Queenstown Winter Festival 2010

[reelcollectibles]

Possibly a tad tardy (and I have to quadruple check my spelling as I write this - 5 Guinesses down the track), but the annual Queenstown Winter Festival/Reel Collectibles/Outpost 42 event is upon us.

Every year we roam the streets in a float parade in 501st costumes to the delight of fans... and we will do so again in about 11 hours.

Earlier tonight though, we managed a small military coup
Members of Outpost 42 led the Prime Minister onto the stage for the opening of the Festival, to the tune of Imperial March no less. 10 members were on stage with the PM in front of an estimated 5,000-10,000 people and a Youtube audience of ...??

Keep your eyes peeled on Facebook, Flickr, Youtube and other related forums over the weekend as we have a new Queenstown record of 17 SW characters and 3 non-SW Movie/TV Costumed characters in the float parade and available for photos at the Family Fun day.

[MattG]

Awesome; glad to hear it's started well. Sounds like a great turn out! Really looking forward to seeing interesting pics, including of that big crowd of costumers.

[Anaria]

Haven't found any photos yet, but Stuff.co.nz mentions the SW troopers in their article

Look forward to hearing how it all went

[mdb]

http://www.scene.co.nz/festival-parade- ... 424a1.page
Heyheyhey, congrats
http://www.scene.co.nz/winter-festivals ... 423a1.page
A few piccies around about picture 40. Sorry you'll have to wait for the gallery to scroll through

[MattG]

Movie merchandise supplier and parade regulars Reel Collectibles won the business category with its posse of Star Wars characters hitting the streets.

Nice work - congrats to those involved!

[reelcollectibles]

Great links thanks mdb, and woohoo!

[MattG]

I've seen some of the cool pics on the Facebook pages of those were there - Hugh, did you get any photos on your camera at all?

[reelcollectibles]

I've seen some of the cool pics on the Facebook pages of those were there - Hugh, did you get any photos on your camera at all?

There's heaps actually Matt, from a few different members as well. We'll be sorting through them soon and posting up a selection

[Harvey Mushman]

Not a bad idea, was it?

I think we did some great work, Hugh.

[Anaria]

Seen the group photos around online - you all looked great Glad to hear the weather played nice for the weekend, sounds like it was an event to remember