Less than two months after the event, the shared experience of Czequestria begins to hide in the shadows of other conventions and everyday life. Nevertheless, we still have to write the last chapters, complete the last tasks (for example, attendee feedback) and finally evaluate the entire event.
Czequestria’s 10th birthday was certainly a success, and it also deserves a brief overview that we would like to share with you.
Recordings of panels, interviews, concerts and other program are now available on the Photos and Videos – Shared Memories (2024) page.
Big thanks to Fang for taking and especially processing the video footage from the Mane Hall and Group photo event!
Ten years of Czequestria, as well as the anniversary with the theme “The Four Seasons” are history now. I look back about a thousand times and it all looks a little different every time. Or do I simply look at everything that has passed with each subsequent experience with different eyes? Who knows. The past won’t come back anyway, so we move on together.
Significant milestones often means comparison of the current and the past events. It was no different in our case: ten years is a long time, history is slowly disappearing behind the horizon, and just a few people realize today, that it was different at the beginning of Czequestria: a wave of enthusiasm, one dream, one promise, five friends, the Magic of Friendship which all together gave thing the needed initial push. Add the effort and stubbornness of dozens of people, a decade full of successes and failures… and the calendar suddenly shows today. Stories that would be enough for several books (the beginning is well summarized in Road to Czequestria). Was it worth it? Definitely!
Each Czequestria was different and brought significant changes – you will not find two same ones. This year also brought a few new things, several new records and (un)fulfilled expectations, but the basic principle remains the same: we meet not only as passionate fans of My Little Pony, but also as friends. And it doesn’t matter how many years we’ve been together, how many years we’ve known each other, or what’s happening in the world around us. This weekend belonged to us and will stay like that!
A wish to have the real world more like the beloved (albeit fictional) one lives in the fantasy of many fans. And the Element of Generosity is a place where bronies’ contribution to the real world outside the fandom becomes a heartwarming reality.
First and foremost we want to thank everyone who contributed (by donating items or by buying them) to this year’s Czequestria Charity auction! Your generosity never stops surprising us. Also many thanks to Perrydotto for making it as awesome and show as every year! Together, you donated in total
155 050,60 CZK
(~ 6184 €)
which is an incredible amount and also the new Czequestria record!
This year, we accepted card payments for the first time, and it was the method chosen by the majority of contributors. The benefit easily outweighed the fees: for card payments, we paid 3038,40 CZK (~121 €), which were the only costs in this auction deducted from the final amount: the stated amount of the donation is the total amount after deducting the mentioned fees.
As in previous years, the entire net income will be donated directly to Chewal association, a qualified organization providing Equine-assisted therapy (hippotherapy) near Bystřice, Czech Republic.
Our many thanks to all the Charity auction contributors!
Did you enjoy the intro animation at this year’s Czequestria? We definitely did!
Its author, PaintSwirl, uploaded it to her YouTube channel today 🙂
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