2015 Texas District Rally

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2 We Had Lots of Fun Bringing you the Rally The Staff put on the District Rally because we have a lot of fun seeing all the folks having FUN. And YES, it is a lot of work and planning 2

3 Getting Ready to Rally The District Staff Got to the Convention Center at 7:00 to start the setup and prepare for the coming crowds 3

4 Getting Ready to Rally Some of the Early Arrivals and folks that helped us get thing setup 4

5 Opening Ceremonies Presentations were made to folks that completed OCP and became LTP Trainers 5

6 And the fun Starts - Pyramid Races The Thursday 25% / 25% winners were drawn during the Pyramid Races This added to the excitement of the Races. The Race Trophy was a sight to see. 6

7 Thursday Light Show The Bike Light show this year was on Thursday night. The Convention Center portico was a great place to have the show 7

8 Thursday Light Show More on the Light Show 8

9 Thursday Light Show!!?? I thought this was suppose to be a light show. Not a dance contest!! I think folks were just starting to get in the Party Mood. 9

10 Thursday Light Show Moving Lights Second Place Moving Lights First Place And the Winners for Moving Lights were announced. Bill did a photo bomb and commented AV learned from the best 10

11 Thursday Light Show Stationary Lights Second Place Stationary Lights First Place The stationary light contests were won by none other than Andrea and LeRoy Douglas I am guessing next year LeRoy will pay for winning over Andrea. 11

12 Pyramid Competition The Chapters put a lot of work into making their Pyramid 12

13 On Bike Games This year we had some on bike games. The games were on Friday and Saturday The contestants had a blast at the games. The games will be back next year 13

14 Couple Of the Year The Couples competing for Couple Of the Year. As well as current Couples from the chapters that attended the festivities. 14

15 Chapter Feud Chapter Feud was a big hit. The crowd could not get enough of it I am pretty sure this will be part of next years festivities 15

16 Chapter Feud Chapter Feud was so popular it ran both days. Steve was a great MC 16

17 Chapter Feud You may want to sign up early next year for Chapter Feud. 17

18 Talent Show This years talent show was remarkable. I did not know Texas had so much talent 18

19 Talent Show The District Staff got into the fun with their rendition of the Crip N Dales You may be able to see this on You Tube. I hear it is making the rounds 19

20 Talent Show While waiting to find out who the Talent Show Winners were we were entertained by a not so good version of the YMCA. 20

21 Couple Of the Year Congratulations to the new 2015 / 16 Texas District Couple Of the Year Randy & Kathy Reese from Austin Chapter O 21

22 Chapter Of the Year Chapters that placed in the Chapter of the Year Competition 22

23 Chapter Of the Year Congratulations Chapter U San Antonio 23

24 Fun Friday Night The Not So Newly Wed Game was the hit of the evening. I am not sure some of the guys will survive their answers 24

25 Fun on Friday BINGO is always a big hit but the 25% / 25% winners come away the happiest 25

26 Fun on Friday Chapter U seemed to be the big winner for the night. You will notice some of the table decorations not to mention the local Egyptians 26

27 Saturday and the FUN keeps coming The ERC gets started at 7 AM and the 1 st Aid Course starts at 8 AM 27

28 Dress Competition starts at 10 am Dress Competition was back this year and there were a lot of competitors 28

29 Dress Competition Chapter C used the Dress competition to build up their points to win the chapter competition award. 29

30 Dress Competition Dress competition is the easiest thing to compete for. There is a competition for everything 30

31 Dress Competition There is competition even for theme as well as riding jackets. 31

32 Chapter Competition This is only a small sample of the competition 32

33 Level IV Lunch A big thank you to the commitment to all the level 4 folks. ATGATT Thank you to our guest speaker Shandy Ables of the Temple PD 33

34 Vendors at the Rally Texas Law Shield Won The Vendor Drawing this Year. Congratulations List of Vendors 6th Gear Accessory Pit Air Evac Anthony Medical & Chiropractic Center Beading by PJ Butler Mugs Cathy's Cool Bike & Trike Covers Collector Knives and Gifts Damsil in Defense Gold Tree Solutions Mack's Creations Pinstripping by Nolan Raci Babi Scentsy consultant Texas Law Shield Thank you to the Vendors 34

35 Chapter Feud on Saturday Folks got in the swing on Saturday and the Feuding continued 35

36 Chapter Feud on Saturday We even had a Louisiana vs Texas Feud It got a little competitive, but all in FUN 36

37 Not So Newly Wed on Saturday The MC (Steve) almost lost control on some of the answers But everyone had a great time. So far no Counseling has been requested 37

38 Bike Show The Saturday Bike Show was well attended. 38

39 First Year Winners for Chapter Participation This is the first year for the Chapter Participation Award Chapter C (Baytown) rallied the troops and with only 11 folks from the chapter they took the award. They entered everything and had a lot of fun doing it. It was reported they challenged all chapters to try and win it next year 39

40 Awards During Closing Ceremonies Director Awards Longest Distance in Vehicle Highest GWRRA # Lowest GWRRA # Longest Distance Female Rider --- Longest Distance Male Rider Most Mature Female Rider Most Mature Co-Rider Youngest Female Rider Youngest Male Rider Most Mature Male Rider Largest Chapter Pre-Registered --- Largest District Pre-Registered Largest Chapter out of District VanBuskirk KS N Sykas TX-H E Wible LA-B B Stevenson K Good VA-O S Morrison TX-T2 P Flynn TX-T D Kyle TX-J G Dean TX-R H Glynn Chapter T Louisiana Louisiana K MEC Awards Talent Show: Chapter TX/C- 1st Talent Show Individual Steve Ferguson TX/C 1st Steve & Billie Fleming TX/N2 2nd ON STAGE Dress Competitions: Rally Theme Dress (Chapter) TX/C 1st Rally Theme Dress (Individual) Rick & Sherry Lowe TX/C 1st Rally Theme Dress (Individual) Steve & Judy Ferguson TX/C 2nd Chapter Jackets TX/U 1st TX/T 2nd Parade Couple David & Kathy Sailer TX/C 1st LeRoy & Andrea Douglas TX/T 2nd Dress Shirt (Chapter) TX/C 1st TX/U 2nd Casual Shirt (Chapter) TX/U 1st TX/H 2nd Congratulations to all our winners. MEC Awards Chapter Newsletter TX/U 1st TX/R 2nd Chapter Website TX/U 1st TX/H 2nd Best Temple TX/E 1st Bike Show: Vintage - TX/T Justin Scott Open TX/T2 - Robbie Winfield 1800 (2 wheels) TX/T LeRoy Douglas 1st TX/H Brick Reagle 2nd 1800 Trike LA/K Becky Stevenson 1st TX/U Larry Hammond 2nd Best In Show TX/T - Andrea Douglas Light Show Non Moving TX/T - LeRoy Douglas 1 st TX/T - Andrea Douglas 2 nd Moving TX/J - AV Jones 1 st LA/K - Becky Stevenson 2 nd 40

41 Awards During Closing Ceremonies Rider Education Drawings GoPro Annette Lockler Quilt made by Fraizer s - Danny Thacker Portable CharGrill Pat Flynn History of GW Throw Jerry Barnett MEC Drawings GWRRA Throw blanket Sherry Lowe Patriotic Wreath Andrea Douglas Congratulations to all our winners. 41

42 Awards During Closing Ceremonies Bad Dude Kenny tried to make away with the 50/50 cash but he was brought to justice and the winning tickets drawn and announced. The Grand Prize winner always is stunned but walks away with a big fat check 42

43 Awards During Closing Ceremonies The Gas card tree winners were happy to get the winnings. Thank you for supporting the Couple Of the Year program. May the road come up to meet you on your travels. This is truthfully a winning that will go up in smoke. 43

44 2016 Texas District Rally Next Years Rally will be right back in Temple. Mark your calendars May 19-21, 2016 We will have a Western theme. So round up the posse and make plans to attend 44

45 Acknowledgements A very special THANK YOU to Donna Rymarz (from chapter G2 Greenville). Donna took 95% of the pictures that make up this album. I am sure you saw Donna throughout the Rally with her camera. Donna and Dan were great to work with. Thank you to all that joined in on the fun. It would not possible without YOU 45