A Shot at the Finish Line 2006 - Indianapolis June 2nd & Louisville June 3rd
Dick Pruden's Pre-Party - Mason, OH. June 1st, 2006

This years shot event, A Shot at the Finish Line, started off with our 3rd Annual Pre-Party at Dick Pruden's house in Mason, OH on Thursday, June 1st, 2006...and what a party it was! Those who know us shot collectors know we are all about having fun and indulging in a few (ok, alot of) shots. After making the long 2 1/2 hour trip in the pouring down rain & Cincinnati traffic, I was ready for a drink! As everyone knows, we have a King and Queen of shots every year (basically whoever drinks the most shots!). Now mind you, I told my President & bodyguard that I was going to let someone else have the Queen title this year since I've had it every other year. Well that was case....until I actually got there. As soon as I walked in they all told me I needed to catch up and needless to say when I told them I was letting someone else win it this year they were all very disappointed that I would give it up without a fight! Knowing I couldn't let the fan club down, I started to do some shots with everyone, not really thinking about wanting to win. Well as the night wore on and Denise announced that at 11:00pm the King & Queen would be crowned , that's when the challenge REALLY started to heat up! Apparently I just started drinking shots right from the bottle again (BIG shock!), I guess I didn't want to waste any time! Poor Lois gave it a good run but she ended up on the driveway after awhile. Marco, Trevor and Mike C. were going strong up until the end for the King title as well. After all was said and done, Vicki Parson's (Mike Carter's girlfriend) and I ended up tying for the Queen and Marco Reyna was crowned King. I must say, we were all disappointed in ole' Floyd that he wimped out so early - we have a new nickname for him though, "10 by 10 Floyd" meaning he had 10 shots by 10pm and was done...such a let down for those of us that know Floyd and how that boy can drink! A fun time was had by all (atleast I remember most of the evening). Many thanks to Dick Pruden for letting all of us drunks in his house and the wonderful hospitality he and Anita gave everyone. Special thanks to Denise for designing the event shots & drinking for royalty shots and to Dick Pruden for the special Pre-Party shots for his guests. Dick was also kind enough to have a few different Pre-Party prototype shot glasses made to raise money for the 2 charities, we raised $500 at the Pre-Party!

The Pre-Party cake for our 5th Annual Shot collectors event (there have actually been 6 but the first one (Vegas, 2000) some people really don't count because there was no event shot made and only about 15 people)

Our Pre-Party Group!

Front Row - L to R: Tom C, Floyd & Marco & Vicki
Middle Row - L to R: Denise, Carmen, Dick, JoAnn, Larry & Paul
Back Row - L to R: Janice, Steve K, Frank, Trevor, Andy J, Mike C & Julie

The Queen and her 3 Kings from 2005 - one last time together before the new King/Queen 2006 are crowned.
L to R: Marco Reyna, Floyd Terry & Mike Carter

Shot Time!
L to R: Lois, Trevor, Julie, Marco, Floyd, JoAnn, Tom (in the middle) and Steve K.

Marco & Julie - The 2006 Shot King & Queen #1

The Queen with her President, Paul (L) and her bodyguard, George (R)