Jekyll Island Beach Music Fest and BBQ Beach Bash

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Jekyll Island Beach Music Fest and BBQ Beach Bash

• Kevin Sparks
• 912-223-9725

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Welcome to Jekyll Island

• The following pictures were taken of the
  competition location, to give everyone an
  overview. After coming onto Jekyll Island, the
  teams will pull into the main parking lot of the
  convention center. The driveway is directly in
  front of the stop sign at the intersection of Ben
  Fortson Parkway (the causeway) and Beachview
  Drive. The teams will enter Beachside Hall to
  check in.

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Entrance to Beachside Hall

• This is the parking lot where the teams will come
  in to check in. The entrance doors are underneath
  the green canopy to the right side of the
  picture.

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The Registration Area

• Teams will come check in inside Beachside Hall.
  We will have a room that is designated for the
  cooks meeting/judges training/team breakfast as
  well as the judging room and a GBA staff room. We
  also will have a room for people to get out of
  the sun and heat if needed.

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Registration Area

• I will also have tables set up in this area that
  will allow for some climate controlled vendor
  areas. For example The BBQ and Chili Times (for
  distributing copies, soliciting subscriptions),
  The GBA (for soliciting membership), The Hambone
  Jam (for advertising the State Championship),
  etc.

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The Judges Chambers

• One room will be designated as the judging room,
  one room will be the VIP room, one room will be a
  cool down room to escape the heat, and the other
  room will be a GBA staff room, where the judging
  tabulation will be done.

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Inside View of Judging Room

• The judging room will have tables set up for the
  judges. This is just an example of the rooms.

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GBA Staff Room

• I have a room designated for the GBA staff. This
  may be used for a board meeting or other staff
  functions of the GBA. The room will also be used
  for tabulating scores.

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Friday Night

• The main feature on Friday night will be the
  concert held in Atlantic Hall. This hall is
  adjacent to Beachside Hall. The featured act for
  Friday night is the Swinging Medallions.
• There will be a DJ playing music outside for the
  cooking teams. He will be available from 9 p.m.
  until 12 midnite.

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Saturday on the beach

• On Saturday, there will be a stage set up on the
  beach and two bands will play from 1 p.m. until 6
  p.m. The bands are the Fantastic Shakers and
  Second Chance. There will be a VIP tent area
  located on the beach deck. There will be portable
  potties, ATM machines, and a beer vendor on
  sight.

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Saturday Night

• The second concert in Atlantic Hall will feature
  Jim Quick and the Coastline Band. All cooking
  teams will receive four (4) free tickets to this
  event. If additional tickets are needed, please
  contact me in advance so that I can get them.
  These additional tickets will be purchased at a
  reduced rate.

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The Competition Area

• The competition area is located just outside of
  Beachside Hall between the convention center and
  the Beach Deck. If you want sand in your shorts
  or your smoker, you wont have far to go. There
  will be electricity available from two large
  generators that will be brought in. There is
  limited water access at this point. I am looking
  for another option.

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Just past the dunes are the Atlantic Ocean

• Like I said, as close to getting sand in your
  shorts and your smoker as you can be. If you look
  closely, you can see the Atlantic in the
  background. This was taken about center of the
  competition area.

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DJ area

• DJ will be set up between the group of trees. On
  the left side between the small group of trees
  and the large group of trees will be one of the
  power generators. In the distance is the beach
  deck where the beer vendor will be along with the
  ATM machines.

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View of Competition Area

• This is just another view of the competition
  area. There is still plenty of room behind me
  towards the beach deck and parking lot.

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Competition Area

• This is taken to the right side of where the DJ
  will be set up. This faces back towards Beachview
  Drive. The parking lot will be restricted access
  for Georgia State Patrol personnel and volunteers
  of Beach Music Fest.

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Competition Area

• The triple doors lead into Beachside Hall where
  turn in will take place. Inside those doors will
  be the cool down room, where people can get away
  from the sun and heat.

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Vending

• Vending opportunities will be allowed and are
  encouraged. Near the beach deck there will be a
  few food/drink vendors. There will be the usual
  hamburger/hotdog and snow cone vendors. This
  event usually attracts 3,000-5,000 people. There
  are no vending restrictions due to this being
  state property. Just like the Hambone Jam, we
  will have teams fill out a form to keep on file.

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Schedule

• I will be on location early Friday morning so
  that anyone coming in early to set up and
  possibly start cooking to vend for Friday night
  may do so (with GBA approval). It is my
  understanding that the Friday night concert
  starts around 8 p.m. and that people start
  showing up as early as 5 p.m.

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Website

• All of the forms are available here on
  Bluelinebbq.com. If anybody has any questions,
  please do not hesitate to contact Kevin Sparks
  [phone] or
• bluelinebbq2_at_gmail.com