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Event Name: FanBoy Expo: Knoxville 2021 Venue: The Knoxville Convention Center Venue address: 701 Henley Street Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 USA Event Start: October 29, 2021 - 12 PM Event End: October 31, 2021 - 5 PM Event Website: https://fanboyexpo.com/knoxville/ Expected number of attendees: 30000 Requested number of characters: 12 Requested character types: Secure changing/staging area: Yes Can troopers carry blasters: Yes Can troopers carry/bring props like lightsabers and staffs: Yes Is parking available: Yes Is venue accessible to those with limited mobility: Yes Amenities available at venue: A secure changing area might be available with private restroom as in years past. This is limited to available space due to possible other events. Booth setup times will be determined at a later date. Comments: Don’t miss Tennessee’s Largest Pop Culture Event, Fanboy Expo on October 29-31 from the Knoxville Convention Center. Come see why over 30,000 fans have attended our Summer events featuring Celebrity Guests, Comic Industry Pros, Cosplay, Vendors, Live Entertainment and much more! The event is limited to 12 passes, all others must have a valid admission. Full Weekend Troop List 1. Steven Lewis 2.. Chris Bower 3. Suzanne Bower 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Various Days List

Event Name: Gatlinburg's 46th Annual Fantasy of Lights Christmas Parade Venue: Gatlinburg Convention & Visitors Bureau Venue address: 234 Historic Nature Trail Gatlinburg, Tennessee 37738 USA Event Start: 12/03/2021 - 5:00 Event End: 12/03/2021 - 9:30 Event Website: https://www.gatlinburg.com/event/fantasy-of-lights-christmas-parade/36/ Expected number of attendees: 25000 Requested number of characters: 5-25 Requested character types: Secure changing/staging area: Yes Can troopers carry blasters: Yes Can troopers carry/bring props like lightsabers and staffs: Yes Is parking available: Yes Is venue accessible to those with limited mobility: Yes Amenities available at venue: Restrooms are available at the staging area, and at the end of the parade route. Water will also be at the staging area. Restaurants will be open/serving prior to parade lineup. Comments: The Fantasy of Lights Christmas Parade is recognized as one of the “Top 20 Events in the Southeast.” The parade takes place through the streets of Gatlinburg on December 3rd and is televised, with the festivities being broadcast on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day on local television stations in over 100 markets throughout the United States, giving millions of Americans the opportunity to experience a magical Smoky Mountain Christmas.

While Boo! at the Zoo takes place most of the month, they are asking if the bulk of us could come Saturday the 23rd for Star Wars Night. More details to come but times, loading, etc should be standard procedure.

I have been in contact with one of the show runners and we have a booth, and he is looking into passes. At the very least he thinks he can get half off passes for those suiting up or running the booth. This will be a finite amount of passes. More details to come. **Info pulled from host site** July 31st and August 1st, 2021 in Gatlinburg, TN! New guests, new vendors, new location, same great convention! Time & Location Jul 31, 10:00 AM EDT – Aug 01, 6:00 PM EDT Gatlinburg Convention Center, 234 Historic Nature Trail, Gatlinburg, TN 37738, USA About the Event Now, as for the future of Smoky Mountain Fan Fest, Gatlinburg is the PERFECT fit! Gatlinburg is still very close to our home, and we love that. The convention center is also very large, and gives us room to do things we really need to do! We will have over 100 vendor spaces, we will have a better stage area for our charity auction and our cosplay contest, we will have professional photo ops, we will have Q&A panels, plenty of bathrooms, more space for our guests to feel comfortable, and most importantly... air conditioning! This convention will be the first of its kind in Gatlinburg, and they have already been very welcoming to us. They want us to grow with them, and with the city. We have already locked in future years with them.. The future for Smoky Mountain Fan Fest is bright! For those of you who travel in for conventions, you won’t find a better destination vacation than Gatlinburg! Amazing hotels and resorts, beautiful scenery, excellent shopping, and restaurants, with very fun nightlife. Your trip to Smoky Mountain Fan Fest can be an ultimate get away with something for the entire family! We’ve got our dates locked in! We’ve got our location locked in! Now, time to get to work on building an amazing guestlist for 2021! We will have some of our local friends back, we will have some of our most popular guests from 2020 back, but we are adding even more big guests for 2021! Hope you guys are ready... Vendor spacing will all launch in the upcoming weeks! We will keep you all posted! Let’s take this next step together because, without you all, the first step never would have happened! Event Website https://www.smokymountainfanfest.com/

Event Name: Dream Night Venue: Zoo Knoxville Venue address: 3500 Knoxville Zoo Drive Knoxville, Tennessee 37914 USA Event Start: 05/21/2021 - 5:30 PM Event End: 05/21/2021 - 8:00 PM Event Website: Expected number of attendees: TBD Requested number of characters: Requested character types: Secure changing/staging area: Yes Can troopers carry blasters: Yes Can troopers carry/bring props like lightsabers and staffs: Yes Is parking available: Yes Is venue accessible to those with limited mobility: Yes Amenities available at venue: Restrooms, water Comments: Evening where the Zoo hosts an invite only for Children's Hospital.

Event Name: Baileyton Celebration Venue: outdoor /school grounds Venue address: 6535 Horton Hwy Greeneville, Tennessee 37745 USA Event Start: 9/10/21 - 4pm Event End: 9/12/21 - 6pm Event Website: Expected number of attendees: 1500+ Requested number of characters: 10+ Requested character types: Secure changing/staging area: Yes Can troopers carry blasters: Yes Can troopers carry/bring props like lightsabers and staffs: Yes Is parking available: Yes Is venue accessible to those with limited mobility: Yes Amenities available at venue: yes we have 15 food trucks we can supply you with food. we have restrooms and water... most our vendors/church give away free water bottles.. Comments: biggest in greene county tn ,we start sept 10th,to sept 12. weekend after labor day. have 13 bands, 15 food trucks. kids area. parade ,car show,tractor show,crafts ,commerical vendors, army coming to display vehicles,we have few celebs from moonshiners shows, have deLorean for BTTF,with claudie wells. first jennifer..Have butterbean coming..., we hoping get 1500+ all weekend.. love if yall could sent 8 to 10 members to walk the grounds with maybe a booth. friday and saturday. think yall would enjoy the crowd and entertaiment...Respectfully Thomas Referred by: applied in 2020.. we had cancel.

Event Name: Knoxville Ice Bears home hockey game Venue: Knoxville Civic Coliseum Venue address: 500 Howard Baker Jr Drive Knoxville, Tennessee 37915 USA Event Start: 2/13/2001 - 1800 Event End: 2/13/2021 - 2100 Event Website: www.knoxvilleicebears.com Expected number of attendees: 1500 Requested number of characters: 25 Requested character types: Secure changing/staging area: Yes Can troopers carry blasters: Yes Can troopers carry/bring props like lightsabers and staffs: Yes Is parking available: Yes Is venue accessible to those with limited mobility: Yes Amenities available at venue: We have hosted the 501st Legion for several years and will be able to accommodate a large staging/dressing area. Comments: Knoxville Ice Bears professional hockey game played in a 5000 seat arena. Characters have posed with fans in the arena's plaza and lobby. They have also assisted in our opening festivities and various activities during the game. For your appearance, we will donate the revenue from a jersey raffle that will give to East Tennessee Hospital Referred by: You have partnered with us for many years.

We have been invited to Star Wars Night at Zoo Knoxville, Thursday evening, 5-8PM. More details to come.

Fanboy Expo is reaching out once again to ask the 501st to help make Christmas memories for some great kids. We are honored to be helping East Tennessee Children's Hospital organize a Christmas Parade for the patients who are unable to have visitors or venture out of their rooms this holiday season. We will have a strong cosplay turn out as well as police, fire, army and of course Santa Claus! The parade will be on Sat. December 5th at 1pm in Knoxville TN. Line up will begin at noon. We of course will be wearing masks and socially distancing. Can we count on the 501st to participate? Nothing says Happy Holidays like Star Wars!

Shine or dirty up that armor! Just got the word from Zoo Knoxville, we are on for Boo! at the Zoo this year. They intend to rope off areas for costumed guests but since we are usually fully covered I am going to see if it required for everyone to remain behind it. My first goal is always our safety but if anyone feels comfortable with being more mobile I will see what we can do. This will be our first official troop since the Ice Bears in February, will be good to see a lot of you all again! The event will be available every Thursday through Sunday until the 25th. Please post dates you wish to attend so that can be communicated with the staff organizer at the zoo.

Event Name: Empire Strikes Back 40th Anniversary Celebration Venue: Ijams Nature Center Venue address: 2915 Island Home Ave. Knoxville, Tennessee 37920 USA Event Start: 5/22/2020 - 6:00pm Event End: 5/22/2020 - 10:00pm Event Website: Ijams.org Expected number of attendees: 300 Requested number of characters: 40? Requested character types: Secure changing/staging area: Yes Can troopers carry blasters: Yes Can troopers carry/bring props like lightsabers and staffs: Yes Is parking available: Yes Is venue accessible to those with limited mobility: Yes Amenities available at venue: Restrooms and water are available on the premises and we will be booking food trucks for the event as well Comments: This will be the first screening in the Ijams Nature Center movie series put on by Ijams and Central Cinema. In addition to the screening of Empire Strikes Back that will start at sunset, we will have vendors, a costume contest and other activities. Referred by: I setup at a lot of conventions to advertise Central Cinema and all of our events.

As you know, we host our annual Dreamnight event each year in partnership with the Children’s Hospital. This is a unique night for VIP Children’s Hospital patients to come out and enjoy the Zoo after-hours. This event is invite only, and free for all children’s hospital guests. This year, our event will be on Friday, May 15th. 5 PM – 8:00 PM. Please let me know if you are interested in attending. As always, we would love to have you. You help elevate the guest experience and really create an amazing night.