Jon,
Great questions, let me answer some of them for you.
1.) People typically put whatever and I do mean whatever into their spot. IF it fits, they put it there. WE will have lots of parking close, so we recommend that people just put their pits, tents, pop ups, etc in their space and park in the other areas. This will give you more room in your space and trust me, you will want as much room as possible. Some people put RV's, some don't. We will also have an area for RV's inside the venue for those that do not get the larger spots and still want to bring their RV's.
2.) There is nothing there to begin with, just an empty 20X20 space. Anything you need, you have to bring. Ice will be available for $5 for a 40lb bag (I believe that is the price we set, but I will verify this)
3.) Yes, don't forget, you need to eat your regular meals, so you want to have that as well. A great tradition is that each morning, everyone cooks up something and shares. Friday night, we are doing a cooks & families social that will be catered, we are still working on the details of this.
4.) Yes, I would highly recommend bringing some Pop ups or shade cover. Last November, it was still a bit warm. Also, you never can tell what the weather will be. This is a "Rain or Shine" event, so if the weather is bad, you will need something to work under as well.
5.) Some people and teams will start to break down on Saturday, but Trust me when I say, you will not want to. You can stay until Monday if you want. Saturday night, we have a huge concert going on out there that will really knock your socks off. I can't announce yet who the bands are, but they are very well known and will create quite a fun time, so plan to stay Saturday night and enjoy the festivities.
6.) The only time you can feed the public is from 2 to 4 pm during the "People's Choice" portion of the contest. WE will be selling tickets to the public for $2/ticket. They can then take these tickets to each of the teams and in turn get a small sample of something the teams cooked. This is by no means a full meal, just a small sampling. At the end of the time, 4 pm, each team will bring their tickets to a designated location and our team will count all your tickets. What ever teams have the most, will win the People's choice event. BUT... Every team that has tickets, receive's money. For each ticket you have, you get $1 back, so that's a huge incentive to have a lot of food available during that 2 hour time period and also to be really "Hawking" it to the public. I have done this at several events, and it is truly a great time, lots of fun. Besides, it's nice to make some $$$ back as well.
Hope this answers your questions, if you have more, just jump in and post them.
Thanks,
Mike
