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Friday, July 22 • 7:00pm - 8:00pm
E Como Mai (Opening Ceremonies) & Manly Wade Wellman Award

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“eh koh-moh my-ee” (means Welcome! in Hawaiian)

This is our version of opening ceremonies.

This is the time and place to decompress from the rigors of travel, meet friends old and new, and make the transition to being at the Con!

Each year, ConGregate remembers contributors that we have lost from the science fiction and fantasy world. The tradition began in memory of Aaron Allston, who was well known for his love of Hawaiian shirts. We encourage everyone to wear a Hawaiian shirt on Friday, July 22.

The Manly Wade Wellman Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy was founded in December 2013 to recognize outstanding achievement in science fiction and fantasy novels written by North Carolina authors.
Previous winners include Guests: John G. Hartness, Gail Z. Martin, and Michael G. Williams.

Plus we'll have a surprise bonus of a brand new filk from two of our guests. Which ones? Come and see!


Guests
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Mike Pederson

Fan Guest, RavenCon
Way back in 2004, Mike came up with the crazy idea of hosting a convention in Richmond, VA. He’s been chairing RavenCon ever since.In addition to running RavenCon, Mike published the fanzine Nth Degree for seventeen years, wrote and published the Raven comic book series, and edited... Read More →
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Timothy Zahn

Guest of Honor
Timothy Zahn was born in Chicago in 1951 and grew up in the western suburb of Lombard. He attended Michigan State University, earning a B.S. degree in physics in 1973, and moved on to the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. He earned a M.S. degree there, also in physics, in... Read More →
avatar for Valentine Wolfe

Valentine Wolfe

Guests of Honor
Sarah Black: Vocals and Keyboards, Sound DesignBraxton Ballew: 5 String Double Bass, Sound Design"...an eerie, pitch-black hybrid of gothic rock, heavy metal and classical music"-Vincent Harris, Greenville JournalA Symphony of Darkness, Valentine Wolfe performs gothic metal inspired... Read More →

Program Participants
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James Fulbright

ConChair/President, ConGregate
James Fulbright was introduced to AD&D by a friend in 1979. After joining his first gaming group, his friends convinced him to start attending conventions like StellarCon and Hexacon. It wasn’t long before attending cons led him to start helping out with those cons; which, in turn... Read More →

Friday July 22, 2022 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
Hearn C-D (Main Programming)
  Special Event
  • Equipment projector and screen
  • Set Up opening ceremonies