Announcing

the

2005 Indiana Spring Yo-Yo Meet


May 21, 2005

West Lafayette, IN


The 2005 Indiana Spring Yo-Yo Meet will take place at Happy Hollow Park in West Lafayette, IN.  We will start at 11:00 am (or whenever people show up) and go until the evening.

Plenty of soda and other drinks will be provided, and in the middle of the afternoon we'll be catering in from Arby's.  That's right... when have you been to a yo-yo meet and had a seemingly unlimited supply of roast beef sandwiches and curly fries right there waiting for you to eat them?  Never!  It just doesn't happen!  Oh yeah, and don't worry... you'll definitely be able to drown your sandwiches with plenty of Arby's and Horsey sauce.

West Lafayette is a location that is quite ideal for a yo-yo meet.  Sure, there aren't a lot of players residing in West Lafayette, but there will be players coming from various parts of Indiana, such as Indianapolis and surrounding cities.  There will be players from Michigan coming down south.  Yoyoers from Illinois will also be heading over to hang out for the day.  I've also talked to a couple groups from Ohio and Kentucky.  Who knows where else people may come from!  So this is not just a small Indy meeting.  This isn't a simple Michigan meeting.  This isn't a little Chicago meeting.  This will be a huge meet in which we all unite!

What?  You don't think you have a ride to a meet this far from you?!  Sure you do!  Get a ride to the house of the nearest yoyoer to you, and then carpool!  It's cheaper anyway!

I have used Happy Hollow Park for a meet I hosted on June 7, 2003, and it is a wonderful location!  I have reserved shelter 3 with tables, which will be helpful for eating as well as protection from the sun.  There's a big open field next to the shelter, as well as a wooded area.  There are also a couple playgrounds to yoyo on.  It's a great park for filming!  The entire park is 81 acres, and is very easy to get to.

The more people who come to this meet, the more fun it will be.  So remember... if you do come, it'll be more fun than if you don't come!  If everybody keeps this in mind, that should be good reason to come.  It's all up to you.  More people means more tricks to learn, more people to show off to, more trading, more selling, more fun, and everything!

Happy Hollow Park is located 5 easy miles from exit 178 of I-65.  You can find the map and directions on MapQuest.

If you plan on attending, please let me know!  I'd like to have enough food for everybody, and I can't do this without an approximate number of people who will be there!

I would also appreciate donations so that the food and shelter costs aren't too insanely high for me.  Thanks for understanding.


If you have any questions, feel free to contact me (Paul Brill) in any of these ways:
E-mail: hex@paulbrill.net
MSN: pb@paulbrill.net
AIM: paulbrill (Add me) (IM me)
If anybody needs a place to crash on Friday or Saturday night, let me know, and I'll try to hook you up.