Everything you need to get through the weeks after BurlyCon!
Still feeling that tassel-twirling high emotional high from attending BurlyCon? You worked hard, danced hard and played hard. You deserve the time to absorb, reflect and allow all that learning to integrate into your being. The BurlyCon Team gives you full permission to take the day off! We declare a day of rest.
Looking for inspiration on how to spend your day?
- Have a burlesque movie marathon
- Make a pinterest board
- Wear comfy BurlyCon sweats or vintage night gowns you bought
- Day dream of new acts
- Draw or write in your journal
- Search Instagram for #burlycon2015 to relive some of our fav photo moments
- Turn off your phone
- Unpack your suitcase while listening to Ronni Magri’s CD
- Connect with a burlyspa vendor to schedule a pampering session
Indulge in some self-reflection
- What were some of your favorite quotes from this year’s speakers?
- What were your favorite classes and why?
- What did you hope to gain by attending BurlyCon, and in what ways did you receive it?
- What challenged you most at BurlyCon?
- What inspired you most at BurlyCon?
- What surprised you most at BurlyCon?
- What do you want to do differently next year when you attend?
Keep the good feelings going
Start looking forward to next year by registering for next year’s con today!
Stay engaged all year round. The best way to do that is to become a BurlyCon member.
Benefits of membership include:
- Be a part of the global BurlyCon burlesque community
- Preserve your heritage by funding opportunities to learn directly from the legends
- Shape the future of burlesque through burlesque education and community
- Support your peers by keeping costs low for attendance at the annual conference
- Show your appreciation for the hundreds of volunteers who make BurlyCon possible
- Invest in programs you value
More ways to stay engaged and involved in the community include:
- Follow and Friend BurlyCon on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram
- Take an upcoming class in your community, such as the Academy of Burlesque in Seattle
- Make connections in your community or across diverse communities
- Engage in radical self-acceptance, and remind yourself to accept others with the same level of acceptance
- Volunteer in your community or for an organization such as the Burlesque Hall of Fame
- Reach out to the BurlyCon 2015 presenters and say hello
- Reach out to BurlyCon 2015 vendors if you missed them
- Please join us in thanking our BurlyCon 2015 sponsors for helping make this event happen
Please share with us
Did you have fun at the story event? Write and record your own 5 minute story and post it in the BurlyCon Message Board Facebook page.
Did you make a vision board? Share it with us at media@burlycon.org
On behalf of the entire BurlyCon planning committee we thank you for your support, your sparkles, and for making the world a better place by promoting radical self-acceptance. Keep your learning, creativity, and self-love going all year round…and we’ll see you next year!
Scroll down to see some of our favorite moments we’d like to share! (Click for full size)
