Name: When Furballs Strike 9 - Fursuit bowling at Kenmore Lanes!
Start: 2012-05-19T14:30:00-07:00
End: 2012-05-19T17:30:00-07:00
Location: Kenmore Lanes

It's that time again... furry bowling time that is! The 9th installment of Furlife's When Furballs Strike series is now set for Saturday, May 19th with check-in starting at 2:30 p.m. Please note the start time is 1 hour later than usual.

Kenmore loves having us fuzzies and I'm happy to say is the permanent home of the WFS meet. They are once again giving us complimentary rental of their party room. For WFS 9, the bowling cost will remain the same at $7 and includes two games of bowling, shoe rental (if needed) and a free prize raffle ticket.

Yep - I am bringing back the prize raffle once again and have already purchased many great prizes and furry swag to win so don't miss out on that! The raffle will be held in the room after everyone has completed bowling. Extra raffle tickets will be available for $1 each to help offset the cost of prizes if you want to increase your chances to win, and I PROMISE to have enough raffle tickets this time for everyone that wants to buy extra. All the extra money from the raffle sales go towards the prizes for next time.

If anyone has any prizes to donate towards the raffle that is always greatly appreciated (most of the prize fund comes out-of-pocket, thanks to everyone that donates cash or prizes).

DINNER LOCATION - STAYING WITH OCB!

I thought the WFS after-meet dinner at Old Country Buffet went exceptionally well. With as big as FurLife and the WFS meets have been, the only real option is to go to a serve-yourself buffet restaurant as it's unrealistic to tax a wait/cook staff with 60-70 orders on a busy Saturday night, so we will be heading there once again. The dinner appointment is now at 6:30, to allow for our later start time with an additional 30-minute cushion so we're not so rushed to get over there.

The address is:

Old Country Buffet - Lynnwood

4601 200th St. SW, Lynnwood 98036

Once again I was able to secure an AWESOME group rate for us - just $12.50 includes the buffet, beverage bar, tax AND gratuity, about a 25% savings over the regular price.

I will have printed directions available at the meet to OCB from Kenmore Lanes, and the dinner will be pay-your-own - just tell the cashier you are with the FurLife group. They take cash and visa/mastercard.

Important: When you RSVP, please let me know whether or not you will be attending the dinner portion of the meet, so I can get a more accurate number of attendees to the restaurant as the date nears.

So here are the updated details:

When Furballs Strike 9

Date: Saturday, May 19, 2012

Location: Kenmore Lanes

Address: 7638 NE Bothell Way, Kenmore, 98028

Time: Meetup/check-in at 2:30 p.m., start bowling at 3pm (or as close to it as possible).

Cost: $7 flat-rate for two games of bowling, shoe rental and a raffle ticket.

Who: Any fur and everyfur! Bring a friend, or two... or three!

Kenmore is also fairly centrally located, less than 10 minutes from Lake City Way, 405, and is close to Edmonds, Shoreline, and a short jaunt from Seattle, Everett and the Eastside as well.

EDIT: I have made a thread on the forum regarding carpools and rideshares for attendees to organize carpooling to the meet and the dinner afterwards, go here: When Furballs Strike 9 Rideshare/Carpool (http://www.meetup.com/furlife/messages/boards/thread/22144602)

UPON ARRIVAL
We will be meeting in Kenmore Lanes' huge meeting/banquet room which is just inside the automatic doors on the street side of the complex, near the lowest-numbered lanes. We will have the room stocked with plenty of tables, chairs, fans, and lots of water as well as a changing area for our fursuiters.

I (Kijani) will be there handling check-in. When you pay your bowling fee I will give you a lane assignment – if you want to be on a lane with somebody please let me know that at the time of check-in. We will be doing 5 bowlers per lane. If you need bowling shoes go to the front desk and tell the attendant you're with the Fur Life group and your rental will be accounted for.

FOOD
The bowling fee does not include food, but Kenmore Lanes has a full restaurant and bar for us to order from at our leisure. Please do not bring in any outside food or drink as this is against Kenmore's house policies.

Remember we will be going to Old Country Buffet at 6:30 p.m. for dinner.

AFTERWARDS
Just like previous WFS meets, I will be giving out fun awards for high game in “classic” and “fursuit” divisions. We will also be running our prize raffle again with lots of fantastic gifts to give away for bowling with us at WFS!

We should be finishing up around 6:00, and I have set our dinner reservation at Old Country Buffet at 6:30 p.m. Also, Kenmore has been a great host for us in the past and was very kind in giving us this great deal and free use of the meeting room so please help clean up after yourselves. Let's try leave the place looking cleaner than when we came in!

Please RSVP as soon as you are reasonably sure you can attend so I can get a more accurate number of bowlers reported to Kenmore Lanes management.

Thanks so much and see everyone at When Furballs Strike 9! Any questions feel free to post here or shoot me an e-mail.

Kijani

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If this will be your first WFS meet or you would like to see what it's like and how insanely fun it is... check out these videos!

When Furballs Strike 8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPD48C2Gjnk) - HUGE increase in turnout, 135 attendees and 100 bowlers, wow!

When Furballs Strike 7 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZxlDxGq_kk) - Great turnout, 33 suits, 82 attendees!

When Furballs Strike 6 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwkIe2u0zKo) - Another record, 39 fursuiters!

When Furballs Strike 5 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx4xIC_IMIU) - 95 total furs attended!

Kijani Lion

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