Pegasus Party Reports and Schedule (guest post by Black Bear)

Short reportz

This week, probably due to the craziness following the Thanksgiving holiday, I've not heard official reports from several of this past weekend's PRC's.  But!  I stand here to tell you about a few great get-togethers regardless.

Our Anchorage Alaska organizer, Corrie, sent me the following report:

The Anchorage Pegasus Release Cake Party at Title Wave was great. It was smallish, but I managed to convert two new readers to Robin's work and send them home with copies of Sunshine (my favorite McKinley book). Technically our book club is for health related books only, so we are forming an offshoot to meet and talk about Sunshine, and I am hoping it will be their gateway McKinley…  The cupcakes were banana chocolate with chocolate ganache :)

Banana chocolate cupcakes? Sign me up.

Well done, Alaskans!

The other PRCs I'd like to tell you about briefly are ones that were not publicized on the blog.  Thanks to some great Twitter and Mailing List action on the part of Heidi Z., a school librarian in Wisconsin, I was contacted by several schools who were interested in putting together a PRC for their students.  This week I heard back from three of them post-party.  One was a party at an American military base school in Germany, organized by librarian Lori K.  She says it went very well; though I don't have a total student head count, I believe it was pretty good-sized!  Back here in the States, the Winder-Barrow High School Book Club held a discussion of Robin's books, culminating in a giveaway of Pegasus for the students.  While we can't post pictures of minors on the blog without parental permission, I'd like to thank WBHS students Katie C., Beth T., Nick O., Danielle N., Brenda M., Kayla N., Jennifer B., Samuel M., Hannah D., and their super-awesome librarian Dana T. for organizing a Pegasus Party at their school.  Likewise, there was a great Pegasus get-together at New Providence Middle School in Clarksville, Tennessee, put together by the fabulous Becky J.  Shout out to students Sydney M., Lauren S., Jannece V., Tessa P., Joe R., Cheyenne D., Jessica G., Robyne H., Quinn O., Ashton B., Miranda R., David F., Alyssa G., Rebecca D., Sierra B., Marissa B., and Megan Z. for making their PRC a success!  As of right now, theirs is the largest party I've had a report of.  There are some great pictures of these events, and I've forwarded them on to Robin so she can see the next generation of McKinley fans up and coming.

****PRC NewsFlash!  Cutoff Dates!****

Ok, folks, the time of reckoning is at hand.  While you are of course always welcome to eat cake and talk about Robin's books whenever and wherever you like, the final deadline for holding an official Pegasus Release Celebration party is December 31.  On a related note, the deadline for requesting a raffle package from Robin's publisher is December 15. Remember, to qualify for the package, you have to have 3 confirmed attendees, a confirmed location, date, and time, and you need to invite other Robin fans in your area to join!  (Exceptions made for book clubs and schools, obviously.)  If you put together something after December 15, you can still be entered in the contest to win a signed book, but we won't be able to send you a raffle package.  And you might not get it in a timely fashion anyway, at this time of year–so if you've got a party in the works, please get your details firmed up and contact me at whiteape [at] whiteape [dot] net asap.

If you have already held a PRC Party, and you have not sent me your attendee lists, pleeeease do so soon!  Those lists are what we'll use to determine winners of the signed Pegasus giveaway.  The cutoff date for sending me your attendee list is January 10.

Now, on to the PRC UPDATES and SCHEDULES!

****Happening THIS WEEKEND*****

Toronto ONT, Canada — December 3, 7 pm at the Select Bakery, 405 Donlands Ave. Organizer: Manga

Denver Metro area – December 4, 2:30 pm at the downtown Tattered Cover.  Meet at the entrance on the 16th St. mall side.  Organizer: Catlady

Birmingham, England — the Birmingham Waterstones, December 5 at 11 am.  Meet, eat, talk books, and then go to the German Market!  Organizer: Southdowner

****Coming Soon!****

East-Central Illinois – Saturday, December 11, 1 – 4 pm.  Urbana Free Library, Urbana Illinois.  Cupcakes will be provided!  For more info on the event, you can click here. Organizer: Rhymeswithcarrot

San Francisco Bay area – Saturday, December 11, 3:30 pm at  Crixa Cakes in Berkeley. Organizer: Equus_Pedus

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia —December 11, a picnic in Kamesburgh Gardens at 3 pm. There will be loads of delicious food, blankets, chairs, a card table, and there's a service ring in the nearby bell tower at 5:30. Organizer: B-Twin_1

NEW!!! Whitmore Lake, Michigan–December 15, Northfield Township Area Library, 6 pm.  Whitmore Lake is west of Detroit, north of Ann Arbor, and south of Brighton. Cake will be provided! Organizer: Xanthe

Sacramento — Saturday, December 18. 3pm at the Borders Books on Fair Oaks Blvd. in Sacramento. Organizer: Sarahkp

****Still Nebulous****

Chicagoland – probably at a location in Schaumburg, date/time is under discussion.  Organizer: Apple

Los Angeles/Orange Co – proposed for late December, no location/time as yet.  Organizer: Peanut

Dallas – Proposed in forum for late December, several responses but no firm date/time yet. Organizer: livvispatula

Oslo, Norway — proposed in forum, one response suggesting late December.  Organizer: Re Williams

Since we're getting close to the wire, I've removed the links to PRC suggestions that haven't had any planning action lately–but if you check our Talk forum, you can find a number of threads for suggested PRCs–might be one in your home town waiting to happen!  Email me at whiteape [at] whiteape [dot] net with any questions you might have.  Have a great weekend!