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Just wanted to take a minute and let everyone know that The_Don has left the building. On September 24th Don was working on their property and encountered a yellow jackets nest while on the lawn mower. He told his wife Jean that he was stung approximately five times. He had no previous history of any type of bee sting allergies. Within approximately 5 minutes of parking the lawn mower and getting into the house he began to have breathing problems, went into anaphylactic shock and passed away. We met Don and Jean at the first Dublin boogie where Don made his first skydive. He became my right hand at the event and helped us tremendously as the event grew. He ultimately went on to complete AFF at several different drop zones and made Skydive Atlanta his home DZ. Jean went on to make her first jump soon after and became a licensed skydiver also. I have lost a lot of friends over the years both in and out of the sport, I have to say that this is a tough one.

FitzBoogie.com and SkydiveFitzgerald.com Presents: The 17th Annual St. Patrick's Day Celebration Boogie Fitz 2020 March 19th-22nd in Fitzgerald,Ga The setup party starts on the 15th. Below you'll find the basic info for the boogie. You can find local hotel info at http://www.FitzBoogie.com. You can post any questions here or on the Facebook event page below. We look forward to seeing everyone soon. What we have to offer: Multiple aircraft, (No one can say we have ever been in need of lift power at this event), Helicopter(pending) and balloon jumps, Large covered packing area,Private group/packing tents available (info at FitzBoogie.com), Huge landing area and all of South Georgia is an out if needed, Organizers for all levels and overall friendly people to jump with the newer jumpers, Swoop pond and Tandem skydives for your friends. What we have on site: Free camping and showers, Full service RV hookups, Food service provided by Miss Georgia (a Fitzgerald local who took good care of us on Sunday last year), Nightly bonfires and stupid human tricks, Live music Sat. night. (maybe Friday also) and a St. Patrick's themed costume party on Sat. night. What we have close by: About a mile and a half to Hotels, Restaurants, Liquor stores, ChinaMart (WalMart) and ATMs (CASH ONLY ON SITE, we have very limited means to process credit cards on site) You can find info at http://www.FitzBoogie.com , Facebook at , http://www.SkydiveFitzgerald.com FitzBoogie.com and SkydiveFitzgerald.com Presents: The 16th Annual St. Patrick's Day Celebration Boogie Fitz 2018 March 14th-17th in Fitzgerald,Ga The setup party starts on the 11th. Sorry for the copy and paste. Below you'll find the basic info for the boogie. You can find local hotel info at http://www.FitzBoogie.com. You can post any questions here or on the Facebook event page below. We look forward to seeing everyone soon. What we have to offer: Multiple aircraft, Two Otters booked at this time. (No one can say we have ever been in need of lift power at this event), Helicopter(pending) and balloon jumps, Large covered packing area,Private group/packing tents available (info at FitzBoogie.com), Huge landing area and all of South Georgia is an out if needed, Organizers for all levels and overall friendly people to jump with the newer jumpers, Swoop pond and Tandem skydives for your friends. What we have on site: Free camping and showers, Full service RV hookups, Food service provided by Miss Georgia (a Fitzgerald local who took good care of us on Sunday last year), Nightly bonfires and stupid human tricks, Live music Sat. night. (maybe Friday also) and a St. Patrick's themed costume party on Sat. night. What we have close by: About a mile and a half to Hotels, Restaurants, Liquor stores, ChinaMart (WalMart) and ATMs (CASH ONLY ON SITE, we have very limited means to process credit cards on site) You can find info at http://www.FitzBoogie.com , Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/1082746185222995/ , http://www.SkydiveFitzgerald.com Registration $45 Lift Tickets $27 Balloon Slot $150 Reservations made with me at, Chris at RoamingDZ dot com Chopper TBA tentative I'm still working on this Tandems $200 T-Shirts $20 Observer ride $40 in Otter. RV Slot $30-35 (I'm waiting for word from the city) a night, full hookups Camping FREE!! Does NOT include power. Registration $45 Lift Tickets $27 Balloon Slot $150 Reservations made with me at, Chris at RoamingDZ dot com Chopper TBA tentative I'm still working on this Tandems $200 T-Shirts $20 Observer ride $40 in Otter. RV Slot $30-35 (I'm waiting for word from the city) a night, full hookups Camping FREE!! Does NOT include power.

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One asshole caused the problems that caused me to move the Dublin Boogie. RoamingDZ.com,Proud sponsor of The Rack(v.2.0)National Hanging Out Tour. You are coming to the St.Patricks Boogie right??

For those that should be in the base but insist on going last. RoamingDZ.com,Proud sponsor of The Rack(v.2.0)National Hanging Out Tour. You are coming to the St.Patricks Boogie right??

Don't forget that Jennifer has volunteered to work with a group also. So come out and join the group.You are guaranteed to learn something. RoamingDZ.com,Proud sponsor of The Rack(v.2.0)National Hanging Out Tour. You are coming to the St.Patricks Boogie right??

Oh yeah, If you don't intend on being on the record but would like to sit in on the camp that will be fine. We will get someone to organize for the younger jumpers too. RoamingDZ.com,Proud sponsor of The Rack(v.2.0)National Hanging Out Tour. You are coming to the St.Patricks Boogie right??

Come hone your RW skills in preperation for the Georgia State RW record that is slated for attempt at the 2010 St.Patricks Day Celebration Boogie in Fitzgerald,Ga. March 18th-21st. Fortson Rumble and Jack Donavan will be coming up to lead this camp.I will let them post details about the camp.Fortson and Jack are both World Team members. We are looking for a local video person who would be able to shoot video for up to 20 ways. There will be a small fee TBA to help with packjobs for the organizers and video person. I may even come out of video retirement to help out with this. Edit: I was contacted by Jennifer Jones,she has volunteered to work with some of the younger jumpers who would like to attend. She has been on many bigways,is a World Team member and will be on The Jump for the Cause in September. RoamingDZ.com,Proud sponsor of The Rack(v.2.0)National Hanging Out Tour. You are coming to the St.Patricks Boogie right??

Excellent post. Someone who has something to say. Better then the verbal diarrhea that other have posted. I think J will read this and hope he will put some thought into what he trys to promise in the future. I his defense, I have had events fall apart at the last minute before. I had a birthday boogie planned once and the chopper and the band canceled on me a day before the event. All I could do was do my best to fix it, which didn't happen. Some people were upset but for the most part it was ok cause everyone came for other reasons. IMO, I would (and have) forgotten about the big names. The young jumpers get what they need from the local talent and those willing to jump with them for free. I supply slots for organizers, I don't know what agreement Skyfest had with the DZ.edit: To clarify,when I lease a plane by the slot,I make sure the aircraft owner is giving me X amount of organizer slots per full load. When I am leasing by the hour it's all on me. I'm not going to defend J on these things,I think he has some things to address. However, I am with Jello-J when he says to those trying to tear the event down, Go build your own event,get the big names and the cool aircraft. Build the perfect event where nothing goes wrong and then come talk to me. RoamingDZ.com,Proud sponsor of The Rack(v.2.0)National Hanging Out Tour. You are coming to the St.Patricks Boogie right??

If you would like to start a thread where people can post about how they have been screwed then do so. I bet no one will post with their real names or recognized accounts. It will be a bunch of I heard this and so and so said that. That being said, I have heard little bits and pieces from both sides over the years and the funny thing is neither side has ever stated a specific case of being screwed. It has always looked to me like a case of lack of a proper agreement so both sides felt like things didn't go right. Can anyone see why I hold my events off of DZs? Funny thing is I have been accused of screwing the DZOs cause I'm taking business away from them.I'm just a bastard that way. RoamingDZ.com,Proud sponsor of The Rack(v.2.0)National Hanging Out Tour. You are coming to the St.Patricks Boogie right??

This is starting to look like a classic example of "Lets circle the wagons and beat up on the outsider". In most cases there are three sides to every story, both sides and the truth. In this case there are many more. You have the DZ side,Skyfest side, the locals side, the visitors side,the ones that didn't attend side, the outside aircraft owners side and...well some of you will get my point. I'm not going to beat up on anyone here. In some ways the event was a success, in others it was not. I think there were things that were not worked out ahead of time and it came back to bite everyone involved.Notice I said everyone involved. IMO the two people that have posted beating up on J have no valid opinion and should have no voice here.You made the decision not to be involved and it worked out for you. I've been to two Skyfests and had a good time at both. J is my friend and if he asks my opinion I'll ask a few questions and I'll give it to him. Tony Thacker is my friend. If he asks my opinion I'll give it to him. I hope to be working with Gene Paul on a fund raising project for the National Skydiving Museum. Whether or not everything should be addressed in a public forum I'm not sure. I think a summary of what changes will be made to make things better in the future might be in order. From what I understand though Skyfest will not be in Raeford next year(assumed from both sides) and Raeford never has boogies so the problem is solved for the unhappy locals. In the future maybe you should think about coming out and asking Tony what you can do to help. RoamingDZ.com,Proud sponsor of The Rack(v.2.0)National Hanging Out Tour. You are coming to the St.Patricks Boogie right??

That would be me! We do a "DZ for a day" a few times a year there. BS, MEL Shit next time you do this crap let me know! I live across the freakin's street (literally) yo!!! I didn't know they allowed it at the airport. I went up there the last few years for the fly ins and they said the city wouldn't let anyone jump for some reason. I mean, hell people would enjoy seeing that at a fly in. Let us all know. That is something the RoamingDZ would be all over. RoamingDZ.com,Proud sponsor of The Rack(v.2.0)National Hanging Out Tour. You are coming to the St.Patricks Boogie right??