JC Newman

April 19, 2011

S.C. Sit Down no. 14. Another record breaker!

With the threat of thunderstorms and tornadoes weighing on us the SC Sit Down 14 began at noon on Saturday, April 16th. Thankfully the thunderstorms and tornadoes did not arrive. The day was just about perfect. The attendance was down from last year. There were 148 people attend but raised a record breaking total for Sistercare! More on that later.

There were 4 reps here and one cigar owner:

Dickson Wier, Altadis
Mike Walters, Oliva
Will Woodcock, CAO and General Cigar
Rich Myberg, Monte Pascoal Berger & Argenti, and Kristoff
Wes Gensel, Monte Pascoal, managing partner

The raffle was amazing. I started raffling off hats and shirts at 1 pm. As the afternoon went on the raffle prizes grew and grew. They included cigar samplers, lighters, accessories, full boxes of cigars, humidors, a cigar themed fly fishing rod, and the Grand Prize, 2 2-day tickets to this year's Las Vegas Big Smoke!

Dwight Galloway represented Sistercare and spoke about the organization. Dwight is on the board and is one of the few men affiliated with the organization but he delivered a strong message of how Sistercare's work is sorely needed in the community. He also relayed how grateful they are for our event and the money we raise for them.

The list of donors to today's event are:
  • Altadis
  • Oliva
  • CAO
  • General Cigar
  • Monte Pascoal
  • Berger & Argenti
  • Kristoff
  • Tobacco Merchant, local shop
  • Maduro Room, local shop
  • Cigar Box, local shop
  • Top Shelf Cigar, local shop
  • Savinelli
  • Cigars International
  • Sandi Turnipseed
  • Alec Bradley
  • Eric Webster
  • Camacho
  • Heartfelt Industries
  • Puros Indios
  • Miura cigars
  • 601 Cigars
  • Vegas de Santiago
  • Party Source
  • Larry Jones
  • Empire Cigars
  • Holt's
  • Famous Cigars
  • Sag Imports
  • Torano
  • E.P. Carrillo
  • Ashton
  • Villager Stokeby
  • Cuban Crafters
  • Cigar Aficionado 
That is a very impressive list! Thank you all!

Here are the pics from the day.




The raffle table







Command central









Dickson Wier, Altadis rep


Mike Walters, Oliva rep


Will Woodcock, CAO and General Cigar rep











Dwight Galloway, Board member of Sistercare, speaks to the crowd


Connie draws a winning ticket for the Altadis mini-raffle


Wes Gensel, Monte Pascoal, Managing Partner



The list of contributors



Tracey Coulter of Tracey's Smokehouse, the new cigar shop in Columbia.




Now, on to the prize winners: (and the list is quite lengthy)
  
Savinelli hat winners


Savinelli Aspertif winners


Cigars International shirt winners


Alec Bradley shirt winners


Montecristo hat, Trinidad ball marker, and Montecristo cutter winner


Kristoff shirt winners


Excalibur visor winners


Camacho hat winners


Heartfelt Industries bead winners


Heartfelt Industries Herf Stand winners


Montecristo hat winners


Dale Earnhardt, Sr. torch lighters (Heartfelt Industries)


Top Shelf winners


Cigar samplers provided by Sandi Turnipseed


Puros Indios ashtray winner


Tobacco Merchant ashtray winners


General Cigar Macanudo Cru Royale shirt and hat winners


Miura Cigars sampler winners


601 sampler winners


Vegas de Santiago sampler winners


Party Source Oliva sampler winners


Kristoff sampler winners


General cigar Callaway golf balls winner


Cigars International winners


Camacho ashtray winners


Maduro Room sampler winners


Oliva ashtray winners


Fly fishing rod winner, provided by Matthew Elrod


Empire Cigars ashtray winners


Maduro Room Montecristo sampler winner; Brian Macilwinen


Maduro Room Trinidad sampler winner; Randy Fabry


Maduro Room Lito Gomez sampler with LFD ashtray winner (Zev Kaminetsky not pictured)


Maduro Room La Gloria Cubana Artesanos winner; Askia Davis


Holt's Cigars San Cristobal Assortment winner; Juan Zamora


Cigar Box Vector lighter winner; Bic Bavcom


Famous Smoke Shop Vudu winner; Clyde Jordan


Arganese Nicaraguan churchill winner; John Perry


Eric Webster Vector Perdomo lighter winner; Craig Barnes


Eric Webster Perdomo Herf-A-Dor winner; Chris Jordan


Altadis lighter winners


Sag Imports Quesada Tribute Julio winner; Spencer Whetstone


E. P. Carrillo winner no. 1; Tim Maloney


E. P. Carrillo winner no. 2; Bruce Keating


Torano Master winner; Nick Price


Ashton Magnum winner; Bob Lytle



Ashton Cabinet No. 2 winner (Robert Yon not pictured)


Berger & Argenti Classico winner; Ann Alexander


Villager Stokeby Serie Dominicana winner; Chad Hildebran


Monte Pascal Belicosos winner; Joe Desroches


Cuban Crafters Rose Humidor winner (Rick Jackson not pictured)


Ashton Savoy humidor winner; Cedric Luckey


Oliva print winners


Tobacco Merchant Montecristo golf set winner; Mitch Houston


Cigar Aficionado Big Smoke winner; Randy Fabry

Cigar Aficionado donated two 2-day tickets to this year Las Vegas Big Smoke! These are valued at $1000! Before I left the event Randy had already made plans for himself and another cigar buddy to attend the event. He was quite excited and I don't blame him!


To say this event was a success is a great understatement. Without the overwhelming support of the cigar industry this event could not take place. Plus, you! Without attendees no money is raised. The SC Sit Down attendees have really come through for a very worthwhile cause.

With the incredible outpouring of donations the raffle raised a staggering amount of money for Sistercare. The total money raised at the event was an astounding $4865 dollars! That is a 56% increase over last year with 22 less people! That is amazing! Thank you to all who attended and supported Sistercare.



Money continued to come in after the event. Someone gave $15 to Dwight Galloway of Sistercare after I left. Someone else gave $50 to me at church on Sunday, and still someone else gave an amount to round up the total donations to the $4865 total.

Since we've been sponsoring Sistercare we have raised the following:
2011   $4865
2010   $3070
2009   $2032
2008   $2335
2007   $1100
2006   $520
That's impressive increases almost each year!
Since we have been sponsoring Sistercare we have raised $13,922!

Nancy Barton, Sistercare director, was out of town the week after the event so I wanted to wait until she returned to present the checks to her. I was able to get them to her on Tuesday, April 26th. Here is a picture of Nancy and I as I presented the checks to Sistercare:


A special thanks go out to these people and companies that helped make this day a success:
  • The donors, et al
  • Cedric Luckey, photographer
  • Hemingways Saloon for hosting today's event
  • TPM Reprograhics
  • Casey Mcbrair, sign in table
  • Ray Wilkerson, sign in table
  • Henry Richardson, raffle table
  • Jack Porter, raffle table
  • Jim Massengale, raffle table
  • John Perry, raffle table, my assistant
  • Connie Rollins, for putting up with all the cigars and prizes stored in our dining room! 
And finally, to all of the people who attended the event!

And by the way, the fall Sit Down will be Saturday, October 22nd at Hemingways. If you're hard core and don't need raffles or free stuff to draw you in, you'll love it. Just a bunch of cigar lovers who love being around each other. See you October 22nd.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Tim, Ann and I had a GREAT time at the "SC Sit Down no 14". Very impressive turn out and of course for a very worthwhile charity!

Thank you for allowing us (LakeMurrayTimes.com) the opportunity to promote you and this event even if in a small way! We look forward to participating more in the future.

Thanks,
Gerald and Ann H.
LakeMurrayTimes.com

Famous Smoke Shop said...

Way to go Tim, glad we could help!