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Can I bring an RV or travel trailer to Chilifest?
Our current situation with RV's is as follows...
We cleared a small lot directly across the street from the event grounds for RV's. The price of an RV lot pass is $250, as we are providing security for the RV lot for the duration of Chilifest. No hookups will be provided. The lot is located across 3058 from the event grounds.We will allow you to bring an RV and park in the RV lot anytime before 11:00 p.m., Thursday, April 2nd. If you arrive anytime after the allotted time, you will not be allowed to park in the RV parking lot.
Any RV's brought in on that Friday will not be allowed in, NO EXCEPTIONS. However, all RV
applications and payments must be sent in by Friday, March 20, 2009 in order for you to receive your RV pass in time and ensure you a spot.If not sent in by this time then you will not be given an RV spot. Email us to sign up for a spot. Any RV's that have not paid prior to the event and just assumes that they can park in the back of the parking lot will be asked to leave the event grounds immediately. [chilifest SOURCE]
Starlight Ballroom in Snook each spring where fifteen acres of pasture land are transformed into a two-day concert and chili cook-off. [SOURCE]
Last year’s headliners Willie Nelson, Jack Ingram, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Pat Green and Aaron Watson brought a record number of over 40,000 fans to the event.
Pat Green and Aaron Watson will return for Chilifest 2008, and fellow veterans Gary Allen and the Randy Rogers Band and newcomer Stoney LaRue will round out the venue.
However, the stars cannot overshadow Chilifest’s main purpose -- to make a difference in the lives of those less fortunate.History
In the seventeen years since Chilifest began, the group has raised over $1 million in charity donations. The
- Special Olympics,
- Hospice of the Brazos Valley,
- CarPool,
- Burleson County Go-Texan Association,
- Snook Volunteer Fire Department,
- College Station Morning Lions Club,
- the Boys & Girls Club,
- and Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
Chilifest began as a philanthropic experiment by Sigma Alpha Epsilon in 1991. The first Chilifest was a day event held in a Wal-Mart parking lot with 15 to 20 chili teams competing.
In the past, high numbers of alcohol-related offenses created by growing crowds and the mis-perception that underage drinking was tolerated created a negative view of the event. In order to fight dropping attendance levels, Chilifest Inc., along with Twinz Co. Graphic Design, examined and employed ways of making the event safer and within six months began to change public opinion.
Chilifest Citations Posted: 6:22 PM Apr 3, 2006 | Last Updated: 10:28 AM Apr 4, 2006 | Reporter: Amanda O'Nea [SOURCE]
Area law enforcement stayed busy this past weekend monitoring Chilifest.
Tons of state troopers lined Highway 60 and stopped about 1,080 vehicles. Troopers made almost 220 arrests and issued 38 DWIs or driving while intoxicatedBurleson County issued nearly 90 citations and made several arrests. 58 MIPs, or minor in possession were given out.
But on a positive note, authorities say those numbers are slightly down from last year.
In 2005, the organization began offering a park-and-ride service from the Hall of Fame in
Bryan and increased event security.[Three previous years and 2009 Organizer] Britt has asked the public for their cooperation in one thing -- weather. “Please, just cross your fingers for good weather. That’s the only thing that’s out of my control, the weather.”
( REBECCA WATTS, no date, CHILIFEST: FUN FOR A CAUSE; retrieved HERE)
See: also (Cin Chili and Company -- Family Owned, Cindy Reed Wilkins, Chili Cook Off Champion)
2 comments:
Re: "Tons of State Troopers lining Highway 60...those numbers down from last year."
Has the 'doughnut mentality' of our law enforcement departments finally made it to the DPS? I can see them standing along side their shiny black and whites like so many Sumo wrestlers in baby poop brown uniforms. The Stetsons tilted at a jaunty angle. I don't like drunk drivers as much as MADD doesn't like them but shouldn't our State Trooper force be more like Chuck Norris than Notorious B.I.G, rest his soul. Oh well, the tonnage numbers are down so I guess Subway is the new Whopper for our Smokeys. Good story, good chili and good Diet Coke.
It seems to me that State Trooper uniforms have that "relaxed" fit now. Ages ago those uniforms were starched double twill cotton pressed poop brown shirts and khaki pants. Some things change, but then some things just get a new tailor.
Maybe this could be a get together for we 'uns... eh?
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