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| RBW (originally Red Blue & White) is the UK's first and Europe's second largest furry convention. Held annually in London, England, it attracts furs from across the UK, Europe and the US. |
Background
Since the formation of the LondonFurs in 1998 it has been traditional for them to organize a special Christmas meal. However this tradition was broken in 2005 when no one took responsibility to arrange this event. When Rapido took responsibility for the group, he decided to make the Christmas meal a more formal event by organising the 'London Boat Party', which later became known as Red, Blue & White. This boat party is now a unique event at the heart of RBW.
RBW had its first event in 2006, which took place upon a River Thames party boat. The party included music and a live performance by 2, The Ranting Gryphon. The boat party sold out with 80 tickets being bought for the event and over 100 furs attending the day time activities.
In April 2007, RBW planners decided to expand the event from an evening party into a full 2 day (over the weekend) convention. While RBW 2007 continued to host the traditional boat party, it also offered attendees a wider range of activities across a broad spectrum of furry related interests, including fursuiting, art, games and general entertainment and many late programming additions. RBW 2007 sold a total of 242 tickets [1] . RBW 2007 also had a conbook, hotel affiliation, dealers and several Guests of Honour, mentioned below.
Work has already begun on planning for 2008, in which RBW will move to a hotel with convention facilities. It has now been confirmed that 2008 will include the evening River Thames cruise. The dates for RBW 2008 are 27th to the 30th November.
On July 20, 2008, Rapido, Bernie and Bunni all announced their resignations from the running and operation of RBW.[2]
Guests of Honor
Guests of Honor have included:
Themes
Charities
- 2007 - Mammal Trust UK - £1331.23 (℮US$2662)[1]
- 2008 - TBA
Current staff
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Organization
RBW is run by the Anthropomorphic Representation Foundation,[3] a company set up to raise awareness within the United Kingdom of people who enjoy, feel, or choose to represent themselves through anthropomorphic characters. A.R.F. is registered as a private company limited by guarantee, no. 6471539 (incorporated 14th January 2008).[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 RBW 2007 Fact-file! - Foxberance, rbwuk (5 December 2007)
- ↑ RBW Update - Staff Announcements posted by Graafen Blackpaw on rbwuk on June 30, 2008. Retrieved June 31, 2008.
- ↑ The Anthropomorphic Representation Foundation does not use LTD/Limited in its name. This is under the 'Section 30 exemption' which distinguishes a company that has guaranteed to make no profit for its members, devoted to the promotion of commerce, art, science, religion, education, or a particular profession, and which can only give up its assets to a similar organization or to a charity.
- ↑ Anthropomorphic Representation Foundation - registration #6471539 at Companies House (14 January 2008)
See also
External links
- RBW UK - official website
- RBW community at LiveJournal
- The Royal National hotel website
- Photos, videos, reports: RBW resources
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