MCBF

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This is a place for Ken, Sauce, and Shawn to organize their huge, pulsating brains for the Multnomah County Bike Fair. This year's bike fair is on Saturday, June 23. Which is soon. The bands/competitive events will go from 2pm until 7pm.

Contents 1 Bands/Entertainers 1.1 Booked 1.2 Contacted 1.3 Potential 1.4 Declined 2 Competitive Events 2.1 Blind Race 2.2 Chin Down 2.3 Pie Joust 2.4 3 bikes, 2 people, 1 moving entity 2.5 Chariot Whiplash 2.6 Figure 8 Foot-down Derby 2.7 Bike Joust 3 MCs 3.1 Potential 3.2 Bullhorn 4 Judges 4.1 Shifts/Who 5 Volunteers 5.1 Hot pants time keepers 5.1.1 Shifts/Who 5.2 Competitor sign-up booth 5.2.1 Shifts/Who 5.3 Equipment changes/cleanup 5.3.1 Shifts/Who 5.4 Hot make-out sessions with coordinators 5.4.1 Sound Engineer 6 Sound Equipment 6.1 Secured 6.2 Needed 7 Extras 8 Timeline 9 To Do Lists 9.1 Ken 9.2 Shawn

Bands/Entertainers

We want some sweet and some harder. Bands play at least a song or two all by their lonesomes, and the rest of the set will provide the soundtrack for the competitive events.

Booked

• Coney Island Cartel
• Gatas en Zapatas
• Johnny Punchclock
• Sukey Tawdry (Devin's band -- www.myspace.com/sukeytawdrypdx)
• Sprockettes
• Brakes
• Velo Vixens
• BC Clettes
• Clowns

Contacted

• The Maybe Happenings
• The Spokes (Belligerante Band) -- They want to play, they would be fun and they are raucous. Do we have room?! I emailed Ted to say that unfortunately I don't think we have room. His phone number is 503 504 7109 in case there is a last minute cancellation that we need to fill.

Potential

• Doctor Moss (contact Buffalo Dave)
• Alan Singley and Pants Machine
• Drats!!!

Declined

• Golden Greats (out of town)

Competitive Events

All competitive event winners are subject to judges' approval.

Blind Race

• Time needed: 20 min.
• Coordinator: Buffalo
• How it works: Slow race, and if there's time, foot-down derby. Open class.
• Equipment:
• Rounds:

Chin Down

• Time needed: 10-15 min
• Coordinator: Kelly Peach
• How it works: Chin on handlebars to finish line. Ride over junk. Try not to get hurt.
• Equipment: Junk.
• Rounds:

Pie Joust

• Time needed: 20 min or less
• Coordinator: Shawn
• How it works: Ride by each other, throw/smear whipped cream pie. Person with most coverage loses. Kids preferred.
• Equipment: Pie makin's, minis
• Rounds: 5 or 6

3 bikes, 2 people, 1 moving entity

• Time needed: 10-15 min
• Coordinator: Kelly peach
• How it works: Only 1 bike can be pedaled. Get it all to the finish line first! 2 sets of competitors at a time.
• Equipment:
• Rounds:

Chariot Whiplash

• Time needed: 20 min
• Coordinator: Um, Shawn?
• How it works: Whiplash tied to gladiator.
• Equipment: Chariot and bike from Gabe, whiplash from Gabe, other chariot from Benji, other bike from Shawn.
• Rounds: 4

Figure 8 Foot-down Derby

• Time needed: 30 min
• Coordinator: Sauce
• How it works: 2 prelim rounds, top 4 or 5 go to final(?)
• Equipment: Big orange traffic barrels
• Rounds:

Bike Joust

• Time needed: 40 min
• Coordinator: Sauce
• How it works: Maybe not just tallbikes this year. Minis, unis, minis vs. tall?
• Equipment: some bikes, lances.
• Rounds:

MCs

MCBF Hotlist

• 1:45-3(?): Ayleen and Kiran
• 3-5: Shantastic and Noelle
• 5-7: Dan and JoAnna

Potential

• Noah (The sort-of clown-related old-someday-lounge guy)
• Michael "Freshy Fresh" Jones

Bullhorn

From Shawn G.?

Kelly Peach has a megaphone too, not necessarily a bullhorn, but still helpful?!?

Judges

Shifts/Who

Three judges per shift.

• 2-4: Nickey Robo, Eliza, Nature Boy
• 4-5:30: B-lo Dave, Meghan, Timo
• 5:30-7: RevPhil, Kelly Peach, Joshua Dallman

Volunteers

Hot pants time keepers

2 per shift. Need signs that say...

• 5 minutes
• 1 minute
• Applause!
• <Please think of better things!>

Shifts/Who

• 2-4:30: Lapis, Mandy
• 4:30-7: Bethany

Competitor sign-up booth

Need 2 people each shift so sign up competitors.

Shifts/Who

• 2-3:30: Half-pint
• 3:30-5: Natalie
• 5-6:30

Equipment changes/cleanup

Help sweep up and move band equipment as necessary. Need 2 people per shift.

Shifts/Who

• 2-3:30:
• 3:30-5:
• 5-6:30:

Hot make-out sessions with coordinators

Any and all half-dressed hotties

Sound Engineer

They are going to work out between them when they will work both will be down there at 1:00 and be there all day.

• Seamus Campbell (503-731-0971, conform@deadgeek.com)
• Jasun Wurster (wursterj@hotmail.com)

Sound Equipment

Some of the equipment we can ask bands what they are willing to share, others Sean Waterman might have, others we may have to rent/borrow.

Secured

• Soundboard
• Amps
• Speakers
• cables for connecting amps and speakers to soundboard
• 2 microphones and microphone stands from Shawna Gore (Gatas En Zapatas)
• Sukey Tawdry have a bass amp and a guitar amp and drums they are willing to share. If we can get some equipment from everyone then we don't need to ask them for all three but at least the potential is there.
• Big cable for stage to sound equipment connection from Timo.
• Arnold is bringing an amp

Needed

• CD player
• Microphones (for bands and MCs simultaneously)
• Microphone Stands
• Chairs (for sound engineer and bands)
• Power Cords/outlets

Extras

• Fabric competition numbers: need fabric, sharpies, safety pins
• Signs for time keeping
• Prizes? Meh?
• 2 push brooms for cleaning floor for dance troupes

Timeline

To Do Lists

Ken

• Put bolts for arch in gasoline

Shawn

• Shawn G bullhorn
• Ask Brad about arch
• Find chariot and bike for whiplash; find coordinator?