Quad State Herf 7 (Wounded Warrior Event) - Saturday, Aug 11th

After a few phone calls and a number of S/BOTL wanting to schedule their vacation, we have locked down the date for this year's Quad State Herf. It will be Saturday, August 11th from 1000 (10am) until dusk (roughly 2000/8PM) and the location is West Point's Recreational Area (Round Pond). It will be the same location as last year being that it was a big hit and all. It will be a day of relaxing, enjoying great BBQ (prepared by Sean Keever and his crew - Muzzle Brake BBQ aka: Big Guns BBQ) and a number of outdoor events, i.e., volleyball, basketball, horse shoes, fishing, swimming, paddle boating and much more. The recreation area is large enough to comfortably accommodate 200 - 250 guests.

The cost to attend the Quad State Herf is the same it was last year, $50.00 per person (half for food and drink and the other half for the "benefit"). As always, the West Point Warrior Transition Unit (Wounded Warriors) will be the benefit of the event along with "Wings for Warriors" http://wingsforwarriors.org/. As always, each guest will receive a very nice "goodie bag" and there will be plenty of stuff being raffled off at the event.

Below is a map of the area as well as Round Pond's website:

http://www.westpointmwr.com/ACTIVITY...OR/Roundpd.htm



The actual address for the area is: 1348 Round Pond Road, West Point, NY 10996.


Guest & Sponsor Lists as of 6 Jun 12:

Stogieman - Charlie Baranyai & Beth + 12

Sean Keever (Doin' the BBQ) + 6

tony-ny - Anthony

Set-In-Stone - Austen Miller + 1 dad (Bayamos - Robert)

thefatguy - Ian Cowen + 2 (Ronnie Biscardi & Shawn Abrams)

Shibumi - Jeff Kreisberg + 1

rob300c - Rob Schmidt

ironpeddler - Gary Roberti + 4

thechenman - David Chen + 2

MOBIG - Jesus Rivera

Chris McCann

badwhale - Will Hanson + 1

craig - Craig Seko

Irish79 (IrishRenegade) - Dan McCauley

scottw - Scott Wolven + 2 (dad - Larry & buddy Repo John)

khari

Machine - Chris

asmartbull - Al

Bxcigrfan - Pete (Gamaliel Vallejo) + 1 (Uncle George)

Eddie Ortega - Ortega Cigars

Madrican - Nelson Rodriquez

ilcchef2 - Ralph Croteau

adresher - Andrew Dresher + 2

Dusty - Dustin Schmidt (Torano Rep)

Geoff Lawson

TheCigarChick - Lindsay Heller

uptown_isy - Israel Markevitz

Sean Fitch

BlindedByScience - Tom Larsen + 1

Tall Paul - Paul + 1 (Simon)

Statey - Mark Scarselli + 5 (Sal Vitiello, Mike Panzera, Mike Lopez, Anthony Polizzi & Mike Decker)

Nashkicker - Jim Nash

MarkJr - Mark Maloney + 2

Diesel Grinch - Chris Tognetti + 1

Streetrod - Frank Maniscalco + 3 (Jeff, Nick & Mike)

Bravo Lima - Bill Latta

moonman - Bruce

Big Rich - Richard Nosek + 10

Pitty - Jay Pittman

Joebunaga - + 1

Bayamos - Robert

David Bourne

Gary Junior - Gary Ricci Jr.

Marco - + 1

Ciro + 1

Noel Patrick Horkan

Eric Driscoll - Christian

Quentin K. Crank

Ronald Beekman

ironmikecw - Curt Williams + 1 (wifey - Karen)

Tim Becker

David Lafferty - East Coast Manager for Drew Estates & JDN

Jay Jaffee

Steve Jaffee

Scotty - Eric Scott

Delarob - Bob Dreibelbis

Big Keith - Keith Sweitzer

Rob Tompkins

Sam Hauspurg

Joe Cherny

Big D - Francisco A. DioDonet

Gary Ricci

Tazman (Tazman711) - George + 6

Malcolm Johnson + 2 (Jon Johnson & Jeremy Decker)

speedracer - Fernando + 3

Bob Tishi + 3

Light this! - Kristopher + 3


SPONSORS

Tobacco Village (Keystone_Raider) - Greensburg, PA

J. Barbera Tobacconist - Garden City, NY

Ortega Cigars - Sunrise, FL

Butthead's Tobacco Emporium - Danbury, CT

1st Class Cigar Humidors - Pompano Beach, FL

Torano Cigars - Miami, FL

Humidipak, Inc. - Wayzata, MN

Lighters Direct - Forest Hills, NY

Uptown Cigar Company - West Palm Beach, FL

Cascade Cigar - Portland, OR

Camacho Cigars - Miami, FL

Ashton Distributors Inc. - Philadelphia, PA

J&D Cigars - Miami, FL

Cigar International / Cigar Bid - Bethlehem, PA

Atlantic Cigar Company - Stroudsburg, PA

Brotherhood Winery - Washington, NY

CigarsOfHabanos - Hong Kong

The Guayabera Lady (Berta R. Bravo), Coral Gables, FL

Ted's Cigars - Louisville, KY

Joya de Nicaragua - Miami, FL

Yuengling Brewery - Pottsville, PA

Rodrigo Cigars, Inc - Bethel Park, PA

Smokeinn, LLC - Florida (6 locations)

La Flor Dominicana - Coral Gables, FL

Humidor Minister (Bill Wyko) - Tucson, AZ

Johnny-O!

Reinado Cigars (armhsmoker) - Rutherford, NJ

Oliva Cigar Company - Miami Lakes, FL

Miami Cigar & Company - Miami, FL

Finest Cuban Cigars.com - Hong Kong & Switzerland

Pinar Del Rio Cigars - New Orleans, LA

William Johnson - Las Cruces, NM




As more info comes up, I will update this post....... :smiley37:

I will start my back exercises now to be in shape:smiley20:

Up for camping again or going in on one of the buildings.

Assuming the PA entourage is attending, I'm in.

Could go to PA the day before ... hmm. I like Schlessinger's <sp?> though. Being able to eat and smoke a cigar at the same table is nice.

I'll be happy to go in again on ticket splits ;->

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Could go to PA the day before ... hmm. I like Schlessinger's <sp?> though. Being able to eat and smoke a cigar at the same table is nice.

I'll be happy to go in again on ticket splits ;->

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Would statistics indicate that we'd have all the good ones this year? A law of averages, or something?:smiley36:

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Originally Posted by badwhale

I will start my back exercises now to be in shape:smiley20:

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Originally Posted by craig

Up for camping again or going in on one of the buildings.

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Originally Posted by Irish79

Assuming the PA entourage is attending, I'm in.

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You three are good to go. I have a good feeling that we'll have a few more campers this time........ :smiley2:

I'm in with at least 1.

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Originally Posted by Diesel Grinch

I'm in with at least 1.

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Got you Chris, see you soon...... :smiley2:

Guest & Sponsor list updated today. Time to contact sponsors to make this another great event........ :smiley2:

Sounds good Charlie...when will you start accepting money?

Looking forward to meeting Beth this year...can't wait to talk to the gal that puts up with your shenanigans :smiley36:

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Originally Posted by ironpeddler

Sounds good Charlie...when will you start accepting money?

Looking forward to meeting Beth this year...can't wait to talk to the gal that puts up with your shenanigans :smiley36:

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I'm keeping here away from you Gary as you'll look eye to eye with her (you both being 5' 1" and all), LOL....... :smiley36:

Pretty soon about the collecting money thing, around the beginning of June. I'll let you all know....... :smiley2:

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Originally Posted by stogieman

I'm keeping here away from you Gary as you'll look eye to eye with her (you both being 5' 1" and all), LOL....... :smiley36:

Pretty soon about the collecting money thing, around the beginning of June. I'll let you all know....... :smiley2:

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See Charlie, you think you know everything...I'm 5', 1 1/2"....so I could probably take her in hoops!


Sounds good, just say the word....

10 weeks from today we'll be putting together the "Goodie Bags", afterwards making sure we didn't forget something and then later on head over to Hudson Valley Cigars for an Ortega Cigars pre-event........ :smiley37:

The Guest & Sponsor List is updated as of this morning.

Guys, you can send in your payments now. Please make you checks or money orders out in my name as I have to distribute funds accordingly:

Charlie Baranyai
104 Harold Ave
Cornwall, NY 12518

Let me know when you send it off and I'll reply with a receipt message. Talk with you all soon........ :smiley37:

Good to go Charlie....I'll start making the calls and have the money to you ASAP :smiley20:

Sounds like it's going to be another fantastic event from the "Herf King"....:smiley2:

Will (badwhale), your check made it yesterday, good to go brother....... :smiley37:

I got your check yesterday Craig, good to go. I have 5 camp spots reserved already (same place as last year to include the one you had with power. Jeff (shibumi), my nephew Gary, a crew from Texas and I'm sure a couple of others will be there as well. Sorry to say that George Anderson will not be joining us this year, they have other plans already. See you soon........ :smiley37:

Well everyone, the sign-up list is now closed as we have reached the threshold of 200 guests. You can still sign up to attend but will not get a goodie bag unless we have cancellations at this time. I will start a standby list now and add that under the current guest list. I'll update as we go along........

30 days and counting........ :smiley37:

15 days and counting, yeah baby....... :smiley37:

Looking forward to this... looking forward to another rousing rendition of "Oh Canada" too! ;-)

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Originally Posted by craig

Looking forward to this... looking forward to another rousing rendition of "Oh Canada" too! ;-)

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No. This year it will be "Oh Pennsylvania" hopefully.:smiley4:

I will gladly split tickets with you (and Dan), and once again, you can decide which (losing) tickets to keep. ;-)

However, as with Rob last year, I am not anticipating a repeat... after all, there are boxes that I haven't even started to smoke from :-).

I was planning on taking most of the winnings home this year as it's my turn.

DG

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I was planning on taking most of the winnings home this year as it's my turn.

DG

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No, no no no no. That's all wrong. I am planning on taking most of the winnings. It's my turn this year!

It is *not* my turn this year :-)

7 days and counting, woooo hoooo....... :smiley37:

Campsite confirmed; US$ bought; empty coolerdor ready! :-) (I'm not bringing any cigars this year. Hmm. I have an idea for a contest! :-)

Well guys, we are 5 days out and Sean has posted the menu on Facebook, here it is:

https://www.facebook.com/events/372386759439078/


Charlie, the cook team is ready and looking forward to this Saturday. This year we have members coming in from as far away as Kansas to help out.

We will serving 2 separate complete meals with snacks in between to make sure that nobody is hungry.

The menu for the day looks like this;

Lunch; 1130-1300 (11:30 - 1PM)
Assorted grilled Esposito sausages;
Italian w/ provolone & broccoli rabe
Italian w/ peppers & onions
Bratwurst
Chicken w/ jalapeño & cheddar
Andouille
KC Style BBQ ribs
Assorted salads & sides

Snacks; 1400-1500 (2pm - 3pm)
Texas Brisket nachos
Smokey Chicken wings

Dinner 1630-1830 (4:30 - 6:30)
Big Guns award winning Pulled Pork
Simply Marvelous BBQ Chicken Breast
Santa Maria Tri Tip
Assorted sides and salads


And last but not least, Ryan and the Depot Wines & Liquor team will be onsite setting up an exclusive whiskey tasting for everyone's enjoyment.

Looks like its going to be another great year!

We do not have a drooling smiley. This will have to suffice: :smiley30:

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We do not have a drooling smiley. This will have to suffice: :smiley30:

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How about this one....... http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/9571/lustt.gif

Updated Information in reference to the event.
As the weather guessers are predicting rain we are prepared for any weather situation. We have a large pavillion on location and this year we will have 2 large tents being erected as well to protect the guests from any inclement weather.

As far as a time line goes, here’s what we have scheduled so far:

10 am - 12 noon (or when ever you can get here) Check-in and welcome.
1130 – 1 pm Lunch: Assorted grilled Sausages & KC Style Ribs (along with sides and salads)
12 noon Official welcome and introductions
2 pm – 3 pm Snacks: Texas Brisket Nachos & Smokey Chicken Wings
2:30 pm First set of raffles
4:30 pm – 6:30 pm Dinner: Big Guns award winning Pulled Pork, BBQ chicken breast and Santa Maria Tri Tip (along with sides and salads)
5:30 pm Second set of raffles

We have the pavilion until 8 pm so there’s no rush to leave as we will have plenty of food, drinks and cigars to enjoy. For those that are traveling, be safe and I’ll see you all soon....... :smiley37:

Thanks again for a great event Charlie!

IIRC, over $12k raised for Wings for Warriors and the Wounded Warrior Transition Unit. Well over 200 people in attendance.

The BBQ guys came Friday and had the smokers going all night. A separate crew cooked for Friday while the main crew prepared meat for Saturday - so Friday was lobsters and clams and sausage and hot dogs for those camping. The sausages and dogs were simply the best I have ever had.

Saturday, Diesel Grinch was the big winner of a very nice cab of HdM IIRC. I won a few times but gave the wine and Havana Club back for re-drawing. (Customs doesn't like when I have too much booze and too much tobacco.) I now have a nice collection of Gurkha tin signs(!), a CAO cap, and a small box of the new Ortega Series D No. 12, the first (non-ISOM) cigar that I have seen in a while with no cello.

The BBQ was awesome - see menu above. The whisky/whiskey tasting was great, with a variety of Scotch, Irish, and American available. The leftovers - both Irish, made it back to the campsite, where I cured Will of the hiccups (Badwhale and friend and Irish79 camped out on Saturday.) During the day there were also Italian Ices to sample, which were extremely popular when the sun was beating down.

Just like last year, I drove through heavy thunderstorms coming down and going back, but the event itself was rain-free despite predictions.

Hope to see more folks from here next year!

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...where I cured Will of the hiccups

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drinking water "backwards" who knew?

Yes, thanks to Charlie for another great event!

Will

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drinking water "backwards" who knew?

Yes, thanks to Charlie for another great event!

Will

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That sounds suspiciously like an enema.........Craig, what did you do to Will!?!?

LOL

You guys need to take, and post, some pics for those of us that can't make it.

Sounds like a total blast and it's definitely a worthy cause!

Some pics at Cigar Pass (Charlie's home board) http://www.cigarpass.com/forums/topi.../page__st__180

Charlie and his crew at work...:smiley36:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...r/DSC01632.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...r/DSC01586.jpg

Awesome day for all, especially the Wings for Warriors and the Wounded Warrior Transition Unit Funds...Thanks Charlie!