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August 21 · 1:00pm - 10:00pm
Location:Mrs. Brown's
733 Santa Maria Road
El Sobrante, CA

Its BBQ Time!

Wear stretch pants and don't eat the night before or you won't make it ;)

The Menu at this time:
...
Ribs!
Chicken
Beef Roast(s)
Tracy's famous Turkey Spaghetti
Potato Salad
Collard Greens
Mac N' Cheese
Corn on the Cob
Spinach salad w/Mandarin Oranges
Broccoli Slaw
Chunky Fruit Salad
Mushroom Ragu
Cornbread

Dessert:
Peach Cobbler
Blackberry Cobbler

As before, please bring drinks,water,ice, or movies/anime to share. Also don't forget a coat for the evening

Mom asks if you are bringing any food or snacks to share to please prep them before coming. Space in the kitchen is scarce.

Questions/Requests: Call Tracy 408-250-3024

See You there!

We've been warning you for months....and now its here!

BAAS Christmas Party

When: Sat Dec 19th

Time: 1pm - 10pm

Where: 733 Santa Maria Road, El Sobrante


Once again you are being invited to hang out, watch movies, socialize with 'interesting' people and eat yourself into a food coma. A tentative menu will be sent out soon.

We ask you to please bring soft drinks, ice, and movies to share. if you plan to bring any dishes to share, try and let me know ahead of time.

Bring a warm Coat or canned food and gain a chance to win prizes!

While we party, let's try and help those who have not been as fortunate. All donations will go to the Bay Area Rescue Mission in Richmond.The more canned food or Coats you bring, the more raffle tickets you get!

For more information contact:

Tracy
408-250-3024
[email protected]

[Come One Come All to the 18th Annual BAAS Summer BBQ!]

Come One Come All to the 18th Annual BAAS Summer BBQ!

When: Saturday, August 22 from 1pm to 10pm
Where: 733 Santa Maria Road, El Sobrante, CA
What to bring: Your appetite!  Snacks, sodas, ice, etc. are always welcome though.
Why you should come: Fun, food, friends, and the annual raffle.

MENU:

So far... we have 16 slabs of Ribs, to be followed by some Chicken and probably
a Beef or Pork Roast.

For those who are not so meat-centered (why not?) Mrs. Brown's Collard Greens and World Famous Deviled Eggs will making a comeback. And Tracy's not so famous Broccoli Slaw and OMG! That's Big! Cheeseball. A more detailed list will be available the week before the BBQ.

As always, we ask you to please bring drinks,ice,games, snacks and movies to watch.

Also, bring a jacket. Expect the temperature to drop with the sun.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=110749671495

edit: added facebook link
edit: added menu

For anyone attending the annual BAAS BBQ, it has been pushed back to 8/23/08.  It will still be in the same location.

I'm looking for a coupple of people to be assistants at the ballroom dancing lessons.  You should have some expirence and be able to assist in the teaching of the steps for the class.  If you are interested, please email me at [email protected].

I'm looking for a coupple of people to be assistants at the ballroom dancing lessons.  You should have some expirence and be able to assist in the teaching of the steps for the class.  If you are interested, please email me at [email protected].

[the Black and White Ball, by popular demand, will be back in 2008!]

Well, due to the appearant success of the Black and White Ball, by popular demand, will be back in 2008!  I would like to thank everyone who attended in 2007 and will be working very hard to make sure that 2008 is just as fun as 2007 was.  This coming year, we may see some changes to the ball however.  As many of you noticed, the room was packed for the vast majority of the Ball which made ballroom dancing difficult to say the least.  In an effort to increase the amount of space dancers have on the floor, we may be implementing some kind of capacity check.  If the room is too full, we may stop allowing people into the Ball until such time as someone leaves etc. or we might go with a dress code.  We may also be moving to a bigger room but nothing is final yet.



Ok.  Now that the boring stuff is out of the way, I will be taking song requests prior to the event, but will not be able to take them at the time of the event.  If you would like to request a song, please post here and email me at [email protected].  Additionally, I can't guarantee that all requests will be played.  Songs will have to be ballroom dancable.  If you can provide an mp3 of the song you would like to request, that will guarantee that at least you have a shot at getting it played.  I may post the playlist before the con - or not.  I will have to see how much time I have :P



Lastly, I am curious how people liked the lessons that were offered in 2007.  We are considering trying to increase the number of lessons and possibly styles for 2008.  If you would like to learn a specific type of ballroom dancing, speak up! Maybe we can put together a lesson.  This event is, like the convention, by fans for fans so I would like any feedback and/or suggestions on ways to make this event even better.



Update 2/18/08:
The Dress Code is now online on the Fanime website.  Please take a look so you are prepared when you arrive.



Update 4/21/08
The Schedule of lessons has been posted on the Fanime website.  Please take a look so you can start to plan your weekend!

[the Black and White Ball, by popular demand, will be back in 2008!]

Well, due to the appearant success of the Black and White Ball, by popular demand, will be back in 2008!  I would like to thank everyone who attended in 2007 and will be working very hard to make sure that 2008 is just as fun as 2007 was.  This coming year, we may see some changes to the ball however.  As many of you noticed, the room was packed for the vast majority of the Ball which made ballroom dancing difficult to say the least.  In an effort to increase the amount of space dancers have on the floor, we may be implementing some kind of capacity check.  If the room is too full, we may stop allowing people into the Ball until such time as someone leaves etc. or we might go with a dress code.  We may also be moving to a bigger room but nothing is final yet.



Ok.  Now that the boring stuff is out of the way, I will be taking song requests prior to the event, but will not be able to take them at the time of the event.  If you would like to request a song, please post here and email me at [email protected].  Additionally, I can't guarantee that all requests will be played.  Songs will have to be ballroom dancable.  If you can provide an mp3 of the song you would like to request, that will guarantee that at least you have a shot at getting it played.  I may post the playlist before the con - or not.  I will have to see how much time I have :P



Lastly, I am curious how people liked the lessons that were offered in 2007.  We are considering trying to increase the number of lessons and possibly styles for 2008.  If you would like to learn a specific type of ballroom dancing, speak up! Maybe we can put together a lesson.  This event is, like the convention, by fans for fans so I would like any feedback and/or suggestions on ways to make this event even better.



Update 2/18/08:
The Dress Code is now online on the Fanime website.  Please take a look so you are prepared when you arrive.



Update 4/21/08
The Schedule of lessons has been posted on the Fanime website.  Please take a look so you can start to plan your weekend!

[the Black and White Ball, by popular demand, will be back in 2009!]

Well, due to the very apparent success of the Black and White Ball, by popular demand, will be back in 2009!  I would like to thank everyone who attended in 2008 and will be working very hard to make sure that 2009 is just as fun as 2008 was.  This coming year, we may see some changes to the ball however.  As many of you noticed, the room was packed again for the vast majority of the Ball.  In an effort to increase the amount of space dancers have on the floor, we will be keeping the dress code as it seemed to go over well and we will implement line control again as needed.  We may also be moving to a bigger room but nothing is final yet.



Ok.  Now that the boring stuff is out of the way, I will be taking song requests prior to the Ball, but will not be able to take them at the time of the event.  If you would like to request a song, please post here and email me at [email protected].  Additionally, I can't guarantee that all requests will be played.  Songs will have to be ballroom dancable.  If you can provide an mp3 of the song you would like to request, that will guarantee that at least you have a shot at getting it played.  I may post the playlist before the con - or not.  I will have to see how much time I have :P  Last year, my playlist wasn't final until only a few hours before the Ball.



Lastly, I am curious how people liked the lessons that were offered in 2008.  We are looking at various styles for 2009 and I would like to know what you would be interested in learning.  If you would like to learn a specific type of ballroom dancing, speak up!  This event is, like the convention, by fans for fans so I would like any feedback and/or suggestions on ways to make this event even better.



UPDATE:  3.14159265358979323846...

GOOD NEWS EVERYONE!  We have our room and I can now announce where it is!  Are you ready?  We are going to be in the Fairmont's Regency Ballroom this year!  This place is gorgeous and will take the ball to a new height.  For everyone who complained about the room not being big enough and everyone who waited in line the last two years, THANK YOU!  You wanted a bigger room, you got it and it's beautiful to boot!  Let's see if we can get enough people this year to have a line again (secretly likes having a long line to get in to his event - with the room full of course)!

Did you like it?  Was it fun?  Would you go again?  What could have been done better?

There's a rumor going around that there may be a Black and White Masquerade Ball, as well as a mask making workshop and ballroom dancing lessons at Fanime in 2007.

There's a rumor going around that there may be a Black and White Masquerade Ball, as well as a mask making workshop and ballroom dancing lessons at Fanime in 2007.

There will be a Black and White Cosplay Masquerade Ball this coming year at Fanime!  There will be ballroom dancing from swing to waltz and everything in between and music to match!  Participants are highly encouraged to wear costumes and masques.  Fanime badges will be required to participate so make sure you have one too!  The Ball will commence at 7:00pm Saturday night.

Ballroom Dancing Lessons will be at 12:00pm (noon) on Saturday in Ballroom B.

edit: Updated info 05-24-07