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- By Sharon Brier

Fashion, Sports, Crime, Politics, Music, Religion and Art were topics heard around the room at the Art of Conversation Nov 9 at the Jr League to benefit City ArtWorks. Thirty one local celebrities conversationalists included  Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia, Teresa Byrne-Dodge of My Table, Elaine Turner, handbag designer, Cindi Harwood Rose, Brett Mitchell of the Houston Symphony, Chloe Dao fashion designer and Rick Lowe of Project Row House. Co Chairs Mia Bering and Jana Stiffel were thrilled to raise money for art after school in 80+ schools, 13 community centers in disadvantaged areas and for long term cancer patients at Texas Children's Hospital.

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Gamer MusiCON 09 with Video Games Live! & Blizzard Live

The Houston Symphony, in partnership with Tommy Tallarico, Jack Wall and Blizzard Entertainment®, has expanded the visionary Video Games LiveTM concert to an all-day celebration of the cutting-edge video game music industry. The world premiere of Gamer MusiCON 09 includes two high-energy concerts featuring Symphony performances of the industry's greatest video game hits with exclusive game footage and synchronized lighting. The first features the sights and sounds of Blizzard games World of Warcraft®, Diablo® and StarCraft® and never before performed music from World of Warcraft - Wrath of the Lich King. While the second brings back an all-new Video Games LiveTM with material from games like Chrono Trigger®, Halo 3: ODST ® and Mega Man. Throughout the day, a Game Crazy festival will offer playable game demos throughout all three levels of Jones Hall, plus a Guitar Hero® contest for the chance to appear on stage during Video Games LiveTM. The festival also includes an interactive panel and Q&A session with Blizzard Entertainment® game composers, and an on-stage costume contest for attendees dressed as their favorite video game character.

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Gamer MusiCON 09 timeline:

2:00 Doors to Jones Hall open for lobby festival
3:00 – 4:30 Blizzard Live! concert
4:30 – 7:30 Lobby festival
7:30 – 10:00 Video Games Live! concert
10:00 – 11:00 Post concert autographs & merchandise sales

Event Highlights:

Game Crazy festival with playable game demos throughout all three levels of Jones Hall
Interactive panel and Q&A session with Blizzard Entertainment®game composers
On-stage costume contest
Merchandise Sales
Post concert autograph session
Guitar Hero contest in lobby - winner plays on-stage during concert
Stay tuned for more!

And an ALL DAY PASS starts at about $50!! It sounds like a great time! CLICK HERE for tickets!