10/04/2023
GUESS WHAT?!
The time is here! It is FINALLY time for Bronco Fest 2023!
I am so excited to have so many of you attending again this year!
Ok, some housekeeping:
1. Registration will be held at the Radisson at Fossil Creek in Fort Worth (our event hotel "home"). The Registration Table will be open on Wednesday from 1400-1800 and again on Thursday from 1000-1800.
I have a couple of volunteers that will be assisting me at the Registration Table, John Ezrow and Andrew Pennison; both from the Fort Worth Aviation Musuem. Please note that they are assisting me and may not have all the answers you need. Be patient and I will respond to each of you as soon as I know of your question. I am working tomorrow morning but should be at the hotel by the time Registration opens up (or shortly thereafter).
If you need me prior to this time, please email me, or text me (I will not be taking phone calls while I am at work, but I can send a quick text if I'm needed). 214-601-8055 and [email protected]
2. When you check-in at the Registration Table, if you find that you did not sign up for an event you meant to include, or if you change your mind and wish to attend something, please simply let us know and we can settle up at the Picnic on Saturday.
There are a couple of events that we may not be able to allow additional attendees to, due to the fact that we have had to turn in our final headcounts, but please ask us first and we can let you know at the time. I don't want to say any event is "closed" just yet.
3. If you are interested in knowing whether a friend has checked in yet, or not, please ask us. In years past, this was NOT KEPT SECRET. If someone asked about previous arrivals, we told them...after all, you are about to see each other anyway! We DO NOT give out hotel room information.
If you do not want us to give out your phone number to fellow attendees, please let us know at the time of check in. Otherwise, if someone asks if you have arrived, we will tell them you have and provide the contact phone number to them. This is exactly as we have done it in the previous years and it was never reported to me as being a problem.
4. If you are interested in volunteering with us during your time here, please let me know upon check-in. We still have a couple of events that could use some assistance.
I greatly appreciate those of you who have already signed up for a short stint or two and hope you know that while we want this reunion to be about you and for your enjoyment...your help has been greatly appreciated and you'll still have plenty of fun doing it!
Areas that I could still use help: a driver or two for van duty for a couple of different events. If we do not have additional volunteers, we do have it covered...but I'd like to relieve a person or two who will be doing triple duty over this week. Another area is the H***h. I do have people who have volunteered, but if anyone else is interested it is always best to have several floaters roaming around in case one person is unable to fulfill their duties.
Again, no worries if there are no additional takers on this!!! If you did volunteer your time and did not hear from me, please let me know privately and I will either let you know where I put you, or I'll be happy to accept your additional assistance!
5. If anyone is planning to attend the Ghost Pilot Commemoration Event on Friday evening (yes, you can attend once you finish up with the Brews Cruise), please be sure to let us know at check-in...just so I can make sure our headcounts still look good!
6. The Picnic on Saturday is going to be a blast! We have a musician that will be playing, we will do our memorials, awards, and will sell raffle tickets for items (the winners will be chosen toward the end of the afternoon at the picnic). Lots of fun, food and... more fun! If you didn't sign up for this....ya may wanna! It's going to be a blast!
7. Wednesday night is a "light" get together, Meet & Greet in the Baron's room (same room that we have the H***h in). This will be for those who have already joined us. Most of our guests will begin arriving on Thursday.
8. Thursday is an "on your own" day as we will be busy with registration check-in all day. We highly recommend spending time at the Stockyards. We did recently find out that there are some events happening there that coincide with our reunion dates! Pictures are posted with this information, below.
9. The H***h opens each evening at 1900. If there is an event at the hotel (such as on Friday night), the H***h will remain closed until that event is over...then we will open it for the remainder of the evening.
10. HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME. Please know that I am here to help in any way that I can. I want you all to keep my phone number and email (most of you already have it, or you reach me via messenger on FB). I will have a list of contact people for your stay this week, should you need any of us. In previous years I had added that list to the folder in your registration bag. This year I simply made a handful of copies because feedback from previous years was that most would prefer to just take a picture of it with their phones instead of keeping up with a piece of paper! Please be sure to do that at the Registration Table.
