Boards Xmas Gig - in Aid of the Santa Strilke Force [Bid on a WWE title For Charity!]

grames_bond

Ladies & Gentlemen, Boys & Girls, you are cordially invited to the 5th annual Boards.ie Stand-Up Comedy Night in aid of The Santa Strike Force.

Hope you all can make it along to support the Santa Strike Force and have a Fantabulous Night at the same time!

BOARDS.IE PRESENTS: Now Ye're Laughin: The best of Irish comedy!

When: Saturday the 8th of December
Where: The Belvedere Hotel, Great Denmark St, Dublin
Who: The best stand up comedy acts this side of Montreal.

Official Line up to be announced soon!

DEFINITELY.....The best comedy line up in the world!!

Why: to Raise Money for the Santa Strike Force
How Much: Free!! -> but donations to the SSF welcome

Going to be a brilliant night and for a very very good cause.

The Raffle on the night is always a highlight and this year is no exception, prizes TBA:

Every Penny donated and raised by the Raffle goes to the Santa Strike Force!

There will also be special drinks promotions too, watch this space!



Come see great comedy and help kids in need!

grames_bond

This year WWE have gone above and beyond with their help and they are providing us with A WWE Championship Title Belt to help with the night!

Their generosity is greratly appreciated and will go a long way!!

godtabh

grames_bond wrote: »

This year WWE have gone above and beyond with their help and they are providing us with A WWE Championship Title Belt to help with the night!

Their generosity is greratly appreciated and will go a long way!!

Fair play. How did you manage that?

grames_bond

godtabh wrote: »

Fair play. How did you manage that?

I work alongside WWE so I just appealed to them and they were more than happy to help us!

Stereomaniac

Who says that global corporations are all take take take and no give? Fair play to the WWE!

starviewadams

Fair play!

Stereomaniac

Do ye not think that maybe a €5 cover charge would raise more money for the charity though?!

Galvasean

Stereomaniac wrote: »

Do ye not think that maybe a €5 cover charge would raise more money for the charity though?!

We've found that having no cover charge makes people happier to spend their money on raffle tickets. There is also the option for people to throw money in the bucket if they want. This way people are not obliged to pay anything but can pay more or less based on what they can afford/what they see fit.

grames_bond

as well as that we like to put on the best show we can - if people believe we have put on a good show they are more willing to give money, more pressure on us but to date we have raised about €3000 this way!

Galvasean

Here is the line up so far (we have two more to be confirmed, so keep an eye on the thread!):

- MC Ruairi Campbell: A veteran of many festivals worldwide including Edinburg, New York & Kilkenny Cat Laughs.

- Neil Hickey: A Bulmers Comedy Award winner and also the man responsible for those twisted Anne & Barry videos.

- John Colleary: Star of The Savage Eye and The Panel.

- Gerry McBride: Author of the awesome 'No Punchline' blog and winner of a TedFest award!

- Robbie Bonham An internationally published cartoonist and winner of 98FM's Best Comedian award.

Stereomaniac

Galvasean wrote: »

We've found that having no cover charge makes people happier to spend their money on raffle tickets. There is also the option for people to throw money in the bucket if they want. This way people are not obliged to pay anything but can pay more or less based on what they can afford/what they see fit.

Good stuff. Great to see John Colleary added to the lineup as well.

grames_bond

Bck in work today to see the package from WWE arrived - Holy f*ck is it heavy! They actually sent us the deluxe WWE Championship belt worth $446.66 (incl vat)

Good God that is generous! Shipping up to be the best gig ever!

Stereomaniac

So will we be seeing you in your profile picture with the belt hanging over your shoulder then? Or maybe you could get your manager to stand behind you and hold it up in the air, like Paul E. Would be cool to see some snaps of the thing if that's possible man!

grames_bond

I have it at home with the raffle prizes thus far! I will take some pictures later and post them!

Stereomaniac

Good stuff!

grames_bond

Sorry for the delay lads - here she is, in all her shiny glory!!



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Stereomaniac

You should totally walk around the place with that on you between now and the gig and then whoever wins it on the night will have to make you tap out to get it away from you.

Galvasean

Delighted to finally announce the 3 extra comedians that complete the bill:

- Marcus Olaoire: Regular on The Republic of Telly and The Savage Eye.

- Gordon Rochford: Founder of Comedy HaHa and star of the hilarious 'Spare Room.

- Greg Marks: "If Ali McCoist, Ricky Gervaise, Brian Cowan all rode Mary Harney, the bastard child of that UNIQUE sex session".

Stereomaniac

Nice one on gettin Marcus!

grames_bond

Each year one of the highlights of the night is the raffle and this year is no exception, you could win one of these amazing prizes including:

Ukulélé
Transforming Postman Pat
Elizabeth Arden "splendor" perfume
Luxury "L'Occitane En Provence" bath & shower kit
Hypnose Senses by Lancome Perfume kit
Meal for 2 voucher for Seagrass restaraunt Portobello
TGI Fridays meal voucher
Butlers Chocolates Presentation Box
Sweet Treats Brownie Bites Maker
Food Hamper
Tin of Roses
Selection of Alcohol
Scarf & Glove set
17" Kermit the Frog plush toy
Assorted Board Games
"Fufris" Laughing Monkey
Bert & Ernie Plush toys
The Great Dino Race Book
Plus More....

Raffle tickets €1 each (a line for €5) available on the night or contact either myself of Galvasean!

Stereomaniac

Is that a toy ukelele or is it a real one? (I know there's very little distinction between the two)

grames_bond

Tis a toy one - but as you said probably not much in the way of difference!!

Galvasean

There will be a free shot for all attendees at the door thanks to the good people at Piranha.

Stereomaniac

Ah crap. I just noticed the date is actually the 8th. For some reason I had the 9th in my head!

grames_bond

The 8th > The 9th

Stereomaniac

Well yeah, but it's because Kerbdog are playing in Spirit at the same time as your show!!

grames_bond

Hey guys,

As you all may know WWE gave me a WWE championship belt to help with the Santa strike Force! (Worth $470)

Well I am auctioning it off and if you want to bid now you can - pm me your highest bid and I will go with increments of €10 (so I won't jump straight to your max!)

Every penny goes to the Santa strike force! And I will arrange for collection!!

Dig deep folks!!

Losty Dublin

grames_bond wrote: »

Hey guys,

As you all may know WWE gave me a WWE championship belt to help with the Santa strike Force! (Worth $470)

Well I am auctioning it off and if you want to bid now you can - pm me your highest bid and I will go with increments of €10 (so I won't jump straight to your max!)

Every penny goes to the Santa strike force! And I will arrange for collection!!

Dig deep folks!!

Any photos/details of the belt handy? Just so we know what we are bidding on

grames_bond

If you go into the Santa strike force gig thread there's one there!! (On phone so I can't!!)

jaykhunter

There are pics in the main Santa Strike Force gig thread :
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056807818

I'll merge this with the main thread tomorrow and change the name.

Stereomaniac

I am very confused, was this event not on tonight? I was in Dublin tonight, but came home.

Lord TSC

I bid the following...



:P

Galvasean

Just got the total counted.

€1,020

We are delighted!

Stereomaniac

Congratulations guys. Would have liked to have been there but I had to support my hometown heroes on the other side of the river. Will there be anything else being organised next year, during the year, as opposed to just at Christmas, perhaps some music?

Galvasean

Actually, we have a VERY wrestling specific idea which we were talking about yesterday.

Watch this space.

Stereomaniac

Okay, well, I'm watching this space. Be sure to let us know and eh, remember the difference between Saturday and Sunday when you are promoting the next one as well, ha.

grames_bond

Find me anywhere that I said it was on Sunday!! That was your mistake methinks!!

I said Saturday the 8th from the start!!

Stereomaniac

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-vIwaRGBjo

jaykhunter

yep it was last night (Saturday). Head was fried from editing all day! Moving this to the sticky.

Galvasean

Stereomaniac wrote: »

remember the difference between Saturday and Sunday when you are promoting the next one as well, ha.

From the OP:

grames_bond wrote: »

When: Saturday the 8th of December

Also check our sigs. We never said it was on Sunday.

Stereomaniac

Well you might want to check back all of the threads where it's mentioned then.

Anyway, you just lost a customer.

jaykhunter

*I* said Sunday in error yesterday Stereo. No need to get snippy at these lads, it's my fault.

Stereomaniac

I wasn't being snippy, I just don't like being doubted.

DM_7

Galvasean

For those interested (or perhaps those who couldn't attend), here is a review of the event.