IBR 2008 - Bears on Patrol
IBR 2008: Bears On Patrol - Bears in Uniform celebrates just that- police, fireman, army, etc.
And now for some updates:
Your IBR package includes non-showtime access to FOUR draft beers in our hospitality suite Friday to Sunday. A 40% bigger Bear Den (lounge area) open to 4 AM Fri-Sun !
There are tons of guys signed up for all of our optional activities, and although some things have sold out, we still have room at:
- Beach Blanket Babylon (get tickets at HQ)
- Bears Bath and Beyond (walk-up at event)
- Golden Gate Experience(pay bus wrangler outside hotel)
- Blow Buddies (pay at event)
- Crusin' the Castro Historic Tour: meet outside hotel at 9AM, pay on tour
Here's some highlights:
Thursday:
IBR's Welcome Fuzz Ball, sponsored by A Bear's Life: Enjoy complimentary draft beer, snacks and h'orderves as you meet new and established friends. Stevo and the staff from A Bear's Life will be
doing a one-night-only subscription special, which gets you a raffle ticket to some GREAT prizes like mountain bikes and items from LOGO TV network!! At 5:45 IBR will do it's first live-auction (of eight!): A morning live on the air on Energy 92.7 FM! At 6pm, the lights will go down and the BEARatones will perform their wonderful songs for you.
Check out their new website: www.bearatones.com . Then there's the raffle drawings and more fun, and then time for the BOSF Annual membership meeting. At 7:30 we start pre-registration and will-call for "An Evening With Kathy Griffin", and then you can enjoy the Welcome Fuzz Ball, or prepare for FOUR different IBR Partner welcome parties!:
- Lone Star Welcome Party
- Eagle Tavern Welcome Party with "BEHR", the Whoa Nellies, and FutureVillain Band
- Dirty Hearts and Broken Wings: Viva La Basket
- Bearracuda's Underbear Patrol Party
And our IBR shuttle buses can take you to them all safely and without having to pay for taxi's. When you're done for the night, our Bear Den will be waiting for you and open until 4AM !
Friday:
- Bears's Bath and Beyond- An even bigger response this year, DJ Jeb Edwards and rolling bus service!
- Golden Gate Park/ De Young Museum- Explore one of the best parks in the US, with tons to see, and/or the De Young Museum
- B'EROS- Enjoy our first year at this wonderful spa
- Jail House Rock Bingo- The biggest-planned Bingo ever, with an Iphone and an Itouch as some of the raffle prizes, and we will do IBR LIVE
AUCTION 2
- Pantheon jock strap model auction, and the Sisters are going to rock the house with this one !!
- SWEAT 1: Castrobear Presents' first of three Partner dance events, atthe famous EndUp.
- Kandy 3: SugarKRASH: KuMa SF's hot party, presenting Tiffany !!! Busesrun till 4AM for this event!
- The IBR Contestant Introduction- At the Eagle Tavern
- Bearfilms.com's screening room- Accessible through the HospitalitySuite, and including your favorite stars!
- Cyberbears.com's screening room- Enjoy Cyberbear's debut at IBR!
Saturday:
- Cruisin' the Castro Tour- See the brand-new retro signage of the Castro Theatre and businesses as "MILK" finishes filming in the Castro. Get a wonderful historic tour you won't forget.
- Squares for Bears: Enjoy this fun community group and get your dancingfeet on!
- Eagle Tavern Beer Bust- can you say FUN? Meet the contestants as theyget on their knees for a good cause !
- Dinner and Show- Featuring Mark Alan Smith ! And 2 more live auctions!
- Midnight Madness: "An Evening With Kathy Griffin"- BOSF presents KathyGriffin in a one-night sold-out show at the Castro Theatre, filmed forher Emmy Award-winning "My Life on the D List"
- BEARRACUDA: DJ Rotten Robbie, and three floors of fun !
- SWEAT 2: SWEAT after Kathy: The official Saturday night Bear/Muscle Bear dance !
Sunday:
- Dim Sum gobble- Need I say more? Back at the spacious Canton restaurant. Enjoy !!
- Beach Blanket Babylon- 30+ years and a must-see show!
- Play Party- The guys at Blow Buddies throw on another great afternooner
- PLAY T-dance- Susan Morbito spins for a wonderful Partner dance event!
- Eagle Tavern Beer Bust- The Sisters are hosting a terrific beer bust, and come see Bearfilm.com's America's Next Top Bear Model !
- SWEAT 3- A great way to end the weekend, dancing your butt off with theofficial closing night dance party of IBR !
- International Mr. Bear Competition- Who will win the titles- come andfind out, as we also recognize our service award winners, and areentertained by the famous San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus' LollipopGuild.
- And THREE more live auctions!!
Did we mention there are over $12,000 face-value in live auctions this year? That's right. Trips to Spain, Hawaii, Alaska, and packages for the Four Seasons Hotel Spa, Lazy Bear, Kathy Griffin tickets,Russian River B&B, and a chartered private boat cuise for 6 !! You can see more details on our website under "Auction", and place a proxy bid starting Friday at the IBR HQ/Store.
All of the Committee, Sponsors, Partners, Vendors, Holiday Inn Golden Gateway and IBR optional event staff, are looking forward to welcoming you for a weekend that we hope you'll enjoy and remember for a long time. And our IBR Beneficiaries thank you for your generosity by supporting IBR and making their mission statement dreams come true. We'll see you in just a week and if you're coming from afar we hope your journey is a safe one!