Morning Oracle – Starfest Edition

Fans who came by during the weekend were able to pick up a special edition the Morning Oracle. In addition to news of a peace treaty with the Galactic Empire, readers could find out about the PREvention of Transfiguration ENhanced Deception (PRETEND) Act, the attack on Timmernak, and the arrival of Avistrum’s new Quidditch coach, Vittoria d’Medici.

Wizard Jeopardy

Wizard Jeopardy, hosted by the Marauders, was a great success, with more than 100 audience members in attendance. We distributed a number of door prizes as well as our main prize, a free weekend pass to Starfest 2008. Patrick Brownson was the winner of our Jeopardy game after two tiebreaker questions. Our runners-up received an Alivan’s wand and a Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie poster. We also gave away 50 “mourning armbands” for Sirius Black for our fans to wear at the movie premiere. We would like to thank Sage Moon and Starfest for donating all of our prizes for the event.

New Head Boy, Head Girl, and Prefects!

After the Wizard Jeopardy contest, Headmaster Dowling showed up to announce the elevation of Trent Voertigern and Audrey “Trouble” Deserand to Head Boy and Head Girl. He also awarded Prefect badges to Enigmus‘s Susan Jevoli, Lobostro‘s Emmaline Roffignac, and Colubrae‘s Lucas Zeiapher. Congratulations to all of them for superb work during the last year!

Quidditch Contest

New Quidditch coach Vittoria d’Medici refereed over 60 matches, played on the PlayStation 2, to crown winners for our Quidditch Tournament. Saturday’s winner was Kore-Rhi Drakenwulf of Enigmus, but Opus 2006 winner Andrew Harcrow of Parador reclaimed his crown with a win on Sunday. Each day’s winner claimed a Nimbus 2000 replica broom, courtesy of Starfest.

Art Contest

Our art contest was won by Parador’s Bella Byrne, who submitted a hand-made wand for the competition. She won a free pass to Starfest 2008. Second place went to Susan Jevoli, winning a Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie poster for her painting of Renfield. Third place, an Alivan’s wand, went to Emmaline Roffignac for her watercolor of an ankh. Well done!

Finished submissions are due (by email or U.S. Mail) Friday, April 13th. Winners will be announced at StarFest on Sunday afternoon. You do not need to be present to win.

Entry by Email

Please send entries to artcontest@avistrum.org.
Subject: Avistrum Art Contest
Higher resolution means a higher quality print.
Please specify a final print size (ex. 5×7, 8×10, 10×16). Maximum print size will be 11×17.
JPEG (“High Quality”), PNG, PDF, or PSD are all acceptable files.

Entry by U.S. Mail

Mail your submission to:

You can mail finished work, or your art file(s) on CD.
CD Label: Avistrum Art Contest
Higher resolution means a higher quality print.
Please specify a final print size (ex. 5×7, 8×10, 10×16). Maximum print size will be 11×17.
JPEG (“High Quality”), PNG, PDF, or PSD are all acceptable files.

Prizes

1st Prize – Pass to Starfest 2008

2nd Prize – Alivan’s Wand

3rd Prize – Sage Moon Gift Certificate

People’s Choice – Pass to Tales from Avistrum at MileHiCon 2007 (MileHiCon admission included).

Please indicate with your submission if you do not wish to be considered for a specific prize. We will substitute a lesser prize if possible.

Contest Rules

• All submissions must be Avistrum related.
• Submissions from children under the age of 13 must include a statement from their parent or legal guardian indicating their permission and acceptance of these rules.
• Winning submissions become the sole property of Avistrum, LLC and will not be returned. All other submissions must be picked up in person by 5 p.m., Sunday, April 22 or they also become the sole property of Avistrum, LLC.
• Mail-in submissions, either finished work or CD, cannot be returned (it is suggested that mail-in submissions be copies).
• Please include your name, address, phone, and email with each submission.
• Multiple submissions are permitted.
• Only original artwork will be accepted. Plagiarists will be subjected to an Unforgivable Curse of the faculty’s discretion, and disqualified.
• Artwork can be in any medium.
• Sage Moon Gift Certificate holders can claim their prizes by going online to SageMoon.com.
• Winners will be notified by email, and prizes will be sent by U.S. Mail unless other arrangements are made.
• Any submission not meetings the requirements will be disqualified.
• Submission of an entry to the contest indicates your acceptance of these rules.

Our Wizard Jeopardy winner, Debbie, received two all-weekend passes to StarFest 2007. Brandi, our runner-up, won a beautiful mahogany wand courtesy of Alivan’s Fine Wandmakers, and Sarah, our second runner-up, won an assortment of Harry Potter merchandise from Sage Moon, including a Gryffindor scarf, a candy-filled cauldron, and a poster!

Our winners in the art contest won the same prizes. Paul, our winner, submitted a beautiful hand-crafted wand. Kate, our runner-up, gave us a terrific sketch of Headmaster Dowling in his office, and Bella submitted a colored drawing of herself in Professor Kobiyashi‘s Charms class at OPUS 2005.

The Quidditch Tournament on PlayStation 2 was won by Adam with a score of 570, who got some great stuff from Sage Moon. Our runner-up, T.J., scored 540 and received a bagful of sci-fi freebies from StarFest.

We had a great time, and we hope you did, too! If you missed out, you still have three weeks to register for our all-weekend term at OPUS 2006!

Submissions are due by 6 p.m. Saturday, April 22, 2006 at the Avistrum Fan table. Artwork can be mailed. Submissions by mail must arrive by Thursday, April 20th to:

Prizes:

• 1st Prize – Pass to Starfest 2007
• 2nd Prize – Alivan’s Wand
• 3rd Prize – Sage Moon Gift Certificate
• People’s Choice – Sage Moon Stuff

All submissions must be Avistrum related only.

Winning submissions become the sole property of Avistrum, LLC and will not be returned. All other submissions must be picked up in person by 5 p.m. Sunday, April, 23, or they also become the sole property of Avistrum, LLC. Mail-in submissions cannot be
returned. It is strongly suggested that mail-in submissions be copies.

Please include name, address, phone, email and this signed waiver with each submission. Only original artwork will be accepted. Artwork can be in any medium. Plagiarists will be subjected to an Unforgivable Curse of the faculty’s discretion.

Sage Moon Gift Certificate holders can claim their prizes by going online to sagemoon.com.

Friday Night

Visit the Avistrum Fan Table Friday night, and learn more about Avistrum. Are you a Harry Potter Trivia buff? Register to win a spot for Wizard Jeopardy! Contestants will be chosen in a random drawing in Main Events immediately before the game show begins on Saturday.

Saturday

Art Contest

Are you an artist who loves Avistrum? We are holding an art contest at Starfest 2006! Art must be Avistrum based and be submitted by 6:00 on Saturday, April 22nd at the Avistrum Fan Table. The Grand Prize winner will receive a pass to Starfest 2007! Runners-up will be awarded prizes from Alivan’s and Sage Moon, a Harry Potter collectibles (and more!) store located in downtown Littleton.

Wizard Jeopardy

Do not miss Wizard Jeopardy in Main Events, Saturday morning at 11:00AM. Hosted by the winners of the 2005 MileHiCon Fan Guest of Honor Award, The Marauders! Don’t be surprised if some other favorites show up, like Tonks! The grand prize winner will receive a pass to Starfest 2007 and a racing broom from the official wandmakers for Avistrum Academy of Sorcery, the world famous Alivan’s! Alivan’s will also be furnishing wands for the runners-up.

Sunday

Avistrum will be located in the Pikes Peak room on the Mezzanine level all day long. Many of the faculty will be in attendance! A class or two will be offered (TBA), along with various activities. Come learn more about Avistrum, its history, its characters and what they’ve been up to!

You will also have the chance all weekend to pre-register for our Spring Term at OPUS 2006!

Congratulations to our winner, Jessica, who chose as her prize a double-sided movie poster for the upcoming Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, courtesy of Sage Moon. Our runner up, Tricia, walked away with a very handsome 11″ holly wand from Alivan’s. Our third contestant, Anjali, won one of Alivan’s new Phantom Phlyer brooms. All of our contestants also won some other terrific prizes from Sage Moon.

Overall turnout for the Borders event was around 1000 people. We hope most of you who were there are reading this, and welcome to the Avistrum community! We will try and post pictures from the event soon!

The Aurora Borders store is located at 6606 S. Parker Road, in the Arapahoe Crossing shopping center, on the northeast corner of Arapahoe Road and Parker Road. You can view the map and get directions from Google Maps.

• Saturday, April 30, 12:00PM, Panel Room 1 – Wizard Jeopardy – Trivia straight from the Harry Potter novels. With prizes sponsored by Alivan’s Master Wandmakers!
  • 3rd place – an Alivan’s Apprentice Wand
  • 2nd place – an Alivan’s Collection Wand
  • Grand prize – an Alivan’s Scarlet Falcon Racing Broom

  To sign up to be a contestant, visit us at our table in the Fan Club Room on Friday night and Saturday morning. We will draw three contestants at random to compete in the contest!

• Sunday, May 1, 11:30AM, Panel Room 2 – Defense Against Dark Magic
• Sunday, May 1, 2:00PM, Panel Room 2 – Advanced Transfiguration (Animagus Studies)