August 21st - The Capital Cigar Society Festival Gala

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Ladies and Gentlemen,

The Capital Cigar Society is proud to announce its first Annual Festival Gala on Thursday, August 21st from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 P.M. To kick off our fundraising efforts to open a private club we will host a dinner featuring the cigars of Pete Johnson of Tatuaje! These cigars are blended by one of the hottest names in our hobby, Don Pepin Garcia. The dinner will be held at:

[SIZE="4"]Extra Virgin
4053 Campbell Ave
Arlington, Virginia[/SIZE]

The dinner features four courses: an appetizer course, a pasta course with two choices, a main course of either pork or fish and a dessert. Having eaten here several times, I must say the food is absolutely spectacular. We have arranged outdoor and indoor seating to accommodate 75 guests.

Although dinner is certainly something to look forward to, for the Capital Cigar Society, appreciation of the leaf is always the focus of our events. Tatuaje, in partnership with Leesburg Cigar and Pipe, have provided us with a great cigar menu including the following cigars:

Tatuaje Series P P4
Tatuaje Miami Regios
Tatuaje Havana VI Angles
Cabiguan Guapo RX
La Riqueza No 1

Each attendee will also receive a specially engraved Capital Cigar Society Palio Cutter! So before you are even seated, you will have received an $85 value. Pair that with a fabulous $75 meal and the value of the evening increases to $160. With a ticket price of $100, this is an event not to be missed.

The other sponsors for this event include:

Nub
Xikar
Johnny Walker

We will materials provided by these sponsors in a raffle that will kick off at 6:30 p.m. and run throughout dinner. You will automatically receive one raffle ticket upon your arrival. Additional raffle tickets may be purchased for $10 each prior to and during dinner.

Among the raffle prizes are:

2 boxes of Romeo Y Julieta Coronitas En Cedros
2 boxes of Ramon Allones Small Club Coronas
2 Xikar Cutters
5 Tatuaje Cutters
5 Tatuaje Hats
1 Romeo Y Julieta Humidor (MSRP of $600)
2 cabinets of cigars to be provided by Cigar Czar
Hats, T-shirts, Lighters

Additional raffle prizes will be added for each increment of $500 of raffle tickets we sell. For example, once we surpass $500 in raffle tickets, we will add an additional Romeo Y Julieta humidor and 2 boxes of cigars. If we surpass $1000 in raffle ticket sales we will add more great prizes.

Cash, check, credit card or interweb payments will be accepted for tickets purchased prior to the event. Only credit card or cash will be accepted at the event.

To make a payment with cash or check please contact me, Bryan Winston, 703-981-1681, bryan.winston@capitalcigarsociety.com or our Vice President, Rapheal Delgado, 703-635-4560, Raphael.Delgado@capitalcigarsociety.com. To pay by interweb payment or credit card contact our Treasurer (Mark Neff, 703-282-3892, mark.neff@capitalcigarsociety.com) Again we have 75 tickets for this event and they are expected to go fast so act now!

[Volt]

Brian, can't make it up there, but I wish you and the Club all the success.

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Im weak, very weak. Email sent.

The first get together was great, and this looks like its a cant miss evening.

[Addiction]

Going to bump this so people see it, still have loads of tickets left gang!

[Addiction]

Still beating the drum for this. I'll be setting up the page on the site that shows the exact menu this evening.

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Bryan, lets meet this week for me to hand over the cash. Im looking forward to this even, it looks like its going to be a great time

[tsolomon]

Bryan, on Thursdays I'm usually working out of my Baltimore office, but I think I'll stay in DC on 8/21 and come to this.

[skibumdc]

Bryan,
I'm doing my best to see tonight if I can clear my calendar for that date.

I do find one thing humorous. CCS is giving out Palio cutters.....but Xikar is a sponsor.

lol. I want to see the face the Xikar rep makes when he sees the goodie bag and he/she is a sponsor.

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Originally Posted by skibumdc

Bryan,
I'm doing my best to see tonight if I can clear my calendar for that date.

I do find one thing humorous. CCS is giving out Palio cutters.....but Xikar is a sponsor.

lol. I want to see the face the Xikar rep makes when he sees the goodie bag and he/she is a sponsor.

Actually Palio is a sponsor as well. These guys have al played reasonably nice together to support our cause.

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Gang,

You can make your payments via CC or interweb by visiting the website: http://www.capitalcigarsociety.com/ccs82108dinner.html.

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I just bought my ticket. Im Looking forward to it.

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For those who have wanted to see the menu selections you can follow the link: http://www.capitalcigarsociety.com/i..._gala_menu.doc

[n3uka]

So what is Dorade?

The menu is making me hungry already. Can't wait for this great event.

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Dave, Im looking forward to seeing you again. This is going to be a great night.

[Scud]

Damn, I wish I was heading out to visit my brother!! Sounds like it's gonna be a great time.