Norwescon 29: April 13-16, 2006, DoubleTree Hotel, SeaTac, WA.

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Masquerade Rules

  1. Never surprise the masquerade director.
  2. Backstage space is limited, so overall size of costume is limited. Costumes can be no longer than twelve feet, no taller than ten feet, and no wider than six feet.
  3. Attendance at one of the two pre-masquerade meetings during the convention is mandatory. One is usually Friday night, the other, Saturday morning.
  4. Attendance at the Saturday afternoon rehearsal is mandatory. Come to rehearsal prepared. There will only time during rehearsal to set lighting and sound cues. Do not expect stage time for choreography or blocking.
  5. If you do not attend either masquerade meeting and you miss rehearsal, you will be scratched from the running order for the final show.
  6. Sound tapes/cd’s must be complete prior to Saturday morning of the masquerade. Bring two copies of sound accompaniment. See the presentation cassette tapes section below for more information.
  7. No live firearm, no live explosions, and all weapons must be peace bonded except as needed for stage presentation
  8. No live microphones.
  9. No live animals unless ADA companion animals.

Other notes: There will be a limit as to how many helpers each presentation will be allowed to have backstage, as mentioned before, space is very limited. Further details will be available at the masquerade meetings during the con.

PRESENTATION CASSETTE TAPES

Keith Johnson, our resident sound techie, makes the following suggestions for your presentation tapes. Note that some items contradict the "conventional wisdom."

- We highly recommend music for every presentation! We can take CD and cassette, subject to the conditions below.

- We also encourage the use of Stereo music. We plan to have a stereo sound feed to the video.

- If you are recording from a CD, please bring that CD to the Con (in addition to your tape), we may want to use it. Please write the track number legibly on the CD.

- Note we will have limited capability to make any custom-edited tapes on-site. We can cue a CD to the beginning of a particular track. There is not enough time during the Masquerade to cue within a track. If this is the case for your music, please record it on tape ahead of time.

- Please use as high quality tape as possible. Chrome or Metal tape are encouraged. Use a fresh clean tape, and make two copies in case one is unusable for whatever reason.

- Please use noise reduction. We are Dolby B, C, S, and DBX compatible. Be sure to write on the cassette label which it is. (If you only have a "Dolby" or "NR" switch on your cassette deck, you have Dolby B.)

- Please do not record at the very beginning of the tape. A 30-45 second gap is enough to get past front-of-tape dropouts. We will cue the tape in your presence to make sure it starts where you want.

- If you record your material on a CD please make sure it is a standard audio CD. Please burn only one track and make two copies of your material.

Keith is also offering a FREE TAPING SERVICE for anyone who would like help creating a high-quality presentation tape for that high-quality costume. Give him a call at (253) 839-7033 (till 9pm Pacific time).