On Saturday, May 22, 2004, 30-plus fans of Cirque du Soleil came together in Vancouver from across North and Central America to celebrate the return of Quidam, which had just delighted audiences in Japan. The story of our genesis is somewhat more complicated, suffice it to say, two individual groups decided to band and make the trip together. Add in a little folly from Cirque du Soleil and viola - CirqueCon came to be! Today, CirqueCon is brought to you by the following people:

KEITH JOHNSON

Since 1984, Keith has worked in science fiction convention fandom under numerous capacities, from Hotel Negotiation Committees and Special Events Coordinator to Secretary and Event Chairman. As a founding member of CirqueCon, his talents have been used to secure hotel and restaurant arrangements for the majority of our events, facilitate the convention budgets, and act as the organization's financial guru. He lead the team for CirqueCon 2005: Montreal and Chaired our CirqueCon 2006: Las Vegas and CirqueCon 2008: Tokyo events. Upcoming projects for CirqueCon includes CirqueCon 2011: Hollywood featuring the debut of one of Cirque's newest resident productions. Keith has attended our 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008 events to date.

RICHARD "RICHASI" RUSSO

Ricky is familiar with, and has extensive knowledge and experience therein of, the Cirque du Soleil fandom through his many online projects, which include but are not limited to: Le Grand Chapiteau, the "Fascination! Newsletter", and the CirqueFAQ. Richard Russo is also a founding member of the CirqueCon organization and was instrumental in constructing the partnership between CirqueCon and Cirque du Soleil for CirqueCon's first event - CirqueCon 2004: Vancouver. Ricky has been a hard-core Cirque du Soleil fan since 1999 after being introduced to La Nouba, and has sought Cirque du Soleil around the world since. He is the only founding member to have attended every CirqueCon to date, and has chaired (lead) our CirqueCon 2007: Orlando and CirqueCon 2009: Monterrey events. Current projects include CirqueCon 2010: New York City and other smaller gatherings. For CirqueCon he facilitates its presence on the World Wide Web, developing and keeping CirqueCon.com and its Facebook pages up to date.

LOUANNA VALENTINE

LouAnna also comes from a science fiction fandom background, having worked on conventions since 1982, with many levels of responsibility - from children's activities and coordinating convention events to creating spectacular production numbers. Her expertise at hosting socials is also renown. As a founding member of CirqueCon, she pioneered our "Meet & Greets," providing spreads of food and drink for all our members. She also helps us with trademark, copyright and other legal concerns, utilizing her long experience in the legal field. She has attended our 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008 (as co-chairman) events.