Thread: Party with the Stanley Cup and help Echoes of Hope

Originally Posted by Rickac99

I agree, it was SUPER HOT in there!! It was organized pretty organized well considering there were tons of hammered people there. There were at least 200 people waiting to get there pictures taken. Jay Flats was the emcee and they were giving away Luc bobbleheads and autograph photos. The place went CRAZY when Luc walked in with the cup!! The DJ played "We are the Champions", the TV's were showing the Stanley Cup video. At at that point tons of people rushed up to the table to take photos of the cup. If you had a pre-sale ticket, you were given a wristband and called to the line in groups of 20. I was in the third group to be called. I bought two photos. One taken with my i-phone (not a good idea, $5 donation) and one with the professional photographer (great idea $20 donation). The professional photographer has a photo printed in a picture photo in about 15 minutes. No downloading or links were offered. All that took about 45 minutes. I then waited around 15 minutes to get my photo taken with Luc, who was patient enough to meet EVERYBODY that wanted to meet him. What a class act! It was all pretty organized. There was also a silent auction for tickets and team signed memoribilia. Bailey was there too and natutarally he was the life of the party! It was a great night! Many thank to Luc for giving us the opportunity to have our photos taken with the cup! All the money went to the Echoes of Hope charity that is run by Luc's wife, Stacia. All in all, I am thankful to finally have my chance, as a long-time fan, to have my photo taken with the cup! Mark that off my bucket list! - Rick

I gotta disagree on the organized part. The lady at the front of the line seemed more interested in chatting than doing her job. I heard the keeper of the cup tell her a few times after the group gettin their picture taken was finished n she was just yackin away instead of letting the next person through that he "had to leave at midnight so she needed to hurry up so everyone had a chance". But i was in the first group called and left right after picking up my professional picture. It was stupid hot in there. But it was great and i am happy.