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Beach party in the rain? Hell yeah!

Tuesday, June 19th, 2012

A quick wrap up from all on the Meetdraw 14 team for those of you who missed the event or possibly bailed due to the weather… we know who you are! :)

Given that we opted for a “Summer Beach Party” in June, we’d be forgiven for thinking we could rely on the sunshine to adorn the event but alas the English weather let us down once more. From blazing sunshine on the Wednesday and even on the morning of Thursday the 14th June, it turned to torrential rain and gale force winds just in time for us to serve the hog roast (courtesy of Folk). Luckily we had a backup plan in the form of the community hut/room on the top of Branksome Dene Chine where all that turned up could huddle, keep warm and partake in the free beers from White Circle Productions.

Now I suppose you can work out that indoor hog roast and beers worked out just fine with several people commenting that”…it was easier to network due to the confined space…”. Something you may not have expected to work in the rain was our as advertised Twitter treasure hunt and we fully expected this to flop due to the torrential rain. How wrong we all were! Of the 120 or so people at Meetdraw 14, we got at least half of them to partake in the treasure hunting fun. In good spirits, team after team braved the weather to follow our clues to the prizes! Here’s a little pic of some of those brave soles…

Meetdraw 14 Treasure hunters in the rain Meetdraw 14 Treasure hunters in the rain Meetdraw 14 Treasure hunters in the rain

Despite the weather, people made an effort to come down when the easy thing would’ve been to cry off. We think that says a lot about Meetdraw but please leave us your comments and feedback below and stay tuned for announcements of the next event, Meetdraw 15, in September. Almost forgot to mention the up coming conference also in September… the line up this year is terrific!

Stats

Attendees: 120+
‘White Circle Video Productions‘ beers consumed: 144+
Weight of Folk Digital hog consumed: 50kg or so
Amount of apple sauce smothered on: 4.5kg
Number of destroyed Meetdraw umbrellas: 6
Treasure hunt prizes won: 71
Satisfaction: Guaranteed

BIG thanks also go out to our sponsors, without whom the event would really have been very much!

Please tweet them to show your appreciation…

White Circle Video Productions » @whitecircleuk

Folk Digital » @folkdigital

Branksome Beach Restaurant

Boxed Veg  »  @boxedvegtv 

Dirty Velvet  »  @Dirty_Velvet

Poppy Mae’s coffee shop  »  facebook.com/matt.poppymae

Smokin’ Aces cocktail bar and whiskey lounge  »  @smokinacesbmth

The Living Room  »  @ourlivingroom

Little Red Roaster

 

 

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Summer beach party anyone? – Meetdraw 14

Wednesday, May 30th, 2012

OH NO!

The initial release of tickets appears to have been snapped up faster than you can say ‘hog roast’ and all in under 48 hours! I think that may be indication that the Summer Beach Party is going to be the best yet :) . Keep your eyes on @meetdraw, Facebook and here on the site for more updates if your one of the many still in desparate need of a ticket!

All is well again, more tickets have been released :)

 

The Summer Beach Party is finally here! Yes it’s the event of the year where you can grab your costumes again and take a dip in our lovely ocean with a meaty hog roll in one hand while doing the twitter treasure hunt with the other hand.

  • It’s on the 14th June 2012 at 6pm
  • Venue is the Branksome Dean Chine Community Room
  • We have a whole hog to roast, complete with apple sauce and rolls
  • There will be a treasure hunt via the @meetdraw twitter account so make sure you are all following us already
  • It’s bring a bottle of your favorite tipple because there is no bar and we all know how us creative / digital types like to let our hair down
  • It’s completely FREE!
  • Even if it rains we are still on for a top event inside so please still come along to see how we do the treasure hunt inside! … I’m not even sure yet but it will happen :)

Alright already I’m coming but what to do next?

It’s easy all you need to do is pop on over to http://meetdraw14.eventbrite.com and register to attend.
Tickets are free but we need to know how much hog to roast on the night so registering will really help us! :)

White Circle Productions and Folk have kindly put their hands in their pockets to fund this event and to ensure it stays free for all so pop on over to their sites and see what they’re up to as a way of saying thank you.

White Circle Video Productions logo     We Are Folk Digital logo

OK I have my ticket from Eventbrite but where is this shindig?

Just in case you weren’t present at the event we did here two years ago I have even embedded a map below to show you exactly where its all happening. Be there at 7pm or we may have eaten all the hog before you get there!

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