- For young costumers 12 and under.
- Groups -- Any presentation containing 2 or more people (maximum of 12) on stage in
costume (this includes all Sci-fi, literary, media, etc.)
All categories are subject to cancellation if there are fewer than four
contestants and will be combined with the next best suitable category. If there are some
costumes that are qualified for more than one category, effort will be made to put them in
the most appropriate category.
- Prizes will be awarded during and just following the contest. Costume
Best of Show $100, membership and trophy. All other places receive trophies, ribbons or goodies.
- Contest lineup will be in the exercise room near the pool beginning 1
hour before the contest begins. Please do not arrive later than 15 minutes before the
Contest is scheduled to start.
If you have any questions, just ask the staff at the Costume Contest Registration table.
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Tuesday May 13, 2008
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