WhedonFest 2010 in Scottsville, Kentucky!

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WHEDONITESUNITE

Friday, June 25, 2010 5:08 AM

Whedonites United present their second annual Whedonfest, a weekend-long convention, to be held August 6-8 at Barefoot Republic in Scottsville, KY. All proceeds will be donated to charities designated by the Can't the Stop the Serenity Global organization or Whedonites United.

In August of 2009, Whedonites United held their first-ever weekend-long convention in Smyrna, TN, as part of a global network of Can't Stop the Serenity events. With the help of its all-volunteer staff, WhedonFest 2009 raised more than $2,000 dollars for charity. Whedon fans from across the Southeast gathered to enjoy panels, costume contests and other fun events, culminating with the traditional CSTS screening of Serenity on Sunday afternoon. This year promises to be even better!

WhedonFest is scheduled for August 6-8. Designed to welcome fans of all Whedon's work, the programming will cover Buffy, Firefly, Angel, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog and Dollhouse. Events include panel discussions and activity workshops, a “Shindig” with costume contest, a raffle and auction, and more! As a new addition this year, attendees can look forward to screenings of two Whedon-related fan works: The Streamy-award-nominated Horrible Turn, and the classic Browncoat documentary Done the Impossible.

WhedonFest will be held at Barefoot Republic, near Scottsville, KY. This campground, with treehouse-style cabins, brings comfortable, handicapped-accessible accommodations to a natural setting reminiscent of those seen on Firefly. The site has a paintball field (perfect for the planned re-enactment of the Battle of Serenity Valley) and river access for those interested in kayaking or canoeing.

All proceeds from this event will go to charity. In addition to the CSTS charities of Equality Now and Kids Need to read, whedonfest will donate 10% of its procedes to New Leash on Life, a local animal welfare organization.

WhedonFest 2010 is not to be confused with the Starry Night Productions event of a smiliar name. We were using the name last year! ;-) If you can't make it to WhedonFest, please suport your nearest CSTS event.

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ETA: We're proud to annouce that as a speaker, we'll have "The father of Buffy Studies", MTSU's own David Lavery!

TVCHICK

Friday, June 25, 2010 2:23 PM

How much? How does one register? Need more details, as I might actually be able to GO to this one!! :D

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WHEDONITESUNITE

Saturday, June 26, 2010 2:16 AM

Ooh, sorry about that! Check out www.whedonitesunited.com for all the info you need. I have edited the post to include that, too.

TVCHICK

Saturday, June 26, 2010 2:43 AM

Tried to see you on Twitter, but the @WheodnitesUnite didn't work. Also, the button/links on the website don't seem to be working right. (At least not in Firefox.)

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WHEDONITESUNITE

Saturday, June 26, 2010 3:11 AM

Hunh! I use Firefox too, and I seem to be having the same problem. I will report it to our webmaster, thank you. Hopefully it's just temporary.

Nor sure what to tell you about twitter. Here's a link

http://twitter.com/WhedonitesUnite

We don't have a whole lot of follwers yet, so there's not a whole lot of activity with our Twitter account.

TVCHICK

Saturday, June 26, 2010 3:21 AM

Ahhh, I get it. I c/p from your OP & there's a misspelling. "WheODnitesUnite" ;)

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WHEDONITESUNITE

Saturday, June 26, 2010 3:40 AM

Fixed that--thank you!

And welcome to our twitter feed!

WHEDONITESUNITE

Saturday, June 26, 2010 4:04 AM

Just heard back from our sitemaster. The red buttons are disabled temporarily, but the grey navigation bar should work in any browser.

IREMISST

Saturday, June 26, 2010 4:49 AM

Finally, something I'm only a couple hours away from, not a couple days from!

WHEDONITESUNITE

Saturday, June 26, 2010 4:38 PM

Join us, join us! Prices go up at the beginning of next month!

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