Eurofurence is a Furry Convention held in changing places in Europe every year. It was originally started in 1995 as a private gathering by nineteen European furry fans who met on the Internet. Attendance has been steadily rising since then, to more than 400 at Eurofurence 11 (held in 2005). The name of the convention derives from its American back-then-counterpart Confurence, emphasising the European nature of the gathering. Fox versions of Robin Hood and Maid Marian, from the Walt Disney Robin Hood, a major example of the predominant character design style of Furry art Furry is a colloquial term that indicates a fictional anthropomorphic animal or a fan of anthropomorphs. ... Convention has at least two separate and very distinct meanings. ... World map showing location of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Confurence was the first, original furry convention, held every year in southern California from 1989 to 2003. ...

Since the year 2000, Eurofurence is no longer organized by individual persons but rather by the German Verein Eurofurence e.V., which serves as an administrative body for the convention. Eingetragener Verein or e. ...

Core Staff

For Eurofurence XI (2005), the core members of convention staff, and their areas of responsibility, are as follows:

• Cheetah (Sven Tegethoff) - Chairman and Programming Director
• Nightfox (Nico Buchmühlen) - Vice Chairman, Consite Relations and Stage Manager
• Jumpy (Stephan Bartels) - Chief Financial Officer and Registration Project Lead
• Loewi (Ingo Schumacher) - Registration Project Lead
• o'wolf (Jörg Reuter) - Media Relations
• Cougar (Yannick Le Guern) - Panel Manager
• Dais (Torsten Kleinwächter) - Panel Manager
• Tigerseye (tobias Schweitzer) - Fursuit Lead
• TaniDaReal (Tanja Freese) - Webmistress and Fursuit Lead
• Cairyn (Ronald W. Klemp) - Gopher Coordinator and Con Book Editor
• somewolf (Matthias Chrzonsz) - Chief Improvisor and Security Manager
• Jaryic (Henning Stalke) - Stage Technical Manager
• Big Blue Fox (Karsten Auchter) - Dealer's Den Manager
• Watani (Richard Wagensveld) - Art Show Manager

Whilst these are the "key" members of staff, there are many more volunteers helping to make the convention a success by doing such tasks as setting up the stage and art show, teardown and pretty much anything else that needs doing.

Locations

Eurofurence has been held in the following locations:

• 1995-06-30 to 1995-07-03 : Kaiser-Wilhelm-Koog, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (Eurofurence 1)
• 1996-07-18 to 1996-07-22 : Linköping, Östergötland County, Sweden (Eurofurence 2)
• 1997-08-21 to 1997-08-24 : Bodstedt, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany (Eurofurence 3)
• 1998-08-01 to 1998-08-05 : Heeze, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands (Eurofurence 4)
• 1999-07-22 to 1999-07-25 : Berlin, Germany (Eurofurence 5)
• 2000-08-10 to 2000-08-13 : Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany (Eurofurence 6)
• 2001-07-22 to 2001-07-25 : Kirchen (Sieg), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (Eurofurence 7)
• 2002-08-15 to 2002-08-18 : Oberbernhards, Hesse, Germany (Eurofurence 8)
• 2003-08-21 to 2003-08-24 : Samopše, Středočeský kraj, Czech Republic (Eurofurence 9)
• 2004-08-26 to 2004-08-29 : Olpe, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Eurofurence 10, commonly called EFX by the organization committee)
• 2005-07-21 to 2005-07-24 : Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany (Eurofurence XI)
• 2006-08 : Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany (Eurofurence XII)

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Guests of Honour

Since Eurofurence 5, back in 1999, Eurofurence has had a guest of honour almost every year (possibly except for Eurofurence 6&9). The following list provides an overview of the Guests of Honour so far:

• Eurofurence 5 (1999) - Lisanne Norman, Author of the Sholan Alliance series of books
• Eurofurence 7 (2001) - Lisanne Norman; Lee "Chairo" Strom, Fursuiter, Puppeteer, and member of the Further Confusion organising team since 2003; Mark Merlino, co-founder of ConFurence, the original Furry Convention
• Eurofurence 8 (2002) - Dr Samuel "Uncle Kage" Conway, Chairman of Anthrocon, the World's largest Furry Convention
• Eurofurence X (2004) - Timothy Albee, Creator of Kaze: Ghost Warrior
• Eurofurence XI (2005) - Heather Alexander, Celtic Folk/World Rock Musician

Further Confusion, or Furcon is an annual fandom convention celebrating the anthropomorphics genre or furry fandom, including charitable benefits, educational seminars, art shows, panels and general social activities. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Confurence was the first, original furry convention, held every year in southern California from 1989 to 2003. ... Anthrocon is the largest furry fandom convention, taking place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania each July. ... Heather Alexander is a musician and songwriter in the Celtic genre. ...

Quotes

• "Anthrocon may be the biggest fur convention in the world, but Eurofurence is the best." - Dr Samuel Conway, EFX (2004)

External links

• Eurofurence web site
• Eurofurence e.V. web site (Under Construction)
• Furry History, includes information on Eurofurence