2017 "Burning Man" Island Event held back on October 14th, 2017

"Burning Man" Island Event held back on October 14th, 2017 @ Pelican Island on Eagle Mountain Lake

A truly fun night was had out on Pelican Island for our 3rd Annual "Burning Man" Party. Attendance of the membership was an all time high. The weather and the atmosphere turned out perfect. As they say, the stars were aligned perfectly. Everlasting memories were created and some revisited from the past. Mainly from our past president of the Eagle Mountain Classic Boat Club and the creator and architect of this event 3 years ago: Andy Butchard who we lost back in August 2017. He will continue to live on in our hearts and souls as we will continue to carry on the traditions he helped create and carry on his vision of the club. A banner dedicated to him is in a photo below.

Some of the happenings to the event are documented in the Facebook link below:

https://www.facebook.com/events/370104653409495/?ti=icl

Many, many thanks to the volunteers that helped out prepping the island and helped out doing all kinds of things for this event to make it a great one are:

Amanda Arnwine - Island Prep

Jacob Macias - Island Prep, transport, supplies, several boating trips to the island carrying all the supplies, lost & found

Gary Files - Island Prep, transport, In Charge of Event, supplies, Burning Man speech, construction, military rep, lost & found

Stu Mccullough - Island Prep, food prep

Julie Lamont - Island Prep, food prep, decorations

Paul Auger & Jessica - Island Prep. Exterminator, mowing island, plumbing, construction, electrical, lighting, finance, lost & found

Trey Tabor - transportation to island, final island look over

Cyndi Herbig - torches, supplies, marketing, communications, planner, organizer, marketing, decorations, food

Jim Boswell - cooking pig (24 hour job), ceremony, research on Burning Man, communications, military rep

Gary Sebastian - supplies, ceremony with Jim Boswell, generator

Raymond Huyge - construction, burning man builder

Dan Stober - supplies, transportation, construction, burning man, pre Burning Man speech

Wanda Spriggs - torches, marketing, communications, planner, organizer

Wayne Chester - supplies, firewood, transportation

Paul Ruhl - transportation

Jessica Thomas - music coordinator, food prep, dancing coordinator

Lynda Elliot & Ruthie Rogers - medical attention

Nick & Rebecca Karanges - medical transport

Shawn & Judy Cady - transport & shuttle

A big shout out to these members

Starting with this group of members who were the first to get to the island and start.

To the peeps that brought food to share with everyone.

To the peeps that spent their own money for things that we needed to pull it off.

To the boat captains that spent gas money to shuttle people to the island and made sure no one was left standing on the island all alone.

And to others that helped with the cleanup afterwards and that went back the next day in the cold & wind which were: Gary Files; Paul Auger; Jacob Macias.