{"id":1429,"date":"2019-01-08T01:12:38","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T01:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/?p=1429"},"modified":"2019-01-08T01:14:16","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T01:14:16","slug":"international-bear-convergence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/?p=1429","title":{"rendered":"International Bear Convergence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>International Bear Convergence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Giving a Big Bear Hug to Palm Springs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bears are\ncoming out of hibernation and are heading to the International Bear Convergence\n(IBC), the premier winter event for Bears &amp; admirers in Palm Springs, California.\nThe event will take place on February 7-11, 2019. This desert oasis opens its\narms and welcomes thousands of frisky, furry bears, their friends &amp; their\nfans to Palm Springs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The four-day\nevent will come to life with DJs, live entertainment and thousands of bears\nfrom around the globe. The last five years have been hugely successful and expect\nmore of the same in 2019 with record-breaking attendance. &nbsp;\u201cThis year, being our 6<sup>th<\/sup>, we\nwill be pulling all the stops so expect us to mix it up a bit\u201d \u201cIn addition, we\nwill again receive a Proclamation from the City of Palm Spring presented to us\nby City councilman JR Roberts on <strong>Thursday\nFebruary 7 at 1:30pm in front of Hotel ZOSO\u201d<\/strong> adds co-producers Nino Eilets\n&amp; George Frank. We appreciate the recognition from the city for what IBC\ncontributes to Palm Springs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the\nday kick back and enjoy themed pool parties sponsored by Hunters, Chill Bar\n&amp; Toucans Tiki Lounge, with music provided by world renown DJ\u2019s at the\nfabulous Hotel ZOSO pool. With multiple bars, cabanas, outdoor-lounge areas and\nour new sun deck area overlooking the action at the pool, you\u2019re destined to\nhave a fantastic day. After the sun goes down, evenings will heat up with three\nhigh-energy dance parties.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday&#8217;s\nmain dance event, Nasty Nineties, will feature a live performance by the amazing\ndance club queen, superstar Inaya Day. This year we will once again feature the\nvery popular, Populart; presented by Modern Bear, a pop-up art show\nhighlighting well known artists including a great reception Saturday afternoon\nfeaturing retro disco\/80\u2019s music and surprise \u201cBearlesque\u201d routine. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday night,\nthe closing party, will be a party to remember presented by Bearcules. Get\nready for an evening of Roman decadence and debauchery. You definitely don\u2019t\nwant to miss this one! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus several\nsurprises through out the weekend. So don\u2019t wait; the host hotel is just about sold\nout and currently has a waiting list. Attendance was over 2500 last year and is\nexpected to grow exponentially in 2019. IBC will again take over Palm\nSprings!&nbsp; Passes are still\navailable on line and if you miss the deadline you may still purchase passes at\nthe hotel. You can also buy tickets for individual events the day or evening of\nthe event at the door. <strong>Go to www.ibc-ps.com\nfor more information.&nbsp; <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Forget\nshoveling snow and get out of the cold and plan on hanging with the guys in\nPalm Springs, CA in February for IBC 2019!&nbsp; You know you want to! \n\nPotions of the proceeds from this event will go to Sanctuary Palm Springs\n&amp; AIDS Life Cycle\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Bear Convergence Giving a Big Bear Hug to Palm Springs Bears are coming out of hibernation and are heading to the International Bear Convergence (IBC), the premier winter event for Bears &amp; admirers in Palm Springs, California. The event will take place on February 7-11, 2019. This desert oasis opens its arms and welcomes thousands of frisky, furry bears, their friends &amp; their fans to Palm Springs The four-day event will come to life with DJs, live entertainment and thousands of bears from around the globe. The last five years have been hugely successful and expect more of the same in 2019 with record-breaking attendance. &nbsp;\u201cThis year, being our 6th, we will be pulling all the stops so expect us to mix it up a bit\u201d \u201cIn addition, we will again receive a Proclamation from the City of Palm Spring presented to us by City councilman JR Roberts on Thursday February 7 at 1:30pm in front of Hotel ZOSO\u201d adds co-producers Nino Eilets &amp; George Frank. We appreciate the recognition from the city for what IBC contributes to Palm Springs. During the day kick back and enjoy themed pool parties sponsored by Hunters, Chill Bar &amp; Toucans Tiki Lounge, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1983,1278,1980,1979,1971,1981,1982,280,1638,1978,8,114],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1429"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1430,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429\/revisions\/1430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}