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 (ATLANTA,
GA) -- Dragon*Con 2008 will be held over the Labor Day
weekend, August 29-September 1 at the
Hyatt
Regency Atlanta, Atlanta
Marriott Marquis, Atlanta
Hilton & Towers and Sheraton
Atlanta hotels located in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Dragon*Con is America's
largest annual convention for fans of Science Fiction,
Fantasy and Horror, Comics and Art, Games and Computers,
Animation, Science, Music, Television and Films. It is also
one of the 10 largest annual conventions in metropolitan
Atlanta.
Every year, Dragon*Con
hosts over 600 hours of panels, workshops, demonstrations
and discussions with authors, editors, artists, game
designers and media personalities. Some individual
programming tracks concentrate on specific interests like
Star Trek, Star Wars, British and American television, Anne
McCaffrey's Pern, NASA Space Science, JRR Tolkien's Middle-Earth, Electronic Frontiers,
and more.
2008 brings growth and
Dragon*Con has expanded its convention space to include the
Sheraton Atlanta Hotel. Several new tracks of
Programming have also been added this year including
Anime/Manga,
MMO
(Massive Multiplayer Online),
Skeptics, Romance Writers and Horror.
Dragon*Con also presents
theatrical and radio performances, concerts and dances,
gaming tournaments,
costume contests, the 17th Annual Robot
Battles, the 6th Annual
Dragon*Con
Parade,
Professional
Championship Wrestling,
Independent Short Film Festival, auctions and charity
events, plus one of the
nation's best Art Shows & Print
Shops, one of the
largest Dealers Rooms & Exhibit Halls in the world, and
24 hour Video and Film
Rooms.
The 2008 Charity Auction will be for the
American Heart Association in memory of Patrick Roberts.
Patrick was the Art Show Director from 2000-2006 and passed
away earlier this year from heart related issues.
Rates for Dragon*Con 2008 are set for 4-Day Memberships. The cost will be $90 at-the-door.
Discounts are available to groups of 10 or more
if purchased in advance. Dragon*Con membership covers all
four days, all panels, discussion groups, events,
demonstrations, concerts, performances, contests, and a host
of other activities. Memberships
are available by mail, online via PayPal, or at the
convention.
The convention office
address is:
Dragon*Con
P.O. Box 16459
Atlanta, Georgia 30321-9998
More information about
guests, events, workshops and services can be found at www.dragoncon.org. |
