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Desiree Heald Desiree (Purrdence)

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Participates in 9 items

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Sessions in which Desiree Heald Desiree (Purrdence) participates

Thursday 29 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
7:30 PM
7:30 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Collaborative

Desiree Heald Desiree (Purrdence) (Participant)

Did you go to a Swancon movie screening? What did you really think about the movie? Come along and join the panel in a vigorous and bracing review ...
8:30 PM
8:30 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Panel

Dr Cathy Cupitt (Participant)

Desiree Heald Desiree (Purrdence) (Participant)

How does music fit in to our fannish lives? The panellists look at the place of music in fannish enjoyment and transformative fan art. How do some ...
9:30 PM
9:30 PM
Geek singalong!
1 hour, 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Collaborative

Desiree Heald Desiree (Purrdence) (Participant)

Friday 30 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
10:00 PM
10:00 PM
Beard or no beard?
1 hour, 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Collaborative

First Hierarch Candice Of the Church of Cha, First and Holy Church of Cha (Participant)

Desiree Heald Desiree (Purrdence) (Participant)

Ms Belinda Forbes (Gemfyre) (Participant)

Come along and spend a lot of time looking at photos of extremely attractive people with and without beards. Can we reach consensus on which is bet...

Saturday 31 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Geek singalong - Disney edition
45 minutes, 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara

Collaborative

Desiree Heald Desiree (Purrdence) (Participant)

Sunday 1 April, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
art show close down
1 hour, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Meetings on 5 foyer

Desiree Heald Desiree (Purrdence) (Participant)

Monday 2 April, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Desiree’s Music Chill-out Room
1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Desiree Heald Desiree (Purrdence) (Participant)

11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Steven Universe
1 hour, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Panel

Drhoz Drhoz (Participant)

Desiree Heald Desiree (Purrdence) (Participant)

Rallye (Participant)

Steven Universe: why are all my LGBTQ friends going crazy over a kids’ cartoon? The panel discusses the relevance of Steven Universe's themes, and ...
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Fanfic as a gateway to canon
1 hour, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Panel

Ms Belinda Forbes (Gemfyre) (Participant)

Fern Clarke (Participant)

Desiree Heald Desiree (Purrdence) (Participant)

The expectation is that we consume the canon, then dive into the fan creations. Except, sometimes, we slide sideways into canon through fic or vids...

Sessions in which Desiree Heald Desiree (Purrdence) attends

Thursday 29 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
6:30 PM
6:30 PM
Opening Ceremony
1 hour, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Keynote

Ryan J Griffen, National Guest of Honour (Participant)

Wolf Bylsma (Participant)

Emily K Smith (Participant)

Foz Meadows (Participant)

Barbara de la Hunty (Participant)

Are you ready??? Meet this year’s team, meet the guests, and get the lowdown on all things Swancon 2018.Welcome to Country ceremony will be...

Friday 30 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Captain America vs America (and Australia)
1 hour, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Mx Anna Hepworth (Moderator)

Robert Hood (Participant)

Stephen Dedman (Participant)

Lyss Wickramasinghe, The Never Never Book Box (Participant)

What do we find so hot about the idea of a superhero? How does this compare to how we view humans who have ‘super’ power in the form of extreme wea...
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Foz Meadows' Reading, and Q and A session
1 hour 30 minutes, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Keynote

Foz Meadows (Participant)

PRK (Moderator)

Guest of Honour, Foz Meadows, will give a reading, and then be interviewed by PRK on their work and plans. An audience Q and A will follow, and a s...
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
Kdrama with Candice
1 hour, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Talk

First Hierarch Candice Of the Church of Cha, First and Holy Church of Cha (Participant)

Ellora Ker (Participant)

A Kdrama year in review. Netflix has made Korean dramas much more accessibl, with both easily accessed shows worth watching, and harder ones worth ...

Saturday 31 March, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
art show set up
1 hour, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Pan Pacific Perth - Meetings on 5 foyer

Closed

11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Changing Nature of Fan Communities
1 hour, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - East Grand River

Panel

Emily K Smith (Participant)

Barbara de la Hunty (Participant)

Sally Beasley (Participant)

Dave Luckett (Participant)

Swancon has been running for 43 years, and fandom has changed around the convention during this time. (Or has it?) What was Perth fandom like in th...
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Disney from the kids' seats
1 hour, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Talk

Rosalie Chilvers (Participant)

Lyra Telfer (Participant)

4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Geek singalong - Disney edition
45 minutes, 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara

Collaborative

Desiree Heald Desiree (Purrdence) (Participant)

7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Masquerade
5 hours, 7:00 PM - 12:00 AM

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Collaborative

9:00 PM
9:00 PM
Kpop with Candice
2 hours, 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Talk

First Hierarch Candice Of the Church of Cha, First and Holy Church of Cha (Participant)

A guided tour through a year of Kpop. The spectacle continues. Mini movies, drama, and beautiful people with more coordination than seems feasible....
Filking
1 hour 30 minutes, 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Pilbara

Collaborative

Filking is folk singing of pop songs with fandom-related lyrics, much like Weird Al’s ouvre. Both experienced filkers and novices are welcome to co...

Sunday 1 April, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT+08:00) Perth
3:00 PM
3:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - West Grand River

Talk

Fern Clarke (Moderator)

Vee Pendergrast (Participant)

Vee Prendergast says:I will detail the work that I have given over the past three years as I have been directly seeking major investment in...
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Chocolate Tasting
1 hour, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Meeting Room 7

Workshop

Sandra Norman Sandra (Participant)

Deb Costello (Participant)

8:00 PM
8:00 PM
Can you trust that Dog?
1 hour, 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Pan Pacific Perth - Mount Newman

Collaborative

Maia Bobrowicz (Participant)

Take a trip down memory lane and ask yourself an important question - CAN YOU TRUST THAT DOG?Including but not limited to: Sirius (Stapledo...