The Forest City Owls baseball team hosted a Star Wars Night and invited the 501st and Rebel Legion out to be a part of it. After the game they played The Force Awakens on the large digital screen in the field, this is especially cool since they were granted special permission by LucasFilm and it […]
Read More… from June 4 – Forest City Owls Star Wars Night (Forest City, NC)
The Special Olympics Victory dance recognizes all the athletes and gives them the opportunity to come together and celebrate after the games. Carolina Garrison Members in Attendance: 1. Shane A. Handlers: 1. Amy A. […]
Read More… from June 4 – Special Olympics Victors Dance (Raleigh, NC)
Dare Day, the annual celebration of Dare County is coming to the Manteo downtown waterfront on Saturday June 4th From 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. The 41st year promises to be an ideal day for the whole family. The Festival kicks off at 9:00 a.m. with the Blessing of the Season at the Courthouse Stage […]
The annual Nighttime at the Museum event has come and gone and was a blast for everyone in attendance. The evening is an event put on by The Charleston Museum to help celebrate the end of the school year for kids. Families wander the large 2-story museum with flashlights and discover how history comes to […]
Read More… from June 3 – Nighttime at the Museum (Charleston, SC)
This was the 9th year of X-Con Comics shop in Myrtle Beach hosting this convention. It has seemed to grow in scale every year, although attendance seemed lower this year than last. This year’s celebrity guests included 3 former Power Rangers, several competitors from SyFy’s reality show Face/Off, a WWE Diva, and quite a few […]
The Carolina Garrison was invited to attend Space & Sci-Fi day at SciWorks in Winston Salem NC. The Garrison responded by showing up in Force. We had a total of ten troops in attendance. At first the plan was to have us in a small theater for pictures with patrons, however the troops couldn’t be […]
Read More… from May 15 – Space & Sci-Fi Day (Winston-Salem, NC)
The event was the Bulls’ yearly Star Wars night. The theme this year was “A Tribute to Han Solo”. This is a big event for us (and the Bulls) every year. This year’s game was a sold-out crowd, and you could tell because the place was packed! Everywhere we went, we got mobbed for photos. […]
Read More… from May 7 – Durham Bulls Star Wars Night (Durham, NC)
The store, Comic Envy, is a Free Comic Book Day regular event every year here in the Asheville area. This year several of us made this our second troop of the day after trooping over at Haywood Comics. There was a huge crowd as always and lots of cool costumes to check out. Best of […]
Read More… from May 7 – Free Comic Book Day @ Comic Envy (Asheville, NC)
This excellent used video game shop in Summerville, SC celebrated it’s first year of operations with a big party last weekend. There was free food (I left with a couple of ice cream sandwiches because the pizza was all room temp by the time I took my helmet off) and sales. They also held a […]
Read More… from April 9 – Starlite Gaming 1st Anniversary Party (Summerville, SC)
This event was the annual Lego fan festival. This event keeps getting bigger and better each year. 15,000 people over the course of 2 days. This is a very family friendly event. There are so many activities at this convention all encapsulated within the Lego universe. Next year they will be expanding the convention center […]
Read More… from April 2&3 – BrickUniverse 2016 (Raleigh, NC)
