Comic 2005 in Columbus, Ohio
By Jerry Sesco—COMIC 2005 Committee
Republished from October 2005 IGBO Newsletter
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| Dale Thomas (if I close my eyes maybe it
will all go away), Jerry Sesco, Dave Tamola and Jeff Lemert at COMIC 2005 |
April 2005—On April 22-24, Columbus, Ohio was the host
city for one of IGBO’s largest tournaments.
As 500 bowlers and guests arrived on Friday
night, for the first shift of singles/doubles,
there was an excitement in the air.
COMIC (Columbus Ohio Midwestern Invitational
Tournament), had sold out even earlier
than it ever had. Everyone was excited about
the bowling, the 24 hour hospitality suite and
of course the committee show on Saturday
night. Even the unexpected snow that fell Sunday
morning could not dampen any spirits.
The committee greeted their guests wearing
sailor hats to express the theme of “COMIC
on The High Seas”. Our visitors from Ontario,
Canada surprised us by wearing their sailor
hats on Saturday night during the committee
show. There was entertainment from Bette
Davis and Kate Smith look alikes along with
some pretty scary women in towels. The closing
number was a tribute to our armed forces
all over the world. We were able to raise $1600
that night as part of $4000 that we split between
our two charities: Stonewall and The Hope Project.
Once again our 24-hour hospitality suite was a
popular place for cards, socializing with old
friends and making some new ones. The smoking
ban did not seem to keep people from
visiting our presenter bar, Tradewinds, or our
newest sponsor bar Woofs. We were very glad
to have 3 liquor sponsors this year: Captain
Morgan, Smirnoff and Hpnotiq. Bud Light
was also a sponsor and the banners they had
made for us throughout the year were posted
in the Columbus Renaissance Hotel, which
was our host hotel again. Mr Bills was once
again our bowling house. We saw some very
nice scores and there were two, 299 games
bowled during the weekend.
At the banquet on Sunday night, we were entertained
by our comedian, Julie Goldman.
We tried to give everyone a little money before
they were to go home on Monday morning.
Almost $16,000 was raised and given
back to the bowlers at the banquet. There
were four $1000 dollar prizes that made the
winners smile from ear to ear.
We thank all of our visitors for helping us
make this another successful tournament.
Please visit the COMIC web site,(www.comiconline.
org), for upcoming events before we
meet again next April 28-30, 2006.
In Unity, Fellowship and Communication,
COMIC 2005 Committee
Jerry Sesco
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