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Ochaya

Ochaya was a CONvergence based party room from 2009-2023. Thank you for 10 amazing years of CONvergence! As of July 2023, the Ochaya party room has been wrapped.

This page will remain active as an archive.

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Concepted in 2009, our mission is to provide a relaxed atmosphere to contrast the hectic convention evenings. Serving a variety of teas and small snacks. At Ochaya you'll find Klingon and Jedi, pirate and ninja, magical girl and shonen hero all sharing a table. We are proud to be an all-ages/dry party room, and welcome anyone who wants a quick pi

ck me up, or wants to hang around for board games and conversation. Founded, built, and run by Cameron, Ian, and Amaya. CONvergence Past:
2009: This Con Goes to 11
2010: Bring on the Bad Guys
2012: Wonder Women
2013: British Invasion
2014: A Midsummer Night's Dream
2015: Double Plus Good
2016: And How Do We Get There?
2017: To Infinity and Beyond!
2019: The Next Celebration
2023: All Dressed Up

Thank you all for your continued support! Have questions, comments, etc.? Email us at [email protected]!

06/29/2023

We are all inventoried up! (Late this year, I know.)
Looking for Wednesday load-in assistance.
2:30ish-4:30ish at the Hyatt.
Most things have wheels or can be put on wheels.

See you next week!

06/25/2023

Hello folks!
We are in the final countdown for CONvergence 2023 and there is some information below, but the actual announcement is that this is the last year for Ochaya.

We started back in 2009 and have had an amazing set of years to look back on. It was our intention to finish off our decade of slinging tea for the CVG party block in 2020, but obviously that wasn't possible, so this is our last hurrah!

We'll be doing a wrap here after CVG, but for now -
Thank you so very, very much to our 10 years of volunteers, crowdfunding backers, friends, and family who have helped and supported us. An extra special thank you to CONvergence for letting us throw our little party for so many years. We appreciate the heck out of all of you, we hope that you've had some nice mellow, tea-filled times with us.

We hope to see folks one last time-

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The other junk:

As always, we are looking for help during load in/out.
Load-in: 3pm Wednesday
Load-out: 10am Sunday
Or if you wish to volunteer standard times, our hours are 5pm-11pm on Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
Please email us OR hit me (Addison(Amaya)) up directly.

Updated (and continued) health, safety, and wellness notes:
-We are not doing a sit-down. We will have some milling space and some tables, but we wish to continue to keep folks as safe as we can during CONvergence.
-We have switched completely to disposables, all are recyclable and compostable.
-Ochaya volunteers and heads will do all service with gloves/masks.
-Complete ingredients listings are available for allergen and food sensitivity needs and concerns.
-We are ALWAYS a designated safe space.
-We do not have any type of strobing or intermittent light sources or loud music.
-We always a dry room.
-We are always kid friendly.

See you soon!

04/18/2023

Hello folks! It is now well into 2023, and we have been accepted into the CONvergence party room block (and just did all our paperwork omg).

Hopefully we will have some fun surprises to talk about soon.

We are excited about our 10th year!

11/08/2022

Hello everyone!
It has been a long time since I last posted anything. The Ochaya crew hopes you have all been staying healthy since we posted back before CONvergence 2021.

I have submitted our party room application for the upcoming 2023. I am determined to run the room in some fashion, it just may end up being a little different from usual.

New health & safety notes:
-Switching completely to disposables - I am disappointed about this, but it needs to be done for health concerns.
-Ochaya folks will be doing all service with gloves/masks.
-Assuming that the CONvergence policy stays the same, we ask that you do your ordering with your mask on and only remove it when you are drinking/eating. Please wear it if you plan on staying to play a game.

Old, but continued health & safety, etc.:
-Complete ingredients listings are available for allergen and food sensitivity needs and concerns.
-We are ALWAYS a designated safe space.
-We do not have any type of strobing or intermittent light sources or loud music.
-We always a dry room.
-We are kid friendly.

If you are potentially interested in volunteering in 2023, please email us at ochaya.partyroom[at]gmail, I will put you on the short list to contact when we get more information.

I really hope to be able to celebrate our 10th Ochaya and my personal 20th CONvergence with all of you in 2023.

Best,
Amaya

04/26/2021

Good morning folks,

It is with some amount of disappointment that we are bowing out from the party block this year for CONvergence, though the convention is probably going to proceed.
This would have been our 10th year running Ochaya and we wanted to try and make it special, but the potential for CVG to not occur and for the continued social distancing, we have elected to not host this year.
Our party room was built on being a quiet and intimate space, and with where we are at right now, public health speaking, we would have to drastically alter how we manage the room- and it just wouldn't be the same.
We hope that everyone is safe and healthy and that we can see you in 2022.

Best,
The Ochaya Crew

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Friday	5pm - 11pm
Saturday	5pm - 11pm

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Concepted in 2009, our mission is to provide a relaxed atmosphere to contrast the hectic convention evenings. Serving a variety of teas and small snacks. At Ochaya you'll find Klingon and Jedi, pirate and ninja, magical girl and shonen hero all sharing a table. We are proud to be an all-ages/dry party room, and welcome anyone who wants a quick pick me up, or wants to hang around for board games and conversation. Founded, built, and run by Cameron N., Ian C., and Amaya P-G. CONvergence Past: 2009: This Con Goes to 11 2010: Bring on the Bad Guys 2012: Wonder Women 2013: British Invasion 2014: A Midsummer Night's Dream 2015: Double Plus Good 2016: And How Do We Get There? 2017: To Infinity and Beyond! 2019: The Next Celebration Room number: 5118 (5th Floor) Wednesday: Load in at 3pm(Set up, come by and say hello!) Thursday: 5pm-6pm JET Special Guest Panel, 7pm-12am Friday: 7pm-12am Saturday: 7pm-12am Sunday: Load out 9am (Come by and hold a door open for us) Thank you all for your continued support! Have questions, comments, etc.? Email us at [email protected]!