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New Year's Furry Ball 2017 started on December 31, 2016, at 5 pm, and the ballroom closed at 1am on January 1 with the gaming rooms to "remain open until things calm down."<ref>[http://thefurststate.com/newyears/?page_id=54 Schedule and Events] on the New Years Furry Ball website. Retrieved November 13, 2016.</ref> The event was held at the Embassy Suites. | New Year's Furry Ball 2017 started on December 31, 2016, at 5 pm, and the ballroom closed at 1am on January 1 with the gaming rooms to "remain open until things calm down."<ref>[http://thefurststate.com/newyears/?page_id=54 Schedule and Events] on the New Years Furry Ball website. Retrieved November 13, 2016.</ref> The event was held at the Embassy Suites. | ||
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The New Year's Furry Ball, or NYFB, is an annual event hosted by Protocollie, Kitt3ns and other local furries in the Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey region of the USA, from December 31 - January 1 each New Year.
Contents
History
2005 and 2006 ("Room Con" in Berlin, NJ)
Chrono Otter Coon (Chrono) hosted a New Year's party for two years which was playfully dubbed Room Con at his private home in Berlin, New Jersey.[1] The party was followed with a visit to a local restaurant or bowling alley on New Year's Day. There were 23 attendees for the 2005 New Year[2] and 38 attendees in 2006[3]. For the 2006 New Year, Room Con badges were distributed to partygoers.
Chrono intended to officially move the event to a hotel the following year[3], but later announced that he was leaving the area[4]. Tigra began making plans for a replacement New Year's party, before allowing LupineFox to take over[5][6].
Based on a suggestion by Cyril Jackal[7] that some objected to[8] and a compromise suggestion by SomaCat[9] the replacement event was officially named the New Year's Furry Ball.
2007 to 2010 (Quakertown, PA)
The event was hosted for 3 consecutive years by LupineFox with assistance from SomaCat, SkippyFox, Tigra, LittleWolf, Kung Fu Dave and other locals at the Quakertown Comfort Inn[10].
For the first two years the event took place entirely within two suites in the hotel, and not in a hotel's actual meeting space. The third year expanded to six independently run themed room parties throughout the hotel. Attendees received badges made to resemble government passports, and each official party had a unique stamp for attendees to collect on their passports.
For the 2010 New Year, the fourth and final year in Quakertown, the event was organized by Protocollie. There were four con suites next door to each other: registration/raffle, video game room, open bar/dance suite (21+ to enter), pizza/lounge room and one additional open room party serving dinner.
2011 to present (Newark, DE)
Now organized by Protocollie, Kitt3ns and members of Furst State, the event was moved to the Embassy Suites Newark-Wilmington/South in Newark, Delaware, and utilized actual hotel meeting space instead of individual suites.[11] For the 2011 New Year the event featured music from DJ Protocollie, a Rock Band game area, a buffet-style catered dinner, cash bar and a raffle[12].
Furstivus was held instead of the New Year's Furry Ball for the 2012 New Year. NYFB 2013 returned to the "doomsday proof" Embassy Suites[13] on December 31, 2012 - January 1, 2013.
2014-15
New Year's Furry Ball 2015 started on December 31, 2014, at 7pm, at the Embassy Suites.[14]
2015-16
New Year's Furry Ball 2016 started on December 31, 2015, at 5pm, with the ballroom to close at 1am on January 1 with the gaming rooms to "remain open until things calm down."[15] The event was at the Embassy Suites.[16]
2016-17
New Year's Furry Ball 2017 started on December 31, 2016, at 5 pm, and the ballroom closed at 1am on January 1 with the gaming rooms to "remain open until things calm down."[17] The event was held at the Embassy Suites.
2017
The 2017 theme is "Shipwrecked on a Tropical Island"[18]
Attendance
- New Year's Furry Ball 2007 (2006-2007): 55[19]
- New Year's Furry Ball 2008 (2007-2008): 92[20]
- New Year's Furry Ball 2009 (2008-2009): 122
- New Year's Furry Ball 2010 (2009-2010): 115
- New Year's Furry Ball 2011 (2010-2011): 146
- Furstivus replaced NYFB for 2011-2012
- New Year's Furry Ball 2012-2013: 175[21]
- New Year's Furry Ball 2013-2014: 211[22]
- New Year's Furry Ball 2014-2015: 289
- New Year's Furry Ball 2015-2016: 340[23]
- New Year's Furry Ball 2016-2017: 350[24]
References
- ↑ "RoomCon '05-'06 : The Annual Furry New Years Party!!" on ChronoCoon's LiveJournal
- ↑ "The long journey to recovery..." on ChronoCoon's LiveJournal
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "ROOM CON: 2005-2006 Wrap Up" on ChronoCoon's LiveJournal
- ↑ "A series of unusual events..." on ChronoCoon's LiveJournal
- ↑ "Plans for the Holidays" - comments on Lapis Tigra's LiveJournal (currently locked)
- ↑ "Furry New Year's Eve" on LupineFox's LiveJournal
- ↑ Comment by cyriljackal in "Name That Party!" on LupineFox's LiveJournal
- ↑ "We have a name" in LupineFox's LiveJournal
- ↑ Comment thread in "Sometimes voting doesn't work" on LupineFox's LiveJournal
- ↑ "2007 Bitches!!!!" on Lapis Tigra's LiveJournal
- ↑ The New Year's Furry Ball is back and more 2011 than ever before!
- ↑ "Mission Accomplished" - Posting by Kitt3ns, on his Fur Affinity journal
- ↑ Hotel on the New Year's Furry Ball 2013 website
- ↑ New Year's Furry Ball (2014) website, archived 2015 Jan 8 at archive.org. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
- ↑ Schedule and Events on the New Years Furry Ball website. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ↑ Hotel on the New Years Furry Ball website, archived 2016 Jan 4 at archive.org. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ↑ Schedule and Events on the New Years Furry Ball website. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
- ↑ http://thefurststate.com/newyears/ Retrieved November 13, 2017.
- ↑ "Furry New Years Ball Recap" in LupineFox's LiveJournal
- ↑ "New Year's Furry Ball Wrap-up" in LupineFox's LiveJournal
- ↑ Tweet by Kitt3ns. Dated January 2, 2013
- ↑ Tweet by Protocollie on his Twitter account. Dated January 1, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
- ↑ Tweet by Sapphykinz
- ↑ Tweet by @newyearsfurryball
External links
- New Year's Furry Ball website
- @newyearsfurball on Twitter
- @nyfb2013 on Twitter
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