JC Newman

April 18, 2015

South Carolina Sit Down no. 22


Today we held the South Carolina Sit Down no. 22 and it was another great success. There were 129 very enthusiastic and generous cigar lovers who attended. The cigar industry supplied fantastic items for the raffle. 3 reps also attended; Sharon Landry from General Cigars, Anwar Mithavayani from Kings Cigars, and Gary Pruitt from Moscato Cigars. The raffle tables were full and included may full boxes of cigars, humidors, cutters, lighters, and other items. The afternoon was filled with people winning fantastic prizes and thousands of dollars raised for SisterCare, Inc. Our final total was $7790! Here are pics of the afternoon.

Eric and Casey manned the sign in table again.


Mark, Henry, and Jim at the ticket table.


Jack was our photographer again.


Event ticket


Anyone purchasing a minimum of $40 in raffle tickets got a bag of random cigars from the following companies:

Boveda
Villager Cigars
Gurkha
Global Premium Cigars
Miura Cigars
Vegas de Santiago
Arandoza Cigars
Ortega Cigars
Drew Estate
Cigar Bundles of Miami
Roberto P. Duran
Rocky Patel
Shannon Baxter (House of Emilio rep)


Prize tables





Some of the early crowd.


Sharon Landry, General Cigars


Anwar Mithavayani, Kings Cigars



Now, on to the raffle and silent auction winners.

Shortly after we started the proceedings one of our regular attendees spotted an item on the raffle table that he simply could not leave without. He offered to give a cash donation to SisterCare for the item and after notifying the crowd of his intentions there was no objection. So, Mitch Houston purchased the box of Graycliff Blue cigars with a donation of $200! That was very nice of Mitch. (unfortunately no picture of Mitch was taken)


Lil' Brown Smoke Shop winner


David Gerena drawings of Stogie winners


Villager Cigars winners


General Cigar winners


Gurkha 5 pack winners


Party Source winners


E. P. Carrillo winner


Maduro Room winners


Altadis winner


Top Shelf Cigars winners


SAG Imports winner


Cigars Direct Winners


Jose Blanco and Emma Viktorsson winners


Tobacco Merchant winners


Cigars International Winners


Jack Porter humidor winner


Famous Smoke Shop winners


Arandoza Cigars winners


East End Cigar Co. winners


Aging Room winners


Xikar winner


Vegas de Santiago winners


Eric Webster winners


Henry Richardson humidor winners


Henry Richardson humidor winner


La Flor Dominicana winners


Espinosa Cigars winners


Ortega Cigars winners


Cigar Box winners


CLE winners


Drew Estate winners


Roberto P. Duran winners


Kings Cigars winners


Pride Cigars winners


Jeff Godfrey/Perdomo winners


The Guayabera Lady winners


Cuenca Cigars winners


Shannon Baxter winner


La Herencia de Cuba winners


General Cigar silent auction winner


Eric Webster silent auction winner


Tobacco Merchant silent auction winner


Cigar Aficionado Big Smoke NYC winner



Another successful event in the books! Big thanks to Wings & Ale for hosting us. This was our first time holding the event there but I'm hopeful we'll be back again next year!

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