Monthly Archives: January 2019

Daily Schedule ESP

HOURLY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

 

***FRIDAY JANUARY 4TH AND 11TH 2019***

3:00 p.m. CHECK-IN begins at the 1886 Crescent Hotel front desk. SIGN UP at ESP WELCOME TABLE in the Living Café in the Conservatory for:

  • GHOST TOURS (included in your package)
  • ESP ASSESSMENT (included in your package)
  • Psychomanteum -Telepathy testing -Remote Viewing experiments
  • PRIVATE SESSIONS with Certified Hypnotherapist MELANIE BELL (not included in your package: details available at ESP Welcome Table)
  • PSYCHIC SALON – – three psychics, three kinds of readings. (not included in your package: details available at the Salon in the lobby)
  • Don’t forget to pick up your t-shirts and all-important ID tags!
  • While you’re in the Living Café, introduce yourself to JOHN HEALEA, live-wire host of Hotrod Paranormal Radio. John will be interviewing investigation participants for a program about ESP19 at the Crescent Hotel.

Please feel free to explore the hotel, check out the CRESCENT COLLEGE HISTORY PROJECT exhibit (4th floor), indulge in the SKYBAR GOURMET PIZZARIA (4th floor) or CRESCENT CONFECTIONS (lobby), find souvenirs at the ESP SUPERNATURAL SUPERMARKET (Living Café) or SERENDIPITY AT THE CRESCENT art gallery (lobby) and visit the NEW MOON SPA (garden level).

  • 5:00 p.m. OPENING THE DOOR – Welcome Reception. Light refreshments in the Living Café (Conservatory on the lobby floor). KEITH SCALES, Tour Manager at 1886 Crescent and 1905 Basin Park hotels, Creative Director of ESP weekends, will introduce our headliners and the themes of this year’s conference.
  • 6:00 p.m. Certified Hypnotist MELANIE BELL presents a demonstration of PAST-LIFE REGRESSION. Participation strictly voluntary. Observers welcome.
  • 7:30 p.m. NOT REALLY A DOOR: Back From the Dead, With Baggage! A one-hour, two-actress, supernatural-comedy-murder-mystery thriller, now in its fifth year of performance at the Crescent Hotel, featuring Rebecca J. Becker and Debra Holman Workman. (Living Café)
  • 8:30 p.m. DINNER BREAK

The following activities and events will take place beginning at 9:00 p.m. FRIDAY

  • PSYCHOMANTEUM (scrying chamber) will be available 9:00 p.m. Friday to 3:00 a.m. Saturday. 15-minute sessions. SIGN-UP AT ESP WELCOME TABLE. Sessions will be held in the North Penthouse, Room 502 (Norman Baker’s private suite).
  • GHOST TOURS 9:00, 9:30, or 10:00 p.m. ESP special tours. (Public tour at 8:00 p.m.) An introduction to the most active areas in the hotel and the stories of uncanny experiences that have been handed down for generations – – and still occur! Invaluable preparation for the night’s investigation. IMPORTANT! RESERVE YOUR PLACE ON A TOUR AT CRESCENT HOTEL FRONT DESK and plan to arrive at least ten minutes before your tour begins. ALCOHOL-FREE ACTIVITY. (Tours begin in the Faculty Lounge, 4th floor.)
  • 11:00 p.m. MELANIE BELL Melanie leads a workshop in SELF-HYPNOSIS. A way into the Zone… Voluntary participation, observers welcome. (Living Café)

 

***SATURDAY JANUARY 5TH AND 12TH 2019*** The Investigation Begins!

  • 12:00 midnight TOAST TO THE GHOSTS Join us to raise a glass in honor of the spirits of the Crescent. Champagne provided. (Skybar, 4th floor)

SHUTTLE available to the BASIN PARK HOTEL (ask at front desk), but it’s only a five-minute drive if you’d rather take your own car. Parking available on the street.

  • 12:30 – 6:00 a.m. NOCTURNAL INVESTIGATION OF KNOWN ACTIVE AREAS What you came for! Free roam or work with our lead investigators, LARRY FLAXMAN, DAVE HARKINS, and BUD STEED. (Gather in the Faculty Lounge, 4th floor at the Crescent, or in Barefoot Ballroom, 6th floor, at the Basin Park Hotel.) PLEASE NOTE: BASIN PARK investigation will begin with a guided tour of the building.
  • 3:00 a.m. SMALL HOURS SNACK PARTY Share results, take pictures, recharge or wind down. (Living Café at the Crescent Hotel, Atrium Room at the Basin Park Hotel.)
  • 3:30 a.m. A FLICKERING TALE. A spooky story for the witching hour, delivered by one of our famous Crescent Theatre storytellers. (Fireplace in the Lobby of the Crescent Hotel or the Atrium Room at the Basin Park Hotel.)

Tiptoe time! You may continue exploring independently but please be considerate of sleeping guests.

  • 6:00 a.m. Time for bed. Security will be locking down the active areas at this time.
  • 8:00 – 10:00 a.m. BREAKFAST available in the Crystal Dining Room (not included in package)

The following INTERACTIVE EXPLORATIONS will take place between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. E.S.P. (Extra-Sensory Perception) manifests in many ways. Some people believe we all possess these faculties, and simply need to locate them within ourselves. Are you in touch with your psychic abilities? ESP!19 provides the opportunity for you to explore your PSI potential. SIGN UP AT THE ESP WELCOME TABLE for:

• TELEPATHY TESTING: Two-person, 15-minute sessions starting at 10:00 a.m. (Governor’s Suite, Room 101 off the lobby, Crescent Hotel)

• REMOTE VIEWING EXPERIMENTS: Time and Place to be announced

• PSYCHOMANTEUM: Open up a conduit to your own mind – – or is it the Other Side? One-person, 15-minute appointments available 2:00 p.m. Saturday, to 2:00 a.m. Sunday. (Norman Baker’s penthouse, room 502.)

• PSYCHIC SALON: three psychics, three kinds of reading. Appointments taken at the Salon. (Lobby) (Not included in your package.)

• PRIVATE SESSIONS with Certified Hypnotist MELANIE BELL: Further information and sign-up at ESP WELCOME TABLE in the Living Café. (Not included with your package.)

 

  • 5:00 p.m. READINGS AND BOOK-SIGNINGS Best-selling authors Larry Flaxman, Keith Scales, Bud Steed and others read their favorite passages from their paranormal works. (Living Café)
  • 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. THE PURSUIT OF APPARITIONS Intrepid researchers of supernatural mysteries, DAVE HARKINS and BUD STEED share their adventures. (Living Café)
  • 7:30 – 9:00 p.m. DINNER BREAK
  • 9:00 p.m. LARRY FLAXMAN PRESENTS ESP Weekends’ lead investigator since 2013. Larry’s multimedia presentations and live commentary never fail to challenge and inspire his audiences. (Living Café)
  • 10:30 p.m. SOCIAL HOUR Light refreshments and a FLICKERING TALE. An opportunity to mingle with your fellow investigators, catch your breath and prepare for the night’s adventures! (Living Café)

 

***SUNDAY, JANUARY 6TH AND 13TH 2019***

  • 12:00 midnight THE INVESTIGATION BEGINS

SHUTTLE available to the BASIN PARK HOTEL (ask at front desk), but it’s only a five-minute drive if you’d rather take your own car. Parking available on the street.

  • 12:30 to 6:00 a.m. NOCTURNAL INVESTIGATION Investigate the active areas of 1905 Basin Park and 1886 Crescent Hotels. Gather in the Faculty Lounge, 4th floor at the Crescent, or the Barefoot Ballroom, 6th floor, at the Basin Park Hotel. PLEASE NOTE: BASIN PARK HOTEL investigation will begin with a guided tour of the building.
  • 3:00 a.m. SMALL HOURS SNACK PARTY. (Living Café at the Crescent Hotel, Atrium Room at the Basin Park Hotel.)
  • 3:30 a.m. A FLICKERING TALE. (Fireplace in the Lobby of the Crescent Hotel or the Atrium Room at the Basin Park Hotel.)

Tiptoe time! You may continue exploring independently but please be considerate of sleeping guests.

  • 6:00 a.m. Time for bed. Security will be locking down the active areas at this time.
  • 9:00 a.m. – 1 P.M. BRUNCH available in the Crystal Dining Room. (Not included in package.)
  • 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. PANEL DISCUSSION and Q & A in the Living Cafe with our experts next year’s theme:

Noon CHECK-OUT

Farewells and photo-ops.