Join SnowPals.org's Snow Season Kick-Off Party!

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We would like to whole heartedly thank the following sponsors for contributing prizes to SnowPals.org's Snow Season Kick-off Party






http://bayareaskibus.com



http://www.snowbomb.com/tahoecard

http://www.skinorthstar.com

http://www.kirkwood.com/

http://www.skiheavenly.com/

http://www.diamondpeak.com

http://sitekreator.com Founder and CEO, Lenkov donated three lifetime SiteKreator web hosting accounts

Also, special thanks goes out to Richard Lubin, Doctor of Chiropractic (Dublin CA) aka the Snowboarding Chiropractor 925-828-8199

San Jose Logitech Ice Skating Arena will be donating some door prizes to be announced at the event.

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Past SnowPals.org Mixer (11/18/05 Ski Season Kick-off Party, w/over 117 attendees) details:

What: SnowPals.org’s Official Ski Kick-Off Party - Hor D’oevres Provided (Page Down to see what we will be ordering)

Join us in our annual snow season kick-off party! We are expecting over 100 participants this year.

Please Page Down to read more event details.

Click here to view last year's party photos

Attend and get a chance to win exciting door raffle prizes such as Tahoe ski lift tickets, Tahoe ski bus trip give away and more...

When: Friday, 11/18/05, 6 pm to 8 pm. You're free to stay afterwards to enjoy live music or join some of us to continue the party by club hopping within walking distance from the Cailfornia RoadHouse Sports Bar

Where: California RoadHouse - click here to view and print directions

California RoadHouse ~ click here to view venue pics
401 Castro Street (corner of Castro St. and California St.)
Mountain View, CA 94041

The party location is a short walking distance from the Mountain View CalTrain station for those who'd like to take public transit to the party, http://www.caltrain.com/caltrain_map.html

(we have reserved an area for our exclusive use - not open to the public)

Who: SnowPals.org (a grass-roots community group of Bay Area Skiers and Snowboarders with over 1,500 members and growing)

Cost: $10 per person. For this event, please be aware that all fees collected goes to paying party, food expenses and prizes. Pay at the door and please bring exact change. Please note: buy your own drinks at the bar. The food is included.

If you like to attend, please RSVP by evite; go to

http://www.evite.com/ski_pal@yahoo.com/1118snowparty

Feel free to invite more people by sending them the above link.

All participants must RSVP so that we can effectively plan and organize this event and order enough eats and allocate enough space to handle the group. To attend, you must be on the above evite RSVP list. There will be check-in at the site.

Bernadette and I are volunteering our time and effort to make this event a memorable one for members. Bernadette have persuaded many Tahoe resorts to contribute to our prize raffles. Actually, she drove to Tahoe to make her rounds at the various Tahoe resorts yesterday to collect prizes and to solicit donations.

Contacts: Bernadette Fife (SnowPals.org Event Organizer), Bernadette@mvcpa.com
and Tim Pham (SnowPals.org founder/co-host ski_pal-owner@yahoogroups.com)

More event details:

Enjoy delicious & mouth watering appetizers that are included in your event fee.

We even worked out some cool drink discounts for you,
from 6pm to 730pm:

$1.50 off well drinks, beer on tap and wine by the glass

Join us as you are in for some exciting prize giveaways.

+ Two Bay Area Ski Bus trips giveaway ( http://bayareaskibus.com )
+ A Snowbomb Tahoe Card ( http://www.snowbomb.com/tahoecard )
+ Bernadette is personally donating a Tahoe night's lodging through apres.org ski club cabin and some bottles of fine wine
+ One Kirkwood lift ticket ( http://www.kirkwood.com )
+ One Heavenly lift ticket ( http://www.skiheavenly.com )
+ 60 two-for-one adult lift ticket coupons to Diamond Peak ( http://www.diamondpeak.com )
+ More lift tickets are arriving in the mail and we will update this info when we have the lift tickets in our hands.
+ A Kirkwood Pull-over hooded Jacket
+ Kirkwood baseball hats
+ Four Tickets to Arts & Crafts/Holiday Gifts shows (formerly Harvest
Fest)
+ Working on more prize donations from Mel Cottons, REI, Any Mtn, the Ski Renter, etc.
+ Lenkov CEO of http://sitekreator.com will generously give away three lifetime SiteKreator web hosting accounts

We are looking for professional massage therapist, spa specialist, sports doctor, physical therapist and other related profesionals to contribute to our prize raffle. If you know of any you can highly recommend, please reply. If you have suggestions for prizes or have contacts that are willing to contribute, please reply. We work on a reciprocal principle. In exchange for the businesses donating a prize, we will invite them to the party for them to display their service offerings. In addition, we will place a direct link to their website on SnowPals.org's homepage so interested members can easily patronize their services.

Click here if you would like to partner with SnowPals.org

Please send your thanks and support by coming out to enjoy a snow season kick-off party to remember and meet members in a fun and casual setting. Bernadette and I would gladly accept any drink offers you might want to send our way for setting up this event for the group.

:-P

This is a great opportunity to expand your contacts for ride and lodging shares. We will have name tags for all and a participants' only contact list. Sign-ups will be available for Tahoe caravan style ski / ride trip to your favorite resort. Sign-ups for beginner's ski and snowboard package for only $25 (one cost which includes rentals, lesson and lift ticket) Tahoe trips are in order too. How much more persuasive do we need to be?

Appetizers we have ordered for the group:

Blooming Onion Flower 5.99
A steakhouse classic served w/ ranch dressing

Smoked Hawaiian Mahi-Mahi Fish Dip 5.99
Served w/ celery sticks and crackers

Lollipop Chicken Wing Drumettes 6.99
Tossed in our spicy orange glaze and serve w/ celery sticks & blue cheese dressing
New Orleans BBQ Shrimp 7.99
Shrimp simmered lightly in their shell with Tabasco butter sauce & topped w/garlic bread

Parmesan Fried Artichoke Hearts 6.99
Served w/ roasted garlic aioli

Fully Loaded Potato Skins 5.99
Stuffed w/ Jack & Cheddar cheeses, bacon, sour cream, & chives

Parisian Baked Brie in Puff Pastry 6.99
Pastry filled w/ brie cheese & caramelized apples

Old Fashion Shoe String Cheese Fries 4.99
Smothered in melted Jack & Cheddar cheeses

What is there to do after the party?

"The Fabulous Vegas Nights" will be playing starting at 9:30pm so you are welcome to continue the party or join some of us at the Apres Ski Club Ski Season Kick-off party at 9 pm. details at http://www.apres.org/ski/skop2005.htm

Come help us bring in the snow season with style, mingle, and meet Bay Area Professionals for Tahoe ride and lodging shares.

Here's a great opportunity to meet members in a fun and casual setting.

We'll have an opt in contact list for participants to help facilitate both personal and professional networking.

In addition, our event greeters will provide name tags for everyone and introduce you to at least three other members to help facilitate conversations and connections.

Also, a sign-up list will be available for small group caravan ski trips to your favorite Tahoe resort.

This party will be our best yet, join us...

Tahoe resorts and local vendors are contributing to our raffle prizes.

If you are a vendor, lodging service or biz who'd like to contribute to our raffle prizes, please contact us ASAP. We will have a featured web page listing all our sponsors and link your biz to our homepage. If you'd like to donate prizes to our raffle, please contact Tim at

timpham95051@gmail.com

Join in the fun:

Enter our best on the slope fashion contest: wear your best on the slope skiing / riding outfit and you might just win a prize; one prize goes to the best dressed guy and one goes to the best dressed gal

Lake Tahoe Trivial Contest: how well do you know the Lake Tahoe area / Ski Resorts? We test your trivial acumen....to be announced at the party

Feel free to invite more people by sending them our event link:

http://skiparty.blogspot.com/