Post#374 » by GrandAdmiralDan » Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:02 pm
This will be in a separate locked sticky
Meet @ Fitzgibbons Irish Pub on Water Street prior to the game.
I would like everyone to arrive by 6:20pm
We will wait a bit for anyone running late, and during that time, people can have ONE drink at Fitzgibbons (please do not have more than one, you can do plenty of drinking AFTER the game) and introduce themselves to some of the other participants. You can also obtain a paper grocery bag during this time from one of our loyal soldiers. We will attempt to have enough extras for people, but if you can bring your own, that would be good. Please bring 3 bags with eye and mouth holes cut out that you will be able to see and speak out of. I suggest trying on your bags after you make them to make sure the holes are aligned properly. If not, make new bags. Try to choose bags with the least amount of store writing or artwork on them as you are able to. DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING ON THE BAGS.
And do not wear anything with any derogatory writing on it that might give an usher cause harass you.
BTW, if you have any last minute people that would like to participate, bring them with! The tickets will only cost you $10, and you can recover a significant portion of that $10 cost by turning your ticket in for a free drink at VI Degrees on Water Street just north of Clybourn. I will be going there and taking as many people as will follow me there for someone's birthday after the WSSP Farmers Insurance Basketball Post Game Show at Fitzgibbons wraps up around midnight.
At 6:35pm we will proceed to the currently closed back room at Fitzgibbons (Fitz has agreed to let us use it) for a short meeting to go over the final details of the pre-game demonstration. There are reasons that those details must wait until then. I will also briefly address any last minute questions people might have at that time.
At approximately 6:50pm we will start looking for the next shuttle bus to the Bradley Center.
For those that can't meet us at Fitzgibbons prior to the game, you can still be part of the in-your-seat demonstrations.
When the first timeout occurs with less than 6 minutes in the first quarter, everyone in the Bradley Center taking part should put on their bags and leave them on until at least halftime.
If you leave your seat, you should remove your bag first and hide it again, since you will have to walk past an usher to exit the seating area and then enter it again and it is preferable to avoid any potential harassment from the ushers. If you feel compelled to put your bag back on while you are doing whatever you need to do in the concourse, whether that be going to the bathroom or going to the concessions (I do discourage concessions purchases though, if you can avoid giving that extra money to Kohl that would be preferable, and I really discourage any alcohol purchases during this demonstration. Wait until the bars afterwards please), by all means put your bag on while you are walking around if you want.
For the second half, the in-seat demonstration will follow the same formula as the first half. When the first timeout occurs with less than 6 minutes in the third quarter, everyone in the Bradley Center taking part should put on their bags and leave them on for the rest of the game and keep them on for as long as they can while they are still in visual range of the Bradley Center after the game is over..
Do not attempt to walk into the Bradley Center wearing your bags. Do not attempt to carry them in your hand. Smuggle them into the Bradley Center however you choose. Inside your jacket, shirt, pants, socks, boots, etc.
You get the idea.
I encourage people to take as many pictures of what is going on around them as possible and then find a way to submit them to me and/or post them on the forum.
It's go time people.
97-98
Nick Van Exel (LAL) on defending the Stockton-Malone pick-and-roll: "Yeah,
I got a way to defend it. Bring a bat to the game and kill one of them."
