Events

Programming

2012 Programming To Be Announced!

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Cadet Academy

CONtraflow Kid Cadet Academy
ROCKETS PLANETS AND ALIENS OH MY
Saturday 10am to 2pm
Hotel Restaurant

Parents and kids welcome


10-10:30 AM
Rocket Launch Flight Simulation with Puppets
WE BLAST OFF IN 5….4……3…2…1…To the moon we go. We may encounter an alien!

10:45-11:15 AM
Alien Slime Experiment
Come see how you can make your own slime.

11:30 AM -12:15 PM
Alien Shadows
Let's make an alien creature by using out own shadow.

1:00- 2:00 PM
Alien Habitat and Charity Art
Create your own mini planet/space habitat.

Also come create a piece of art work to donate to auction to raise money for Falling Whistles.  There will be a special time during the Art Auction on Sunday when the children's art will be auctioned.  Falling Whistles is a charity supported by our toastmaster Mark Van Name Falling Whistles gives a small window into our world’s largest war. Originally just a journal written about boys sent to the frontlines of war armed with only a whistle, readers forwarded it with the same kind of urgency in which it was written and demanded to know – what can we do?

The Falling Whistles campaign launched with a simple response – make their weapon your voice and be a whistleblower for peace in Congo. Read the story and buy the whistle. Together we partner with local leaders to advocate and rehabilitate for those affected by war. Share their story and speak up for them.  

Together, we’ll become the voice of a growing coalition for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

No child should be a soldier.
Help save children in war.
 

Dance

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Con-goers of all ages are welcome at the Saturday Night dance.

 

Rock Band Charity Fundraiser

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"We Will Rock YOU!" The USS CORSAIR, Baton Rouge's Award Winning Star Trek Club, will be making a tour stop at CONtraflow.  They’re inviting "Jukebox Heroes" to play the popular video game "Rock Band 3" for the X Box.  You'll be "Tempted" to stay all day Saturday to enjoy the "Rock and Roll Band" The Corsairs, as they raise funds for their Relay for Life Team and the American Cancer Society. You’ll feel like a "Big Shot" when you become a part of this "Obsession" by picking up one of the instruments and joining in.

For more information about the USS Corsair’s Relay for Life Team, or to make a donation, please refer to their page at http://tinyurl.com/teamcorsair.

 

Companion Auction

Want to meet new people and make new friends? Interested in having some companionship for the dance or one of the many fun parties going on at CONtraflow Saturday night?

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Charity Auction

CONtraflow will host a live auction supporting our charity.

Come and see what treasures will be revealed, and maybe yours will be the winning bid!

On the other hand, maybe you're thinking "I've got too much stuff already!"

In which case, we encourage you to donate any excess items that may be of interest to your fellow fen, and then come gawk at them fighting over it.

 

Gaming

CONtraflow 2011 Game Room

Attention Gamemasters and players: There is a new convention in New Orleans - CONtraflow. Of course a new convention in the Big Easy demands a game room and your "Krew" here at CONtraflow is on the ball with all sorts of events and tournaments planned to give you the game experience you crave. Our first ever game room will have a parade of RPG's, CCG's, table-top and miniature events on tap for the weekend — all in a 24-hour game room to help make Big Easy gaming fun happen in a Big Easy way with our events and tournaments during the day and open gaming lighting up the evening hours.

Gamemasters — want to run games at our show or be a part of our Krew? Email us and let us know what you would like to run/host, what time you prefer [afternoons or mornings--Friday Saturday or Sunday] and we will do what we can to post it up and to let players know you will be there ready to show them some of the best game time of their lives. And don't wait to let us know, best times and possible prize support goes quicker than jumbo Mardi Gras beads!

Which throws out the even better news — some of the best/biggest game companies in the business are sending out prize support and sponsoring events this year. Keep watching this space for more information and updates from those sponsors.

We also will have LARPS on the pipeline for those of you who want to get their gaming buzz just a bit closer to "real."

For more information and/or to sign on as a Gamemaster or event host, email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

Room Parties

One thing people look forward to at science-fiction conventions is the chance to socialize with fellow fen in person, and what better way to do that than with a rocking block of awesome room parties?

We at CONtraflow seriously love a good room party and we invite you to BRING IT on Saturday night when our roving panel of cleverly disguised anonymous judges will eat, drink and schmooze their way from party to party until they arrive at a decision!

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