{"id":3754,"date":"2009-01-19T23:01:16","date_gmt":"2009-01-19T23:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geek.ravenkai.com\/?p=3754"},"modified":"2009-04-07T13:46:33","modified_gmt":"2009-04-07T19:46:33","slug":"3754","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=3754","title":{"rendered":"Town of Vulcan adds its Trekkie flair to Edmonton Symphony Orchestra’s Sci-Fi Spectacular"},"content":{"rendered":"

from Vulcan Tourism & Trek Station<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Representatives from the friendly, Star Trek<\/em> obsessed Town of Vulcan, Alberta were invited to add their Trekkie Flair to the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra\u2019s Sci-Fi Spectacular concert at Edmonton\u2019s Winspear Centre on January 23 & 24, 2009.<\/p>\n

Narrated by George Takei, Mr. Sulu of Star Trek<\/em> fame, this concert will feature a laser light show and musical selections from Star Trek<\/em>, and other well known science fiction movies and TV shows.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Town of Vulcan is honoured to be invited to participate at the Sci-Fi Spectacular event.\u00a0I think that when organizations, such as the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, host this type of event, it shows that Star Trek<\/em> and science fiction really do have a universal appeal.\u201d said Dayna Dickens, Tourism Coordinator for the Town of Vulcan.<\/p>\n

Vulcan\u2019s Tourism & Trek Station crew will be at the Winspear Centre in full uniform on both nights of the concert, taking pictures of guests posing with life sized cutouts of Capt. Kirk, Dr. McCoy and of course Mr. Spock.<\/p>\n

The Town of Vulcan will also be supplying fun prizes for the best sci-fi costumes worn to the event.<\/p>\n

Already on the international radar for its famous name and for its homage to Star Trek<\/em> and Science Fiction, the Vulcan Tourism office is hoping to bring the World Premiere of Star Trek XI<\/em> to the Town of Vulcan, Alberta for its May 2009 release.<\/p>\n

The campaign to bring the movie premiere to Vulcan follows in the wake of 2008\u2019s unveiling of a large Star Trek<\/em> Memorabilia Collection and the 2007 launch of the \u201cVulcan Space Adventure\u201d virtual reality game.\u00a0Vulcan has a long Trekkie history, including opening the Vulcan Tourism & Trek Station — a spacey tourist information centre, in 1998; the unveiling of the 5-tonne Vulcan Starship FX6-1995-A in 1995; and the town\u2019s first Star Trek<\/em> Convention held back in 1993. Tributes to science fiction are everywhere from space murals and alien signage that grace the walls and street corners of this little town on the prairies to a Star Trek<\/em> grave stone in the local cemetery.<\/p>\n

The Town of Vulcan, Alberta is a \u201clogical\u201d year-round destination for science fiction enthusiasts from across the galaxy.<\/p>\n

Join the Facebook Group called:\u00a0Star Trek XI<\/em>: Help Bring Spock Home to Vulcan, Alberta<\/a> to show your support for Vulcan’s quest to bring the World Premiere of Star Trek XI<\/em> to Vulcan for its May 2009 release.<\/p>\n

Live Long and Prosper…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

from Vulcan Tourism & Trek Station: Representatives from the friendly, Star Trek obsessed Town of Vulcan, Alberta were invited to add their Trekkie Flair to the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra\u2019s Sci-Fi Spectacular concert at Edmonton\u2019s Winspear Centre on January 23 & 24, 2009. Narrated by George Takei, Mr. Sulu of Star Trek fame, this concert will … Continue reading “Town of Vulcan adds its Trekkie flair to Edmonton Symphony Orchestra’s Sci-Fi Spectacular”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,20,348,7,91,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-arts-culture","category-events","category-films","category-music","category-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3754\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}