{"id":25420,"date":"2003-08-29T19:07:42","date_gmt":"2003-08-30T00:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2003\/08\/29\/best-of-both-worlds-sf-convention\/"},"modified":"2003-08-29T19:07:42","modified_gmt":"2003-08-30T00:07:42","slug":"best-of-both-worlds-sf-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2003\/08\/29\/25420-best-of-both-worlds-sf-convention\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of Both Worlds SF Convention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><img src=http:\/\/img-www.theonering.net\/images\/flag-australia.gif ALIGN=LEFT>News from BOBW in Australia. Adele writes: &#8220;As most of you would know, Brad Dourif cannot join us as he will be filming, we look forward to his company at our next LOTR event. &#8220;We were very lucky and were able to secure David Weatherley &#038; Ben Wootten to complete our line up for our first LOTR event.&#8221;<br \/><br clear=all>So here goes: <\/p>\n<p>The first Lord of the Rings Australian convention<br \/>Bruce Hopkins          aka Gamling, <br \/>Guardian of Helm&#8217;s Deep ( Two towers) <\/p>\n<p>Sarah McLeod           aka Rosie Cotton <\/p>\n<p>Craig Parker           aka Haldir, <br \/>Guardian of Lothlorien <\/p>\n<p>David Weatherley       aka  Barliman Butterbur <br \/>Innkeeper of The Prancing Pony <\/p>\n<p>Ben Wootten one of the  Senior Designer <br \/>WETA WORKSHOP LTD  <\/p>\n<p>Dates:               Sept. 20 &#038; 21, 2003 <\/p>\n<p>Venue:               Rydges Lakeside Hotel, London Circuit, Canberra City <\/p>\n<p>The costing for the LOTR events  is as follows:, <\/p>\n<p>1)     Basic passes: <br \/>        cost $135.00 per person per day, may not be eligible for autographs <\/p>\n<p>2)    Gold passes cover the following: <br \/>       cost AUD $190.00 per person per day <br \/>       rows 8th to 12th seating, autographs are guaranteed, however we cannot <br \/>       guarantee professional photo availability. <\/p>\n<p>3)     VIP tickets cover the following: <br \/>        cost AUD$250.00 per person per day guaranteed 3 to 7th row seating, <br \/>        included is 1  professional photo with 1 guest , the ability to have  a photo taken <br \/>        with the other guests, and of course autographs are available with the  purchase <br \/>        of official merchandise. <br \/>       There are only 100 of these places available. <\/p>\n<p>Cocktail party \/ banquet, and wrap party places are only available to convention <br \/>attendees and cost as follows: <\/p>\n<p>1)    Cocktail party place                                                         $55.00 pp <br \/>2)    Banquet  place  $75.00 pp <br \/>3)    Wrap party place                                                             $55.00 pp <\/p>\n<p>Accommodation rates: <\/p>\n<p>1)    Single \/ double \/ queen size rooms @ $120.00 per room per night, <br \/>2)    Upgrades at $40.00 per night extra, namely $160.00 per room per night. <\/p>\n<p>Adele &#038; Brian <\/p>\n<p>BOBW<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bobw.com.au\" target=new> Best Of Both Worlds Sci-Fi Conventions <\/a>   <\/p>\n<p>E-Mail: alc@bobw.com.au <\/p>\n<p> Phone: +612 6259 1619           Fax: +612 6258 0319 <\/p>\n<p> Mail:  PO Box 960 BELCONNEN  ACT  2617 Australia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News from BOBW in Australia. 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