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)
This was the fourth Star Wars Reads Day but the 3rd year in a row that we teamed up with the Charleston County Library (Main Branch) to celebrate this year’s festivities. According to the turnstile count from the time SWRD took place (11am – 2pm), the count was 1,123 people through the turnstile. That’s insane. […]
Read More… from Oct. 10 – 4th Annual Star Wars Reads Day (Charleston, SC)
Two of the Empire’s finest troopers were called down to provide droid finding and tree hugging support for the 6th annual Triad VisionWalk. VisionWalk is a signature fundraising event of the Foundation Fighting Blindness. Over 10 Million Americans are affected by blinding retinal diseases including muscular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa and Usher syndrome. The Foundation Fighting […]
Read More… from Sept. 19 – Triad VisionWalk UNCG (Greensboro, NC)
On the evening of Saturday, September 12, the North Charleston POPS! held their opening night of the season performance. The first show in their line-up was a great way to start their symphonic season. The POPS! Symphony paid tribute to John Williams. What a fantastic event this turned out to be. The sound was so […]
Read More… from Sept. 12 – John Williams Extravaganza (N. Charleston, SC)
