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As Horace Greeley said "Go West Young Man"Gary
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There is a show out west already
CONTACT:
Ed Roberts
West Coast Haunt Convention
1000 NE Multnomah Street, Portland, Oregon, 97232
(503)884-7925
E: westcoasthauntcon@gmail.com
W: www.westcoasthauntersconvention.com
Billion Dollar Industry Hosts Convention on West Coast
Proceeds benefit West Coast Haunters Foundation
Portland, Oregon –The 2012 West Coast Haunters Convention will be held June 1-3
Doubletree Hotel Lloyd Center
What Comic-Con International is to the comics industry, haunt conventions are to the haunted attraction industry, an industry that (unlike comics) comes front-loaded with billions of dollars in advertising each Halloween. This event attracts a niche of Halloween enthusiasts and haunt owners who seek education, tips, ideas, social interaction, and networking with others in the haunt industry.
The WCHC is the only haunters’ convention west of St. Louis and will take place in Oregon for the 3rd consecutive year. The WCHC is thrilled to announce two keynote speakers for 2012: Mike Krausert from Cutting Edge Scenic Design and New England's Spooky World, and more recently The Fear at Fenway Park; and Ed and Marsha Edmunds, owners of Distortions Unlimited and the stars of the Travel Channel show Making Monsters. Convention highlights include a haunt tour and dinner Friday night; a costume ball on Saturday night, sponsored by Dark Light Precision Lighting Systems; a hearse car rally featuring cars from around the Northwest, and other events throughout the weekend.
Tickets are $40 for all three days and $20 for individual days when purchased in advance or $45 and $25 at the door. Tickets to the Halloween ball are $20 in advance ($25 at door). Tickets to the Friday Night Haunt Tour are $35 and include transportation and dinner.
Education at the West Coast Haunters Convention is paramount. Classes and workshops will take place daily, with over 50 hours of
topics related to all areas of haunting and haunted houses. Classes are free with paid admission to the tradeshow/convention.
This year’s tradeshow floor will feature some of the top vendors in the industry and the new Home Haunter’s Headquarters. The
Doubletree Hotel location allows the tradeshow to double in size over previous years.
Ed Roberts, of The Nightmare Factory, a charity haunt for the Oregon School for the Deaf, started the WCHC in 2010. The Nightmare Factory was featured on Extreme Makeover Home Edition, which aired nationally on ABC on Halloween night, 2010.
The West Coast Haunters Convention started because other conventions were too far away or too costly for Ed to take his students from the School for the Deaf, so he decided to bring the convention to his students, intending to create a haunters convention on the West Coast for all haunters and Halloween fans.
Unique to the West Coast Haunters Convention is that it runs as a nonprofit that contributes to a foundation, providing grants for special education. There will always be workshops and seminars about charity haunting because the convention got its start at the Oregon School for the Deaf. Seminars will be interpreted for any deaf or hard of hearing participants.
All proceeds from the convention will go to the West Coast Haunters Convention Foundation, established to help teachers of both
deaf and autistic children.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more details, please visit the WCHC web site at www.westcoasthauntersconvention.com.
If you are an interested vendor - http://www.westcoasthauntersconvention.com/vendors.html
Class schedules are listed here - http://www.westcoasthauntersconventi.../schedule.html
Class descriptions are listed here - http://www.westcoasthauntersconventi.../workshop.html
Register to attend the WCHC here - http://www.westcoasthauntersconventi.../regforms.html
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Why come to the WCHC? Here's Why:
Over 40 hours of classes included in the price of admission.
Costume Ball Saturday night.
Haunt tour Friday night, dinner included.
Hearse Car rally on Sunday.
Haunters Garage Sale on Saturday.
Tradeshow floor, includes Home Haunt Headquarters.
Demo stage in tradeshow area.
Many opportunities to network with other haunters.
THERE I NO OTHER SHOW LIKE IT ON THE WEST COAST!
3 day pass - $40 online $45 at the door
Haunt Tour - 35, with dinner
Hearse rally - $10 entry fee
Costume Ball - $20 online $25 at the door
All the knowledge you will walkaway with, PRICELESS!Ed Roberts
Founder
The Nightmare Factory
www.nightmarefactorysalem.com
www.westcoasthauntersconvention.com
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No he was still talking to all the cities to see who would give the better deal, he asked the vendors where they would like to see HAuNTCON go. But nothing has been confirmed yetJesus loves you, but everyone else thinks you're an asshole.
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I was asking them just the other day at the show before I left and they said there are no decisions yet. I would personally like to see it in the south after it's been north for the past two years. That way we get a chance to see haunts like Shane's Disturbia, Folklore, Netherworld, etc.... Plus, if it's close to Tenn, I get a chance to go to Dollywood and who doesn't want a chance to get to go to Dollywood?!?!News and event coverage from directly inside the Haunt Industry - http://www.hauntersdigest.com
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I think and I suggested... New York area. Why? You have a new horror themed place going in Time Square, you have several haunts in the area, you have tons of haunts in New Jersey and Long Island plus McCurdy's place and Headless Horseman are about 2 hours from there. In fact Philly is only about 1 hour or so away as well...
If not there why not the Boston area, hit Haunted Overload, Salem Mass, and all the haunts in that part of the World.
Those are my two suggestions. However I do think hitting the Alabama haunts would be awesome as well
Larry
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Originally posted by graystone View PostHe should do Nashville, Birmingham, Atlanta, just southern suggestions but that would be a first ( I think ) Shane and it's did he ever say? Shane!!!sigpic
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Memphis doesn't sound good to me not enough haunts... I'm actually going to Memphis this weekend. Any cool haunts there I'll come by this weekend... call me!
Memphis is a very cool place to go ... you got Elvis, lots of Martin Luther King stuff, Sun Studios, Beal Street, lots of fun stuff going on... but doesn't seem like lots of haunts.
Larry
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