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Fall SAMBOREE 2010

Wetzel County Fairgrounds in New Martinsville, WV
September 10-12, 2010


The 2010 WV Fall Samboree--Will be held at the Wetzel County Fairgrounds in new Martinsville, WV. The Samboree will include entertainment, door prizes, goody bags (one per rig), kids goody bags, raffles, seminars, breakfast, hospitality, games, theme contests, SAMGO, commercial exhibits, flea market, Thursday night potluck dinner, Chinese auction & a campfire (with popcorn) each evening. Please watch our website for special events and forms. Decorate your rig for fun for this Samboree. Bring your WVGS Memorabilia for Jim Wilson! Check out the WVGS Facebook. Decorate for your favorite movie or star!

DIRECTIONS:Rt. 2 to New Martinsville. Go through the first traffic light and take Rt. 7 east 200 feet past the light to the fairgrounds just 2 miles away. Signs will be posted.Out of consideration for our staff, please try & plan your arrival by 6pm each evening. No one will be parked during opening ceremonies on Friday evening from 6pm to 9pm. Wetzel County has a full service bathhouse.

The facilities at the Wetzel Co. Fairgrounds include 30amp electric and water for the first 135 units pre- registered. Other limited electric will be available on Wednesday afternoon, September 5. There will be water available for fill-ups. There is a dump station on site. Emergency phone numbers are 1-304-482-7576/7568 (Wise cell phones); Wetzel County Sheriff 1-304-455-2430. You must have a fire bucket/fire extinguisher in front of your rig.

$45.00 per rig (2 adults) if post marked by August 25, 2010. 17 & under free—see below. Over 17 $10.00 per additional adult in rig per night.

$55.00 if postmarked after August 25, 2010. $10.00 per day for members without rigs--per day per person. Early birds $10.00 per night per rig. Please do not mail us registration forms August 25, 2010. We spend Samboree week at the Samboree & we are not home to receive applications. Walk-ins must register at registration and pay day fees of $10.00 per person.

WV Good Sams Fall 2010 Samboree Contest
It is all about having fun—for each Chapter and each Staff Family!!










If you are the one chapter and the one staff family that get the most fall Samboree applications turned in You will get to throw pies at the WVGS State Directors at the fall 2010 Samboree!

Each chapter and each staff family needs to do to the following:
· First get a red pen:
· Now get your WVGS Fall Samboree Applications:
· On the front side of the application on the bottom:
· Where is says signature and today’s date:
· Chapters under this line print in your red pen: Pie—chapter name:
· Staff print in red pen: Pie—staff last name:
· Need more Samboree applications—print them out!:
· We will keep a tally as the Fall Samboree 2010 applications arrive at the house.:
· Contest ends midnight August 25, 2010:
· Winner will be announced at the Fall Samboree opening ceremonies.:
· Pie throwing on Saturday at the Samboree!:
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· We encourage each chapter to do crazy fun games at their meetings and campouts!
· Other campers see you having fun and they will want to join in your chapter fun!
· Does your chapter have a bean ball baseball game?
· A bocce ball game? A ladder golf game? A set of horseshoes? A washer game?
· Get them out of the RVat each chapter outingand invite others to join you.
· Then talk to them about Good Sams; your chapter and the Samboree.
· Ask them to join your chapter! Invite them to your next campout or outing.
· Tell them about our WVGS website and WVGS Facebook page!
· Do your homework and be prepared.
· Have chapter brochures/schedule; business cards; WVGS flyers; Samboree applications ready.
· Have your WVGS yard sign and chapter banner prominently displayed.
· Take pictures and post on your chapters Facebook page.
· Take pictures and send to the Wises for posting on the WVGS website!

· How about a crazy fun game as a chapter fund raiser at the Samboree?
We have lots of fun games in the WVGS State trailer that you and your chapter can get out any time and play!
· Challenge another chapter or another state to a game!
· Bring your chapter games to the Samboree and challenge other chapter to play with you!

Other Samboree Contests

The WVGS Samboree has the following contests at each Samboree. Below is the list of contests and the Assistant State Directors will coordinate the contest at the Fall 2010 Samboree. We hope you will want to participate in the fun and games!

Staff Skit--Pritts and Zontek
RV Judging--Coleman and Dailey
Pet Costume Contest--McComas and Parks
Costume Judging--Adkins and Floyd
Pull Tabs--McVaney and Fink
Pie Throwing Contest--Raikes and Wise

We encourage chapter to get their own games out at the Samboree and challenge others chapter or other states to join in the fun.