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Conference Dates: February 15-18, 2002
Chair: Christopher Ballis
City: Melbourne
State: Victoria, Australia
Venue: LaTrobe University (Union)
Main Address: Kingsbury Drive
Bundoora, Victoria, Australia 3086
Phone: +61 3 9479 5100
Fax: +61 3 9479 5151
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/bundoora/index.html
Membership Fees: Starting at $60 ($100 Cdn/Aus), ending at $130 US ($160 Cdn/Aus.)
Evening Event passes: NA
One Day: NA
Supporting Fees: $25 US / $35 Cdn/Aus. throughout
Sponsored By: Australian Costumer's Guild
Final Membership: ?
Attending Membership: ?
Convention Committee:

• Future Fashion Folio Editor: Gail Adams
  
• Grand PooBah, Program Coordinator: Christopher Ballis
  
• Di Cummins: Threads of Time doll display
  
• Queen ***** of Registration: Samantha Dare
  
• U.S. Banking Coordinator: Cat Devereaux
  
• Master of Ceremonies: George Ivanoff
  
• Canadian Agent: Katherine Jepson
  
• Queen of People Coordination: Meg Lowry
  
• U.S. Publicity Manager: Kate McClure
  
• Program Rounder-up-erer,
  Historical Costume Parade Producer: Paul Poulton
  
• Medical Officer: Wendy Purcell
  
• Fantasy & Science Fiction Costume Parade Director,
  Ambassador at Large: David Scanlon
  
• Publicity & Printing Assistant: Jane Tisell
  
• Overall Good Jo(e): Jo Toohey
  
• Artistic Advisor: Kerri Valkova
  
• Camp Counselor: Angela Vanzella
  

Theme: Throw Another Ken on the Barbie
Friday Social: "Come as Your Favourite Australian" Barbeque
Special Activities: Living History Encampment
Dealers: Expo Market Dealers & Displays:

• Adrian Maiolla Photography
  
• Di Cummins
  
• Dragonsblood
  
• LRP
  
• Weard
  

Program and Participants: CC20:
The Costume-Con 20 program takes place inside and outside the convention building.

Inside, we have two round-table board rooms, a larger meeting room, and the theatre alongside display and trading areas.

Please note that the Moat has been drained but you should be careful. Drowning may not be an option but you do not wanna be found down there on Tuesday morning with a broken leg.

Program blocks are in one hour sessions actually, fifty minutes to give people time to change rooms.

We also have the overflow room above display area for costume repairs as well as a place to continue program items that are just too good to finish at the end of their hour.

Outside, we have several areas including the Academic Lawn, the Encampment area and the Moat Amphitheatre.

Workshop Fees
The cost of most workshops is included in your convention registration fee. Some workshops that have an extra-ordinary cost will require a voluntary fee to cover materials.

There are many other activities around the convention for you to enjoy. Consult the program sheet for the times and locations of them all.

Friday Programs:
There were no Friday Prorgams other than the Social

Saturday Programs:

• Opening Ceremonies
  
• TALK ON TEXTILES AND BASIC FIBRES, PLUS CRINKLING AND SCRUNCHING WORKSHOP INCLUDING DEMONSTRATIONS (Hosted by Chris Purdy who has come up with the longest item title so far.): Chris Purdy
  
• WIRED RIBBON FLOWERS (Learn how to make three different kinds wired ribbon flowers for use in hats and costume accessories with Katherine Jepson. Printed hand-outs and wired ribbon flower parts supplied.): Katherine Jepson (2 hours, Voluntary fee, $5)
  
• FURSUITS 101 (Led by Ivan Repin of Animal Crackers, an introduction to the world of furry costuming.): Ivan Repin
  
• COSTUME PRESENTATION (A simple workshop on ways to display your costume for people presenting costumes at CC20 and elsewhere.): ?
  
• COSTUME-CON 23 BIDDER'S TIME: ?
  
• LIVE ACTION ROLE PLAYING & MEDIEVAL DISCUSSION (It may look like people hitting other people with strange weapons - well, it is that - but that is not all it is. LRP is a challenging series of skills. Learn what they are and see if you'd like to take part in this great past time.): ?
  
• MILLINERY- FUR & LEATHER (An important, intensive workshop over two afternoons of the convention on the little-known techniques required for adapting and working with furs and leathers. Places are limited, if you wish to take part, tell registration.): ? (3 hours)
  
• Wine Tasting: Lindsay Corby (2 hours)
  
• BUGGER, MY COSTUME'S NOT FINISHED (We have set aside time in the overflow room located above the display area, upstairs in the theatre, for people who are desperately trying to finish a costume for either of the costume parades. This space is also available as a dressing room for people who have preferred to carry their hall costumes rather than wear them on the bus. No responsibility will be taken for goods left here.)
  
• FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION COSTUME PARADE (Parades are open to all convention attendees. The rules are easy, the conditions are friendly. For more on entering, see the entry form at the registration desk. Note: You must have your entry in by the day of the parade.):
  

Sunday Programs:

• F&SF COSTUME PARADE REVIEW (No, not an opportunity to slag of(f) at the tech crew or others but to show off your work at close hand and discuss the parade in general.): ?
  
• MASCOTS (From corporate identities to sporting crowd revvers, some of the most amazing costumes around are mascots. Find out what it takes to be a great mascot.):
  
• GROUP COSTUMING ("A group costume is only as good as its worst member," goes the saying. Is it true? Maybe. Wendy Purcell and Kerri Valkova, costumers who have been successful as individuals and as part of group efforts discuss what works and should be avoided in creating a group costume.): Wendy Purcell & Kerri Valkova
  
• CHOCOLATE PANEL (It is one of the basic food groups. Find out why.): ?
  
• SHOES, THINGS FOR YOUR FEET AND HOW TO MAKE THEM (David Scanlon shows how to design, fit and make a perfectly-fitting shoe.): David Scanlon
  
• COSTUMING AND THE INTERNET (Do they have a relationship? Is it a great source or still a pile of junk assembled by people with nothing to do? Can costumers promote themselves? Can they share information and get to know each. other? Simply, is it of any use to costumers? Charlie Sweeney, George Ivanoff and Paul Poulton discuss and demonstrate in useful ways.): Charlie Sweeney, George Ivanoff & Paul Poulton
  
• CORSET SEWING TIPS (Wendy Purcell is perhaps Australia's leading corset maker as well as a highly awarded costumer. What Wendy does not know about corsets is not worth knowing, what she does know will be shared at this discussion.): Wendy Purcell
  
• NON-COSTUMER'S LOOK AT COSTUMING (So, what does someone who does not costume look for in a costume? Is the amazing craftsmanship of some costumes lost in poor presentation or in presentation that is way over the top? And is there a place for fun, quirky costumes and for people who do not usually take to the stage? Long time conventioneer Sharon Tapnet is joined by costumers and non-costumers to think it through.): Sharon Tapnet
  
• MILLINERY- FUR & LEATHER (An important, intensive workshop over two afternoons of the convention on the little-known techniques required for adapting and working with furs and leathers. Places are limited, if you wish to take part, tell registration.): ? (3 hours)
  
• BEADING (From her Titanic "jump dress" to stunning 1920s creations, Jayne Coney has an obsession and she wants to share it with you.): Jayne Coney
  
• BELLY DANCING (Belly dancing is more than just some kind of erotica without a brown paper bag. The costumes of belly dancing are an important part of the story telling. Join Gail Adams and lngrid deBree as they show, discuss and demonstrate the dancer's belt.): Gail Adams & lngrid deBree
  
• ZEN AND THE ART OF SEWING MACHINE MAINTENACE (Hosted by Michael Riener, former head of Emerco, Australia's leading hatmakers and uniform tailors. As well as his directorial role, Michael took great pleasure in keeping the Emerco equipment in perfect order. Here, he will demonstrate basic sewing machine maintenance, and care for shears.): Michael Riener
  
• BUGGER, MY COSTUME'S NOT FINISHED (We have set aside time in the overflow room located above the display area, upstairs in the theatre, for people who are desperately trying to finish a costume for either of the costume parades. This space is also available as a dressing room for people who have preferred to carry their hall costumes rather than wear them on the bus. No responsibility will be taken for goods left here.)
  
• HISTORICAL COSTUME PARADE (Parades are open to all convention attendees. The rules are easy, the conditions are friendly. For more on entering, see the entry form at the registration desk. Note: You must have your entry in by the day of the parade.):
  

Monday Programs:

• HISTORICAL COSTUME PARADE REVIEW (No, not an opportunity to slag of(f) at the tech crew or others but to show off your work at close hand and discuss the parade in general.): ?
  
• ICG AGM (The International Costumers' Guild is collection of costume chapters in various places. Each year, Costume-Con hosts the guild's annual general meeting.): Carl Mami, Presiding (2 hours)
  

Also (Listed in Program Book but not Pocket Program):

• ILLUSTRATION, AN INTRODUCTION ( Learn how to improve your costume sketches. This simple and fun workshop will show you how to draw the human form, how to adapt it, and how to pose it on paper, led by award-winning artist and costumer, Kerri Valkova.): Kerri Valkova
  

• FIGHTING DEMONSTRATIONS, MILITARY DEMONSTRATIONS AND OTHERS (We are lucky at CC20 to have the input of many historical ,societies and re-creation groups along with those dedicated to strange and unusual fighting regimes.): Participants Listed Below
  

Historical Re-enactors:

• Equus Historica
  
• 42nd Royal Highland Regiment
  
• Hot Black Creations Arms & Armour
  
• Il Condottieri
  
• LaTrobe University Historical Re-enactment Society
  
• Live Action Role Playing
  
• Manning Imperial Arms & Armour
  
• Multiverse
  
• New Varangian Guard
  
• 95th Regiment
  
• Routiers Pike & Musket Society of Victoria
  
• 21st eme French Infantry
  
• Victorican Colonial Infantry Association
  
• Keith Witthread
  
• Yoretimes
  

Publications Contents: Email Newsletter 1:

• The Future Fashion Folio Design Contest
  
• Other Publications & Advertising
  
• Panels, Workshops and Other Activities at the Convention
  
• Dealer/Trader/Huckster Stalls
  
• Registration & Pricing
  
• Sponsor
  
• Newsletter Delivery Options
  
• Contact Info
  
• Service Mark Notice
  

Email Newsletter 2:

• Venue and Accommodation (big news!)
  
• More on panels, workshops and other activities at the convention
  
• Single Pattern Contest sponsored by Folkwear
  
• Friday Night Barbeque: Come as Your Favorite Australian
  
• Win Folkwear Goodies
  
• Future Fashion Folio: Colonial Days
  
• Publications & Advertising
  
• Camp Costume 2 (ACG event in October, 2002)
  
• Other Costume-Cons
  
• Expo Market (Dealers/Traders/Hucksters and Braggarts)
  
• Contact address changes
  
• Registration and pricing
  
• Sponsor
  
• Newsletter Delivery Options
  
• Contact Info
  
• Service Mark Notice
  

Email Newsletter 2.1:

• Venue & Accommodation (additional special information)
  
• Travel to CC20
  
• Special Events for Travelers
  
• Sponsor
  
• Newsletter Delivery Options
  
• Contact Info
  
• Service Mark Notice
  

Email Newsletter 3:

• Program highlights
  
• Venue & Accommodation (additional special information)
  
• Travel to CC20
  
• Sponsor
  
• Newsletter Delivery Options
  
• Contact Info
  
• Service Mark Notice
  

Email Newsletter 4:

• Accommodation (and Travel)
  
• Program Highlights (including those you must book for)
  
• Travel to CC20
  
• Single Pattern Contest (judging during Friday Night Social)
  
• Costume Parades/Masquerades
  
• Other Costume Opportunities (Single Pattern & Fashion Show: Friday night)
  
• "Threads of Time" Doll Contest
  
• LRP, Live-Action Role Playing
  
• Sponsor
  
• Newsletter Delivery Options
  
• Contact Info
  
• Service Mark Notice
  

Email Newsletter 5:

• Accommodation (Booking)
  
• Travel to CC20
  
• Program Highlights (including those you must book for)
  
• Single Pattern Contest: Friday night)
  
• Dealers & Traders Information & Advertising
  
• Future Fashion Folio Special Update
  
• Sponsor
  
• Newsletter Delivery Options
  
• Contact Info
  
• Service Mark Notice
  

The Costume-Con Archives do not have a copy of Progress Report 1. A Bid / Presupporting Membership Form is part of the Archives.

Progress Report 2 (8 pages):

• Table of Contents
  
• Time is Creeping Up
  
• Contact Information
  
• Official Support
  
• Language Guide
  
• Buy "Ophelia" Pins
  
• "Come as Your Favorite Australian" Banquet (Friday Night Social)
  
• Sponsor Airlines
  
• Expo Market (Dealers' Room)
  
• Future Fashion Folio
  
• Call for Papers (Programming)
  
• Costume Parades (Masquerades) / Costume Parade Staff (Wanted)
  
• Venue
  
• Members
  
• Join Us (Application)
  

Program Book (18 pages, A4, unknown binding)

• Table of Contents
  
• Copyright statement
  
• Service Mark Notice
  
• Chairman's Message
  
• Rules of Conduct (Access, Children, Identification Tag, Mobile Phones, Photography, Smoking, Theft, Weapons, Penalties)
  
• Things to find nearby, food and supplies
  
• Who to blame (Committee List)
  
• Who to thank (Acknowledgements)
  
• Participants (Re-Enactors)
  
• Costume-Con 23 (Site Selection)
  
• Program Notes (Site Map, Workshop Fees/Workshops, Panels)
  
• Our Campsite
  
• Future Fashion Folio
  
• Paid Advertising
  

Pioneered: Email Newsletters (1, 2, 2.1, 3, 4 & 5)
Other Bids: Los Angeles, CA - withdrawn
See Bid Archive for more information
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: None
Miscellaneous Notes: There was no Fashion Show at CC20. The Fashion Folio was delayed in printing, causing a delay in selecting designs for reproduction.

The Single Pattern Contest was held Friday evening during the Social, and was judged by Folkwear Patterns. The Costume-Con Archives are missing the photos from this event.

The Progress reports and other publications do not include the rules for the two main competitions. If you have a copy of these rules, please pass them on to the Costume-Con Archivist.
Voting Info: Site Selection Ballot (held at Costume-Con 17):

* Australia: 54
* No Preference: 9
* None of the Above: 1

Total received: 64

We also received two invalid votes: one dupe and one that could not be verified as a member of the con.