Eurofurence

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Eurofurence is a furry convention held in changing places in Europe every year. It was originally started in 1995 as a private gathering by nineteen European furry fans who met on the Internet. Attendance has been steadily rising since then, to more than 400 at Eurofurence 11 (held in 2005). The name of the convention derives from its American back-then-counterpart ConFurence, emphasising the European nature of the gathering.

Since the year 2000, Eurofurence is no longer organized by individual persons but rather by the German Verein , which serves as an administrative body for the convention.

Contents

1 Core Staff
2 Locations
3 Themes
4 Guests of Honour
5 Quotes
6 See also
7 External links

Core Staff

EuroFurence 1 was organized by and , both of whom are no longer involved with the con.

For Eurofurence 12 (2006), the core members of convention staff, and their areas of responsibility, are as follows:

— Chairman and Programming Director
— Vice Chairman, Consite Relations and Stage Manager
— Chief Financial Officer and Registration Project Lead
— Game Show and Opening Barbeque
— Webmaster, Fursuit Photo Shoot, Dance
— Gopher Coordinator and Con Book Editor
— Furry Music Café
Eisbaer — Dealers' Den Manager
— Special Guest Caretaker
— Fursuit Gameshow
Foxy — On-Site Technical Manager
— Stage Technical Manager
Mystifur — Fursuit Lounge Lead
— Media Relations and Travel Assistance
Skunki — Head Bartender
— Chief Improviser and Security Director
— Masquerade Lead
— Fursuit Lounge Manager
Watani — Art Show Manager
Zefiro — T-Shirt Lead

Whilst these are the "key" members of staff, there are many more volunteers helping to make the convention a success by doing such tasks as setting up the stage and art show, teardown and pretty much anything else that needs doing.

Locations

Eurofurence has been held in the following locations:

1995-06-30 to 1995-07-03 : Kaiser-Wilhelm-Koog, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (Eurofurence 1)
1996-07-18 to 1996-07-22 : Linköping, Östergötland County, Sweden (Eurofurence 2)
1997-08-21 to 1997-08-24 : Bodstedt, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany (Eurofurence 3)
1998-08-01 to 1998-08-05 : Heeze, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands (Eurofurence 4)
1999-07-22 to 1999-07-25 : Berlin, Germany (Eurofurence 5)
2000-08-10 to 2000-08-13 : Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany (Eurofurence 6)
2001-07-22 to 2001-07-25 : Kirchen (Sieg), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (Eurofurence 7)
2002-08-15 to 2002-08-18 : Oberbernhards, Hesse, Germany (Eurofurence 8)
2003-08-21 to 2003-08-24 : Samopše, Středočeský kraj, Czech Republic (Eurofurence 9)
2004-08-26 to 2004-08-29 : Olpe, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Eurofurence 10, commonly called EFX by the organisation committee)
2005-07-21 to 2005-07-24 : Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany (Eurofurence XI)
2006-08-23 to 2006-08-27 : Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany (Eurofurence 12)

Themes

Since Eurofurence 8, back in 2002, Eurofurence has had a "theme" every year, with T-Shirt designs and venue "dressing" to reflect same. The following list comprises the themes to date:

Eurofurence 8 (2002) - The F.I.A. (Furry Intelligence Agency)
Eurofurence 9 (2003) - Cunning Little Vixens
Eurofurence X (2004) - EFX : The Movie
Eurofurence XI (2005) - Songs of the Old Ages
Eurofurence 12 (2006) - The Hounds of Blackwhite Castle

Guests of Honour

Since Eurofurence 5, back in 1999, Eurofurence has had a guest of honour almost every year (possibly except for Eurofurence 6&9). The following list provides an overview of the Guests of Honour so far:

Eurofurence 5 (1999) - , author of the series of books
Eurofurence 7 (2001) - Lisanne Norman; , Fursuiter, Puppeteer, and member of the Further Confusion organising team since 2003; , co-founder of ConFurence, the original Furry Convention
Eurofurence 8 (2002) - Dr , Chairman of Anthrocon, the World's largest Furry Convention
Eurofurence X (2004) - Timothy Albee, Creator of
Eurofurence XI (2005) - Heather Alexander, Celtic Folk/World Rock Musician
Eurofurence 12 (2006) - , famous furry artist

Quotes

"Anthrocon may be the biggest fur convention in the world, but Eurofurence is the best." - Dr Samuel Conway, EFX (2004)

External links

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