Carolina Garrison

Just realized no one had written up the Charlotte Checkers hockey team's Star Wars Theme Day, so I thought I'd add it. I know there was an issue with the Checkers making their donation to Make-a-Wish very confusing. Apparently they were giving a percentage of ticket sales to M-A-W if the tickets were bought online with a special promo code that wasn't well publicized. And they said they'd donate a higher percentage if more people used it, but not a lot of people knew about it. So, yeah, very little money went to M-A-W.

Still, the event was fun, and we got to introduce a lot of people to the 501st. Our table was right in the main entryway, so we got a lot of exposure. This is definitely the most white armor at an event I've been a part of. The folks organizing the game incorporated Star Wars into an intro crawl on the big screen and had their dog mascot wearing an Obi-Wan style robe with a light saber out on the ice. Our own Darth Vader, Jerry S., dropped the puck to start the game. Taylor Seay, Tom Gardner and David Cope Jr competed in a dance-off. We had to pack up a little early because this was the first game of the day and we needed to get our stuff out of the area they'd given us to store it before the teams from the second game got there and needed that space.

Troopers in attendance:
Tom Gardner TK
David Cope TK (with Jr as a Jawa)
Austin Tyner TK
Jesse Martin TX
Brad Lee TI
Derek Nieman TI
Jerry Seinkiewickz SL
Jada Hope DZ
Luis Diaz DZ
Ken Jordan TB
David Jordan TB
Brian Dudas TB
Taylor Seay TB
Chris Gould TB

Thanks for posting this Chris. I wanted to be there but was on the tail end of coming off of the flu.

Looks good Troops! That sure is a mess of Biker Scouts. I don't think I've ever seen that many at one event. You all look great though. Great representation of the CG.