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The Charleston Symphony Orchestra was holding their annual Holiday Pops show at the newly rebuilt and reopened Gaillard Center (previously the Gaillard Auditorium) on the December 19th (coinciding with the opening weekend of Star Wars: The Force Awakens). The Holiday show featured many classic and traditional Christmas songs but during the event they paid tribute […]

Read More… from Dec. 19 – CSO Annual Holiday Pops Concert (Charleston, SC)

The Well (Formerly the Bi Lo Center) in Greenville had us back again this year for their annual Star Wars night at the hockey game. Had a great time last night. With all the number of events this past week/weekend, it ended up being just me and Rob who were both in TK gear. The […]

Read More… from Dec. 19 – Swamp Rabbits Hockey Game (Greenville, SC)

Yesterday we had the opportunity to help the Darity family, who tragically lost their father right before the holidays. The company that the dad worked for came together to make sure that the 2 nine year old twin boys had a special Christmas, despite their loss, and purchased them some really nice presents. These twin […]

Read More… from Dec. 19 – Darity Family Christmas Present Delivery (Asheville, NC)

With temps in the high 70s in the middle of December, it was great day to have some Star Wars fun. This was our ninth straight year in this parade and our second as the Grand Marshal. The Rotary Clubs of Fayetteville provided a donation the Make-A-Wish of Eastern North Carolina on our behalf in […]

Read More… from Dec. 12 – Fayetteville Christmas Parade (Fayetteville, NC)

Members of the Carolina Garrison, in the N. Charleston sector, attended the midnight release for the new Star Wars Battlefront video game at Best Buy. Upon arrival, @ 10:30pm there were 10-12 anxious attendees waiting to get inside the doors and purchase the game. By the time the evening was over there were around 30+ […]

Read More… from Nov. 16 – Star Wars Battlefront Midnight Release (Charleston, SC)

Snowtrooper TS-16660 showing up for a solo mission to make sure all my fellow Star Wars fans go home and kick some rebel scum around.  Had a great time with all the people who showed up and all the employees at GameStop made this event really fun, I can’t tell you how many times we […]

Read More… from Nov. 16 – Star Wars Battlefront Midnight Release (Conway, SC)

Members of the Carolina Garrison and Brad Butler of the Blue Ridge Base – Rebel Legion, attending the 5th annual Holiday Elfstravaganza in Mt. Pleasant, SC. This local event is put on by Charleston-based learning toy store, Wonder Works. The store has multiple locations across the city and they organize two large events each year […]

Read More… from Nov. 13 – Holiday Elfstravaganza (Mt. Pleasant, SC)

If it’s October then it must be time for the Carolina Garrison and Blue Ridge Base’s bi-annual visit to Hemby Children’s Hospital. We had a great turnout of characters from a galaxy far, far away as well as a couple of characters from the Disney universe and, since it was Halloween, a Ghostbuster, just to […]

Read More… from Oct. 31 – Hemby Children’s Hospital Visit (Charlotte, NC)

We had another great year at the Asheville Comic Expo! The Carolina Garrison had a nice table setup and photo area that featured a Tatooine back drop and a couple of GNK power droids. ACE was very busy this year, we had a steady line of people taking photos right up until the end of […]

Read More… from Oct. 24 – Asheville Comic Expo (Asheville, NC)

On Saturday, October 24, two members of the Garrison attending a special birthday party appearance.  As you all know, we normally don’t do birthday parties.  The family having the party found out about the 501st and what we do.  They wanted to teach their son about helping your local community and helping others.  The father […]

Read More… from Oct. 24 – Private Bday Party / Make-A-Wish Fundraiser (Columbia, SC)