The Bloodwine Festival General Info..

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Qapla' and Welcome...

It is another Glorious Day for the Empire!

Here is we will discuss general info on the Klingon Bloodwine Festival, a non-profit making event created to be an experience like no other, we will portray the Klingon Empire side of the Gene Roddenberry's universe, our mission is to provide an event wherein people can experience Klingon values such as Honor, Strength, and Loyalty!

The K.B.F. is being organized and hosted by the Red Rock Resort, as an independent event open to everyone regardless of club or organization affiliation. The RRR extends this invitation too anyone interested in participating, Though the competitions themselves are open to all... (Again, Regardless of Group or Club Affiliation)...

This Event will be a Three Day Combination of outdoor Camping, Group Oriented Competitions and General Klingon Get Together...

Camping and RV parking is free.

To Purchase Tickets. Click On The Donations Page Link On The Main Page

Klingon Bloodwine Festival
Schedule

FRIDAY

3:30 PM
— Paintball Games Event Sign-up and Check In Begins (the check in desk will be open at this time)
— Warrior Game Event Sign-up and Check In Begins (the check in desk will be open at this time)

4:00 PM
— Arm Wrestling Competition Starts
— The Barrel Roll Competition Starts
— The Bat'leth Competition Starts
— Paintball Games "Operation Briefing"
End Of Briefing 'til Dark — Live Action Role Playing Game
Klingon vs Federation Paintball Shoot! "Assault on Qronos!"

5:00 PM
— The Pole Toss Competition Starts

6:00-7:00 PM
— DINNER (Menu TBA)

8:30 PM
— Honorifics, Ceremonies, and Announcements
The Great Hall


SATURDAY

8:30 AM
— Breakfast
— Warrior Games Entry Sign-up and Check In Begins (the check in desk will be open at this time)
— Paintball Games Entry Sign-up and Check In Begins (the check in desk will be open at this time)

9:00 AM
— The 10k Run & Roll Marathon
— The Pole Toss Starts
— Arm Wrestling Starts
— The Pole Toss Starts
— The Barrel Roll Starts
— Paintball Games "Operation Briefing"
End Of Briefing 'til Dark — Live Action Role Playing Game
Klingon vs Federation Paintball Shoot! "Revenge at Khitomer !"

10:00 AM
— The Shooting Competition Starts

11:00 AM
— Arm Wrestling Simi-Finals Starts
— The Pole Toss Simi-Finals Starts
— The Barrel Roll Simi-Finals Starts
— The Bat'leth Simi-Finals Starts
— The Rock Throw Simi-Finals Starts

NOON
— Lunch (Menu TBA)

1:00 PM
— The Shooting Simi-Finals Starts
— Arm Wrestling Simi-Finals
— The Pole Toss Simi-Finals
— The Barrel Roll Simi-Finals
— The Bat'leth Simi-Finals
— The Rock Throw Simi-Finals

4:00 PM
— The Shooting Competition Finals Starts
— Arm Wrestling Finals
— The Pole Toss Finals
— The Barrel Roll Finals
— The Bat'leth Finals
— The Rock Throw Finals

7:30-8:30 PM
— Dinner (Menu TBA)

8:30 PM
— Honorifics, Ceremonies, and Announcements

9:00 PM
— AWARDS AND CLOSING CEREMONIES

9:30 PM
— AFTER PARTY BEGINS


SUNDAY

8:00
— Breakfast (Menu TBA - 8:00-9:30 AM)

8:30 AM
— Paintball Games Entry Sign-up and Check In Begins (the check in desk will be open at this time)

9:00 AM
— Paintball Games "Operation Briefing"
End Of Briefing 'til Noon — Live Action Role Playing Game
Klingon vs Federation Paintball Shoot! "Battle of Kahles !""

12:00 AM
— SITE CHECK OUT


MISC.

* Water and iced tea or Koolaid will be provided throughout the weekend.
* Menus are planned; however, are not set in stone, and some items may change


GENERAL ADMISSION

100% of the Gate Profits will be donated to Charity!


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The date of the event are Friday, May 8th, through Sunday, May 10th.

The General Admission prices are as follows for Pre-paid.
This is if you pay your money in by April 24th.

General Admission Fee (Gate pass, Event ID, and Awards Banquet) $35.00
Childrens Admission Fee (Gate pass, Event ID, and Awards Banquet) $7.50



If you do not pre-pay, the cost at the gate is as follows;

General Admission Fee (Gate pass, Event ID, and Awards Banquet) $45.00
Childrens Admission Fee (Gate pass, Event ID, and Awards Banquet) $10.00
Gates open Friday starting at 12:00 PM. And Close Sunday at dusk.


What do you get in exchange for your hard earned Latinum? Quite a bit actually, each General Admission ticket price includes;

- Admission to KBF 3-day event
- I.D. badges.
- Access to the various events throughout the weekend.
- General Access to the hospitality suite.
- Saturday night (May 9th), Awards banquet.
- Saturday night (May 9th), post Awards party, including live entertainment. (We have NOT secured the Band at this time, but we WILL have music of some sort).


Things NOT included in your General Admission Ticket price:

- Accommodations.
- Competition Entry Fees
- Transportation to and from the event.
- Meals beyond those listed above.
- T-Shirts.
- KBF 2009 highlights DVD.
- Farewell Luncheon on Sunday (May 10th). (Location to be announced).

THE WARRIOR GAMES EVENT:

Show us what you're made of.!!

The KBF Warrior Games Contest:

Arm Wrestling
Plain ol' Arm Wrestling.

The Pole Toss
Who can throw a 12' Pole the furtherest.

The Barrel Roll
Who can roll a barrel of Bloodwine the fastest.

The 10k Run & Roll Marathon
A 10 mile marathon from Highway 14 to the Great Hall.

The Shooting Competition
Small gage Competition shooting

The Bat'leth Competition
Boffo style Combat Competition

The Rock Throw Competition
Who can throw a big rock the furtherest.

While the various competitions are being designed for group participation, there are a couple of individual tasks as well, so those who arrive "Unassigned" to a House may also Compete. Though the over all E.U.C. will be awarded to a Winning "House" which will consist of three or more individuals. Those who show up individually may also elect to Group together and Form a Unique House(s) in order to Compete for the E.U.C.

The date of the Warrior Games are Friday, May 8th, and Saturday, May 9th.

The Warrior Games Entry prices are as follows for Pre-paid.

Competition Entry Fee (Field pass, Event ID, and Awards if won) $5.00

This is if you pay your money in by April 24th.


If you do not pre-pay, the cost at the game at the field is as follows;

Competition Entry Fee (Field pass, Event ID, and Awards if won) $10.00


Friday night Check-In will start at 3:30 PM. Games reg starts at Saturday 8:30 AM at the Check-In desk.

THE PAINTBALL EVENT:

Klingons vs Federation

Ok, it's time for PAINTBALL!! The KBF Paintball games will have the various senarios are being designed for group/team participation, there is a Team mission melee as well, so those who arrive "Unassigned" to a team may also Compete. Though the over all Sword of Kah'les Award. will be awarded to a Winning "Team" which will consist of three or more individuals. Those who show up individually may also elect to Group together and Form a Unique Team in order to Compete for the S.K.A.

The date of the Paintball games are Friday, May 8th, through Sunday, May 10th.


The Paint Games Entry prices are as follows for Pre-paid.

Full Package (Field pass, CO2, gun rental, Mask, and LARP) $30.00

Field pass (Field pass, CO2, and LARP) $25.00

This is if you pay your money in by April 24th.


If you do not pre-pay, the cost at the game at the field is as follows;

Full Pkg (Field pass, CO2, gun rental, Mask, and LARP) $40.00
Field pass (Field pass, CO2, and LARP) $35.00
Camo's are $5.00 additional, and Paint will be $90.00 a case.


Friday night Check-In will start at 3:30 PM. Games reg starts at Saturday 8:30 AM at the Check-In desk.

Paintballs will be available at the Check-In desk the following morning at $90.00 per case.Sorry, Field Paint Only. If you own your own gun/mask/BDU's then all you are paying is for the field pass.


We Encourage Early Registration, Which is why we are Giving Everyone such a long time in Advance to Prepare...

DAH YIDIL !
PAY NOW!

We Would that You Choose to Show Your Heart, and Claim Your Klingon Right to Compete for this Glorious Elite Unit Citation!


We will post more as it becomes available.








maQapmeH maHIv! (In order to Succed, we Attack)!

Qapla! (Success)!










This event is offered by the Advanced Learning Academy, a American-based international non-profit cultural and educational organization, and the event is aimed solely to educate the public and providing friendly competition and promote general interest concerning Klingon culture, society and history. No copyright infringement is intended on our part for the Star Trek terminology and expressions that are held by Paramount, the estate of Gene Roddenberry or of any others.

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PRESS RELEASE #1


The "Klingon Bloodwine Festival" Weekend to be held in Red Rock Desert California in 2009

THE KLINGON BLOODWINE FESTIVAL WEEKEND

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For immediate release: Friday 1 Feb 2009



The Klingon Bloodwine Festival Weekend to be held in the Red Rock Desert, May 8-10 2009.

Qapla' and Welcome...It is another Glorious Day for the Empire!

The 1st annual Klingon Bloodwine Festival, will be held on the panoramic 40 acre Red Rock site of the Advanced Learning Academy, in beautiful Cantil, California. Hosted by the Red Rock Resort, a private membership Desert Golf Course and Spa located in the ALA's Cell Habitat Complex. The Klingon Bloodwine Festival, is one of the most unique experience you'll ever have, come enjoy the wonderful world of Klingon, it combines a weekend of singing, outrageous costumes, paintball, Warrior competition, and more, all with wild night life, and serene, outdoor desert camping in the balmy Red Rock Desert in Southern California.

We anticipate the 2009 Klingon Bloodwine Festival and Games Weekend's capacity for producing high adrenaline excitement, coupled with it's responsible, enthusiastic Klingon fan-base, and committed athletes, will help a unique and fun time for all. The Games will feature hours of insane activities, across more than 150 acres of pristine desert acreage. The weekend long event, has plenty of parking and is set in walking distance, and all competition activities will take place nearby.


Write to the KBF Weekend at:
The Klingon Bloodwine Festival Weekend
1626 North Wilcox Ave, Suite 953, Hollywood California, 90028
Attention: Rick Smith
email [e-mail] or see our website at www.advancedlearningacademy.org for further details.





Contacts
Website: www.thecellhabitat.org
General Event Info: thehabitat.proboards75.com/in...oard=bloodwine
General: [e-mail]
Phone: [phone]
Press/Media: Brian Hanish - [e-mail].

The 2009 Red Rock Resort's Klingon Bloodwine Festival Weekend, will take place in the Red Rock Desert, in Southern California, May 8-9th, 2009. More information about the Klingon Bloodwine Festival Weekend, including program schedules and ticket sales, is available from its web site www.thecellhabitat.org, or by writing to [e-mail].

Specific press contacts, or requests to be removed from the Klingon Bloodwine Festival Weekend press release mailing list should be directed to [e-mail]

"Advanced Learning Academy", "Red Rock Resort", "Klingon Bloodwine Festival Weekend", and "The Cell Habitat" are registered service marks of the Advanced Learning Academy, an unincorporated Scientific Research and Development Group.

Release Date 1 Feb 2009


General Information:

Title of Exhibition: 2009 Klingon Bloodwine Festival Weekend
Theme: Klingon Bloodwine Festival
Organizers: Advanced Learning Academy (ALA), The Cell Habitat, and iMachine Entertainment
Supporting Organizations:
Date(s): May 8-10 2009 (3 days)
Venue: Red Rock Resort (Cantil, California)
Size of hall area: TBD
Size of exhibition area: TBD
Opening hours: TBA
Admission fee: General: $35/ $45 (after April 24)


Objectives: This event is to set in place a coherent and well-structured environment that will promote safe, fun and competitive RolePlaying, which will help to foster the advancement of all Red Rock Resort related activities. At the same time, the event is to be a medium to promote an interest in Klingon based roleplaying, new products, and to develop new business through contributing to the promotion of friendly competition and shared comradery.




This event is offered by the Advanced Learniing Academy, a American-based international non-profit cultural and educational organization, and the event is aimed solely to educate the public and providing friendly competition and promote general interest concerning Klingon culture, society and history. No copyright infringement is intended on our part for the Star Trek terminology and expressions that are held by Paramount, the estate of Gene Roddenberry or of any others.

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Introduction to Klingons

Klingons are a very aggressive race by nature, and are skilled warriors. They consider politeness and kindness a sign of weakness and should be treated accordingly, or you may end up insulting them.

Klingon Rule
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. What an utterly Terran concept, right? What does this have to do with being a Klingon? It has everything to do being Klingon.

Klingons do not lie. This is known fact. To lie would be to dishonor one's self. If all Klingons do not lie then no Klingon would be expected to lie. Klingon children grow up learning the tales of honor and justice, about quests, feuds, challenges and combat. Although it is unspoken as a single concept, they learn the rule.

Klingons take what they are told at face value. Klingons expect the truth and are ruthless when they do not receive it. This does not just include truth and lying, it expands to cover honor and dishonor. A Klingon will tell the truth because he expects the truth and will treat one with honor because he expects honor.

Terrans are a forgiving bunch. You can slap them on the one cheek and they will offer you the other. Slap a Klingon on the cheek and you will lose your own and probably your head as well. This is also true of conversation. Lie to a Klingon and be forever dishonored. Lie once and you will never deserve the truth again! This above all is the meaning of the Klingon proverb: Speak wisely or do not speak at all.

As a Klingon, each action you make, including speaking, holds a great prize in the balance. Your reputation, your life, your very being is at stake with every word or deed. Remember the lessons which you learned as a child and you will do well. Perhaps the aforementioned proverb could be expanded thus: Act wisely or do not act at all.

The foremost Klingon wisdom is that of honor, therefore a further extension: Act honorably or do not act at all.

Each of us must find our own honor in life. We must not foresake the honor of our most noble Klingon race. From the time we are small until the end of this existence we are surrounded by honor and the possible consequences of dishonor. It is the law that we live by, lest we debase ourselves to the level of the very beasts upon our table. Filthy and unknowing, we would lose all, even our language, without which we are nothing.

Klingons have a few different ways of attaining personal fullfillment. One way is by social or family status. A Klingon warrior who belongs to a respected family has many obligations and must meet certain requirments. Their social structure is highly ritualized and guarded and many Klingons feel that only other Klingons are worthy of honor. Another way for a Klingon to gain respect is through their work. A Klingon may redeem a dishonored house, or start a new, one through deeds of daring and honor.

The Klingon Empire is currently ruled by the high council, who recently entered into a agression stance with the Federation.

Honor and ritual tradition play an important part in Klingon culture. Family heritage sets the pattern for generations to follow giving Klingon bloodlines' great continuity in the establishment of both private and governmental leadership structure. Rites of passage and tests of warrior skill are revered signposts of Klingon maturity often involving to-the-death combat with primitive blade and blunt weaponry. Klingons who do not have long or honorable family lines can still function effectively by pursuing their military career. Such Klingons are thought to be valuable because they are more likely to take chances that could lead to personal glory. Another way that Klingons achieve self worth, is through the reverence and study of Kahless. Klingons sometimes keep shrines of Kahless and worship him and his writing and stories almost as a demi-god.

The primary demon in Klingon mythology is the Klingon demon Fek'lhr, guardian of the dark underworld Gre'thor, where the dishonored go after they die. There they spend eternity in pointless, painful, labor, waiting to be consumed by Fek'lhr. It is important to note the lack of any kind of Klingon heaven. The closest they come is a whispered reference to some place similar to Valhalla, where they will live and fight forever, alongside the heros of their past.

When a Klingon warrior dies it is customary for other Klingons to perform the ritual of the Death Yell. This involves holding the dying warriors eyes open and looking into them as he dies. At the moment of death the other Klingons will yell, as a warning to the after life that a Klingon Warrior is coming. After death the body of a dead Klingon is treated as an empty shell without value.

While their technological level has long since evolved toward more efficient weapon and combat systems most Klingon 'disagreements' are still settled using the ancient hand-to-hand methods of their ancestors. Among the Klingon blade weapons are several swords and knives, but the most innovative and the deadliest is the Bat'telh.

For those occasions when long-distance or wide-damage weaponry is more suitable to the task at hand Klingon science has provided a variety of high-efficiency disruptor units. These devices generally pistol-like in form lack the disintegration capability of phasers but produce a higher destructive effect per reserve energy unit used. Larger ship-mounted versions of these disruptors are the primary weapons of the Klingon fleet and can be tuned specifically to be effective against specific enemy vessel shields and hulls. Also available to Klingon vessels are variations upon the photon torpedo, but these are based not upon Federation science but upon those units acquired during the brief Klingon / Romulan alliance.

Physically the Imperial Klingon race is as imposing as it is aggressive. Both males and females have a greater muscle mass ratio than do most humanoid forms. They also generally grow taller and reach full, adult height at an earlier age than humans. Perhaps the single most striking feature of Klingon anatomy is the ridged forehead crown evident in genetically pure individuals, a characteristic that is not as strong in the Klingon / human genetic fusions, depending on how much human blood flows through their veins. Each cranial structure much like the human fingerprint is unique. However, in family lines there are similar patterns. One of the little known rituals among the Klingons is to make castings of their foreheads. These impressions are then kept by the family as a proof of linage. During the time of the Klingon/ Romulan alliance it is believed that the Klingons also traded some of there genetic engineering technology to the Romulans. Modern day Romulans also have a more pronounced forehead structure than do their Vulcan cousins.



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