501stCast Episode 63: February 5th, 2011: New Year, Same Dedication to Troopin’!

Show Notes: Episode LXIII (February 5th, 2011) Hosts:  Joe Stevenson (TK-6064), Nicky Blum (DZ-8397) and Adam Scott (RC-6124) Content Development:…

Show Notes: Episode LXIII (February 5th, 2011)

Hosts:  Joe Stevenson (TK-6064), Nicky Blum (DZ-8397) and Adam Scott (RC-6124)

Content Development: Nicky Blum (DZ-8397) and Dean Plantamura (TK-899)

Post-Production: Andy Fairbanks (ID-8169)

Recent News

Quimbé, Portuguese Yoda, joins 501st (TX-3788)

Final TK Helmet Project helmet’s donation total (closed auction)
Steve Sansweet joins Twitterverse (also on Facebook)
TK-1564 interviewed (article)
Friend of the Legion Joe Zettelmaier recognized (All Things Childish)
New Honorary Members

Dan Wallace (blog)
Nick Gillard

Romanian Outpost CO interview
New series of 501st trading cards released
Stormtroopers on Hawai’i weather forecast (video)
501st Shout Out in Joe Schreiber’s Red Harvest
DK Books & LEGO make donations on behalf of the 501st & Rebel Legions(DK Star Wars)
Reminder – Legion elections are underway (501st Legion charter)

Mission Reports

Garrison Titan supports Toys for Tots – in field report from TD-9993
501st in Disney’s Very Merry Christmas Parade (parade video, Star Tours video)
Bloodfin Garrison presents armor to Make-A-Wish teen (video1, video2)
Great Lakes Garrison troop Muskegon Lumberjacks 4th annual SW night (photos, Facebook photos, Facebook video)
Hong Kong Outpost visit pediatric ward
Carolina Garrison at children’s Christmas party
Dewback Ridge Garrison visits children at Medical Center
Belgian Garrison at Music for Life
Empire City Garrison visits Stonybrook hospital (photo)
Portuguese Lusitanian Outpost visits Lisbon hospital (video, Facebook video)
Georgia Garrison in New Year’s Chick-Fil-A Parade (photos)
Hong Kong Shadow Outpost in Time Square for NYE countdown (photo)
Dune Sea Garrison in New Year’s Fiesta Bowl Parade (video)
Southern California Garrison helps announce SW LEGO miniland exhibit (photos, News10 video, LEGOland video, article)
Garrison Titan promotes Where Science Meets Imagination coming to Seattle’s PSC (photos)
Garrison Excelsior at Binghamton Senators hockey game (photos)
Dewback Ridge Garrison at 1st annual Albuquerque Comic Con

Star Garrison at Oklahoma University Basketball with Peter Mayhew (photos1, photos2, R2photos, video, SWblog)
Bast Alpha Garrison runs “Shoot the Trooper” at Wizard World New Orleans (video1, video2)

New England Garrison supports Blood Drive (photos)

Upcoming Events

Great Lakes Garrison supports The One Man Star Wars Show – Feb 24th-26th
Great Lakes Garrison at Port Huron Fighting Falcons Star Wars Night – March 12th
Canadian Garrison troops Wizard World Toronto – March 18th-20th
New England Garrison in St. Patrick’s Day Parade – March 20th
Star Wars weekend at The Strong’s National Museum of Play – March 26th-27th
Wondercon 2011 coming to San Francisco April 1st-3rd
Huge annual LEGOLand Germany event – June 4th-5th

Shout-Out

Redback Garrison and those in Cyclone Yasi’s path

Honorary Member Birthdays

LFL Artist Randy Martinez – Jan 7th
Author Terry Brooks – Jan 8th
Star Wars artist Tommy Lee Edwards – Jan 8th
Felix Silla Ewokin the Glider – Jan 11th
James Earl Jones – Jan 17th
Author Matthew Stover – Jan 29th
Peter Sumner aka Lt. Pol Treidum – Jan 29th
Warwick Davis aka Wicket W. Warrick – Feb 3rd
Robot Chicken Creator Seth Green – Feb 8th
Composer John Williams – Feb 8th
Jeremy Bulloch Boba Fett and BH-5211 – Feb 16th
C-3PO Anthony Daniels – Feb 21st

Unit Anniversaries

Alpine Garrison – 8th Anniversary in January

Icelandic Outpost – 8th Anniversary in January
Sith Lord Detachment – 6th Anniversary in January
Belgian Garrison’s Prospectors Squad – 2nd Anniversary – Jan 8th
Dune Sea Garrison’s Judland Wastes Squad – 3rd Anniversary – Jan 14th
Brazilian Division Garrison – 10th Anniversary – Jan 15th
Terror Australis Garrison – 7th Anniversary – Jan 18th
Mexican Garrison’s Baja Squad – 1st Anniversary – Jan 21st
Malaysia-Brunei Outpost – 5th Anniversary – Jan 23rd
Timberline Garrison – 1st Anniversary – Jan 29th
Old Line Garrison – 7th Anniversary – this month
Florida Garrison’s Makaze Squad – 6th Anniversary – this month
Garrison Carida – 9th Anniversary – Feb 10th
Bolivian Outpost – 3rd Anniversary – Feb 18th
Central Garrison’s Minnesota Wolf Pack Squad – 2nd Anniversary – Feb 20th
Wisconsin Garrison – 1st Anniversary – Feb 20th
Canadian Garrison’s Imperial Fortress Squad – 1st Anniversary – Feb 23rd

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