SoCal Browncoats

The tradition continues!

The 6th Annual Browncoat Day at Disneyland will be Saturday October 29th.  As usual, the Browncoats will be descending on the happiest place on earth for a day of fun. We aren’t going to change the plan much from previous years, so here are the details.

8:30-9:15 AM - Meet at the fountain in front of La Brea Bakery (end of Downtown Disney near the Disneyland entrance). You can start forming teams, get your tickets if someone bought them for you, etc. This is the informal first meeting, not much happens except chatting and planning.
9:30 AM - Group picture in front of the “Let the memories begin” sign between Disneyland and California Adventure. It looks like a small parade float. (here’s a photo).
2:00 PM - Group picture in front of the castle.
6:00 PM - Dinner at Pizza Port in Tomorrowland; Scavenger Hunt winners determined.

We are once again doing a photo scavenger hunt. If you wish to participate, you will need a digital camera (or cellphone with a camera) and a pen/pencil (we’ll have some extras to hand out). The hunt instructions and clues will be handed out after the first group picture. Teams for the hunt should be at least 2 people. The last few years it has taken much longer for everyone to get to the meeting in the morning, and we’re also doing it a little earlier than last year, so give yourself extra time to get there.

The Pizza Port has an outside area that we try to secure for our large group.

For those who want to do the hunt, but don’t have a team yet, there will be teams forming or needing members the day of the hunt. Feel free to form your teams on the board in the next few days as well. The hunt is meant to give Disneyland a little something extra, and is not mandatory. It’s a lot of fun though, is Browncoat themed, and everyone who participates will get a prize. And you all know how those last place prizes go 

If you have any questions, please post on the group, email them to James, or ask him on Twitter or Facebook. If you need James’ cell number in case you run late or need to find us after the morning meeting, please send an email/tweet/message/smoke signal.

We’ll see you there!

CSTS OC is just days away. Get your tickets now or at the door. All the information you need is on the California Browncoats site, just follow the link below:

California Browncoats and SoCal Browncoats Present CSTS Orange County

It’s that time of year again!

The 5th Annual Browncoat Day at Disneyland will be Saturday October 23th.  As usual the Browncoats will be descending on the happiest place on earth for a day of fun.  We aren’t going to change the plan much from previous years, so here are the details.

9:00-9:30 AM - Meet at the fountain in front of La Brea Bakery (end of Downtown Disney near the Disneyland entrance). You can start forming teams, get your tickets if someone bought them for you, etc.
10:00 AM - Group picture in front of the ‘F’ of the giant “California” between Disneyland and California Adventure
2:30 PM - Group picture in front of the castle
6:30 PM - Dinner at Pizza Port in Tomorrowland, Scavenger Hunt winners determined

We are once again doing a photo scavenger hunt.  If you wish to participate, you will need a digital camera (or cellphone with a camera).  The hunt instructions and clues will be handed out at the initial meetup and the first group picture.  Teams for the hunt should be at least 2 people. The last few years it has taken much longer for everyone to get to the meeting in the morning, so give yourself extra time to get there.

The Pizza Port has an outside area that we try to secure for our large group.

For those who want to do the hunt, but don’t have a team yet, there will be teams forming or needing members the day of the hunt.  Feel free to form your teams on the board in the next few days as well.  The hunt is meant to give Disneyland a little something extra, and is not mandatory.  It’s a lot of fun though, is Browncoat themed, and everyone who participates will get a prize.  And you all know how those last place prizes go

If you have any questions, please post on the group or email them.  If you need Lynn’s or my cell number in case you run late or need to find us after the morning meeting, please send an email.

We’ll see you there!

The SoCal Browncoats
in association with the California Browncoats
are proud to present a charity screening event featuring

SERENITY
and
“Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-Long Blog”

On Saturday, September 25 at 8:00 pm
At the Starplex Woodbridge Movies 5
4626 Barranca Pkwy
Irvine, CA 92604

Tickets are $15 (includes entry in door prize drawing). Parking is FREE.

All proceeds benefit Equality Now, an organization dedicated to ending violence and discrimination against women and girls around the world. Serenity is a gripping, action-packed, character-driven science-fiction movie with Western themes acclaimed by fans, non-fans, and critics alike (81% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes). “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-Long Blog” features a wannabe supervillain you’ll root for, a good guy you’ll love to hate, the lovely young woman who completes the love triangle, and music! and Moist! and Neil Patrick Harris!

There will be merchandise for sale at the event, a door prize drawing, and there may be an auction. Stay tuned for details.  Tickets also for sale same day at the door.

The Starplex Woodbridge Movies 5 features $1 hot dogs and has a full concession stand. Ruby’s Diner, Del Taco, and Champagne Bakery (bistro) are in the same shopping center. For those who would like to meet up before “Can’t Stop the Serenity”, there is a huge park (Woodbridge Community Park at 20 Lake Road) just across a pedestrian bridge from the shopping center. They even have barbeques.

Tickets will be available at the theater beginning at 7pm the day of the show.

If you can’t make to the screening, please consider donating the cost of a ticket. Today, more than ever, the work of Equality Now is needed, and our continued support allows them to make a real difference in the lives of women and girls around the world. We have a lofty goal set for total donations this year, hep us meet that goal! We are mighty!!

Original Post from the California Browncoats

The California Browncoats are proud to announce the final donation amount from all 4 Southern California Can’t Stop the Serenity screenings.  100% of the proceeds after expenses (theater rental, merchandise, etc.) benefit Equality Now.  The total raised is $6,779.61!  The breakdown by city is as follows:

• Los Angeles - $2,005.04
• Orange County - $979.54
• San Diego - $1,921.40
• Riverside - $1,873.54

We would like to thank all the SoCal and San Diego Browncoats who volunteered and organized the CSTS screenings.  Thank you to all the attendees who bought tickets, merchandise and donated to Equality Now!

The 4th Annual Browncoat Day at Disneyland will be Saturday October 24th.  As usual the Browncoats will be descending on the happiest place on earth for a day of fun.  We aren’t going to change the plan much from previous years, so here are the details.

9:00-9:30 AM - Meet at the fountain in front of La Brea Bakery (end of Downtown Disney near the Disneyland entrance)
10:00 AM - Group picture in front of the ‘F’ of the giant “California” between Disneyland and California Adventure
2:30 PM - Group picture in front of the castle
6:30 PM - Dinner at Pizza Port in Tomorrowland, Scavenger Hunt winners determined

We are once again doing a scavenger hunt.  If you wish to participate, you will need a digital camera (or cellphone with a camera).  The hunt instructions and clues will be handed out at the initial meetup and the first group picture.  Teams for the hunt should be at least 2 people. The last couple years it has taken much longer for everyone to get to the meeting in the morning, so give yourself extra time to get there.

Last year the Pizza Port was a success, so we will be meeting for dinner there again this year.  It has an outside area that we managed to secure for our large group.

For those who want to do the hunt, but don’t have a team yet, there will be teams forming or needing members the day of the hunt.  Feel free to form your teams on the board in the next few weeks as well.  The hunt is meant to give Disneyland a little something extra, and is not mandatory.  It’s a lot of fun though, is Browncoat themed, and everyone who participates will get a prize.  And you all know how those last place prizes go

If you have any questions, please post or email them.  If you need my cell number in case you run late or need to find us after the morning meeting, please send me an email.

We’ll see you there!

James

2009 SoCal CSTS is now history. We had a lot of fun, and raised a lot of money and awareness for Equality Now.  I want to thank all of you that came out for the screenings, donated money, bid on auctions, and bought merchandise.  Last night was the last event, in Riverside, and it was a huge success.  We had 110 tickets sold, the largest crowd at any of our screenings.

Here’s the preliminary roundup on what we made at each screening.  These numbers will change once we get all the final counts/expenses done.

Los Angeles - $1500 - 100 tickets sold
Orange County - $1000 - 67 tickets sold
San Diego - $2000 - 76 tickets sold
Riverside - $1700 - 110 tickets sold

That means we raised over $6000 for the year!

I have posted photos from just Los Angeles so far, but will get some up from all the screenings soon.  I also posted video from last night of The Ballad of Serenity being played live, as well as the crowd singing Joss happy birthday.

Photos from Los Angeles

Ballad of Serenity

Happy Birthday Joss

Again, thank you all for supporting Can’t Stop the Serenity this year. On to Comic-Con!

We are happy to announce that there will be live auctions at all 3 remaining CSTS SoCal screenings.  Thanks to Quantum Mechanix and the California Browncoats we will have the following at all the screenings:

QMx Serenity Architectural Cutaways - Inara’s Shuttle Test Print

Mal Dog Tag

Zoe Dog Tag

Special Suydam Summer Glau print signed by the artist and Summer Glau

And we will have something special for each city that will only be at that screening. A signed shirt? Poster? You won’t know unless you go!

Tickets are still available online for San Diego and Riverside. Tickets for all 3 screenings will be available from our table in the lobby on the night of the screenings.

We’ve been getting some questions about specific things for Can’t Stop the Serenity this month. This should hopefully answer most of your questions.

CSTS Los Angeles Live Auction

Thanks to QMx we will be having a very special live auction at CSTS LA (Check this out for one of the items) .  We are making this auction open to remote bidding worldwide.  The auction will start at approximately 10:00 AM PDT. If you are interested in bidding, please email Dwight and he will get you set up.  As of right now the plan is for you to be on the phone with a proxy bidder so you can participate live.  UPDATE: You will need to email by 11:59 PM PDT on Friday June 12th to be eligible for remote bidding.

There is a chance we will have more than one item, so let Dwight know when you contact him if you want to bid on one item, or all items.  Also, we may have some items at the other 3 screenings. We will post information about all the items when/if we can. Keep an eye here.

On Site/Walk-up Tickets

There will be tickets available on the day of each screening. So if you don’t make it in time to buy them online, you can show up and still get a ticket that day.  If we are close enough to selling out, we will post an update right here on this site.

CSTS Shirts

The Global organizers are preparing a 2nd wave of shirt printing.  If you are not able to get one of the limited number of shirts we have available at the screenings, don’t worry. We will be taking pre-payments for that second wave and you will be able to get your shirt in July.

Thank you all for supporting Can’t Stop the Serenity in Southern California!