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)
An annual fundraiser for the Wake County SPCA, this year’s 3K Walk and Woodstock event was the first time the Carolina Garrison has been invited to team up to help support the homeless pets of Wake County. Despite the threatening weather we had a very successful troop. Highlights were standing at the start line to […]
Read More… from April 2 – SPCA K9 3K and Woofstock (Cary, NC)
The Charleston City Paper, the same paper that featured 501st members as the cover story in December 2015, invited us to attend the annual VIP Party for “Best of Charleston” (Charleston City Paper) winners and special guests. This was an exclusive Invitation-Only event featuring: open bar, heavy hors d’ouvres, live music and a “Who’s Who” […]
Read More… from March 24 – VIP Party for “Best of Charleston 2016” (Charleston, SC)
Grand Strand Miracle League – a baseball league for specials needs people played on a solid surface ball field. We suited up at a nearby gym and walked to the field. It was opening day and was also the the “Celebrity Challenge” – needless to say we were a big hit! Lot’s of photos, we […]
Read More… from March 19 – Grand Strand Miracle League (Myrtle Beach,SC)
Chris is a future member of the 501st. Chris and Dana asked for no wedding presents but instead asked for donations to the Brenners Children’s Hospital. The 501st Showed up in force and was able to help raise money for the hospital in the name of there daughter Katie Williams. Katie is a Cancer survivor […]
Lady of Lordes Catholic School had a fundraiser for a new cafeteria they had baskets the kids bought raffle tickets for and had a chance to win. They had a really awesome star wars basket a little girl won. Ernie and I had fun even getting mobbed by overly happy little ones but that’s why […]
Read More… from March 2 – Black And White Ball (Raleigh, NC)
Well, another successful Captains Comic and Toy Expo has come and gone. This was the fourth year in a row that the Carolina Garrison has participated at this great 2-day Expo filled with comics, toys, art, costuming, special guests, and more.  This was a very fun weekend but was definitely tiring. Seeing the smiles on […]
Read More… from Feb. 20-21 – 8th annual Captains Comic & Toy Expo (Mt. Pleasant, SC)
