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Creation Entertainment Presents
THE SALUTE TO SUPERNATURAL
CHICAGO CONVENTION 2009

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Guests :: 11

Schedule

(posted by Creation on 11/10/09)

WHERE’S WHAT?

Theater: GRAND BALLROOM
Vendors: GRAND BALLROOM FOYER
Photo Ops: STEPHENS 2
Concert: GRAND BALLROOM
Sat. Eve. Dessert Party: O’HARE BM. (LL)
Sun. Morning Breakfast: O’HARE BM. (LL)
Karaoke Party: MAXIES off Hotel Lobby

Thanks for making the trip to be with us this weekend, we really appreciate it! We hope everyone has a great time. If you have any issues at the convention (with our volunteers or anyone/anything else) please let us know so we can solve problems on site. There are a few rules to make the convention safe for all:

1) Photos from your seat only

2) No photographs during autographs. Only the person who has an autograph ticket may get on the line when called.

3) Due to security considerations and guest concerns we can no longer facilitate the giving of gifts to guests at the photo op sessions. We will be happy to accept gifts for our celebrity guests after 3pm daily at registration (on their day of appearance) and we will gather them and make sure the guests get them. For Jensen and Jared, please give your gifts to registration on Sunday only and by Sunday 1pm. Please note that because guests usually travel by plane they are unable to take gifts home with them. We hope you understand the security issues involved and know that this was done at the request of the guests’ representation. Thank you!

4) At photo ops please refrain from asking guests to pose and/or use props that you have brought.

5) Our main guests have asked that questions be given directly by audience members. Please make sure that your question is a good one and does not involve telling the guests you love them, asking for hugs, photos or autographs. Let’s make the convention’s on-stage sessions enjoyable for all, including the guests! Thanks!

That’s it on rules: ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND!

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 12

5 pm to 8:00 pm: Vendors Room Set Up/Vendors ONLY please

8:00 pm to 9:00 pm: Pre-Registration for GOLD WEEKEND PATRONS, not a necessity but a convenience. Pick up your credientials, schedules, wristbands and get first crack at souvenirs. VENDORS AREA OPEN.

9:00 pm to 10:00 pm: Pre-Registration for PREFERRED WEEKEND PATRONS and GOLD WEEKEND PATRONS, not a necessity but a convenience. Pick up your credientials, schedules, wristbands and get first crack at souvenirs. VENDORS ROOM OPEN.

10:00 pm to 11:00 pm: Pre-Registration for ANY WEEKEND PATRONS. VENDORS ROOM OPEN.

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 13 (FRIDAY THE 13TH, YEAH!)

11:30 am to 7 pm: Vendors Room Open

11 am to 11:45 am: Registration for Gold Weekend Patrons that were not present last night.

11:45 am to 12:15 pm: Registration for Silver/Preferred Weekend Patrons that were not present last night.

12:15 pm to 6 pm: Registration/Theatre Open

12:45 pm: Supernatural Music Video Open

12:50 pm: Alona Tal (Jo Harvelle)

1:30 pm: Supernatural Music Video

1:35 pm: Julie McNiven (Anna Milton)

2:15 pm: Supernatural Yes/No Trivia Competition: $1750 worth of gift certificates are up for grabs if you are the last fan standing on stage! Be in the audience to participate and make sure to cram for this test by watching Supernatural episodes!

2:30 pm PHOTO OPS with Julie McNiven. Tickets at registration for $40

2:45 pm: Supernatural Music Video

2:50 pm PHOTO OPS with Alona Tal. Tickets at registration for $40

2:50 pm: Intermission and stage reset

3:20 pm: Supernatural and Sci-Fi Genre No Minimum Bid Auction: lots of cool bargains in this fast paced event: be there!

3:50 pm: Supernatural Music Video

3:55 pm: Traci Dinwiddie (Pamela Barnes)

4:40 pm: Supernatural Music Video

4:45 pm PHOTO OPS with Traci Dinwiddie. Tickets at registration for $40

4:45 pm: AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION: “The Supernatural Movie” Pitch Session: pitch us your ideas (up to 45 seconds long) on the plot for a full length feature film version of Supernatural. The best pitch wins a $250 gift certificate!

5:15 pm: Supernatural Music Video

5:20 pm: “THE WOMEN OF SUPERNATURAL” On-Stage Photo Op (please take photos from your seats only) with ALONA TAL, TRACI DINWIDDIE and JULIE McNIVEN

5:30 pm: ON ONE SIDE OF THE THEATRE: Autographs with Traci Dinwiddie are complimentary for GOLD PATRONS and PREFERRED/SILVER WEEKEND Patrons and we will call you up row by row, then followed by those with autograph tickets (which we will call by number) for Traci, which are available at registration for $20 each. Note: if you are a Gold Patron and you have additional Traci autograph tickets kindly get everything signed when you first go up, and this holds true throughout the weekend.

5:35 pm: ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE THEATRE: Autographs with Julie McNiven and Alona Tal, which are not part of any ticket package and must be purchased separately at registration for $20 each. We will call these by number.

PLEASE NOTE: Autographing is a long process and we try not to rush unless our celebrities need to catch planes, which is not the case tonight. Therefore once you see how the lines are moving we do suggest that it is not necessary to wait in your seats for hours. You can go out and come back and then if your row or number was called you can join the line. We, of course, can not be responsible if the guests have left before you come back but it should be relatively easy to see when it is possible to leave.

9:00 pm FRIDAY NIGHT PERFORMANCE
Steve Carlson in Concert, complimentary for Gold Weekend Patrons, for others tickets are available at registration for $20 general admission, $35 reserved seating.

10:30 pm Creation Entertainment’s KARAOKE NIGHT: A free event for all in the hotel’s bar MAXIE’S! Join Creation staff, fellow fans and who knows who else for the fun!

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 14

10 am to 7pm: Registration, Vendors Room Open

10:30 am: Main Theatre Opens

10:50 am: Music Video Open

10:55 am: Jake Abel (Adam Milligan)

11:35 am: Aldis Hodge (Jake Talley)

12:15 pm: Supernatural Music Video

12:20 pm PHOTO OPS with Jake Abel. Tickets at registration for $45

12:20 pm: Steve Carlson (Songwriter/Performer)

12:45 pm PHOTO OPS with Aldis Hodge. Tickets at registration for $40

12:55 pm: LUNCH BREAK/Intermission/Stage Reset

1:05 pm: Autographs with Steve Carlson (Steve’s autograph is not part of any ticket package and must be purchased separately for $20 at registration). We will call you up by number.

1:00 pm: Private Lunch with JIM BEAVER, we have three more seatings available, which can be purchased at registration on Friday for $300 each. For those fans participating in this exclusive event: check at registration on Saturday for the room location.

1:45 pm: The Supernatural & Sci-Fi Media No-Minimum Bid Auction: the bidding is fierce but friendly and the bargains are bountiful: don’t miss out!

2:05 pm: PHOTO OPS with Steve Carlson, available at registration for $40.

2:20 pm: Music Video Salute to Supernatural

2:25 pm: Jim Beaver (Bobby)

3:20 pm: Music Video Salute to Supernatural

3:25 pm PHOTO OPS with Jim Beaver. Tickets at registration for $45. If you are in the costume parade please go to the head of the photo ops line and then come back to the theatre.

3:30 pm: THEATRE BREAK

3:45 pm: Supernatural Costume Competition: come dressed as your favorite Supernatural character or make up your own: $250 gift certificate award to the very best, but prizes and applause for ALL who enter. Contestants just be in the theatre at 3:30 pm and we’ll call you up!

4:10 pm: Music Video Salute to Supernatural

4:15 pm: Misha Collins (Castiel)

5:10 pm: PHOTO OPS with Misha Collins (for ticket holders with last names starting with A to L, have photo ID available). SOLD OUT. NO GIFT GIVING, PROPS, REQUESTS FOR POSES PLEASE.

5:20 pm: Music Video Salute to Supernatural

5:30 pm SUPERNATURAL “Stump The Experts” TRIVIA COMPETITION: Here’s where all the Dean, Sam, Castiel, Bobby etc. watching pays off with BIG prizes!

5:35 pm: PHOTO OPS with Misha Collins (for ticket holders with last names starting with M to Z, have photo ID available). SOLD OUT NO GIFT GIVING, PROPS, REQUESTS FOR POSES PLEASE.

6:00 pm: PHOTO OPS with Misha Collins and Jim Beaver AND YOU! First time ever! Tickets available at registration for $65

6:30 pm: Autographs with Misha Collins, Jim Beaver, Aldis Hodge and Jake Abel, all complimentary for Gold and Silver/Preferred WEEKEND PATRONS (whom we will call row by row) followed by those with autograph tickets for any or all of these stars. Autograph tickets (if not sold out) are available at registration at $20 for Aldis and $25 for Jake and Jim. Misha Collins autograph tickets are sold out.

PLEASE NOTE: Autographing is a long process and we try not to rush unless our celebrities need to catch planes, which is not the case tonight. Therefore once you see how the lines are moving we do suggest that it is not necessary to wait in your seats for hours. You can go out and come back and then if your row or number was called you can join the line. We, of course, can not be responsible if the guests have left before you come back but it should be relatively easy to see when it is possible to leave.

10:30 pm: The Saturday Evening Dessert Party with tentative guests Misha Collins, Jim Beaver, Aldis Hodge and Jake Abel. Complimentary and exclusive to GOLD WEEKEND PATRONS only. SOLD OUT! The Supernatural Centerpiece contest features a $250 gift award! If you have a centerpiece entry please bring your entry up to the front of the line so we can get you placed inside.

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 15

8:00 am: SUNDAY MORNING BREAKFAST, complimentary to GOLD WEEKEND PATRONS, SOLD OUT. SPECIAL GUESTS: Jensen Ackles (Dean Winchester), Jared Padalecki (Sam Winchester). Please sit at the table assigned to you. THANKS! Photos from your seat only, please.

9:00 am to 4pm Registration and Vendors Room Open

9:15 am: Theatre Open to those with Jensen Photo Ops, please be seated in the front rows and we will call you for your photo op with Jensen as indicated on the schedule below.

9:45 am: Theatre Open to those with Jared and Jensen Duo Photo Ops, please be seated where signage indicates in the theatre and we will call you for your photo ops as indicated on the schedule below.

10:30 am: Theatre Open to those with Jared Solo Photo Ops, please be seated where the signage indicates in the theatre and we will call you for your photo ops as indicated on the schedule below.

9:45am – 10:30am Jensen Ackles Solo photo ops. SOLD OUT. NO GIFT GIVING, PROPS, REQUESTS FOR POSES PLEASE.

10:30am – 11:15am Jared & Jensen Duo photo ops. SOLD OUT. NO GIFT GIVING, PROPS, REQUESTS FOR POSES PLEASE.

11:15am – 12:00pm Jared Solo photo ops. SOLD OUT. NO GIFT GIVING, PROPS, REQUESTS FOR POSES PLEASE.

12:30pm – 1:30pm Jensen & Jared Q&A. Jensen and Jared have asked to appear together on stage for their full timeframe.

1:45pm – 3:15pm Jared & Jensen Autographs, complimentary for GOLD and SILVER/PREFERRED WEEKEND PATRONS (who we will call row by row), followed by those with separate autograph tickets (whom we will call by number). ALL AUTOGRAPH TICKETS with JENSEN & JARED are completely SOLD OUT. Thanks!

3:25 pm Supernatural Music Video Salute

3:30 pm Supernatural No Minimum Bid Auction: the last chance at great collectibles from Supernatural and other genre productions all up for bidding at super-bargain prices. Also, last chance to grab our stage and other banners as collectibles!

4:05 pm Rob Benedict (Chuck Shurley)

4:50 pm Music Video Salute Close

4:55 pm: PHOTO OPS with Rob Benedict, Available at registration for $40

5:15 pm Rob Benedict Autographs (not part of any ticket package and must be purchased separately at registration for $20). We will call you up by number.

5:25 pm Upgrades for 2010: Here’s the chance for the great fans who signed up for next year (OCTOBER 8-10, 2010 AT THE WESTIN O’HARE, OUR NEW CHICAGO AREA LOCATION AND IT IS AWESOME!) to try to get EVEN BETTER seating. We’ll call you up if you are present, if not we will give you a better seat ourselves.

THANKS for your continued support!

All guests and scheduling is tentative and subject to change.