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Calgary Zombie
The Official Blog of the Calgary Zombie Walk
Created on 2006-03-07 00:23:36 (#9701547), last updated 2006-09-18
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Basic Info| Name: | The Official Blog of the Calgary Zombie Walk |
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| Location: | Calgary, Canada |
| Website: | Calgary Zombie |
BioSo what's the story?
Calgary Zombie rose from the dead in the late summer/early fall of 2005 to bring the First Annual Calgary Zombie Walk to the streets of Cowtown. The whole thing started when local undead enthusiast and CJSW radio host![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
chris_parasyte heard about a similar event in Vancouver, which just happened to be taking place while he was visiting Van City.
Unfortunately, he missed the Vancouver event. Okay; he slept through it, truth be told. It's a short and somewhat embarassing story, with the important point being that Chris decided to organize a Zombie Walk for Calgary when he returned.
Word spread like a virus online... within days of posting the information in only three places - parasyte's own LiveJournal, the![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif)
spookycalgary community and on Darkalberta.com - the information had spread to numerous blogs and message boards with an overwhelmingly positive response. A number of local media outlets picked up the story, including FFWD Weekly, Beatroute Magazine, The Gauntlet, CJSW FM, The Reflector... even CBC Radio and The Calgary Sun gave the event coverage! With the invaluable help of Amber (aka theyknow) the Calgary Zombie website was launched just days before the event.
The First Annual Calgary Zombie Walk was a huge success, with around 300 of Calgary's finest undead enthusiasts rising to the occaision! Everyone's make-up and costumes were awesome, and everyone in downtown Calgary - dead and alive - had a great afternoon. A bit of a run-in with mall security at Chinook Centre, where the undead had gathered to hit the food court for dinner, called an end to the event, and the Warehouse Nightclub hosted a great afterparty... for all the zombies over 18, anyway.
Thecalgaryzombie blog exists to host photos from Calgary Zombie events, as well as to keep local zombie fans up to date on the latest local undead happenings, and is maintained by chris_parasyte (feel free to check out his personal blog if you want to know more about the braaaiiiiinnnnsss behind all this). Plans are underway to make the 2006 Calgary Zombie Walk even better than the first event, and we're working on a few other things before then as well, so keep your eyes here for news as things shape up. Feel free to add calgaryzombie to your Friends list... we'll add you back in turn, and you can check out our Friends page, The Walking Dead, to get to know some other local undead enthusiasts!
Calgary Zombie rose from the dead in the late summer/early fall of 2005 to bring the First Annual Calgary Zombie Walk to the streets of Cowtown. The whole thing started when local undead enthusiast and CJSW radio host
chris_parasyte heard about a similar event in Vancouver, which just happened to be taking place while he was visiting Van City. Unfortunately, he missed the Vancouver event. Okay; he slept through it, truth be told. It's a short and somewhat embarassing story, with the important point being that Chris decided to organize a Zombie Walk for Calgary when he returned.
Word spread like a virus online... within days of posting the information in only three places - parasyte's own LiveJournal, the
spookycalgary community and on Darkalberta.com - the information had spread to numerous blogs and message boards with an overwhelmingly positive response. A number of local media outlets picked up the story, including FFWD Weekly, Beatroute Magazine, The Gauntlet, CJSW FM, The Reflector... even CBC Radio and The Calgary Sun gave the event coverage! With the invaluable help of Amber (aka theyknow) the Calgary Zombie website was launched just days before the event.The First Annual Calgary Zombie Walk was a huge success, with around 300 of Calgary's finest undead enthusiasts rising to the occaision! Everyone's make-up and costumes were awesome, and everyone in downtown Calgary - dead and alive - had a great afternoon. A bit of a run-in with mall security at Chinook Centre, where the undead had gathered to hit the food court for dinner, called an end to the event, and the Warehouse Nightclub hosted a great afterparty... for all the zombies over 18, anyway.
The
calgaryzombie blog exists to host photos from Calgary Zombie events, as well as to keep local zombie fans up to date on the latest local undead happenings, and is maintained by chris_parasyte (feel free to check out his personal blog if you want to know more about the braaaiiiiinnnnsss behind all this). Plans are underway to make the 2006 Calgary Zombie Walk even better than the first event, and we're working on a few other things before then as well, so keep your eyes here for news as things shape up. Feel free to add calgaryzombie to your Friends list... we'll add you back in turn, and you can check out our Friends page, The Walking Dead, to get to know some other local undead enthusiasts! ConnectInterests (29):
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