Buffalo Powder Keg Festival Planning meeting

[Laura L. Fitzgerald]

I got this email late last week from Newell Nussbaumer at "Buffalo
Rising", I thought I'd post it
in case anyone else in our group was interested in attending the
meeting...

"I know half of you and am very excited to meet the other half. The
event gets bigger and bigger every day... we're even now looking to
break a Guinness Book Record the weekend of the even (I'm not
kidding). Earl Ketry of Pearl Street Brew Pub has been gracious enough
to give us the second floor bar this coming Wednesday where we will
convene to go over strategy, planning, footprint, etc. We're meeting
there at 6pm and Pearl Street is providing some munchies for us. In
the meantime, I have a list of events and such that are either
definite or looking really good. Some people have sent messages with
suggestions that are already in the works. They are:


Snowshoe Rentals and group trek | Tifft Nature Preserve | Lauren
Makeyenko | Erie Hills
Bike Race | Twilight Series | Frank Grillo
Chili Cookoff | Waterline Cafe | Jason Davidson
Hot Pretzel Carts | Ice Creamcycle | James Karagiannis
Hot Cider Press | Sweet_ness 7 | Prish Moran
Public art project | Griffis Studios | Larry Griffis
Curling | Matt Hames
Arctic Icet snowmaze | Roaming Buffaloes |
Red Ornaments | HSBC Plaza | Steve Fitzmorris
Exit Ramp Toboggan Run | Uncle Sam's Army Navy Outfitters | Rob Geist
Giant SeeSaws | Buffalo BarnBoard | Brooks Anderson
Powder Keg Beer | Pearl Street Brew Pub | Earl Ketry
Giant Tent | AllPro | Rick Serra
Mini snowman building | Springville Middle School | Brook Grant
(maybe)
Sleigh and Carriage Rides | Eden Carriage Company | Brook and Rose
Running Race | Fleet Feet | Dan and Alice Loncto (maybe)
Merchandise | Pacifico Clothiers | Mike Pacifico
Labatt Pond Hockey | Labatt Blue | Matt Goldman
University Efforts | UB Undergraduate Academies | Derek Nichols
Snow Maze | RiverWright | Swannie Jim
Hashing Event | Hash Hound Harriers | DR FAL (maybe)
Olympic Hockey Medal Rounds Hockey Wall | Labatt
Filming | Jeff Wilber
Snow Installation | RPM Productions | Reed Rankin


There are a ton more ideas including:


slideshow - Newell
Logo - Earl
Absolut Ice Bar
Snow volleyball
Roasted Chestnuts
Sahlen's and Sciavett'as outdoor cookout
Lighting Trees
Rent snow gun
Igloos
Snow sculptures
Ice carvings -
Snow Shoveling Contest
Snow Golf
snow costumes
relay races
Music: Blood Thirsty Vegans and Skiffle Minstrels want to play the big
tent
Americorps - something big
Chow Chocolate - hot chocolate
porta johns
sponsorships
NFTA - we need to have as many people as possible ride the Metro Rail
Tent - Roaming Buffaloes
Rich Products - cool whip ride?
Insurance-security - The City
Buffalo Indie Market | Mary Stephens McGinnis
Kite Flying | Great Lakes Kitefliers Association | Ted Shaw


Keep brainstorming!
We need volunteers for many of the above-listed activities. Or come up
with your own idea and share at the meeting. I know that not everyone
can make the meeting and I will do my best to keep you up to speed on
things as they happen. See you Wednesday... and look for me to launch
a Facebook group for the event early in the week."