This is our 10th anniversary of holding this event. With 2 events held each year since the fall of 2004 this is number 20! Of course, the BIG event we hold is in April of each year with the smaller event being held in the fall. The big April event is the one where we hold a raffle to raise money for SisterCare, Inc., a shelter for battered women and their children. This year the raffle was huge with a heavy emphasis on cigars, which was fantastic.
There were 42 total contributing companies including local shops and 4 attending reps.
Attending reps were:
Altadis-Mark Hinson
Cubanacan-Jas Broome (somehow he escaped my photographer)
Drew Estate-Raymond warren
Juanitos Cigaros-Juan Carlos Jimenez
Local shops that contributed:
Tobacco Merchant
Maduro Room
Modern Age Tobacco
Cigar Box
Everyone who donated at least $40 at the door received a complimentary bag of 6 cigars in various combinations from the following companies:
Miura Cigars
Miura maduro churchill and torpedo
Miami Cigar
107 maduro robusto
C.L.E.
2012 Cuarenta robusto
General Cigar
La Gloria Cubana Esteli
Punch Rare Corojo Salamone
Dona Flor
Mata Fina robusto
Armando Lapido
Torano Master
Leccia Black White
Famous Smoke Shop
Torano Signature 60
La Gloria Cubana Gilded Age (review)
The Judge by Fuego (review)
Romeo y Julieta House of Montague
Romeo y Julieta House of Capulet
Ortega Cigars
Serie D no. 10 maduro
Serie D no. 12 natural
Lianos dos Palmas
Double maduro robusto
Habano Gordo
Aging Room
Motivo
Cuban Crafters
Medina 1959 churchill
Rocky Patel
Edge Light
Vegas de Santiago
Chaman Lonsdale
D8 Gordo
VdS original
Maestro
Here are pics of the day with attending reps and winners of the raffle.
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| Eric and Casey manned the sign in table. |
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| Jim, Henry, and Stan manned the ticket table. |
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| Yours truly was the MC |
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| The girls of the Montecristo Social Club were on hand. |
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| Juan Carlos Jimenez, owner of Juanitos Cigaros |
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| Mark Hinson, Altadis rep |
The raffle tables
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| This large humidor was donated by Altadis and was auctioned off in a silent auction. The winning bid was $400! |
Pictures of attendees
Now, on to the raffle winners!
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| Espinosa Cigars |
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| Cigars International |
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| Tobacco Merchant |
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| Torano Cigars |
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| Pride Cigars |
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| E. P. Carrillo |
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| Miura Cigars |
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| Cigar Box |
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| C.L.E. Cigars |
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| Global Premium Cigars |
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| SAG Imports |
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| Party Source |
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| Dwight Galloway of SisterCare, Inc. spoke about the organization |
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| Cigars Direct |
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| Graycliff Cigars |
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| Xikar |
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| Juanitos Cigaros |
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| Cubanacan Cigars |
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| East End Cigars |
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| Maduro Room |
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| Ortega Cigars |
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| Aging Room Cigars |
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| Cuban Crafters |
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| Donation by Sandi Turnipseed |
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| Maduro Room |
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| Top Shelf Cigars |
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| Vegas de Santiago |
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| Vegas de Santiago |
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| Vegas de Santiago |
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| Drew Estate |
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| Drew Estate |
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| Drew Estate |
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| Drew Estate |
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| Drew Estate |
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| Donation by Eric Webster |
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| Donation by Eric Webster |
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| House of Emilio |
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| Lil' Brown Smoke Shop |
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| Altadis humidor; winning bid $400 |
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| Cigar Aficionado Big Smoke ticket winner |
The day was a great success! Our attendance numbers were down this year but it may have been because it was Easter weekend but we still did very well with money raised for SisterCare, Inc. The total money raised was $6325 with 110 people attending.
The big event is held every year the weekend after The Masters golf tournament. Next year will be no different. Make plans now to attend S.C. Sit Down number 22 on Saturday, April 18th, 2015. See you then!
For those hard core cigar lovers the smaller event, S.C. Sit Down no. 21, will be held Saturday, October 11th, 2014 at Hemingways Saloon.
Here is a nice letter I received from SisterCare regarding our donation.
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