DerpyCon South is pleased to announce its next guest of honor. Anneli Heed, the Swedish voice of Spitfire and others, will be attending DerpyCon South as an honored guest. But that’s not all—she’d like to perform fan-written songs on stage. To enter, you must write a song about Spitfire with a first-person role for Anneli to sing. The winner will get flown to the convention to perform the song live with Anneli.
DerpyCon South will be held at the Hilton Riverside in New Orleans, Louisiana on October 4-6, 2013. For the complete release and rules for the song contest, check behind the cut.
Ms Anneli Heed who plays Swedish Spitfire is coming down to DerpyCon South, and she’ll be singing on stage with fan musicians!
Anneli Heed is a Swedish stand up comedian, impersonator, and voice actor.
She’s done quite a bit of animation voice over work in Sweden. In My
Little Pony Friendship is Magic, she plays (among others):
– Cheerilee
– Photo Finish
– Spike
– Spitfire
– Rainbow Dash (singing voice)Friday evening, right after Opening Ceremonies (which actually will not be the first event), we’ll be having our Fan Concert. We’d like to invite musicians from the fandom to come down and play their songs for our attendees either Fri night for the acoustic part or Sat night for the electronic part. Send an email to events@derpycons.com if you’re interested in registering for a set. Please include: equipment you have/need, how long of a set you want, and a link to your music.
As it turn out, Ms Heed has agreed to sing some fan songs with the musicians that wrote them. She’s picked out a few herself, but we’re also holding a contest to give a fan musician an opportunity to play with her. All you have to do is write a brand new song about Spitfire in first person (essentially so it has a vocal part for her). It can be any style, genre, or vocal range as longs as the lyrics stay PG and the length stay under 5 minutes. The song can be hosted anywhere as long as it can be played from the site. The winner will be selected by Ms Heed herself, and the prize is debuting the song with her live right after the opening ceremonies (you will get the change to rehearse it with her beforehand), DCS will also provide you with travel, lodging, and registration to the convention. You have until June 30th at 11:59pm CDT to send links to your entries to info@derpycons.com.
We will also be opening up panel submissions. If you have an idea for a panel at DCS, please send an email with all the relevant information to events@derpycons.com.
We also need quite a few volunteers. If you’re interested in helping out, send an email to volunteering@derpycons.com. Phew! We hope to see you in October!