ZestFest 2006 is pleased to extend this invitation to all hot sauce collectors to experience the excitement of ZestFest 2006 all weekend long!
Collectors can purchase a special collectors badge for $25 that will provide entry to the show on Friday, Sept. 8, from 11 am – 5 pm, Saturday, Sept. 9, from 10 am – 5 pm and Sunday, Sept. 10, from 10 am – 4 pm. ZestFest is closed to the general public on Friday, and regular adult admission on Saturday and Sunday is $10 per day.
Collectors must register in advance for a Collectors Badge that will be picked up at the box office/credentials booth at ZestFest 2006. To register, email Pam Betz at Pambetz@aol.com with the name, city and state of each person who will be purchasing a badge.
Registration deadline is August 31.
27 responses to “Collectors @ ZestFest 2006”
Very cool. Iguess I have til the end of August to decide if i’m going.
I think huvason should just go and stop thinking about the downsides! ha This is a pretty cool idea. Not too much longer!
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Hmmmm – Go and Have a great time for the enitre weekend. Come home and get shot by my crazy wife…… Hmmmmm – tempting (and I am considering it!)
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All right you all have fun this weekend and keep it hot. If I don’t get back on tonight I will talk too all next week. Oh If Leroy shows up at anybody house. He is harmless. He can sleep in the garage tell him to leave the gas alone. And you could give him a Barbie doll to play with. Did I tell you he Love’s dog. Show him the train tracks the next day and he will be on his way. Later
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Well i need to be really careful if he shows up here. I have a bull-dog named Chooch (found wondering the railroad tracks – Choo Choo), those 2 might not get along too well together then. But Chooch can definately show him the way to the tracks.
Huv, she can hold Isabella as long as she wants(all women love babys)
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She won’t come… If I go it’s me and anyone else I can talk into (probably me brother). He bigshow….. any space in that room?
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We’ll always find away!
Thanks for info!!! Look forward to meeting everyone!
He’s a bit bashful to claim credit, but this ‘collectors badge idea’ was something that CaJohn has been pushing for awhile. I think it is a great idea, from a seller/manufacturer point of view. So many times we (vendors) are approached with the “I is thinkin’ of maybe startin’ up a hot sauce type company- please give me one of everything you got for samplin’.” There are serious collectors (found here) and the non-serious collectors with the micro-perf, home printed biz cards, looking for all the free stuff they can get, hurt them. Not to fault them, but that makes us a bit cynical when it comes to *all* collectors. This goes a LONG way to legitimizing the true, quality collectors and should benefit them in the long run. Kudos to Chile Pepper for trying this out! And kudos to Nick & John for getting it done!
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Yeah, CaJohn & I pushed this through, a big thanks to Chile Pepper for entertaining the idea and letting us try it out. More to come for ZestFest 2007!
Speaking of pushing something through, here is another ebay auction for Jim Campbell’s Step up for Charity fundraiser. Here’s the auction!
HAPPY BIDDING!!!
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Thanks for the heads up Tracy! you rock man!
❗ Good Night All ❗
yay another auction wooo hoooo go jim it’s yer birthday we’re gonn bid like it’s yer birthday LOL I crack me up
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Thanks 🙂 Actually the birthday was August 6th when the bidding for the #1 set finished. I don’t know if that was intentional or not, but Nick can go ahead and claim credit that it was 🙂
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It might take a show or two for it to take off, but I think this is just an outstanding idea… especially from a vendors’ point of view! Until you’ve stood on ‘this side of the booth’ for a crowded show like Albuquerque, you can’t appreciate how this will help the real collectors get the time & attention they deserve.
Thanks again Nick!
Jim,
Awesome accomplishment !!!! We are going to Ebay our #1 Signed bottle of INSANE Death in the Desert, and donate the proceeds to you.
Our last #1 went for $70 I think on ebay, with this being a charity bottle for you, Im sure we can do better. Also, the next Illegal Alien, the lettuce picker, same thing, #1 will go to you my friend.
I’ll get you the bottle after we get the labels done and you can sign it also if you wish, I think that would be great.
Anybody that can help me link this together, I would really appreciate it.
We’ll talk at ZF
See ya gang !!
AZ Jack
OOPS
Help with the way Tracy posted the link, I should have been more specific.
ZESTFEST: Anyone flying into DFW around 1:30 or so on Friday? Danny and John and I are driving but my wife’s flying in then and I was looking for someone to split a cab with her direct to the Will Rogers center. We’re staying at the amerisuites and you could throw your bags in our booth and then even catch a ride back to the stockyards with us after the show. Shuttles suck and take too long. She’s flying back sunday around 5 so maybe you could split it that way as well. Email me at lee@D—-C—.com if you’re interested.
Lee@DC said: you could throw your bags in our booth
Be wary of this offer! When you try to get it back Lee’s face goes into convulsions while growling sounds spew from his mouth! 🙂
[Comment ID #52503 Quote]LOL! Sorry dude, you came back at the wrong time. Should have brought beer back with you, I guess.
Should have brought beer
At least a case with 24 virgins each carrying bottle! LOL
We’re good dude! But it’s a moment I’ll always remember! LOL
Should have brought beer
At least a case with 24 virgins each carrying a bottle! LOL
We’re good dude! But it’s a moment I’ll always remember! LOL
WHOA! How’d I manage that?
Nick and all your friends;
Please stop and see Spike and I at booth 707 during ZesT Fest. It was great meeting you and The Mississippi Sauce King at Firey Foods. We’re
all packed and ready to work our butts off.
See you there;
Sparky
As I stated on the forum, anyone buying any kind of bottled sauce, whether it s a collector issue or not should take into consideration transporting it back via commercial aircraft. With the recent terrorism stupidity, you may find any sauce bottle getting confiscated. Pack a couple USPS Priority Mail boxes in your luggage and ship them home from the hotel. I think your T-59 will look better on YOUR shelf of Doom than in a confiscation bin.