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Friday August 15, 2025 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
Would you like to meet some new people who share your love of all things magical, but you're not sure how to start the conversation? Then this is the panel for you! Sit across from another attendee, speed dating style, and answer a wizarding-related prompt question to get the conversation flowing. Attendees have a couple of minutes to discuss a prompt before the buzzer rings and we switch seats to chat with someone new. Come for our cool badge ribbons and leave with your new BFF!
Presenters
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Geoff Hutton

Geoff Hutton, aka “Dream Quaffle,” has been performing and presenting in various fandom spaces for several years. If you’ve ever been to a convention, or any other gathering of nerds in festive outfits for that matter, you’ve probably met them. In addition to their wizard... Read More →
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Debra Johnson

Debra Johnson loves Harry Potter and enjoys writing fanfiction. She lives in Tooele Utah with a roommate and two mischievous cats.
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Karen Hall

Karen Hall (aka BrenaMarie) hails from Levittown, PA where she is the Queen of her Castle. There she is joined by her knight, David, Prince Connor, and Princess Hayley. Queen Karen has a myriad of interests that she entertains while leading her kingdom with love and kindness. One... Read More →
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Laurie Ristig

Laurie Ristig is a librarian, cosplayer, fanfic author, bad karaoke singer, and social butterfly from Colorado Springs. She is one of those weirdos who is comfortable walking up to a total stranger to strike up a conversation, but gets that it's an ability that doesn't come naturally... Read More →
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Elise Lachman

Elise Lachman is a Slytherin who sings Taylor Swift in the shower, golfs like she's chasing a Golden Snitch, and shares her deepest secrets with her cat, Lucy of Loch Lady Fingers. She also firmly believes butterbeer should be a year-round beverage. Her golf swing is 40% skill, 60... Read More →
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Mayuri Patel

Mayuri is a romance and fantasy fangirl who lives for swoony slow burns, epic magic, and the morally gray love interests everyone warned you about. She co-hosts Not The Droids podcast, watching every Star Wars thing in-universe (yes, even that one), and Spiced Volumes, where the... Read More →
Friday August 15, 2025 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
Midway Suites 3+4

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