Summer Hummer Report

by Roger “Bug” Woodke

 You Can’t Do That On Stage Anymore – Title of a Frank Zappa album.

  We’ll have to wait and see if there are any special stage rules at the Hummer, but I doubt any of our ABATE members could get as wild as Frank did. I hope you are busy making your plans for Summer Hummer 2019. Before you know it, June will be upon us and the time for wowy-zowy fun will be at hand. The dates for this years’ bash are June 13th to the 16th at ABATE Acres in Greenwood. Gates open at noon on Thursday the 13th. Prices are $25 in advance for members, $50 for non-members. At the gate $30 or $55. A single day pass is $20. You can renew or purchase a membership at the gate as well as rent picnic tables and fire rings, get firewood, grab your weekend program and peruse the map of the grounds to find out where your favorite deviates are camped. Also, this is where the lovelorn and lovesick should sign up for Thursday evening’s The Dating Game or The Newlywed Game presented by Products Co-chair Stephanie. Help can always be used at the gate so ask Bill or Betty for a time and they will accommodate you.

  Thursday features the aforementioned romance games as well as music by Mp3/CD in the bar. Help your group decorate your campsite for the Best Campsite Theme Contest. Weirdness accepted. The big bonfire is also on Thursday.

  Centrally located on the grounds are a modern bathroom/shower building, the bar building with ATM, cell antenna booster, bar chip and raffle tickets table and ABATE Products in the BOD meeting room, the music tent and vendors area both for food and for merchandise.

  Fun packed Friday has plenty to offer with a Bikini Bike Wash from 1 to 5 pm, individual Beer Bobbing competition, Bar Stool races and a Kornhole Tournament. And of course, live music under the tent with Your Mom The Band up first followed by Back Alley Kings.

  Don’t sleep in too late on Saturday because there’s a lot going on as the Kornhole Tournament finishes up. There will be the ever popular hearing aid inducing Loud Pipes Contest, a Tattoo Contest for those with epidural art, Bike Games, Regional Beer Bobbing where the individual who snags the most beers in the event will have their name etched on a permanent plaque to be displayed in the bar, and more Barstool Races. Under the tent the music begins with Blues Tortured Souls followed by Hyde. Between bands the winners of the Best Themed Campsite, Newlywed/Dating Games, Kornhole Tournament, Loud Pipes and Tattoo Contests, Beer Bobbing, Barstool Races and weekend and Statewide Raffles will be announced.

  Now, if all this is not enough to keep you busy for the weekend contact one of the fine folks listed below to help out in an area of your choice. These people work all year to plan this event but need bodies to help pull it off. Besides it’s a great way to meet new friends and members and share your knowledge and expertise.

 As Frank would say, “Great googlie mooglie!…I got a girl with a little rubber head…”.