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Event is confirmed. Please note the arrival time of 11:00AM to be ready in costume by 12:00PM, ending at around 2:00/2:30PM. That will give anyone interested in making the Mystic event straight afterwards time to make the drive up the coast.

Example of the certificate: If you are an approved member of the CTG and you would like a digital copy of your "Certificate of Membership", please make a post in this thread stating the following information: Full name ID# and prefix at time of approval Date of approval. Exact day is preferred (you should have gotten a welcome email from the 501st on that date) but otherwise just a month and year. If you were approved in the last 2 years I can use the correct signatures for CO??(Sarah Bailey or myself) and GML (Andy Tanski or John Hajnal). If you were approved before that, the current CO and GML will be used. Please check your post a short while after providing your information - a link to .pdf copy of the certificate will be embedded.

Please welcome??Quentin Salgado??@Iconic_ctinferno??(TX??37053),??to the ranks of the 501st and??CTG!??Quentin has been a recruit for some time and has finally finished his Del Meeko build. He has also been doing a good deal of our PR-related tasks behind the scenes this year.??I can't wait to see his awesome costume in action next weekend.

Glad you liked it.

It should be - I'm waiting on a response from the event host to confirm the timings. Considering we're also going to be at Mystic that evening, I figure 12pm - 2/2:30 is probably a good timeslot. When I get the email back we can move it to confirmed.

You got a pic of the helmet glossed up? It looks beautiful in the pre-gloss pictures.

The New Haven St. Patrick's Day Parade is the??largest, single-day spectator event in the State of Connecticut, and one of our longest running troops. The weather forced us out of attending in 2019 but let's bounce back with a good showing in 2020! This post is a save-the-date. Further details will be posted in the run up to the event. Pictures from 2018:?? ?? ?? Topic is for discussion of event.?? To Sign up/RSVP for this event, please visit the calendar link:?? [POSTPONED] New Haven St. Patrick's Day Parade

?? Event Name:?? Star Wars Rise of the Skywalker Premiere Venue:?? Cinepolis Luxury Event Start:?? 12/19/2019?? - 5pm Event End:?? ?? 12/19/2019?? - 9pm Expected number of attendees:?? 1500 Requested number of characters: As many as possible! Changing area available. Blasters fine. Parking okay. Accessible venue. Event host comments:??Opening night of the movie, Star Wars Rise of the Skywalker.??1 ticket to any movie of their choice, Popcorn & soda included. My comments: Might be fun if you want a chance to see the movie for free. ?? ?? Topic is for discussion of event.?? To Sign up/RSVP for this event, please visit the calendar link:?? "Rise of Skywalker" Premiere, Cinemark West Hartford

Event Name:????SPACE??EXPO Venue:?? New England Air Museum Event Start:?? 4/4/2020?? - 10:00am Event End:?? ??4/4/2020?? - 4:00pm Event Website:??www.neam.org Expected number of attendees:?? 800 Secure changing/staging area: Yes (plus food + drink) Weapons: Okay Event Host Comments: Our annual??SPACE??EXPO??is the largest celebration of all things??space??in Southern New England. This event is open to the public, and serves 800-1200 visitors annually. Referred by:?? We've worked with the CT Garrison for the past several years and would love the opportunity to bring them back again this year. We make an charitable donation every year in their honor, and will be glad to do so again this year. Photos from 2019:?? From 2018:?? ?? ?? My Comments: Another save-the-date. This is becoming a rather long-standarding troop for us! Usually we do this in two shifts of 2 hours or so with an hour lunch break in the middle. 2019 had an extremely high turnout and I'd love for us to match that in 2020. ?? Topic is for discussion of event.?? To Sign up/RSVP for this event, please visit the calendar link:?? Space EXPO @ The New England Air Museum

Further details:??http://business.middlesexchamber.com/events/details/2020-middletown-pride-parade-registration-13304 Photos from 2019:?? We're looking to put in another application for the Middletown Pride Parade in 2020! This year was a great success both for us and the organisers. Obviously this is just a "save-the'date" but I'm already looking forward to getting to wave my flag again! Further logistical details will be posted closer to the date of the parade. Application cost is $50 - if you'd like to contribute towards the cost, please paypal your donation to treasury@ctg501.com with a note stating what the funds are for. ?? Topic is for discussion of event.?? To Sign up/RSVP for this event, please visit the calendar link:?? [CANCELLED] Middletown Pride Parade 2020

Congratulations and welcome!

Welcome to the 501st, sir.

Completed missed this. Welcome to CT Ryan!

Event Name:?? Northern Lights Venue:?? Mystic Aquarium Venue address:?? 55 Coogan Blvd. ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? Mystic, Connecticut ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? 06355 ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? USA Event Start:?? 12/7/2019?? - 6pm Event End: ?? ?? ??8:30pm Event Website:????https://www.mysticaquarium.org/event/northern-lights/2019-12-07/ Expected number of attendees:?? 4000 Requested number of characters:?? 6 + Requested character types: Secure changing/staging area: Yes Comments: Mystic Aquarium is launching a new holiday event, Northern Lights, opening December 7. It'll be a new special event where we'll be lighting our outdoor exhibits and highlighting our mission to protect our ocean planet, specifically our animal friends who live in the arctic under the Northern Lights. We'll also have a station where guests can write wishes on stars that we will send to men & women in the military serving overseas during the holidays. Each night, we will have a photo opportunity with characters, and we'd love to kick this event off with the 501st Legion. If this date is not available, any other Saturday in December or the first Saturday in January would also work! ?? Topic is for discussion of event.?? To Sign up/RSVP for this event, please visit the calendar link:?? Northern Lights @ Mystic Aquarium

Thank you, Jim!

Thank you for your post, @Kaipurrr.This is something Sarah and I have spoken about this a few times of the course of the last year or so. Here are the pros and cons for merging as I see them. Pros: Greater available pool of resources, both human (as potential staff members and prop-makers) and physical resources (props, table displays, printed materials, etc). Having experienced hands around (that want to get involved) getting people trained and enthusiastic about supporting the Legion is important.?? Better social integration between groups. I know when I started with the CTG I wasn't really made aware that there existed a group in the rest of New England, and certainly wasn't encouraged to socialise outside of the Garrison. This is especially the case with regards to the Rebel Legion and the Mandalorian Mercenaries Costuming Club. A wider range of interesting events for CTG members to be aware of and get involved in, especially in southern MA and in RI.?? Cons: Our branding (what we have of it), name, and organisation would change drastically. We'd obviously be using NEG branding, would have to change our name to reflect a downgrade in status, and we'd lose much of our autonomy to staff our own operations and produce merchandise. Reverting to a squad means we lose 2 voting seats on the Legion Council. Right now the CTG is ridiculously over-represented for our relatively small size - Andy and I are full voting members, and Sarah (as a non-voting representative of the First Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment) is also present. We effectively have more eyes on the discussions right now than most Garrisons many times our member-count. We'd also be dealing with the associated politics and drama of another group that we're mostly unfamiliar with. I'm good enough friends with plenty of NEG people to suspect we'd be welcomed, but there's still some uncertainty there. Speaking as our Commanding Officer, if there was a desire to integrate in the future, I would be open to exploring it. There are some aspects of our current operation that I feel are not sustainable and we would benefit from the additional resources integration would bring. Preserving our identity would be foremost on my mind, however. ?? I'd like to think that we live in a different time now than we did when Connecticut split many years ago.

Oh god yes please. Do want. Welcome, by the way.

I suggest checking with the NEG in their signup thread.??

Tomorrow! I may or may not need to shim my armour to account for the incredible amount of ice-cream I will be eating.

Sarah and I will be there!