Despite my not thinking i'd be able to go or have anyone to go with, I did end up making it to a release party and it was awesome! I went to the one at Borders, so if you didn't go and don't know what happened here were the events as I recall them:
My outfit: twilight tshirt (
Cllick here to see shirt), and my Rosalie necklace since it was a v-neck tshirt so it showed it off. I was too afraid of one of the bracelets/wristcufs or the ring falling off so didnt wear them. Most people wore twilight tshirts, only one person dressed up as a character (alice).
Our group of twilight fans gathered in the central area of the store (NOT however the most open space so it was very cramped/no room to see/walk). There were probably 60 oir 70 fans that showed up, and all in a small area (of which i was one of the oldest, not including the parents that went). Had i known i was going i would have reread the book before, but as of 6pm i sitll didnt think anyone wanted to go, so i was a bit unprepared, but still, trivia ended up being harder than expected.
But before that, we gathered into the group, turned in ballots for movie awards (which i will discuss later). The first item on our agenda for the evening was Vampire Baseball Trivia. We basically divided into two teams and you played for points, but each point your team got, moved you one base further and then the team with the most homeruns won. Well the teams were divided down the middle of the group, and we were told to choose names for our team. Thankfully I got to be on Team Edward, the other team named themselves Team Monkeyman
The baseball trivia game began. For this portion of the game all the questions had to do with whether a certain thing occured in the book or the movie. The first question of the game, I personally answered correctly, earning Team Edward the first point of the evening! (for the life of me i cant remember the questions i answered, I just remember the answer being movie lol). I answered a couple more for our team throughout this round (we had to raise hands to annswer, i knew more than those but just didnt get it in time). Eventually, though the game was close, the victory went to TEAM EDWARD! For winning we got our choice of a pen (nontwillight), twilight stickers or a twilight bookmark. I choose the stickers since i got a bookmark myself earlier.
Then amongst the winning team only, they had to choose the most valuble plaer (or vampire). In this round of trivia the answers were no longer just movie or book but were VERY detailed questions. I expected to rock it but the questions were surprisingly hard and some i didnt know, a reread of the book today would have been helpful. But still during this round I managed to do alright, and made it to the final lightning round with 3 other people (who answered the most of these questions amongst our group). It was a close race but sadly I lost by one question (again knew the answer to the last question but wasnt the first to answer).
With the baseball trivia over, we then moved on to a scavenger hunt with the following items (feel free to skip if not interested - i'm copying this from the paper i brought home):
*Visit the Transportation section and find a book on the make of Bella's truck. Write the title and author
*Visit the Travel section and find a book on the state that Bella moves to live with her father. Write the title and author here.
*Visit the Sports section and find a book on the science class that Bella and Edward had together. Write the title and author here.
*Visit the Classics section and find a book about star-crossed lovers similar to Bella and Edward's story (no vampires only feuding families). Write title and author here.
*Visit the Kids section and find a book that was made into a movie that one of the actors of Twiight was in.
*Visit the cooking section and find a cookbook that features recipes for the food group of the item that is on the Twilight book cover.
*visit the religion section and find the book that Stephenie Meyer says inspired the image on the Twilight Book cover
*Visit the animals section and find a book about the animal that caused Emmett to become a vampire.
*Visit the Careers section and find a book about Carlisle's chosen profession.
*Visit the CD sectionm and find a CD by the musican of Edward's favorite song.
*Visit the DVD section and find a DVD of a movie that any of the Twilight cast members apeared in.
*visit the newstand and find a magazine featuring any of the Twilight cast members.
*Visit the CD section and find a CD by the rock group that is always on Stephenie Meyer's playlist and had a song on the Twilight soundtrack
*Visit the Travel section and find a book about the city where Edward was born.
*Visit the Sci Fi section and find the book that Stephenie Meyer wrote that is not about Bella and Edward.
Ok, so as I get through most of the list, and have maybe 2 things left to find, they start deciding that instead of having a winner of who gets it first, they're just going to read over answers to everythng (i thought kinda lame). So we didnt really finish the scavenger hunt but it was fun to do still.
After reading everything over, they put in a DVD with a message from the cast. They were on a photoshoot for New Moon - it showed Rob, Taylor, Kristen, Rachel, and Ashley (I dont remember seeing any others, if any of you saw it and saw one of the others, dont hate me for not listing it! i was in the back). It was thanking everyone for coming to the Borders Twilight release party and for coming out to buy the dvd. Short message but cool seeing them. Rob looked good (side note).
After this was the Twilight Movie Awards. I'll list the categories and winners for those of you interested:
Best Quote:
"You are my life now"
"What if I'm not the hero, what if i'm the bad guy" (WINNER)
"Oh she does smell good"
"You brought a snack"
"How you liking the rain girl"
"Your mood swings are kinda giving me whiplash"
Funniest Moment:
Rosalie crushes the salad bowl
Edward reads minds in the restaurant (Sex, Money, Sex, money, Cat) (WINNER)
Volleyball scene
Mike Newton's dance outside diner
Charlie and his gun/charlie halo moment
Mike asks bella "how you likin the rain girl"
Best Bella Edward Moment
The Meadow
Dancing at gazebo at prom
First Kiss (WINNER)
When they jump out Edward's window
hacky sack apple moment in lunchroom
Edward saves Bella from van
Best OME (Oh My Edward) Moment
Edward enters the lunchroom where we first see the cullens
Edward smiles hearing jessica's thoughts about him
Edward extricates himself from the kiss by springing backwards
Edward growls at the would be attackers in Port Angeles (winner)
Edward puts his arm around bella "as long as i'm going to hell"
Best Overall Scene
Baseball game (I think this one, i cant remember this category)
Visit to the cullen house
bella and edward meet for the first time
ballet studio
in the woods
B/E in the restaurant
Best Music moment
Baseball game (supermassive black hole) (Winner)
Ballet studio (let me sign)
Lullaby montage
Opening scene (full moon)
Restaurant (Never Think)
Bella and Ed arrive at school (Spotlight)
Best Vampire effect
Tree climbing
Sparkling (winner)
super strength
super speed
alice jasper emmett jumping down into ballet studio
Best vampire
(all were options - Ed won)
Best Baseball player
Alice (Winner)
Emmett
Edward
Jasper
Best Hair
Victoria
Bella
Edward (winner)
Rosalie
And that was the end of the awards. After the awards they used our awards ballots that we turned in to vote to pick for the raffle. They were giving away 10 photocards at random. I didnt win any of those (but am getting them in the dvd i ordered anyway) but the friend I went with ended up winning one, so that was cool. Then after the raffle, that was pretty much it. People who were buying the dvd there had wristbands they got when they first got there, and they started lining up. I ordered mine online and my friend wasn't going to get hers there, so we both left then.
Awesome night though.