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Llama Races - yes, it is a real thing!

Last Saturday night I supported my parents and Marine City business community by attending their 3rd annual Llama Races.   I have been to many different fundraisers and was excited to attend this one!

My dad's power parachute business Eagle Airsports LLC. became a Marine City Chamber of Commerce member a few years back to help promote his flights and to generally just be social! 

The concept of the Llama Races is 24 businesses decorate a cutout wood Llama!   At the beginning of the night all the Llamas are on display and there is a jar next to each one for dollars to go in!   The Llama with the most dollars wins Best Dressed!      My mom worked so hard on their Llama and it looked amazing.    "Eagle One" was voted the Best Dressed.   My parents were so pleased and I was so proud of them. 

Then comes the races.   Each race included 6 Llamas and a roll of a dice is how they moved ahead.  First Llama to make it ten spaces won that race.   You could bet on a Llama for each race! 

Then the last race was the 6 top Llamas (based on we got the most bets).   Eagle One made it to that race as well. 

We had a table of 8, we all wore bright orange Eagle Airsports t-shirts.    There was lots of swag on each table and we kept sneaking to the new restaurant at the back for awesome Bloody Mary's.    It was a night full of laughs, betting, fun games, and lots of familiar faces! 

In a time when every organization is hosting a fundraiser every time you turn around it is nice to go to something different and creative. 





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