I promised a big announcement, and here it is, courtesy of Paul Bailey of the Boulder (CO) Jaycees... Press Information: For Immediate Publication January 10, 2003 Paul Bailey ExperTrivia LLC PO Box 3037, High Mar Station, Boulder, Colorado 80307 Tel: 303-520-0200 Fax : 630-566-3774 E-mail: gpaulbailey_at_... 2nd Annual Game Show Congress - Las Vegas, NV - Sat, July 12th, 2003 Call for presentations and exhibits The Second Annual Game Show Congress (GSC2), presented by ExperTrivia LLC, is a seminar and trade show featuring television game shows and game operas. GSC2 will be held on Saturday, July 12th, 2003 from noon until 9 p.m., in conjunction with Viva TRASH Vegas - (Testing Recall About Strange Happenings) - a pop culture trivia format competition. The meeting and expo will be held at the Hampton Inn Tropicana, 4975 South Industrial Road, Las Vegas, Nevada. ExperTrivia LLC is soliciting presentations from producers, participants, and analysts regarding the game show and game opera genre. Presentations may be in the form of lecture, multimedia productions, panel discussions, papers or thesis, or audience participation activities. Tabletop exhibit space will be available to those who are promoting shows, events, or products related to the industry. Abstracts should be submitted to ExperTrivia LLC ATTN: Paul Bailey via email to gpaulbailey_at_u..., via fax to 603- 566-3774, or by post to PO Box 3037, Boulder, Colorado 80307-3037 on or before Thursday, May 1st, 2003. The agenda for GSC2 will be published on Monday, May 12th, 2003. For the audience, the event is free and open to the public. Tabletop exhibits (one draped 8ft table) or 10x10 booth space are available for $100. Funds generated by exhibits beyond operating costs will be used to provide stipends to presenters. Attendees of the event will have opportunities to become spectators for T.R.A.S.H. competition as well. Proceedings and videotapes of GSC2 will be available in August 2003. HISTORY: On April 5th, 2002, the first Game Show Congress was held in Boulder, Colorado, in conjunction with the world famous University of Colorado Program Council Trivia Bowl competition. Activities at last year's Game Show Congress included: Discussion of techniques for writing trivia questions for television game shows and other competitions, drawing on the expertise of CU Trivia Bowl judges, and writers from television shows, internet game companies, and other competitions such as T.R.A.S.H. A presentation by Steve Beverly, Professor of broadcasting at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee traced the cyclical history and promising future of television game shows. Mr. Beverly produces the acclaimed www.tvgameshows.net site. A panel of winners and participants from television game shows had a question and answer session with the audience. Ed Toutant, who won $1,860,000 on "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire," Lori Bailey, who won $500,000 on the internet trivia contest "Goldpocket" and was a winner on "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" and "Jeopardy!," and Leszek Pawlowicz who has been a winner on "Jeopardy!", "Win Ben Stein's Money", "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire", and "History IQ" were among those that participated. Video tapes of this event are available through ExperTrivia LLC About T.R.A.S.H James Dinan is a co-founder, writer and business manager for TRASH - Testing Recall About Strange Happenings - a pop culture trivia format. Since 1998, TRASH has staged Regional and National tournaments for college students and alumni across the United States and Canada. For further information on TRASH, e-mail James Dinan at jdinan_at_... About ExperTrivia LLC ExperTrivia LLC is focused on competition trivia from the ad-hoc to the organized tournament and produced media level. ExperTrivia is a resource for questions, answers, structure, and support involving academic, public sector, and corporate knowledge game activity. ExperTrivia also dedicates a high percentage of effort to assist charitable organizations in fundraising. Contact Paul Bailey at (303) 520-0200 or gpaulbailey_at_...
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