WC2013 - Unofficial Events and Activities

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At WC2013 this year, we are planning on doing more unofficial events and activities similar to what happened at US Nationals 2012. For those of you who were not there, click here and look at the blocks highlighted in green to get an idea of what happened outside of the competition and what you can expect out of this year: http://www.cubingusa.com/usnationals2012/schedule.php. The seminars are uploaded on my youtube channel if you want an idea of how these went and how they work.

I have a rough idea of what we'll do this year for Worlds, but I'll need your help to figure out what I want to do. In order for me to know what you guys want, I need some input regarding the following:
  • Seminars - These were very successful last year, but this year I want to come up with different topics, or at least similar topics with different people giving the seminars. I was thinking to include seminars that cover a majority of the official events so that there will be something for everyone. Let me know if there are any specific topics you want to hear about and any specific people you want to hear from. Right now I'm just planning on doing seminars for each event, but I'm open to anything else creative.
  • Unofficial events - For those of you that were there, what events did or didn't you enjoy?
  • Are there any other events that would be good to include? Can you think of any that incorporate different countries, perhaps a relay competition with teams for every country?
  • Do we want a 64 person head-to-head again? Sign-ups will definitely be a lot more official than how I did it at Nationals if we decide to do this.

Any ideas outside of these are welcome too, but the points above are what I'm looking for the most right now. Please don't hesitate if you have something worthwhile to contribute, but please do hesitate if you don't. I don't want to have to sort through too many posts that don't help. Thanks! I hope you all are as excited about Worlds as I am!
 
Thanks for posting this! I am very excited about worlds however I didn't go to us nationals 2012. I am possibly interested in a talent show similar to last years. I don't know how popular/successful this was and completely understand if this is not an option. Thanks again!
 
cubingandjazz said:
Thanks for posting this! I am very excited about worlds however I didn't go to us nationals 2012. I am possibly interested in a talent show similar to last years. I don't know how popular/successful this was and completely understand if this is not an option. Thanks again!
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There will definitely be a talent show like last year, and sign-ups will be available well in advance. We'll probably post a program of what acts you can expect when. I have the talent show planned for the Friday night of the competition.
 
Hmm I was just thinking, how awesome would it be to have some chamber groups, or maybe even a small orchestra to get together and perform something for the talent show? I think it'd be interesting to see some musical performances from a group of cubers, even if it's not great quality considering it'll probably be put together in a few run-throughs. I for one would be interested in forming a wind chamber group if anyone's interested! (I'm a clarinetist)
 
flee135 said:
Hmm I was just thinking, how awesome would it be to have some chamber groups, or maybe even a small orchestra to get together and perform something for the talent show? I think it'd be interesting to see some musical performances from a group of cubers, even if it's not great quality considering it'll probably be put together in a few run-throughs. I for one would be interested in forming a wind chamber group if anyone's interested! (I'm a clarinetist)
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That would be epic. If I could go to worlds I would want to be in it. I'm a flutist. I would think that this would be really really cool!
 
flee135 said:
Hmm I was just thinking, how awesome would it be to have some chamber groups, or maybe even a small orchestra to get together and perform something for the talent show? I think it'd be interesting to see some musical performances from a group of cubers, even if it's not great quality considering it'll probably be put together in a few run-throughs. I for one would be interested in forming a wind chamber group if anyone's interested! (I'm a clarinetist)
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If I can go, I'm in. (piano or trombone; but lugging a trombone on a plane is kinda difficult, where the hotel may have a piano already there)

As far as unofficial events go, I'll be more than happy to help run skooob c:

Any chance for mosaics?
 
I think the University Cube Relay that Maki put up this year was awesome! I think it would be sweet to try a International Cube Relay type event. Basically any 4 people from the same country represent and do a 4-person relay. And you can have multiple teams from one country so anyone can sign up.
 
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