Phoenix Rising - Price Jump and Ticket Sales on February 20

[Amy W.]

Dear Harry Potter for Grownups members,

Do you have your registration for Phoenix Rising, a Harry Potter
conference to be held May 17-21, 2007, in New Orleans? Our next price
jump occurs at the end of February 19, 2007. Right now, a
registration for the full five days of the conference costs $160. That
includes admission to five days of programming and events, our
Southern-style Overture Dinner, The Leaky Cauldron's live PotterCast, 
a full night of fan community celebration at Artists and Authors 
Night, a New Orleans-style Masquerade Ball, the Coda Breakfast, and 
an exclusive conference shirt.

On February 20, 2007 – as New Orleans revels in Mardi Gras – the price
will increase to $180.

Also, starting on February 20, 2007, we'll be selling tickets to
keynote presentations and special events (Storyville and professional
Quidditch) to non-attendees. Attendees will be able to purchase any
ticket for a non-attendee, or non-attendees can purchase them
separately. We hope to sell out our events, as well as have an
extremely popular Borders Riverside Quidditch Classic, so if you know
someone unable to attend the conference, but who wants to hear a
particular speaker, dance to wizard rock on Bourbon Street, or play 
Chaser for the Pontchartrain Pirates, they can do so as of February 
20.

Attendees are encouraged to purchase tickets before then, especially
for Transformation: From Influence to Inspiration (fifteen tickets
still available) and Transformation: From Fan to Fandom (forty tickets
still available).

Of course, even without any additional ticket purchases, your full
registration provides you with access to a wide variety of Harry 
Potter programming, from the chance to leave your thoughts on our 
Final Theory Wall to participating in a roundtable discussion on 
immortality in Harry Potter, from a presentation analyzing the goblin 
financial monopoly to the opportunity to sit in on the panel 
titled "Snape: Friend or Foe?" that will be videocast by its sponsor, 
Borders, Inc. More presentations can be found at 
http://www.thephoenixrises.org/programming/accepted/.

Finally, high school students living or going to school in New Orleans
are invited to submit written or digital essays by March 1 for the
Phoenix Rising Student Essay Challenge. Five teens and their 
chaperones will be awarded registrations to Phoenix Rising for their 
analyses of the cycles of life, death, and rebirth in the Harry 
Potter series. Complete information and rules can be found at
http://www.thephoenixrises.org/newsroom/promotions.html.

Please direct all questions to help at ....  We hope to 
see many of you in New Orleans this spring!

Cheers,
Amy

Phoenix Rising is not endorsed, sanctioned or any other way supported,
directly or indirectly, by Warner Bros. Entertainment, the Harry 
Potter book publishers, or J. K. Rowling and her representatives. The
conference is presented by Narrate Conferences, Inc, a non-profit
organization focusing on education. Narrate Conferences, Inc. produces
dynamic, innovative events for scholars, students, professionals and 
fans.

Links:
Phoenix Rising http://www.thephoenixrises.org
>From Ash and Flame, the Official Newsletter of Phoenix Rising:
http://www.thephoenixrises.org/newsroom/subscribe.html
Narrate Conferences, Inc.: www.narrateconferences.org