Thanks Guys, This thing is taking off. The Billy the Kid thing has not been used much around here, and is ours for the taking. We are going to name our shopping center the "Billy the Kid Plaza" and tie the whole thing together. I have an ATV Motorcycle shop "ATV Mountain Cycle"
http://www.atvmountaincycle.com Polaris/Suzuki/Cam-Am. It is the biggest shopping center in town and it doesn't have a name! The Chamber of Commerce has a cool old log cabin where he lived and a statue, and that is it. Not a single business in town has capitalized on our most famous historical bad boy. Billy Casper is also from Silver City, he comes back every year and helps out with hospital projects, nice Billy. Anyway, the Billy the Kid Championship BBQ and Green Chile Cook-Off is off to a great start.
We are going to go with Thom's suggestion that we do a central cash/ticket system, and combine it with our backyard BBQ giveaway and the People's choice prizes. Chicken Wings have been dropped in favor of enchiladas to go with the Green Chile stew on Friday. We are doing this to bring in local cooks and give the event some local flavor. And Frying wings with limited electricity could be a technical problem. Baking enchiladas still represents some difficulty, but they are a huge local favorite. These will be judged seperately, and not included as part of the Grand Prize or Reserve. We will stick with the basics for that. All of which will be on Saturday.
Lots of details, lots of promotion to go. We will attend several other events in the next year, and pick up whatever good ideas and practices we see along the way. We have our Beer and Margarita Garden all figured out, with 6,000 ft of shade, and misters, all run by the guys that do the garden for the Blues Festival.
That is a huge weight off our shoulders, New Mexico's liquor laws are screwy at best.