Costume-Con 21 (CC21): Overview

Costume-Con 21 (CC21): Overview

Chicago, Illinois (April 18-21, 2003)

Details:

Co-Chairs: Carol Mitchell & Henry Osier
Venue: DoubleTree Northshore Hotel, 9599 Skokie Boulevard, Skokie, Illinois 60077-1314
Membership Fees: Starting at $50 US, ending at $80 US
One Day: $30 US
Evening Event passes: NA
Supporting Fees: $30 US throughout
Sponsored By: Chicagoland Costumer’s Guild
Final Membership: Unknown
Attending Membership: Unknown
Theme:
Friday Social: The ’60s Does the ’20s
Special Activities: Iron Costumer
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient(s): Adrian Butterfield‡ and Victoria Ridenour

Related Data:

Main Event Images:

  • Science Fiction / Fantasy Masquerade
  • Historical Masquerade
  • Future Fashion Folio Design Contest Rules
  • Doll Contest
  • Iron Costumer

Site Selection Ballot (held at Costume-Con 18):
Selection (Round 1 / Round 2 / Total)
* Chicago, Illinois (30 / 10 / 40)
* Salt Lake City, Utah (20 / 2 / 22)
* Fond du Lac, Wisconsin (15 / -15 / 0)
* No Preference (3 / 3 / 6)
* Invalid
* (no payment received) ( 3 / – / 3)
The new CC21 committee received funds totaling $680.00. These funds represent the Site Selection Ballot voting fees collected on behalf of the winning bid.
Congratulations to the winning bid!

Other Bids:
* Salt Lake City, UT
* Fond du Lac, WI
* and Las Vegas, NV – withdrawn
See [url=https://www.costume-con.org/CClink/bids21/index.shtml]Bid Archive[/url] for more information

Reviews/Related Websites:

  • [url=http://www.sithcamaro.com/events/cc21/index.htm]SithCamaro[/url]
  • [url=http://www.geocities.com/siwcostumers/cc21frame.htm]Silicon Web Costumers’ Guild CC21 Page[/url]

Pioneered:

  • Iron Costumer

Miscellaneous Notes:

No list of merchants exists. If you know who they were, please let us know.

Archives Recognition Awards

For long-term overall contributions to the ICG Archives and to the Costume-Con Archives, the following individuals were recognized during the weekend by Betsy R. Marks, Costume-Con Archivist, and Carl Mami, ICG Archivist:
* To: Julia Ann Hyll and Richard Hyll*
(for appearing in the most Costume-Con competitions over 21 years);
* To: Sandy Pettinger and Pierre E. Pettinger, Jr.
(for appearing in every Fashion Folio following their first Costume-Con, as either a designer or coordinator of the competition); and
* To: Karen Schnaubelt
(for launching Costume-Con in the first place, and for providing a platform for displaying our artform)
Presentations were made during each of the main Costume-Con 21 competitions/exhibits.
***
The Costume-Con 21 Name the Bear Contest
The name selected was:
* Tony “Da Paw” Risotto
Submitted by Unknown

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