Volunteers

Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championship
and Bluegrass Festival

August 19th, 20th and 21st, 2010. Worland, WY.  Washakie County Fairgrounds.  wyobbq@gmail.com
 

Volunteer Categories Include the Following:

BBQ Judging, BBQ Registration, Camping Registration, Information Booth, Hospitality Room, Set up, Clean Up, Pepsi Booth, Photography

BBQ Judging

 Each year the BBQ Competition depends on the services of quite a few volunteers who have come to enjoy the judging part of the event.  If you want to become a certified judge, classes are offered the Thursday before the event.  There is a fee required to become a certified BBQ judge.  Once certified by the KCBS, then you will receive invitations to travel to other KCBS events and offer you’re expertise as a certified Judge.  There is sometimes a lot of competition to become a judge at the event - so get on the list quickly to secure your position at this mouth-watering volunteer effort!

 Certified judges are also given first consideration to serve at the next year’s event in Worland.  If you really want to exercise you're taste buds think about becoming a judge for our event.  Contact us at wyobbq@gmail.com.
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Pepsi Booth

Pepsi, a strong sponsor and supporter of the Pepsi Wyoming BBQ Competition and Bluegrass festival provides a booth filled with Pepsi products. People are needed to sign up to man the booth, help set it up, and generally assist with this service.  This is a coveted booth to work in, get your name in the hat early!
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There are tables at the event that must be manned, to gather names of vendors, competitors or any other official or semi-official participant.  You will be having folks fill out documentation, providing name tags, maps and instructions.  You will also be checking people off the list as they arrive at the festival.  This is a critical need, let us know if you are willing to serve.
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Camping is available on a limited basis.  If you volunteer for this effort, you will be giving folks their location to camp, gathering fees, and answering questions.  People will be vying for the best locations, so you will have to follow the guidelines closely to provide the best service.  Help is needed - are you interested?
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As the event has grown, so has the urgent need to provide timely information to all who attend.  You will be center stage, answering questions, handing out maps and information and guiding people to various locations.  You will find out where the hospitality room is, where the facilities are located as well as have a general layout of each vendor and competitor locations.  Maybe this is the area that most calls for you to help out with.
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All volunteers, competitors, judges, and helpers have access to the hospitality room.  There are ample snacks, a nurses station (just in case), places to rest, a message board - and many other items in the hospitality room.  Your mission will be to keep everything stocked up, limit admission to the hospitality room just to those authorized to enter, answer questions, and welcome all guests.  This may be just the thing for you to volunteer for!
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There are many things to do, both small and large to set up for an event of this size.  You will be part of a team and receive assignments as appropriate.  There are chairs to arrange, boundaries to establish, lines to set up, general assistance with vendor booths and BBQ area setups, items to move from one location to another, etc etc.  You can be of real service here!
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Do you have a talent for setting things to rights?  Cleaning up?  Making the area pristine and beautiful once again, after everyone has left?  Then maybe this is your calling.  There are things to put away, clean up, move back into storage, and generally get everything back into the shape it was before the event started.  You will help with a group of people who are choose among the various needed tasks.  Helpers are urgently needed for this service.  Please let us know how you would like to help.
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Ah the picture snappers - so urgently needed.  Note that all pictures taken by official photographers become the property of the Pepsi Wyoming BBQ Competition and Festival.  These pictures are required to be on digital format.  You may use your own equipment, or in some instances we may have equipment to loan.  This is the way it will work - you will have a badge and are free to roam the event, including the hospitality room.  You are urged to take pictures from far away, medium range and close-ups - whatever moves your creative spirit - people, activities, BBQ, and Vendor items.  Does this make your photographer's juices flow?  Your finger itchy to press the shutter release?  Either way, spaces are limited.  If there are questions, let us know.
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