Wow everyone, the community’s outpouring of support for what we thought would be a small, quiet event overwhelmed us. After releasing 50 more tickets yesterday, those tickets have now also sold out (congrats to Beau Ryan for snagging the last ticket…if we had prizes, you would get one! I hope hugs will be enough!).

But don’t fear, we’re planning on having a day-of waitlist in order to fill seats of those who find they can’t make it when Saturday comes around. So please, feel free to join us and we will accommodate everyone that we possibly can.

Also, don’t forget the livestream, which will be embedded here for all those who can’t attend in person to be able to join in.

And that’s not all!!!

We have a couple of announcements we want to share. First, we have been mentioning that we’ll be featuring several trailers for upcoming web series. Well, we wanted you to all get excited for what we’ll be premiering, so without further ado, here is the list of sneak peaks that you will be feasting your eyes on:

Woody Tondorf’s Apocalypse WOW
Emmett Furey’s Fury of Solace
Scott Brown’s Asylum
Blast Radius’ Hysteria, CA
Tony E. Valenzuela’s Black Box TV
First Edition
And perhaps one or two other surprises…

Finally, we have an exciting last minute addition to the sci-fi forum:

The Bui Brothers

Lan and Vu, the Bui Brothers, have been a staple of the New Media community longer than almost anyone. Media producers known for their unique and beautiful visual photography and companion video pieces for such New Media stars as Felicia Day and iJustine, they are also talented cinematographers and are coming to Celebrate the Web to reveal the first public appearance of footage from their new project Pryce starring Taryn O’Neill and Brendan Bradley (Squatters).

Photo courtesy of The Bui Brothers

In exactly one week, Taryn, Stephanie, and Jenni (forever after referred to as “we”) will be filling our cars with web series promotional materials and hittin’ the road for good ole San Diego. It’s been a wild ride to get to this point but we’re enjoying every minute of it and cannot wait to celebrate with all of you, whether in person or online or after the event is posted on the internet to live forever thanks to blip.tv.

Yup, the ever amazing and wonderful blip.tv has come on board to help us out once again as a sponsor for Celebrate the Web 2. The first Celebrate the Web literally could not have happened without blip.tv’s generous support and they were awesome to create a channel for us to showcase the amazing videos that were created for that event.

For those not familiar with blip.tv, here is a fancy blurb that is far better written than anything we could come up with on our own:

Blip.tv’s mission is to change media by making independent show production sustainable, scalable and profitable. The company works with more than 50,000 independently produced Web shows – ranging from sitcoms to dramas to how-to shows and everything in between – and provides them the services of scale they need to be successful and sustainable. Blip.tv hosts and syndicates shows to iTunes, YouTube, Vimeo, AOL Video, Verizon FiOS, TiVo, Sony Bravia, The Roku Digital Video Player, Facebook and elsewhere. Blip.tv splits all advertising revenue with show creators 50/50. For more information about blip.tv please visit http://blip.tv/.

Another thing Celebrate the Web 2 can’t do without is the technology to get it going. Our Technical Director, Matt Arevalo, is working tirelessly to organize the microphones for the forums, the projector so we can show the fantastic show content that is coming in, checking on the internet capabilities so we can livestream the event, and so much more. We would truly be lost without him.

Luckily, he now has some help! The Flickcast has generously come on board with us to help by donating and supporting a large majority of our tech needs.

Don’t know a lot about The Flickcast? Well here you go, another fancy blurb not at all written by us:

The Flickcast is about movies, television, new media, comics, video games, tech and all things geek. From Star Wars to BSG to Star Trek, Citizen Kane, The Dark Knight, X-Men, Avengers, Green Lantern, Call of Duty, Assassin’s Creed, Apple, the iPhone, iPad, Android, gadgets, gear, photography and more, The Flickcast team will discuss, debate, entertain and enlighten with critical and insightful commentary on entertainment and all things geek of the past, present and future.

Yup, that’s right up our alley and we’re thrilled to have The Flickcast on board.

Would you like to help out as well? We’re definitely still looking for like-minded companies, individuals, etc. that are looking to collaborate with us to make this event and future events as amazing as they can be. If interested, you can contact Jenni directly at jenni dot powell at gmail dot com.

Let’s keep this excitement train a rollin’! San Diego or bust!

Sci fi kisses and fantasy/gaming hugs,
Taryn, Stephanie, and Jenni

Preparations are hurtling along for Celebrate The Web 2, the special web series event in San Diego, July 24^th 2010. After our first announcement, we are thrilled that Liz Miller at NewTeeVee did some coverage announcing a few of our exciting new additions:

Sam Proof (image from Failpire)

Sam ProofThe host of the AFK Show, Sam Proof has a large online following and brings a unique blend of talents to the role of moderator of the forums. His knowledge and love of all things web makes him a perfect fit for the spirit of the event.

Shawna Trpcic (image from her website)

Shawna TrpcicThis hugely talented costume designer for Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, Dollhouse, and Angel (among many other shows) joins the sci fi panel. Building out a world through costumes is so important to the sci fi genre and we’re thrilled to have Shawna Trpcic to give us an inside glimpse into this extremely important part of production.

Craig Frank (picture from stillspeakingtheatre.org)

Craig FrankA web series veteran, Craig Frank has appeared in such popular series as The Crew and Compulsions. He joins the fantasy/gaming panel for his most recent project A Good Knight’s Quest.

Rudy Jahchan (picture from Twitter)

Rudy Jahchan With years of online creation under his belt, Rudy Jahchan is well-known for his writing and directing work on A Comicbook Orange and Galacticast as well as his recent guest-directing stint on Bumps in the Night. He joins the fantasy/gaming panel.

Ryan Robbins (picture from vancouverbc.com)

Ryan RobbinsRyan Robbins is a Canadian actor from the series Riese. He recently appeared in a six-episode arc on Battlestar spin-off Caprica) and will appear with Ryan Copple to discuss Riese’s recent SyFy acquisition.With just a few weeks until the event, the Celebrate the Web team is abuzz with putting together all the exciting pieces for this event. It’s been an exhausting but ultimately completely rewarding experience and we can’t wait to bring it to the web community! If you are interested in volunteering for the event or helping out in any other way, please feel free to e-mail jenni dot powell at gmail dot com. Every suggestion and offer for help only serves to make this event even better!