When Furballs Strike (WFS) 45 - Kenmore Lanes Furbowl
Details
Our 45th When Furballs Strike furbowl is set for Saturday, June 10! June is Pride month, so our theme will be "Furry Pride!" - celebrating the spectrum of LGBTQIA+! Be out and proud of who you are, and enjoy the many pride-themed prizes in the raffle!
NEW for WFS 45: We are bringing back our Charity Auction! Our beneficiary will be Lambert House, a LGBTQ+ Youth Center in Seattle. The Auction display, near the prize table, will begin as a silent auction and will be ended as a live auction during the Prize Raffle. If no additional bids are received, the high silent bid wins.
FURSUIT CHANGING/GROUP PHOTO
We have a dedicated room for fursuit changing/storage (behind the party room partition). Please be courteous to other attendees and only use this room if you need to, and try to space out usage so it doesn't overcrowd.
The fursuit group photo is taken at 2pm before bowling starts. When setting up for the photo please let shorter fursuiters be in the front, and spread out side-to-side as much as possible since the photo is taken as a panoramic.
PRICING/REGISTRATION
$11 Base Reg - Bowling, shoe rental, 1 raffle ticket
$15 Sponsor Special - Bowling, shoe rental, 5 raffle tickets, 1 FurLife decal
$20 SuperSponsor - Bowling, shoe rental, 15 raffle tickets, 1 FurLife Decal, extra Supersponsor (SS) raffle ticket to win special prizes, and the special SS gift - A reusable Furlife logo Tumbler w/lid and straw! Perfect for those summer road trips, camping, or just to take your favorite beverage on the go! First 60 pre-reg SS will get one, any left over go to the first on-site SS.
Each registration comes with 2 games of bowling & shoe rental. To pre-reg, send your payment here via Paypal using the "Family & Friends" option: http://paypal.me/kijani
Include in the Notes section your FurLife username or what name you want on the bowling score screen. We will be assigning 5 bowlers per lane.
IMPORTANT: If you would like to bowl in a group, please make sure ALL members pre-reg (put in the notes section who you want to bowl with) or check in together in-person.
If you pre-reg, there will be a separate, much faster-moving line for where you check in, pick up your raffle tickets and lane assignment. You may buy extra tickets at that time as well. Pre-Reg closes at NOON on June 9 (day before WFS).
For on-site registration, Cash or card is accepted. For cards there is a .50 fee per registration through our secure payment processing system.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
11:30am - Party room opens
12:15 - Pre-Reg Check In opens
12:30 - At-event Registration opens
1:45 - Registration closes
2:00 - Fursuit Group Photo (usually in the middle of our assigned lanes, listen for announcement)
2:15 - Bowling starts
4:15 - Bowling ends, last call for ticket sales
4:30 - Awards & Prize Raffle
5:30 - Group Dinner - Pizza Party!
PRIZE RAFFLE
As always there will be many amazing prizes for attendees to take home in our prize raffle which takes place after bowling ends (around 4:30).
We accept donations for prizes - they must be cleared before being donated, so PM me or comment below. Donators get 3 free raffle tickets per prize donated (at least $10 in value, in new/like new condition), up to 9 total. If you have something you'd like to donate DM me @kijani_lion.
DJ
The WFS 45 DJ will be the talented Avian Invasion (Matthew Ebel)! We are thrilled to have him spin his unique blend of progressive house and trance for us!
FOOD
Kenmore Lanes has a full restaurant and bar for us to order from at our leisure. Please do not bring in any outside food or drink as this is against Kenmore's house policies. Things like bottled water/sport drinks kept in the party room for our fursuiters is fine and encouraged.
WFS GROUP DINNER
We will be doing another catered Pizza Party at Kenmore lanes in lieu of the buffet!
Cost is $8 which includes at least 3 slices of pizza, salad and soda. If you want to pre-reg for Pizza please send your payment with your bowling pre-reg. There will be a cap of 45 attendees for this due to space. Please RSVP on the separate event page here: WFS 45 Pizza Party!
Please RSVP as soon as you are reasonably sure you can attend so I can get an accurate number of bowlers reported to Kenmore Lanes. Any questions post here or message me on Meetup or Telegram @kijani_lion.
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First WFS meet or if you'd like to see what it's like? Check out these videos from a recent WFS and also our world record meet several years ago!
New world record! 340 attendees & 158 fursuiters turned Kenmore Lanes in to a mini bowling con!
WFS website for updates, meet history, video links & fun photos: http://www.whenfurballsstrike.net