Winter is coming and with it is the 2012 Saint Paul Winter Carnival Parade. Join the MNFurs and come be a part of this Saint Paul winter tradition.

It’s easy to participate in the parade, you just need to do one simple thing.

You just need to register by December 28th, 2011.

THAT’S IT!

You don’t even need a suit or tails to be part of the parade.

For more details about how to register and about the parade check out the Winter Carnival thread on MNFurs Forums.

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The holiday season is upon us and the next bi-weekly meet falls on Christmas Eve.

Because of the low turn out on holidays we are officially canceling the December 24th meet. Our next official MNFurs meet is January 7th.

Have a safe and happy holidays.

MNFurs Steering Group

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Anime Detour, the largest fandom convention in our region, is getting a new feature this year. Please help your very own MNFurs present a positive appearance to our 5000+ anime brothers and sisters who may also be furries without being aware of it.

Why would a furry want to come to Anime Detour?

• First – A poolside side room party to do furry events, hang out with friends and talk with new comers.
• Second – Panels that talk about anthro creatures in Japenese Culture and anime through art and costuming.
• Third – A place to strut not only artwork through the artshow but also furry version of cosplay – fursuit, ears, and tails.
• Fourth – A way to build relationships with other fandoms that share common interest with our own.

Sounds like fun? It is! And we hope you will joing MNFurs in going!

If you’re not already registered for the con, do so soon! This is a capped convention – once filled they close registration until 2013! So don’t wait preregistration is just $35 and goes up to $50 after New Years.

Join in the fun with MNFurs and register at http://www.animedetour.com/register

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Last year we had a great turn out for the Saint Paul Winter Carnival parade. Participants and spectators alike smiled and everyone had a great time.

This year MNFurs would like to kick the new year into high gear by entering into the 2012 Saint Paul Winter Carnival parade happening on January 28th, 2012.

Those with full suit, partial suit, ears and tails or no suit at all can all enjoy waving and smiling at the parade watching public.

Everyone that is participating in the parade will need to fill out a form and provide $5.00. If you do not fill out the form or pay the fee you cannot be part of the parade.

Sign up happens at the November 26, 2011 and December 10th at the bi-weekly Perkins meet. If you cannot make this or have additional questions please contact wintercarnival@mnfurs.org.

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Reminder – MNFur’s bi-weekly meet happens every other Saturday unless there is a major event happening that weekend.

The next scheduled bi-weekly meet is October 29th, 2011 starting at 5 PM.

For more information about the bi-weekly meet click here.

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Before October Minnesota Furry Gathering becomes a fond memory please take 10 minutes of your life to fill out this short survey at http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/679654/MNFurs-October-Minnesota-Furry-Gathering-OMFG.

If you have any additional feedback about OMFG or MNFurs please feel free to use the MNFurs forums or the Contact Us page.

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The OMFG and MNFurs staff like to thank everyone for coming to October Minnesota Furry Gathering 2011. Unofficially we had hundred-and-seven people at the event, and just over thirty fursuiters. It was amazing to see the variety of costumes and fursuits at this event. We also want to thank those who were willing to volunteer during the event. Without you the event would have been more stressful for us.

More photos can be found on the forums http://www.mnfurs.org/forums/artwork-and-photography/omfg-2011-pictures-here/ and others can be found shortly in our Fall Event: October Minnesota Furry Gathering (OMFG). If you want your picture included in the gallery please emails the pictures to photos@mnfurs.org and we’ll endeavor to get them up as time permits.

Again, we’d like to thank everyone for coming and making this event a success.

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Two pendants have been donated to MNFurs as fundraisers for the general fund. Each will be silent auctioned off at registration until Saturday night, October 15th at 9:30PM.

The first pendant commemorates MNFurs first event earlier this year: Snowpocalpse 2011. It was handmade from copper by piercing the design into the sheet, stamped, and forged to its current shape. It is strung on a leather cord. Valued at $25. Bidding will start at $5.

   

The second pendant has the art from OMFG Party 2011. Again it is handmade by piercing the design into a copper sheet, and then fused to Argentium Silver. It is stamped, forged and brought to a high polish. The jump ring is Sterling Silver and is temporarily hung from a leather cord. Valued at $60. Bidding will start at $15.

   

The Auctions will conclude during the dance Saturday night on October 15th at 9:30PM. The winner with the highest bid needs to be onsite and make payment to MnFurs. If they are not able to meet the commitment, the person with the second highest bid will be contacted.

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After painstaking efforts to extract a schedule from those in charge we are proud to announce a social schedule for October Minnesota Furry Gathering. You can find it at here.

Also please note we are having a costume contest with two categories, best fursuit and best non-fursuit costume. In both cases we are determining “costume” as “anything beyond what is normally attire.” As such we’ll be looking at what you add to your fursuit to be more important than the fursuit itself!

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