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Weird Weekend 2007 16-19th August

oll_lewis

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What with the sad news about uncon the Weird Weekend (Thursday the 16th- Sunday the 19th of August) is now the UK's largest Fortean event.

For anyone who doesn't know the Weird Weekend is the annual event organised by the Centre for Fortean Zoology and has been second only to Uncon in terms of attendance. The event takes place from Thursday to Sunday with talks on ALL aspects of Forteana on Friday evening through to Sunday evening, and a cocktail party the Thursday before, at the CFZ's country pile open to punters and speakers where you can meet and have a talk with experts in their field, catch up with old friends, make new friends and quaff margaritas.

The venue is the same as last year, Woolsery community centre in Woolsery near bideford, North Devon. And there IS a bar on site with a late licence.

This year the provisional time table is:

THURSDAY (16 Aug)

7.00 p.m Cocktail party at the CFZ
Myrtle Cottage, Woolsery, Bideford, North Devon EX39 5QR

FRIDAY (17 Aug)

noon - 5.00 p.m Open Day at the CFZ
Myrtle Cottage, Woolsery, Bideford, North Devon EX39 5QR

Community Centre
Doors open at 6.00
6.45 – 7.15 Introduction
7.15 – 8.00 JON McGOWAN: Britain's Secret Wildlife
8.00-8.30 BREAK
8.30 - 9.15 JON DOWNES and RICHARD FREEMAN: What is Cryptozoology?
9.15 – 9.45 BREAK
9.45 - 10.30 MATTHEW WILLIAMS Crop Circles


SATURDAY (18 Aug)

Community Centre
doors open at 10.00
11.00 – 12.00 MIKE HALLOWELL: The ghosts of Marsden Grotto
12.00 – 12.30 BREAK
12.30 – 1.00 OLL LEWIS: Lake Monsters of Wales
1.00 – 1.30 BREAK
1.30 – 2.30 Dr CHARLES PAXTON: Predicting the existence of Sea Monsters
2.30 – 2.45 BREAK
2.45 – 3.00 QUIZ
3.00 – 4.00 TBA
4.00 – 4.30 BREAK
4.30 – 5.30 GREGORIY PANCHENKO: The Russian Snowman
5.30 – 6.00 BREAK
6.00 – 7.00 ADAM DAVIES: Dinosaurs in the Congo?
7.00 – 7.30 BREAK
7.30 – 8.30 NICK REDFERN: The Man Monkey of Ranton
8.30 – 8.45 CFZ AWARDS
8.45 – 9.15 BREAK
9.15 – 10.15 JON DOWNES,RICHARD FREEMAN ET AL: The Monsters of the Lake District:2007 Expedition report


SUNDAY (19 Aug)
Community Centre
doors open 10.30

From 10.30 for an hour Paul Vella will be conducting an informal workshop and presenting an exhibition of evidence for Bigfoot.

11.30 - 12.30 Dr. DARREN NAISH: Extinct Island Species... or not?
12.30 – 1.00 BREAK
1.00 – 2.00 CHRIS MOISER: TBA
2.00 – 2.30 BREAK
2.30 – 3.30 PAUL VELLA: 40 Years of the Patterson Bigfoot Film
3.30 - 4.00 BREAK
4.00 – 4.45 RONAN COGHLAN: TBA
4.45 – 5.30 JONATHAN DOWNES: Keynote Speech and Closing Remarks.


OTHER ATTRACTIONS

WORKSHOPS

Wildlife Photography by Jon McGowan
Making Monsters (Creaturama, Anthony James)


EXHIBITIONS

Big Cats in Britain (Mark Frazer, BCIB)
Creaturama (Anthony James)
Fortean Art Exhibition by Mark North
Exhibition: Pictures of Monsters by the children of Woolsery
Exhibition: Tropical Fish Photographs by Dr Iggy Tavares
Exhibition: Metamorphosis - exotic insects

EVENING: Dinner at The Farmer's Arms


Tickets only cost £20 for all 3 days or £10 for one day if bought in advance and can be bought via our eBay shop here:
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/CFZ-THE-CRYPTO ... idZ2QQtZkm
Or by post from the CFZ (CFZ-WW2007 tickets, Myrtle Cottage, Back st, Woolsery, Bideford, North Devon, England, EX39 5QR).

the Weird Weekend micro-site has a list of local accommodation, b&bs and campsites:
http://www.cfz.org.uk/conferences/weird ... 7index.htm


For more info on the weird Weekend you can also take a look at the wikipedia page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weird_Weekend
 
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