Recently attended the "Staunton Growers Cup" awards. As the title suggests, these weren't fruits or vegetables.
I didn't know about it until Fri night. My Niece says her husband is going to an event the next day and thought I might want to go with. She doesn't say what kind of event.
I was skeptical at first, then looked it up online and it was "Oh, Yeeahh!" like Rocket Racoon. My niece even bought my ticket online as a birthday gift.
It was interesting. A smaller crowd than I expected, maybe 100-120 attending at the most crowded. Also, a higher age demographic, lots of grey hair like mine.
The only disturbance was a young lady who had a bit too much and passed out. Right as they were going to announce the top three winners. Everything came to halt while deciding whether to take her out to fresh air or not move her until medic showed up. But law enforcement was less than three minutes out (the Police Station is a half-block away) and EMS less than 10 minutes. Wasn't surprising she went down, the atmosphere was like Willie Nelson's dressing room after a concert. I swear, if they vented that room half of downtown would've been stoned.
Do you know the stereotype of people standing around with cameras during some calamity? Not a single one that I could see and I looked.
Several folks were taking video of the stage and the actual awards after things resumed. And funny enough, for a "Growers Cup" only Second & Third place received cups. First place took home a belt that might have felt at home on some Texan, but looked like it was designed by the WWE fifteen years ago and $1,000 cash prize.
There were 38 competitors, samples everywhere, full cash bar & food, near every person had a pipe or something going. Even vendors tables with paraphernalia from local stores. When they announced the time "4:20" the air got noticeably thicker.
It was labelled BYOB, meaning bring your own bud, but plenty of sharing was going on. "Here, try this!". Buying or selling would get you removed, but information about folks who do and making connections was perfectly fine.
I even won some swag in the raffle.
I did notice that there were two categories, indoor & outdoor. None were listed as outdoor, however there were some that left that category blank.
So I assumed that these were dedicated growers, not just picking weeds from the back yard like I do.
The music was good, if a bit loud for the room size making conversation difficult. Lots of reggae. I was kinda hoping to hear some older stuff related to the experience.
But an afternoon of fun, meeting new people, sharing between people you've never met. (race, religion & politics were left outside)
I even met some guy that lives a few miles from me here in Deerfield. Ya never know.
I do know I'm gonna keep track of this, hoping to attend more events like this.
I didn't know about it until Fri night. My Niece says her husband is going to an event the next day and thought I might want to go with. She doesn't say what kind of event.
I was skeptical at first, then looked it up online and it was "Oh, Yeeahh!" like Rocket Racoon. My niece even bought my ticket online as a birthday gift.
It was interesting. A smaller crowd than I expected, maybe 100-120 attending at the most crowded. Also, a higher age demographic, lots of grey hair like mine.
The only disturbance was a young lady who had a bit too much and passed out. Right as they were going to announce the top three winners. Everything came to halt while deciding whether to take her out to fresh air or not move her until medic showed up. But law enforcement was less than three minutes out (the Police Station is a half-block away) and EMS less than 10 minutes. Wasn't surprising she went down, the atmosphere was like Willie Nelson's dressing room after a concert. I swear, if they vented that room half of downtown would've been stoned.
Do you know the stereotype of people standing around with cameras during some calamity? Not a single one that I could see and I looked.
Several folks were taking video of the stage and the actual awards after things resumed. And funny enough, for a "Growers Cup" only Second & Third place received cups. First place took home a belt that might have felt at home on some Texan, but looked like it was designed by the WWE fifteen years ago and $1,000 cash prize.
There were 38 competitors, samples everywhere, full cash bar & food, near every person had a pipe or something going. Even vendors tables with paraphernalia from local stores. When they announced the time "4:20" the air got noticeably thicker.
It was labelled BYOB, meaning bring your own bud, but plenty of sharing was going on. "Here, try this!". Buying or selling would get you removed, but information about folks who do and making connections was perfectly fine.
I even won some swag in the raffle.
I did notice that there were two categories, indoor & outdoor. None were listed as outdoor, however there were some that left that category blank.
So I assumed that these were dedicated growers, not just picking weeds from the back yard like I do.
The music was good, if a bit loud for the room size making conversation difficult. Lots of reggae. I was kinda hoping to hear some older stuff related to the experience.
But an afternoon of fun, meeting new people, sharing between people you've never met. (race, religion & politics were left outside)
I even met some guy that lives a few miles from me here in Deerfield. Ya never know.
I do know I'm gonna keep track of this, hoping to attend more events like this.
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