When Furballs Strike 41 - FurLife Fursuit Bowling!
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Our 41st When Furballs Strike furbowl has been booked for Saturday, June 18! The theme will be "Disney Classics" celebrating traditionally drawn Disney films from the dawn of animation up to the Disney Renaissance in the 1990s! Come dressed or accessorized as your favorite classic Disney character and enjoy the many themed prizes in our raffle!
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. There will also be a 10x10 pop-up canopy w/walls as additional changing space at the other end of the lanes.
The fursuit group photo is now AT THE BEGINNING before the lanes turn on for bowling, around 2pm! 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
Please note the mid-level registration has increased by $1 to $15. The other two levels remain the same for now - we will always work to negotiate the best possible price for our event with Kenmore Lanes.
$11 Base Reg - Bowling, shoe rental, 1 raffle ticket
$20 SuperSponsor - Bowling, shoe rental, 15 raffle tickets, 1 FurLife Sticker Decal, extra Supersponsor (SS) raffle ticket to win special prizes, and the SS gift which will be a 1.25" FurLife Logo pin! Since June is Pride Month, we will also have an assortment of Pride Pins to choose from if you like (in place of the FurLife pin) while supplies last.
Each registration comes with 2 games of bowling and shoe rental plus raffle tickets. To pre-reg (recommended) send your payment via Paypal using the "Send to a Friend" 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 doing 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. This prevents confusion and rearranging bowlers later on!
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 17 (day before WFS).
Extra raffle tickets can be purchased during registration for $1 each, or 5 for $4. All raffle ticket sales go towards the prizes for the next meet, and the cost to keep our FurLife site running on Meetup. 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
PRIZE RAFFLE
As always there will be a TON of amazing prizes for attendees to take home in our prize raffle which takes place after bowling ends (around 4:30). Mostly animal or furry-related, as well as some collectibles and nice gifts for your home.
We accept donations for prizes - they must be cleared by me 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.
For those new to the prize raffle, each ticket comes in a pair, simply separate each ticket and drop ONE of the two matching numbered tickets into the bag labeled with the prize you want to win.
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.
AFTERWARDS
We will be giving out fun awards for high game in “classic” & “fursuit” divisions. We will also be running our prize raffle again with lots of fantastic gifts to give away for bowling with us at WFS! Additional tickets will be sold just prior to the raffle.
We should be finishing up around 5:15pm. Kenmore has been a great host for us in the past and was very kind in giving us this great deal, so please help clean up after yourselves. Let's try leave the place looking cleaner than when we came in!
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. Thanks so much and see everyone at WFS 41! Any questions feel free to post here, message me on Meetup or Telegram @kijani_lion.
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DINNER LOCATION DETAILS - We will be returning to Super China Buffet! Please note that the RSVP for the dinner portion is now a separate event page here: COMING SOON
They've been great hosts for our group the last 5+ years, please support this local business & attend if you can!
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!
