Robo-Prom 2009, Final Details

[Brad Voracek]

Robo-Prom 2009 Final Details!

This year Robo-Prom will be held at the Omni Hotel in the CNN Center from 7:00pm-11:00pm on Thursday, April 16th.

We will be located in the Dogwood AB room located on the M1 Level of the Hotel in the North Tower.

Tickets will cost $12 pre-sale, and $16 at the door.

If you would like to pre-order please email team399@gmail.com and let me know how many people you have coming, and your team number. You can then pick up your wristbands and pay at our pit on Thursday (we're bright orange and we have a backdrop of the Emerald City from The Wizard of Oz in our pit). If you pre-order you can also just pay and pick up your wristbands at the door for the pre-order price, but we suggest picking them up at our pit to avoid a long entrance line at the event.

The cost of your ticket covers the rental of the event space, DJ, water, and punch.

We will also be having a contest for Prom King and Prom Queen! Last year our winners were wearing outfits made out of track balls! You can wear a creative outfit, have the best dance moves, or do just about anything else that stands out in order to win. We have no guidelines to winning this award!

Dress is semi-formal (cocktail dresses for girls, slacks and collared shirts for boys).


(sorry I made a new thread, apparently you can't edit your original post after a certain amount of time. . :rolleyes:)

[Bethany Mc.]

I'm in! I can not wait...I have been working on my outfit for a while now!

[Phil Ross]

Expect 10-15 super-excited Dawgma people to show up...I will email you with an official number. If we are pre-ordering tickets do you need the money in advance or do we give that to you guys in ATL? :yikes: :yikes:

[Brad Voracek]

Expect 10-15 super-excited Dawgma people to show up...I will email you with an official number. If we are pre-ordering tickets do you need the money in advance or do we give that to you guys in ATL? :yikes: :yikes:

It's easiest if you just give it to us in Atlanta. Give us an email with the official count, and your team number, then when we see you in atlanta tell us your team number, and we'll check that you pre-ordered, then exchange wristbands/money.


Looking forward to seeing them! =)

[Nawaid Ladak]

I'll definitly be there., I'll e-mail you guys soon

[Delia]

Like Phil said, 1712 is super excited!

But also, our mentor wanted to know if you guys need any adult volunteers to be chaperons. Thanks for doing this guys! :D

[EmmaMary]

Like Phil said, 1712 is super excited!

But also, our mentor wanted to know if you guys need any adult volunteers to be chaperons. Thanks for doing this guys! :D

We will have both of our advisors and two of our mentors there, and some other teams are bringing chaperones. So while we don't need any chaperones, if you have an adult that would like to come they should feel free to come free of charge!

[EmmaMary]

Don't forget to tell other teams in your area or anyone you are in contact with! The more people we can get to come, the better!!!!

[jfish013]

Team 176 should be going. Many of our members who attended last year are excited about showing up again. :D

We weren't sure if we wanted to travel all the way to the Marriot, seeing as we moved to the Omni this year, but then I read the post tonight and I'm like, "Yes!!!"

I'll get numbers on Wednesday for Aces.


John

[robotlover]

YAY! Thank you guys so much for organizing all of this! I'll try to get you our final numbers of people that are going as soon as possible! I'm totally up for this and really excited thanks again!

~Laura~

[Renee Becker-Blau]

YAY! I'm super excited for Robo-Prom! Team 1675 will e-mail you with the approximate number asap. Thank's for planning all of this! It's a lot of fun, and gives us something to do Thursday night :D

[waialua359]

I have a suggestion. How about name tags for everyone with team #'s so that when I walk around, I can put a CD name to a face. ;)

[OZ_341]

Team 341 will most likely be attending. Our student leaders are very excited about the idea of going. We are going to survey the full team and get back to you.
Thanks for making this opportunity.

Al Ostrow
Team Leader

[Brad Voracek]

I have a suggestion. How about name tags for everyone with team #'s so that when I walk around, I can put a CD name to a face. ;)


I'll work on that =p


Hope to see you all there..!

[EmmaMary]

Hey everyone! Please RSVP ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You're making me nervous!!!!

THANKS!

[Alan Anderson]

I forwarded the Robo-Prom announcement to our team as soon as I had approval from the teachers to offer them the chance to attend. Unfortunately, with Kokomo schools' Spring Break falling this week (with a coincidental local Delphi shutdown), many of the TechnoKats are out of town and I won't be able to get a good count of interested students until April 13.

[AlexD744]

When is the latest we can e-mail you with numbers of people coming? It's hard to find out while on Spring Break (as Alan said), and it would be nice to know if pre-order means next Wednesday, or sometime this week.

Thank You.

[Cynette]

Hey everyone! Please RSVP ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You're making me nervous!!!!

THANKS!Our team has its travel meeting tomorrow night (Tue. 4/7). If we have interested students, we will let you know after that! Don't panic yet!

[EmmaMary]

I forwarded the Robo-Prom announcement to our team as soon as I had approval from the teachers to offer them the chance to attend. Unfortunately, with Kokomo schools' Spring Break falling this week (with a coincidental local Delphi shutdown), many of the TechnoKats are out of town and I won't be able to get a good count of interested students until April 13.

No problemo! As long as we have an email by 6:00pm California time on April 15th we're good!

[EmmaMary]

When is the latest we can e-mail you with numbers of people coming? It's hard to find out while on Spring Break (as Alan said), and it would be nice to know if pre-order means next Wednesday, or sometime this week.

Thank You.

Pre-Order is anytime before 6:00pm California time on April 15th!

[EmmaMary]

Our team has its travel meeting tomorrow night (Tue. 4/7). If we have interested students, we will let you know after that! Don't panic yet!

LOL! Thanks!

[Michelle Celio]

We will also be having a contest for Prom King and Prom Queen! Last year our winners were wearing outfits made out of track balls! You can wear a creative outfit, have the best dance moves, or do just about anything else that stands out in order to win. We have no guidelines to winning this award!


Can we nominate people? Perhaps a drop box at the event for nominations / votes. I'd be down for nominating Miss Libby Kamen

[AlexD744]

Thank You:D

[cygnus.x1]

14 girls from team 1868, The Space Cookies (http://www.spacecookies.org/), will be attending. Myself and one other adult will be chaperoning. A rsvp from the team president should be coming soon.

I'm curious, what's the total number of pre-orders so far?

How many people do you expect to attend?

[Brad Voracek]

14 girls from team 1868, The Space Cookies (http://www.spacecookies.org/), will be attending. Myself and one other adult will be chaperoning. A rsvp from the team president should be coming soon.

I'm curious, what's the total number of pre-orders so far?

How many people do you expect to attend?

I believe there's only around 60 + our team pre-ordered so far (so 72), but there are lots of people with tentative preorders just waiting for official numbers.

Last year we had around 200 people at its peak, and this year we are expecting around 300 people to show up. Hopefully more. The more we get, the more fun it will be, guaranteed.

So tell your friends!!

[Libby K]

I will be pre-ordering. Just waiting for our next meeting to ask students if they're interested. Probably around 10 students from 1923. I'll let you know. :)

[gorrilla]

1557's probobly going(10-15)

can we still pay at the door?

[Brad Voracek]

1557's probobly going(10-15)

can we still pay at the door?

Yes, but email us before hand with an RSVP letting us know how many people are coming.

If you don't email it will be 16$ per person, if you do, it's 12.

Thanks!

[BandChick]

I just posted to my students asking if any of them were interested.
I'm guessing I'll have at least 5 students to come with me.

But I'll let you know an official number via email ASAP!

[jfish013]

Team 176 will be bringing 15 students! We can't wait for Thursday night! See you in the pits!

John

[JonellGregor]

I am so happy to say that everyone traveling with Team 79 will be at Roboprom :) They just sent out an email today! We pushed and pushed for this..and we got it!

[Brad Voracek]

I am so happy to say that everyone traveling with Team 79 will be at Roboprom :) They just sent out an email today! We pushed and pushed for this..and we got it!

Sweet... Krunch and I believe the Pink team is going tooo.

Gonna be a party. =p

[JonellGregor]

Sweet... Krunch and I believe the Pink team is going tooo.

Gonna be a party. =p

YES! I'm so excited!

[Josh Goodman]

Some of 1511 I believe will be attending! Whether I show up or not depends on whether I pack my Khakis! :O

[Cynette]

Some of 1511 I believe will be attending! Whether I show up or not depends on whether I pack my Khakis! :OBut Josh, nothing screams semi-formal like a pair of Red Camo BDU pants! :rolleyes: (Khakis would be very nice, pack them just in case!)

[OZ_341]

Team 341 will be attending with 40 very excited students!
We just emailed our pre-order.

Thanks for putting this together!

Al Ostrow

[robodude03]

Team 341 will be attending with 40 very excited students!
We just emailed our pre-order.

Thanks for putting this together!

Al Ostrow

All right! I am glad that 341 will be joining in the festivities :D With all these teams being well represented I am sure the party will be great! Looking forward to having you all there :)

[waialua359]

Our school prom is tomorrow, Good Friday. That makes back to back Friday's of chaperoning our students at a prom. This one should be even better!
I didnt go last year but my wife and students did.
Is there a section for the "chaperones" to sit down and talk story? I aint much of a dancer.:o

[davidfv]

Our school prom is tomorrow, Good Friday. That makes back to back Friday's of chaperoning our students at a prom. This one should be even better!
I didnt go last year but my wife and students did.
Is there a section for the "chaperones" to sit down and talk story? I aint much of a dancer.:o

Absolutely, adults and chaperons will have fun too. My students will make extreme fun of me if I attempt to dance. In past years, I have had a lot of fun meeting and chatting with the students when they take a break. So, students bring your mentors and parents and maybe we will show you a thing or two!

Hmmm, wonder if I remember that Thriller dance... Will have to watch a video or two before next week... ahhh the 80's were sooo much fun.

[davidfv]

I am so happy to say that everyone traveling with Team 79 will be at Roboprom :) They just sent out an email today! We pushed and pushed for this..and we got it!

Awesome, you guys were a lot of fun in Minnesota!

Your MN Northstar Regional Game Announcer

[Jeff Pahl]

Just a reminder to everyone attending the Robo-Prom: Please keep in mind that you really should complete your inspection on Thursday, before you leave to go back to the hotel to get ready for the prom. The inspectors are supposed to discuss the robot with students, not with the adults you left in the pit. And a student needs to be present to sign the inspection form as team captain. Last year we had some teams where all the students left and there were only a couple of mentors in the pit late Thursday.

Thanks!

See you in ATL!

[gorrilla]

1557's going to be bringing at least 11(maybe a few more) people, Ill send the email saturday afternoon when I get full conformation;)

[JYang]

Team 604 is looking forward to attending for the first time!

[*Michelle*]

Team 79 is really excited :)

[robodude03]

Team 79 is really excited :)

LOL well we are really excited a lot of people are coming :P Not sure of the approximate count now, but I am sure it is getting close to the amount of people we had last year... or more :)

[Brad Voracek]

Can we nominate people? Perhaps a drop box at the event for nominations / votes. I'd be down for nominating Miss Libby Kamen


I think this is an awesome idea, I'll talk it over with the team, but I think this will probably help make the selection.

More than likely we'll have a drop box in the front~

[davidfv]

Only a few more days... If you have not emailed your Robo-Prom intentions yet, please email team399@gmail.com

[BandChick]

My 1089 students are still on Spring Break, but I will let you know a definite number by Tuesday night/Wednesday morning!

We've got at least 5 people going!

[kjolana1124]

Expect a minimum of five from 1124. This is going to be awesome!

[Nickzdabomb]

Expect the royalty in full-force! All of KING TeC, Team 2169, will be there!

[EmmaMary]

1557's probobly going(10-15)

can we still pay at the door?

You can still pay at the door, and if you plan on doing that you don't really need to email me and let me know how many people are coming. I do warn though, that currently I have 200 people RSVPed, so while the chances of this happening are slim, there is a possibility that the hotel won't let over a certain number of people in the room (about 400 maybe? I'm not sure). So I would pre-order if at all possible.

[EmmaMary]

Team 176 will be bringing 15 students! We can't wait for Thursday night! See you in the pits!

John

I haven't gotten an official email from your team yet, so I don't have you down for reserved tickets. Please RSVP to team399@gmail.com asap.

Thanks!

[EmmaMary]

Our school prom is tomorrow, Good Friday. That makes back to back Friday's of chaperoning our students at a prom. This one should be even better!
I didnt go last year but my wife and students did.
Is there a section for the "chaperones" to sit down and talk story? I aint much of a dancer.:o

Lol! I will make sure we have some chairs for chaperons, since the tables the hotel is providing are the tall standing ones.

I just want to make sure you know that our prom is Thursday night, however, not Friday.

Thanks!

[thefro526]

Just sent and E-Mail RSVP-ing for 2-3 People from my team. See Ya There.

[Libby K]

I will receive final word on how many 1923'ers are coming by tomrrow afternoon, and will email just as soon as I can. Can't wait! :)

[davidfv]

Well, please let us know if you had fun. How was it. When I was walking around talking to students, parents and mentors it seemed like a good time was held by all. Post your favorite pictures and send Team 399 some feedback.

[gorrilla]

I personally had alot of fun:D
(and I got to dance with this really nice girl too):P


I think next year...karaoke?(i know some people on my team would do this)

[Nawaid Ladak]

I think this has become a FIRST Championship Tradition.... enough said. It's run well, it's run by an awesome team, and it gives some of us college student/mentors a way to cool off after that Thursday...

[BradMello]

All of the pictures and videos from the dance should be uploaded to one central location, so everyone can see them

[Barry Bonzack]

Had a blast once again, and am already looking forward to next year. I think the Omni is a perfect location, and hope that it will stay there. I was able to leave my car parked at the GA Dome, and did not have to pay for hotel parking.
Keep up this high quality event!

[EdwardP]

Yeah, this was a really great event, I hope to see you all there next year!

[BradMello]

everyone with pictures from the dance should register an account at www.sparkfun.net, a website a member on our team made, and upload the pictures :yikes:

[AcesJames]

Here's us at robo prom, dancing to Thriller.

Thanks for an awesome time, Team 399. Hope to attend again next year, wherever championships may be.

[moeCOWBEll]

MOE 365 had a GREAT TIME at Robo-Prom! Thanks Team 399 for hosting such a fun time:)
We hope to be joining you again next year!

[mcb]

Thanks to 399 for hosting this! It was a ton of fun. Best dance I've ever been to, hands-down. I hope we can go again next year!

[lastrideelhs]

Are you guys going to have robo prom again this year?
I had a lot of fun last year and am curious to whether or not it's happeneing again this year

[BradMello]

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80063