Whistle Raffle for S. Dakota Medical Clinic - 15 Whistles!

[Craig Stuntz]

1/2 Hour left and the total is $1247.84!

Are we fixin' to know the winner?

...the drawing will be done on March 15th...

[Walden]

1/2 Hour left and the total is $1247.84!

Are we fixin' to know the winner?

...the drawing will be done on March 15th...

So... you saying we're not?

[Daniel_Bingamon]

I know, there is great suspense.

The clinic has to receive the donations and confirm it and I had originally set March 15th as the drawing date.

A note for all, Native American reservations do have computers but things do not move at a high rate of speed.

For example, to do banking at the Pine Ridge reservation, the bank located in the state of Nebraska comes across the stateline each day was a mobile bank vehicle (Badlands Express) and visits different towns on the reservation on different days.
So, Pine Ridge gets banking on Tuesday and Thursday. Manderson and Oglala on Wednesdays, etc.

[Daniel_Bingamon]

Close enough to be the 15th. Actually it is the 15th already in some parts of the world.

(Drum roll please)

The winners of this 2006 Whistle Raffle are:

Ticket # Name
73 Walter Campbell
12 Carol Skinner
40 Robert Hayden
29 Judy Kingrey
23 Judy Kingrey
74 Cutterpup
45 Edward Asplundh
113 Craig Stuntz
3 Emily Clement
65 Patrick L Panus
46 Edward Asplundh
11 Carol Skinner
17 Hugh Marsh
24 Judy Kingrey
39 Robert Hayden

The first name in the the list is the first prize winner. The first prize winner gets to choose first.

I want to thank all who participated in the raffle, the whistlemakers and those who donated instruments.

The next few days, I will be contacting winners and making arrangments with the whistlemakers and donators.

[Walden]

Just how many contributions did Carol and Judy make?

[Daniel_Bingamon]

There were contributors who contributed amounts of $30 to over $200.

I'm happy that the raffle made a good amount, it probably could have been larger but I now know how much work is involved in running one of these things, still a lot to do. whew!

I remember one of Dale's messages on a raffle subject titled, "I'm on my knees". Never quite understood that till now, it's nowhere as large as his raffle was. So, maybe I've walked a 1/4 mile in his shoes.

[n4vgm]

Well, I must say that for $10 I sure got my money's worth in good vibes! Ain't the internet great!

Bob

[Daniel_Bingamon]

Walter Campbell has chosen the Alba Low-D Non-tunable.

So the Alba whistle is gone from the list. Carol Skinner is up next.

The current list:

Burke WBB - old style in D
Black Diamond D
O'Brien Maple High D Whistle
Serpent Music High-D Village Smithy
Hoover Ab Brass
Hoover Low-G thin-wall Brass
Hoover Walking Stick A
Freeman Tweaked Mellow Dog High-D
Freeman Tweaked Generation
Freeman Tweaked Shaw
Jubilee Brass Low-D Pennywhistle
Jubilee Aluminum Low-D Pennwhistle
Jubilee Ahava Rabba mode whistle in D, 7-hole model
Acorn High-D with very nice hand engraving work

[Daniel_Bingamon]

Carol has chosen the Jubilee Ahava Rabba mode whistle.
Robert Hayden is next.

The current list:

Burke WBB - old style in D
Black Diamond D
O'Brien Maple High D Whistle
Serpent Music High-D Village Smithy
Hoover Ab Brass
Hoover Low-G thin-wall Brass
Hoover Walking Stick A
Freeman Tweaked Mellow Dog High-D
Freeman Tweaked Generation
Freeman Tweaked Shaw
Jubilee Brass Low-D Pennywhistle
Jubilee Aluminum Low-D Pennwhistle
Acorn High-D with very nice hand engraving work[/quote]

[Daniel_Bingamon]

Robert Hayden has chosen the Burke, Judy Kingrey is up next for two whistles.

The current list:

Black Diamond D
O'Brien Maple High D Whistle
Serpent Music High-D Village Smithy
Hoover Ab Brass
Hoover Low-G thin-wall Brass
Hoover Walking Stick A
Freeman Tweaked Mellow Dog High-D
Freeman Tweaked Generation
Freeman Tweaked Shaw
Jubilee Brass Low-D Pennywhistle
Jubilee Aluminum Low-D Pennwhistle
Acorn High-D with very nice hand engraving work[/quote][/quote]

[Daniel_Bingamon]

Judy has chosen the Hoover Walking Stick and the O'Brien.
Judy has also graciously relinquished her 14th place prize, that move Robert Hayden up to 14th place and the 15th is a mystery whistle winner, yet to be drawn.

Cutterpup is up next.

The current list is:

Black Diamond D
Serpent Music High-D Village Smithy
Hoover Ab Brass
Hoover Low-G thin-wall Brass
Freeman Tweaked Mellow Dog High-D
Freeman Tweaked Generation
Freeman Tweaked Shaw
Jubilee Brass Low-D Pennywhistle
Jubilee Aluminum Low-D Pennwhistle
Acorn High-D with very nice hand engraving work

[Daniel_Bingamon]

Cutterpup has chosen the Hoover Low-G thin-wall Brass
Edward Asplundh is next on the list.

The current list is:

Black Diamond D
Serpent Music High-D Village Smithy
Hoover Ab Brass
Freeman Tweaked Mellow Dog High-D
Freeman Tweaked Generation
Freeman Tweaked Shaw
Jubilee Brass Low-D Pennywhistle
Jubilee Aluminum Low-D Pennwhistle
Acorn High-D with very nice hand engraving work[/quote]

[dfernandez77]

I must be easily entertained.
Every time a new choice and pick turn comes up, I play this little game. I ask myself "assuming I only had a Sweetone, what would my pick be?"

Daniel, you deserve some "props" here. You did a good job on the raffle, for a good cause.

Thanks for your hard work!

[cutterpup]

I must be easily entertained.
Every time a new choice and pick turn comes up, I play this little game. I ask myself "assuming I only had a Sweetone, what would my pick be?"

After I bought my tickets (2) I printed out the list of whistles and entertained myself by putting them in order..first choice down to fifteenth choice. I must have rethunk that list twenty times. before it was my turn to choose. Three of the five chosen before me were on my top six list.

judy..now up to FOUR whistles, yahoo.

[emmline]

Yo! Edward Asplundh! What'll it be?
(this is an interesting waiting game, to be sure!)
edit: Sorry Ed...exhibiting a bit of uncharacteristic (maybe) impatience here fueled by the thrill of winning something, and a couple ounces of Chardonnay.