Polaris (convention)

Polaris (convention)

Infobox Convention
name = Polaris


caption =
status = Active
genre = Science fiction/Fantasy
venue = Doubletree International Plaza Hotel
location = Toronto, Ontario
country = Canada
first = 1986
last =
organizer = TCON Promotional Society
filing = Non-profit
attendance =
website = http://tcon.ca/polaris/

Polaris (formerly "Toronto Trek") is an annual science fiction and fantasy convention held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

It began in 1986 as a relaxacon under the name Toronto Trek Celebration. Two years later, in 1988, Toronto Trek Celebration 2 took place. In 1989 it dropped the word "Celebration" and became simply Toronto Trek. Most recently, in late 2006, it was officially renamed Polaris.

The convention has a focus on media guests from science fiction and fantasy movies and television series such as Star Trek, Babylon 5, Stargate, Doctor Who, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Jericho, Lost and Battlestar Galactica.

The latest, Polaris 22 took place July 11-13, 2008.

Polaris is one of several activities run by The TCON Promotional Society by way of a Convention Committee (ConCom) of more than 100 people grouped into 38 individual teams, each taking care of a different part of the convention.

The TCON Promotional Society has coordinated other events, such as the Canadian Conrunners Conference in 2004, Their other current project is The Constellation Awards, a fan-nominated, fan-voted set of Science Fiction Awards with focus on film and television science fiction. TCON hosted events are proposed to the TCON Board of Directors and voted upon by said Board. The TCON Promotional Society is a not-for-profit corporation based out of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Things to do

Apart from the media guest Q&A’s, autographs and photo sessions, there are many other programming options and things to do during the convention...

* Anime and Video Rooms
* Art Show
* Charity Auction
* Dealers Room
* Discussion Panels
* Klingon Karaoke
* Masquerade Contest
* Model Display and Contest
* Saturday Night Dance
* Dressing in Costume (not to be confused with the Masquerade Contest, those who come to the convention are invited to dress as any character as they wish, mostly from Sci-Fi or Anime but not limited to it. Past non-Genre related costumes have included Dr. Evil and Listerine Action Hero)

Programming runs fron Friday to Sunday, often past midnight the first two days with the famous annual dead dog concom party open to anyone still able to function coherently by Sunday night.

External links

* [http://www.tcon.ca Official site]


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