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LC Shrimp & Crab boil Oct 3-5 planning thread (1 Viewer)
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Marshall, are you bringing a grill down to do any BBQ? If not, do we need a grill for anything? I am going to inventory all my cooking supplies in the next few weeks, and I will post what I can bring. I would like to volunteer to help with the cooking. I may bring my boat down and can carry some people out fishing as well. We will try to get some things figured out by the next meeting.
Jeremy
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Looks like we have some things done but others need to be ironed out.
1. We need to come up with a price. It needs to be simple. I'd much rather do one price for the whole weekend which will include food for Friday and Saturday night. I'm thinking 20-40 per person which would cover the main camping gathering area with and food. I would think the seafood if we bought it all would be be around 10-20 a head per night possibly less. I haven't done a boil in a while so I don't know current prices. I figure that children under 10 should eat free. I need some guidance from you guys.
2. We need to figure out if we can charter a boat or boats for fishing Sat. Would be nice to have an inland and a deep sea option. We could just add these to the registration page shopping cart.
3. Come up with a t-shirt design and sell it everyone so we can raise some funds for the LC side.
4. Assuming we get this done we can get the registration page up and start working on getting people to come. I would think 30-60 people would come to this event given the large location of Hunting Island, the food, the fishing and the ability to set a spot up and do what ever you want and know an awesome dinner will be waiting for them that night.
1. We need to come up with a price. It needs to be simple. I'd much rather do one price for the whole weekend which will include food for Friday and Saturday night. I'm thinking 20-40 per person which would cover the main camping gathering area with and food. I would think the seafood if we bought it all would be be around 10-20 a head per night possibly less. I haven't done a boil in a while so I don't know current prices. I figure that children under 10 should eat free. I need some guidance from you guys.
2. We need to figure out if we can charter a boat or boats for fishing Sat. Would be nice to have an inland and a deep sea option. We could just add these to the registration page shopping cart.
3. Come up with a t-shirt design and sell it everyone so we can raise some funds for the LC side.
4. Assuming we get this done we can get the registration page up and start working on getting people to come. I would think 30-60 people would come to this event given the large location of Hunting Island, the food, the fishing and the ability to set a spot up and do what ever you want and know an awesome dinner will be waiting for them that night.
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I have a grill but it's not a great one. Probably be good if we had something better and larger than what I have. If Osagecruiser brings a bunch of meat we will need a big grill. We could always throw a couple of bags of coals in the fire pit and throw a grate over it and do it that way. I'd like to plan on doing some oyster on the grill. I've got some really good recipies as well as doing bacon wrapped BBQ shrimp. Which are awesome.
I think one night we would have a big crab boil and steamed oysters and have the second night with frogmore stew and some fancy seafood dishes.
I'll try to see if I can borrow my coworkers grill. He is a BBQ nut and holds a big charity event in Columbia every year. His grill is pretty big. Crab pots, and netting off the beach will be great for catching blues for the crab boil. You can throw out two pots per boat, so the more boats we have the more crabs we have. They need to sit out over night though, so crabs the second night would be good.
Jeremy
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Comments on prices?
Prices for what? Registration including food and a t-shirt?
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T-shirt sales need to be seperate. We can worry about that once we get a design. But we can already figure out what we need to charge. My idea is to do one charge per person for two nights. 6 dollars per head for the main area for two nights and then something to add to it for food. I know seafood isn't cheap but I don't have a clue what to charge.
That's going to take some time to figure out. There are a lot of factors that either drive the cost up or down. We should probably first start with a menu, then figure the best way to acquire and prepare everything. $15 per head per night might cover food/drinks. We might want to see what all we can do with that.
I guess the t shirt will be sold seperately, but I think people need to order them at the same time or else we can't guarantee there will be enough to go around.
Jeremy
I guess the t shirt will be sold seperately, but I think people need to order them at the same time or else we can't guarantee there will be enough to go around.
Jeremy
having the tshirt as part of the registration fee would be best with a small number so you know up front exactly what sizes and how many to order from vendor...with a few extras for stragglers or last minute attendees...but should be fairly solid before then.
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Problem with having it part of registration is your limiting it to just the people that come. Making it seperate gives you a whole different person who is willing to buy. You stop t-shirt sales 3 weeks prior to the event along with a few extras and order then having them ready at the event a ship the rest to people who have bought.
T-shirt logistics will not be an issue. Artwork yes. Food cost yes. Charging for the site no.
T-shirt logistics will not be an issue. Artwork yes. Food cost yes. Charging for the site no.
I asked my wife, and she said she could work on something for the T-Shirt. Don't know when she can get around to it.
I will be bringing my turkey cooker and a few cast nets and seine nets.
Anybody else bringing kids? Dogs?
I will be bringing my turkey cooker and a few cast nets and seine nets.
Anybody else bringing kids? Dogs?
I found this design online. Might be a good start for someone. Maybe modify the look and color a little and add a shrimp driver. I guess we would just us the LC logo on the breast, and put this on the back with Lowcountry Land Cruisers Shrimp and Crab Boil 2008. Just a start.
The Ranger there came by the house the other day. He's looking forward to
our group camping out down there.
Small world. His family were the original builders of the cabin I'm restoring.
I think he enjoyed the tour of the old family place.
Lynn, Scout and I are really looking forward to this event.
our group camping out down there.
Small world. His family were the original builders of the cabin I'm restoring.
I think he enjoyed the tour of the old family place.
Lynn, Scout and I are really looking forward to this event.
if you are going to pay $35 per shirt might as well pay $15 per shirt and get them silkscreened and done right....unless they do something other than airbrush and iron on that I saw in web page.
Give this place a call...go to their contact page as you wont see much on regular site as it is for their dealers mostly.
Blue Moon Graphics
They did this shirt for me...on black 100% pre shrunk shirts (which are more expensive than a grey or tan colored shirt)...for a recent event I am the co-host. Sorry if graphic offends but it is for bikers.... I did the design and his artists cleaned it up and made it useable for separation and setup on silk screens... If someone has the design and is a good artist...and someone else can do the color separation in format for screens to be setup you can save a lot of money. I am pretty sure we have the talent to do everything but print them.....with a graphic designer and an artist in our midst already. Just another option to consider.
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No, No, No. Not 35 dollars a shirt just an idea for a design.
Per head food prices seem reasonable.
I just reserved reserved one of the last full-hookup sites near the beach for the whole week. Looks like I will be right around the corner from Gundy. The inlaws will be down there for the whole week, and I will be coming in either wed. or thur. I am getting really excited about this trip. I think it is going to be good one.
Site #20 if anyone is interested.
Any luck on locating some fishing charters yet?
Jeremy
Site #20 if anyone is interested.
Any luck on locating some fishing charters yet?
Jeremy
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