(April 4)Wonderfest 2014 / Cooper River Bridge Run-Kid's Run

[silverBoyd]

This year's Wonderfest 2014 marked the 2nd time that local educational toy store, WonderWorks, has put on this large FREE family event in Hampton Park. Right in the heart of beautiful Downtown Charleston. The festival takes place the day before the HUGE Cooper River Bridge Run. This year, local Charleston schools teamed up with their fitness programs to allow for kids from elementary - middle school to participate in a mile-long fun run. Wonderfest features a full day of FREE food, jump castles, upcoming toy vendors (giving out free toys), climbing wall, pony rides, Oscar Myer Wiener mobile, kid's yoga, live music, Krispy Kreme tent (giving out free doughnuts...as many as you would like it seemed) and of course, the 501st Legion. The event was from 11am-6pm. I showed up to setup out tent around 9:15am. We had a great attendance and at some points we were swarmed by crowds. I don't have the final attendance from this year, but last year there were 8,000 people who attended.

Thanks to the following Troopers:
1. Ronnie Boyd (TI)
2. Taylor Seay (TB)
3. Jerry Sienkiewicz (SL)
4. Chris Gould (TB)
5. Jason Boyd (DZ)

Handler / Photographer:
1. Deana "Tig" Pollum

[RogueTrooper]

Looks like you all had fun!!!

I was waiting on the next pic to be of the karate blow up to have a hole in it (deflated ) and Jason running away saying I did not do it!!!

[silverBoyd]

that would've been funny. It really was a fun time. Very hot though. mid-upper 80s but there was a nice breeze here and there

[RogueTrooper]

Very hot though. mid-upper 80s but there was a nice breeze here and there

Been at events like that..where you prayer for the breeze....

[NegativeEleven]

I had someone ask me tonight if I knew the stormtroopers he saw on the news friday threatening the weatherman. That was Taylor and me, because we arrived in costume and still had them on walking to our rides home (his car, my speeder bike). I tried to explain to the weatherman (Rob Fowler - News 2) that he wouldn't be able to understand what I said thru the voice amp over their microphone. Then when we went on live, he turned the mic to me, I said what we had planned and he had to ask me to repeat it. Oh well. Still fun.