I can't even begin to describe how freaking excited I am for Calgary Expo this year!!! It's been eight years since I went to my last Calgary Expo and all I remember was how amazing it was compared to the other conventions I have been to. I'm used to going to Fan Expo Vancouver which is held in the Vancouver Convention Centre. It usually takes up a couple ballroom's which is pretty average for a convention. But Calgary...Calgary takes over multiple buildings on the Calgary Stampede grounds! It's four days long, and is officially opened by the Parade of Wonders or POW! The parade goes down the main street in down town Calgary and has all the different celebrities, and almost every cosplayer attending! It's quite the spectacle (or so I've been told). This will be my first time seeing the parade, and first time attending all 4 days. In case you are wondering, no, I will not be participating in the parade because this time I would like to experience it as a whole event. This year they have a lot more cosplay events and panels which is super exiting to me! Lots of panels to go to, international cosplayer's are attending, and there are two different cosplay contests. There is a walk on contest for anyone to enter, and then there is the Masters of Cosplay International. This is the big leagues now! Cosplayers from all over Canada, North America and beyond will participate in this contest. The winners will then partake in the Masters of Cosplay at Fan Expo Canada to claim the title for best cosplayer! There is also a big cash prize, which is just a nice little add on. I haven't decided yet if I want to partake in the walk on contest, but will update on that closer. This is also the first time I am going to be cosplaying as multiple characters at one con! So much to pack! I'm sure this will lead to a blog later about travelling with cosplays :D I'll be posting closer to expo which characters I am taking and which days I plan to wear them :) There are going to be lots of great panels on how to get into cosplay, how to up your cosplay game, make up techniques, cosplay photography know how and cosplay around the world. The expo has also set up a Cosplay red carpet which is a great place to strut your stuff, or take pictures of your favourite characters. Also, did I mention the celeb cosplayers? It will be great to see Stoosh Cosplay and Evilyn13 again in Calgary, they were at the Vancouver Expo as well and Stoosh was a judge in the cosplay contest. I'm also super excited to see Leon Chiro who is flying in all the way from Rome! I am also super excited for some of the guests they have. Peter Cullen and Frank Welker from the original Transformers animated series are going to be there, which is super rare to have them both at the same convention. My husband is a HUGE transformers fan, so we will definitely be going to get autographs and see their panel. Two of my personal favourite voice actors will be there, Maurice LeMarche and Rob Paulsen, better known as Pinky and The Brain! I've met them both before at Fan Expo Vancouver, but this gives me one more chance to go and say Hi! So many exciting things to come in the next week! I'll be sure to post to my twitter/instagram regularly so stay tuned for that! Only 8 more sleeps until EXPO!!
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