Burnsville, MN
My bride has approved our first pinball meetup so I thought we should make it a big one. In effort to make this a great event, we need your help. First and foremost, we need some people to bring pinball machines. Second, we could use some sponsors to cover some of the cost for award plaques, food and beverage. Third, we could use prize donations. If you can help, please send me a PM. We're still ironing out some details but here is what we have so far.
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WHAT: 1st Annual Pinball BBQ
WHEN: Sunday May 26th
WHERE: Burnsville, MN
TIME: 3pm to 10pm
DETAILS:
The 1st Annual Pinball BBQ will be held starting at 3pm on Sunday May 26th in Burnsville, MN. We’ll have food and limited beverage. Feel free to bring your own choice of beverage or beer. If we can get six people to bring pinball machines, we will have a tournament with custom plaques for the top three winners. At dusk we will be screening Pinball Donut Girl and Wade Krause: Pinball Artist on the big screen, drive-in style, in our backyard theater. We have a 16-foot screen with view of the screen anywhere in our back yard.
COST:
We will “pass the hat” during the party to cover costs. If you are not bringing a game, please plan to make a donation so we can do this again next year.
HELP NEEDED:
We need your help to make this an annual event. We need people to bring pinball machines. We need volunteers to help transport machines if the need arises. We need volunteers to host the tournament. We need sponsors to help fund the food, award plaques and t-shirts.
MORE PINBALL MACHINES NEEDED:
We’re looking to add six to eight more machines in effort to make this party a success. Everyone that brings a machine will receive a special gift in return for their efforts. Machines can be dropped off anytime the week prior, the week after, or the day of the event. Our house is easy load-in so no worries once they get here. If you can bring a machine, please send a message so we can add your game to the list of machines for the party.
PINBALL MACHINE LIST:
Metallica Pro (Benson)
The Shadow (Benson)
Johnny Mnemonic (Benson)
Starship Troopers (Middendorf)
Batman Forever or Star Wars (Kris)
Indy-500 (BillyD)
NBA Fastbreak or Fish Tales (ChrisS)
Tron (TMFish)
High Speed II The Getaway (Matt)
Monster Bash or Bad Cats (Pin_Crazed)
YOUR PINBALL MACHINE HERE
PINBALL TOURNAMENT:
Custom award plaques for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place
Note: We need volunteers to host the tournament
VOLUNTEERS:
TonyMiddendorf
ChrisS (Tournament)
tmac (Tournament)
SHIRT SIZES:
TonyMiddendorf - Large
Billyd - Large
Matt_Rasmussen - XXL
TMFish - L
John at D&G - L
tmac - L or XL
Corn - XL
Pin_Crazed - M
MustangPaul - L
BBQ:
Smoked pork butts, potato salad, chips.
BEVERAGE:
We will have cold water and limited cold beverage. Bring your own choice of beverage and cold beer for yourself or to share.
CAMPFIRE:
Enjoy the evening with a nice campfire, roast marshmallows and watch movies on the big screen.
BACKYARD THEATER:
1) Pinball Donut Girl
2) Wade Krause – Pinball Artist
3) Spooky Movie TBD
RAFFLE:
One of our sponsors has suggested using prizes donated by sponsors for a raffle. Funds generated from raffle ticket sales will be used to pay a portion of the cost of tourney award plaques, t-shirts and food. Raffle tickets will be available for $1 each at the bbq. Buy as many as you like to support the event.
PRIZES & SILENT AUCTION:
One Centaur Backglass from Classic Playfield Reproductions (CPR)
One Wizard of Oz translite signed by Jersey Jack (Jersey Jack Pinball Tech Support)
Three $50 Gift Certificates for PinballBulbs.COM
Four T-Shirts from PinballShirts.COM
Four "Pins and Vids - Episode IV" DVD's from PinballShirts.COM
Two Stern T-Shirts from Stern Pinball
Three Metallica Pro Translites from Stern Pinball
One Cliffy's T-Shirt from Cliffy's Pinball Innovations
Four $25 Gift Certificates to The Rack in Burnsville
One T-Shirt from The Rack in Burnsville
Two T-Shirts for the 1st Annual Pinball BBQ
LOCATION:
A few blocks from Byerly’s on CoRd 42 in Burnsville. Just minutes away from 35W and 35E. Please RSVP via PM so we can get a handle on food. I will provide address for the BBQ via PM when we get closer to the event.
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EVENT SPONSORS:
D&G Amusement:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/DG-Amusement/135584033279575
Mortimers:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mortimers/141275569243920
Classic Playfield Reproductions (CPR):
http://www.classicplayfields.com/
PinballBulbs:
http://www.pinballbulbs.com/
PinballShirts:
http://pinballshirts.com
Game Exchange of Colorado:
http://www.gameexchange.biz/
Stern Pinball:
http://www.sternpinball.com/
Cliffy's Pinball Innovations:
http://www.passionforpinball.com/
Jersey Jack Pinball Tech Support:
http://www.jerseyjackpinball.com/
The Rack Restaurant in Burnsville:
http://therackbar.com/
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T-SHIRT DESIGN
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Backyard Movie Night Photos 2012:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mnhotrods/sets/72157632735570385/show/
Backyard 2012:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mnhotrods/sets/72157633291713420/show/
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