First Time Dawn Doll
Convention Attendees Information
We have quite a few new attendees to the convention this
year. I remember my first
convention. I didn’t know anyone. I’d just joined the Facebook group page and
decided to take a leap of faith and travel to Illinois for the convention. I had no idea the friendships I would take
home with me!
Please know that this is an extremely warm and friendly
group. You will be sharing the weekend
with others that share your passion for Dawn.
I want to take this opportunity to let you know what to
expect from the convention and give you some tips on how to prepare. If you’ve ever been to a doll convention,
this is nothing like you’ve ever experienced!
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Many people will be arriving throughout the week
to enjoy a vacation in Orange County, California and the surrounding area. The website has some suggestions for things to do.
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All those
in town on Thursday night are invited to our home for a dinner party. This will be an excellent opportunity to meet
people attending in a very relaxed setting.
The details will follow soon.
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The festivities will officially begin on Friday, October 2nd. We will have a group outing that I am
currently scheduling at 11:00am with a 10:00am departure from the lobby of the
hotel. We will be going on a 2 hour
private Harbor Cruise of the Newport Beach harbor. For those that have trouble with seasickness,
we will not be going out past the harbor (no open ocean). After the cruise, everyone will have an
opportunity to spend a few hours having lunch, exploring Balboa, and the
surrounding area. The bus will return
everyone to the hotel at 4:00pm.
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Friday
evening, October 2nd will be the MEET AND GREET. The MEET
AND GREET will be at the hotel in a suite.
Barbara Leather will be your hostess.
I will be in attendance briefly but will be setting up the convention
room for Saturday J. The MEET AND GREET is an opportunity to visit
with everyone in a relaxed setting. Not
everyone will attend the group activity on Friday morning so this will be a
chance to meet additional attendees.
Light snacks, desserts, and drinks will be provided.
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Saturday morning you are on your own this year
for breakfast. Please be sure and have
something substantial. There will be
treats to keep you going throughout the day, a provided lunch, and wrapping up
the day with a provided dinner .
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Check in will begin at 9:00am. Please bring your contest entries with you at
this time. Please hide them in bags so
no one knows which items are yours. You
will be asked individually to enter the room and set up your contest items (sooooo
much fun!!).
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At check in, you will be given a folder that
will contain, the official brochure, an agenda, 3 grand prize raffle tickets, a
judging ballot, a pencil, and some top secret fun things…LOL.
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The first group activity/contest will be the
fashion show and judging. Hopefully you
will dress in your best 80’s outfit.
This is a fun time to show off your spirit and break the ice for the
day’s events. We do this first just in
case you want change afterward into something different (me…I stay in the same
outfit throughout the day). Immediately
after the fashion show will be the group photo so that we can capture everyone
with a fresh face and their 80’s fashions.
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You will be seated at tables for most of the
convention. The table seating is not
assigned. There will be 6 round tables
seating 8.
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Games for prizes will be played throughout the
day.
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Contests will be judged by YOU and prizes will
be awarded.
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Fashions and dolls will be swapped.
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Single shoes will be matched with their partners.
Prize Table!!!!!! This is what sets us apart from other
conventions!!!
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The Prize Table will contain donations from
members not attending the convention and those in attendance. We ask that everyone attending the
convention please donate to the Prize Table. The prize table will be divided into 3
sections (it will cover probably 4-5 six foot banquet tables). The sections will be: #1-furniture, play-sets, books, craft items,
and dollhouse items (or anything non fashion but doll related) #2-fashions (custom fashions and/or Dawn
factory fashions/clone fashions-new or used in good condition), #3 dolls
(custom dolls wearing factory fashions, custom dolls wearing custom fashions,
factory Dawn/Friends wearing custom fashions, factory Dawn/Friends wearing
factory fashions) . Check the website
and photo section of the Facebook Convention Group for posted photos of the
Prize Table donations as they arrive.
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Everyone will have at least 1 trip to each prize
table section. We will open up the
sections in order. You will have opportunities
during break times to look at the prize table sections before we begin the
“roll call”. All collector names will be
placed in a bowl. Each person’s name
will be randomly drawn and sent to the prize table to pick anything they want
in that section. All remaining prizes
after the 3 to 4 trips will be collected and randomly placed in 48 bags. Collector’s names will again be drawn and the
random prize bags will be handed out.
Grand Prize
Dolls-3 tickets will be included in your registration packet.
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These dolls are the most highly coveted. They will be beautiful dolls. There will be 3 of them this year. You can put one of your tickets in each
opportunity drawing bag or all 3 into one bag (it is up to you).
Goody Bags
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The tradition of the goody bag started after the
first few shows. If you belong to a doll
club and attend the various club luncheons you are familiar with the tradition
of bringing “a little something” to each person at your table. This is always a fun thing to share with your
table group. The Dawn Doll Convention
group has taken this an awesome step further.
Instead of just bringing a small something for everyone at your table,
you bring something for everyone attending the convention (plus 4 more which I
will explain later).
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All
collectors are asked to kindly contribute to the goody bag. If you’d prefer a monetary donation, an item
will be included for you on your behalf (please contact me for additional
information).
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All goody bag items should be doll-related and
can be theme-related.
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You will go home with 48 items donated by
everyone in attendance plus donations from others not in attendance. I’ve taken a photo and included it with some
of last year’s donations. Please package
each item and include your name and email address (so the recipient knows who
donated it). This is an opportunity to
be creative. Everyone loves
accessories!!
Raffle
Tickets/Doll Raffle
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Raffle tickets are a way we help cover the cost
of the convention. It is also a great
way to win designer dolls! Our Dawn Doll
community has some amazing artists.
These dolls are donated by those within our community. There will be a lot of dolls and they will
all be beautiful!
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How are these dolls different than the dolls on
the prize table? These will be
completely customized artist dolls that would individually sell for easily over
$100.
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The raffle tickets are $1.00 each. Please come with cash. You will not want to miss out!
The Convention
Doll and Convention Mini
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All collectors will be given an official
convention dressed/customized doll and an official convention mini dress.
It is a tradition and requirement of the convention that none of the
items received at the convention be sold.
These items are all lovingly created and donated by members of our
community. If you no longer want any of
the items, please donate them back to the convention team to be used at the
next event.
Additional Notes
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The convention is even more fun when you
participate in some (or all) of the contests.
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There will be opportunities to purchase Dawn
Doll merchandise!! Room sales go on
throughout the week. There will be some
sales during the Friday night MEET AND GREET (no tables but I’m sure people
will bring some merchandise). This year
there will also be a few shared tables for product sales during the convention.
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Bring your “single” Dawn shoes/boots to match up
pairs with others.
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A total of 52 goody bags items donated
please. There will be 48 items for the
collectors in attendance, 1 additional for the goody bag auction fundraiser for
the following year’s convention, 1 additional for the non-attending donors to
the tables-drawing, 1 additional for the Pippa convention in England, and 1
additional for the 2020 Dawn Convention prize table.
What to Send Ahead
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Your Prize Table Donations-Please package them
and put your name and email address on the outside. Send the prize table donations to:
Dawna Freeman
394 22nd Ave Court
Milton, WA 98354
253-397-5909
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Your Goody Bag Donations-Please package them and
put your name and email address on the outside.
Send the goody bag donations to:
Vicki Ewalt
Postal Annex
3943 Irvine Blvd #329
Irvine, CA 92602
714-928-7811
What to Bring with
You
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Your Convention Contest Entries
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Single Dawn Doll Shoes
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Money for Raffle Tickets
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Money for Merchandise Sales (smaller bills
appreciated)
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Bring your dancing shoes because we are going to
party like it is 1980!!!
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