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Fairs and Festival Listings from Savannah Morning News: (This is just a sampling. There are many more at www.savannahnow.com)

• Event: Great American Weekend at River Street Inn, Sat, Jul 7 10:00a
  Patriotism abounds on Historic River Street! Featuring fun, and fireworks over the beautiful Savannah River. 150,000 attendees expected. ** Estimated start time -- Please confirm **
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• Event: Preservation Awards Wine Tour at Green Meldrim House, Fri, May 18 6:00p
  This year’s Historic Savannah Foundation Preservation Wine Tour will be held in private homes situated near Madison Square. These properties have previously received preservation awards from HSF. This event will launch from the Green-Meldrim House. Enjoy boutique wine and food pairings at each of the award-winning properties on tour.
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• Event: Isaiah Davenport: The Carpenter at Isaiah Davenport House Museum, Sat, May 19 5:30p
  Join Historic Savannah Foundation for a very special evening highlighting the work of master builder Isaiah Davenport. Guests will have the opportunity to view Michael Jordan’s short film featuring the Davenport House. A walking tour of additional Davenport-built properties in Savannah will be narrated by some of Savannah’s notable historians and architects. Greg Guenther, master craftsman and expert wood-worker will share his workshop offering insight to the trade.
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• Event: Savcon, Transformers Fan Convention of Savannah, Georgia at Hilton Garden Inn Savannah Midtown, Sun, Jun 24 10:00a
  Collectibles Cons Savcon Unofficial Transformers Convention Savcon Unofficial Transformers Convention HOT User rating CONVENTION DETAILS Start Date June 23, 2012 End Date June 24, 2012 Door Rates Walk Ins $15 Per Day URL http://www.savcon.net All Genres Toys ADDRESS Venue Name Hilton Garden Inn Savannah/Midtown Street 5711 Abercorn Street City Savannah State Georgia Country United States Zip Code 31405 Savcon will be the first ever Unofficial Transformers Convention in Savannah, Georgia's history. We are offering a family friendly environment for families and fans of the franchise to come and enjoy all of the events on June 23-24 of 2012. With the popularity of the recent Live Action Transformer movies, which have grossed over $3Billion worldwide, a few of these non-profit Conventions, like ours, are growing at an alarming rate around the country to give fans a chance to meet Hollywood movie stars and Voice Actors from their favorite Transformers animated/live action Universe. Voice Actors appearing... Mr. Gregg Berger (the voice of Grimlock in the 1984 Transformers series) Mr. Neil Kaplan (the voice of Optimus Prime In the 2001 Transformers series) Mr. Lee Tockar (the voice of Ravage in the highly acclaimed 1998 Transformers Beast Wars series) Mr. Daniel Ross (The voice of Starscream in Transformers : The Game as well as the Ninja Vs. Movie series) Special Guests appearing... Randall Ng, Who is an Artist/Animator/Writer. For those that don't know Randall, he is the co-founder of NGSMOOV and has been bringing you the Transformers and GI Joe announcement videos for years! Randall will have an Exclusive 1-day only panel at Savcon. Alex Yu, who is a Youtube Vlogger. Alex is also a video director and owns his own production company. He will guest his own panel to discuss opening a production company and directing feature length films for those that are looking to get into the production field. Alex will have a Trivia contest during both his panels and awarding prizes to the winners. Jon Bailey Crumpton, Voice Actor & Film/TV Announcer also known as Jon3pnt0 of Youtube. Jon is a voiceover artist. He has done the voice of Captain Rex and Anakin Skywalker for the Star Wars : The Clone Wars commercial campaign and the toys and is the voice of Texas Steakhouse. He is also one of those "In a world" guys for movie trailers and promotions, etc. Jon will be hosting his own panel for Savcon entitled "Transforming Transformers: Making Tranformers Funny" Dan Khanna, Current Transformers artist for the Transformers Collector's Club/Fun Publications/Hasbro, Dan has made an exclusive print just for Savcon attendees who Preregister. James M Biggie, Who's artwork is inside of our exclusive Preregister package, Devoted fan artist and co-creator of the highly anticipated online comic "Robot God Akamatsu" Candice N Santora, Beast wars fan artist and the personal assistant of Garry Chalk. Candice has made an exclusive print just for Savcon preregistered attendees! Special Events taking place... Tailirine Irene, A Savannah native, will have a preregistered concert on Friday Night at 9pm June 22nd. Those that Preregister for Savcon 2012 gain free access into this concert. Savcon in conjunction with the Guardians Of The Ribbion Savannah Georgia Chapter will be holding a fundraiser both days. The Guardians Of The Ribbon are the low country Cancer awareness support group That travel to area shows in hopes to provide support and awareness to the deadly disease that has taken millions of lives. The fundraiser, titled Cosplay For A Cure, Will be a inside and outside event that will incorporate cosplayers with the Guardians taking donation. Inside there will be 2 panels (one per day) where items are sold with all proceeds going directly to the Guardians Of The Ribbon. Also in the parking lot of the Hilton Garden Inn Savannah/Midtown both days will be a display of custom cars resembling your favorite transformers The will be a 1,900 square foot vendors room selling all types of Transformers related products from toys & games to Apparel and artwork from some of the biggest stores and online sites for Transformers related merchandise. We will also be having a Costume Contest, Art Contest and a "Custom" Build your own Transformer Contest all with prizes to be awarded to the winners, along with having Autograph sessions and Voice Acting Q&A sessions throughout the entire weekend. Walk ins will be $15 per day Military Welcome! $10 per day Kids under 10 free admission with paid adult.
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• Event: River Street Labor Day Celebration at River Street Inn, Sat, Sep 1 10:00a
  Featuring artists from around the region with unique arts & crafts. Also enjoy entertainment & fun for the entire family. 15,000 attendees expected. ** Estimated start time -- Please confirm **
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Performing Arts Events Listings from Savannah Morning News: (Again, there are many more at www.savannahnow.com)

• Event: Elton John at Savannah Civic Center, Sat, Sep 15 7:00p
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• Event: Savannah Philharmonic’s Season Finale Concert at Lucas Theatre, Sat, May 19 7:30p
  The Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra finishes its successful season with a finale concert at 7:30 pm on Saturday, May 19 at the historic Lucas Theatre for the Arts. The two highly charged, passionate works to be performed include Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 and Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4. The Savannah Friends of Music will present an educational pre-concert talk at 6:30 pm.
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• Event: The Odd Lot improv comedy troupe at Muse Arts Warehouse, Mon, May 21 8:00p
  Improvisation show by Savannah's premiere comedy troupe, with bits of original comedy skits worked in. Performing MOST Mondays at 8 p.m.
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• Event: Bonaventure Cemetery Tour Journeys at Bonaventure Cemetery, Fri, May 18 11:00a
  Shannon Scott, Bonaventure Cemetery's Official Tour Guide, has been conducting tours of this 200 acre, Victorian Necropolis for over two decades. This storyist, filmmaker, author and artist, has such an intimate knowledge of Bonaventure, you'll be simply blown away by his indepth knowledge of the entire landscape and will find his tour as illuminating as the scenery itself! Don't be fooled by other, lesser endeavors or gimmicky, copycat experiences! Go with the original, the first and the best!
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• Event: Savannah Beautiful Voices ~ A Young Artist Master Class at Christ Church, Sun, Jun 3 2:00p
  A Young Artist Master Class ~ VOICExperience, an international opera program, presents Savannah's talented young singers in a special presentation ala "America’s Got Talent". Gifted singers from both private and public area high schools perform for a panel of artists from the upcoming "Beautiful Voices" concert as they are lovingly critiqued on their performance, voice, style and delivery. Come support Savannah's own in this afternoon of music and education.
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