Date: 2024-10-19
AO: mondaynightruckers
Q: Stewie , Rocketman
PAX: Rocketman, Trifecta, Nano, Lonestar, Blip, Jetstream, Stewie, Chasqui, Renaissance, Double Tap, All the 2.0s…about 10 of them. FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WARMUP: NA
THE THANG:
Haymarket Day was attended by roughly 35,000 people and over 250 venders this year in Haymarket, VA. The Gainesville/Haymarket PAX used this opportunity to being awareness of F3’s presence to the area by entering into the annual parade.
We met at the QBE lot with Jeep and trailer to begin setup and decorating around 8:15ish.
Slowly PAX rolled in until about 9:45 and we finished decorating in time to get a solid POL pic before we pulled-out.
We had a 5×10 trailer filled with hay bales and 2.0’s. The trailer was deorated with F3 signage, pumpkins, and a “welcome great pumpkin” sign for our them, the Charlie Brown Great Pumpkin.
The jeep (courtesy of Double Tap ) had 3ft Snoopy sleeping on the roof and a large decorative pumpkin on the hood and QR code to the capital web site.
With the Jeep in neutral, all this was in tow by 4 rotating PAX pulling with tow straps. It was awesome to hear the awe from the crowd. The pull really wasnt that strenuous once it got rolling.
Leading the entire F3 procession was a gigantic very professional F3 banner designed and provided by Trifecta. This was held up by two PAX.
YHC brought 1000 customized F3 business cards to be passed out. Everyone including the 2.0s grabbed a stack of F3 business cards and wrote in personal contact info to be distributed. It seems that the donuts gave the 2.0’s the right amount of sugar because collectively we distributed between 500-750 business cards hand-to-hand to the spectators along the 0.8 mile pull through the vendor corridor.
At the end of the pull it was a quick disassemble, a final POL, and fistbumps before we split. Everyone has a busy and full weekend and it was great to have everyone carve time out of our morning to make this outreach a success.
Looking forward to a report from the SLT to see if any uptick on F3the Capital website.
A google photo folder was shared on the pax-on-parade page just preceding this backblast. Everyone is adding photos. If you have trouble accessing or adding reach out to Rocketman.
Lastly, thanks Nano for making the trek out and representing the greater region. It definitely helped reinforce that we doing this as part of something much bigger.
While this is fresh on your mind by all that attended, we need your constructive feedback. YHC had no idea what this was going to become or how to even begin this event. While I think this went well, there is ALWAYS something to improve. Please chine in with ideas how this could have been better and how to improve for next time.
Here’s mine:
It would have been better if more guys show up and we all stuck around for some 2nd F time (eg beer garden) afterward to continue the fellowship and EHing the crowds.
MARY: NA
ANNOUNCEMENTS: NA
COT: NA
Tags: mondaynightruckers, Rocketman, Trifecta, Nano, Lonestar, Blip, Jetstream, Stewie, Chasqui, Renaissance, Double Tap, All the 2.0s…about 10 of them.
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