We received the following press release.--RL
The Web site has been updated with all appropriate information we have to date:
- 1999 Event Program http://www.celebratehistory.com/1999/program/
1999 Event Registration http://www.celebratehistory.com/1999/registration/
Get your Celebrate History tickets today!
Call City Box Office 1-800-748-9901, or
TicketWeb online: http://www.ticketweb.com/user/sfbay/attract/misc/id=10412
Peter Corless
President, Chairman
Celebrate History!
info@celebratehistory.org
Meet Gene Billingsly, President of GMT Games, as well as best-selling techno- thriller author Larry Bond, designer of Command At Sea and Harpoon, and Dave Arneson, co-designer of Dungeons & Dragons (whose first love has always been historical gaming). They will be running games as guests of honor at the second annual Celebrate History, a unique event that blends wargaming with seminars, displays, WWII fighter aces, the youngest U-boat commander of WWII, Chosin Reservoir survivors, 8th Air Force Bomber crewmen, a dealer room (including Brookhurst Hobbies, Geo Hex, Moments in History, Scenic Effects, etc.), re-enactors, music, dance, and more!
Celebrate History takes place one week after Easter, April 9-11, 1999, at the South San Francisco Conference Center and adjacent hotels. Admission is just $40 in advance for the entire weekend. Price includes all seminars, exhibits, and game events. Only banquets and dances cost extra. For the complete program, visit www.celebratehistory.org or call 510-595-0802 Monday-Friday 9 AM - 5 PM Pacific time to get pre-registration materials.
Come see what John Hill, designer of Squad Leader, called "...a convention that unlike any other, demonstrated how new enthusiasts can be introduced to the hobby of historical gaming." And what Craig Taylor, designer of Flattop, Napoleon's Battles, etc., said was "the most exciting and unconventional gaming convention that I have attended since the very first Origins...."
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