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Bear Frenzy VII: Pool Party
Everyone was on time! We actually had people waiting to get in at 1pm! What's wrong with you, bears? Never heard of Gay Standard Time? :)
The board members quickly overcame initial obstacles in selling tickets and quickly got in the groove. Food was put out in a blink of an eye - and this year we had a feast and we were sure there would be leftovers. Guess what - the bears quickly took care of 40lbs of tri-tip, 25lbs of chicken, 25lbs of beef loin, and every other delicacy or side dish other members could muster. The food was well worth the money, and since soda and water were free, you pretty much could have a wonderful day sitting by the pool and doing nothing for very little money!
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Raffle prizes were set up on a table and hung on tree branches and everywhere else space would allow. In fact, the table was overflowing with goodies (hopefully we'll be able to tell you soon what all you could have won!) Another table under an awning was set up for even more art from Fran Frisch - quite a few of his drawings were sold! Thank you for your support :)
Plastic bags were donated by gaybc.com so you could check in your clothes or later put your wet undies in them and not worry about getting your car wet. Programs were laid out once again so everyone could familiarise themselves with who is who... videos, T-shirts, badges, pins were being sold... we were busy!!!
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This year we were honoured to have 5 wonbearful judges on our panel. We invited Fran Frisch, a renowned bear artist from Sam Francisco - you've seen his work in BEAR Magazine, on numerous T-shirts and on many logos for both clubs and events; Frank Abril, the President of the Knights of Malta, a leather and levi social club here in Fresno; Rick McDonald of BOSF; John Forrett, Mr Lone Star Bear 2001 and John McMullen, a GayBC Radio talk show host from Seattle! The judges had a great time (see letter from John McMullen on the main Frenzy page), but they were not here just for fun. They had to interview the contestants during the party as part of their scoring process... but once they were done, they pretty much went back to groping, being groped and in general enjoying themselves and everyone around them.
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Finally we overcame initial power problems and music livened up the party even more! The contestants were running around, working their butts off and getting on their knees to sell raffle tickets - we got over $700 from all of you! Great thanks for your support and we hope that even if you didn't win anything, you were not sorry for the few dollars you spent... Our favourite Giant Floating Penis was blown
up and tossed in the pool and there were many a bear trying to either straddle it or fit it in... None were too successful - and I'm sure the doctors at nearby hospital did breathe out in relief! Campy umbrellas found their way on people's heads (of all varieties)... Squirt guns were charged and discharged repeatedly... it was a blast!
But we had to slow the fun down and set everything up for the upcoming main attraction - the Contest!
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