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Fall Fest [Oct 8, 2016] Fall Fest 2016! (Iowa City, IA)

Discussion in '2016' started by Greater Iowa Reef Society, Jun 6, 2016.

  1. Greater Iowa Reef Society Become a GIRS Member! GIRS Member

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    The Greater Iowa Reef Society presents

    Fall Fest 2016!
    Saturday, October 8th
    11am to 3pm

    Location:
    Bronson's Fish, Coral & Supplies

    ** NOTE: The event will be held at Bronson's NEW location, which may or may not be open to the public by Fest time.


    This fall, we are going to have a simple and fun event! We will be updating this event post with more details ASAP, but here is the basic breakdown:

    FREE ADMISSION FOR ALL!

    GIRS Members also get a FREE sheet of Raffle Tickets (a $20 value) for the Members-only Raffle!

    Tables: Available for Hobbyists and Premium Members only - no commercial vendors
    Setup: Saturday AM prior to the event - Friday night setup available now also!
    Raffle: Members-Only, and you do not have to be present to win! Members get a free sheet of Raffle Tickets! Additional sheets are $20/each
    Food: Cook-off & Potluck It's going to be a Tasty Event!

    Raffle Update!

    Here's a list of some of the prizes we will be raffling off for the GIRS Member Raffle! Remember, you have to be a GIRS Member to participate and win; you can join or renew the day of the event!

    $100 worth of food from Aquarium Addictions
    VIP Passes to the Shedd Aquarium
    10 packs of LRS Reef Frenzy & 2 "Who's Your Daddy" XXL Shirts from LRS Frenzy Foods
    $250 Gift Certificate from Live Aquaria
    5 Multi-Packs from Rod's Food
    CORAL Magazine Subscriptions
    $50 Gift Certificates from Mind Blowing Corals (up to 4 of these)
    2 Sets of Reef Nutrition food packs (each set has 3 packs of pellet food and 6 bottles of liquid foods, $175 each set!)
    LED Light from Marineland
    Nano-tanks from Tetra
    Aquavitro products from Seachem
    Various products from Microbe-Lift
    BioKit Reef and Reef Nano packs from Prodibio
    2 boxes of Aquacraft Bio-Sea Marine salt from 4Paws Unleashed
    2-part total package with dosers from Bulk Reef Supply
    Typhoon III RODI System from Air Water Ice
    L2 Rev 4 Algae Scrubber from Turbo's Aquatics

    Please note: All winners will be expected to allow their picture to be taken so that we may post a thank-you message to the generous donors who have provided these prizes!
     
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  2. FishBrain Expert Reefkeeper GIRS Member

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    Awesome! This should be a lot of fun!
     
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  3. Bud Loves Bacon Website Team Board of Directors Leadership Team GIRS Member Vendor

    West Des Moines, IA
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    I'm early committing to this one :cool: Family calendar has been trumped :ninja: But yeah, that's happened before. But I can convince the wife & family to drop me off while they go shopping, then top if off with a stop at Williamsburg on the way home.
     
  4. beckerj3 Expert Reefkeeper Board of Directors Leadership Team GIRS Member

    West Des Moines, IA
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    Sounds like a nice change of pace!
     
  5. Starfish4me New User

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    Great - looking forward to this!
     
  6. F.D. Reefer Well-Known ReefKeeper

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    So no fest in Des Moines for 2016?


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  7. Bud Loves Bacon Website Team Board of Directors Leadership Team GIRS Member Vendor

    West Des Moines, IA
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    No GIRS fest in DSM, but there is another group that will be having a FW/SW swap in DSM in the fall.

    We switched to a larger rotation so don't expect a fest every year in any given region. If you noticed, SF14 was in DSM, FF14 in CR, SF15 in WLCF, FF15 in DSM, SF16 in QC, FF16 in IAC. Prior to this it was always SF in DSM and FF somewhere else so we changed that up.

    Without turning it into a huge discussion, we are looking at many factors that affect fests and trying a few different things. Let's just leave it at that. More will be announced soon enough.
     
  8. F.D. Reefer Well-Known ReefKeeper

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    Any info on other group?


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  9. Bud Loves Bacon Website Team Board of Directors Leadership Team GIRS Member Vendor

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    Yeah I'll post that up in the News & Events area, I want this thread as part of the FF event to be about this event only
     
  10. yankieman Well-Known ReefKeeper

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    Looking forward to it , it sounds like just the right size of fest to have ,,
     
  11. Renee D

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    I can go and am willing to help.
     
  12. Starfish4me New User

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    Volunteered at QC Spring Fest - willing to help for this one too if needed.
     
  13. Borky00 Well-Known ReefKeeper

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    Sounds like a great idea! Where can I sign up to assist?
     
  14. chromess 01

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    The rotation is good. I wanted to make it to the last one but had things come up that kept me from making that far. Being in IC for some of us that might be slightly tied up could still try to make it. Interested in seeing Bronsons new place. So there is no vendors light usual?
     
  15. xroads Veteran Reefkeeper Vendor

    La Porte City, IA
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    Nope, just keeping this a local get together to really promote the club spirit.
     
  16. chromess 01

    chromess 01

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    Will be cool to see more of the hobby side. Still need to get to your neck of the woods xroads.
     
  17. Bud Loves Bacon Website Team Board of Directors Leadership Team GIRS Member Vendor

    West Des Moines, IA
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    @LiLNicky@LiLNicky & @MadManMadrid@MadManMadrid are the trustees and they will be coordinating the fest, when the volunteer request thread is posted they will let you know! We're still 4 months out but good to know that there a few volunteers already
     
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  18. Joe GIRS Member

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    Sounds like this could have the makings of a great Frag Fest, looking forward to this one.
     
  19. Bud Loves Bacon Website Team Board of Directors Leadership Team GIRS Member Vendor

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  20. mattman319 SoManyTanks

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    Very nice idea! Looking forward to it!!!
     

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