Wally, Jack, Cris, Angel

I really enjoyed myself at Pins Gone Wild III & Pinvitational and was able to meet some great people that I have traded with in the past.

Friday 1/16
About 70 people showed for opening night in the Art Bar. We received goody bags(nice plastic HRH bag) that contained a Hard Rock Live plastic cup, Hard Rock CD binder, a ticket to the Classic Albums Live show going on at Live that night, a raffle ticker, drink ticket, our laminate and a button.
A good amount of trading took place for opening night and the event shot glass was released.
Pre sale tickets went on sale for Sundays breakfast. The third event pin came with the ticket.

Saturday 1/17
It looked to be a turn out of well over 100 people for Saturday. They gave us the second level of the Cafe to ourselves so we had plenty of room to spread out and do some trading.
The silent auctions started and there were some great lots to bid on. There was a Hard Rock jean jacket with 66 pins and a framed complete 2005 New Years Clock set including the never released Orlando Vault pin. There was also city specific baskets from Orlando, Nagoya, Osaka, Uyeno Eki-Tokyo along with other cities.
The first event pin was released Saturday also.

Sunday 1/18
Attendance for Sunday was officially 130. Breakfast was at 8:00 am and was a good way to get the day started. The silent auctions were still on display for bidding.
The second event pin was released and there was alot more great trading happening.
The staff did a great job with the event and I think everything ran smoothly.

Sunday 1/18 Pinvitational
It was a little disorganized getting in to the room but not too bad. I did some trading with quite a few different GM's and had a chance to chat with a few. I chatted with Don from Key West, Scott from Hollywood FL and James from New Orleans. The silent auctions ended and I was lucky enough to win the Orlando basket that contained 2 Tees, 2 Bottle Openers, City Bear and 16 pins. 3 of the pins were pins that never sold in the rock shop and were only given away at a special event, 3 staff/crew pins and 1 White Ambassadors of Rock Guitar only given to Corporate V.I.P.'s
The third event pin was released for those that didn't pre purchase breakfast.