Practice Makes Perfect

OK, so now that you have committed to attending and know a little bit about Rich & Bennett St. Patrick's Day Pub Crawl and know that it is the World's Largest Pub Crawl let's figure out how to get ready.  Based upon the growth I have seen each year I expect lots of new crawlers each year to join the ranks of history.  The new crawlers each year attend the event for a number of different reasons, a friend told them, a co-worker dragged them or they were hoping to get lucky with the new girl/guy in their life.  Crawlers also attend with different levels of experience.  Some have attended smaller crawls (did I mention Rich & Bennett host a Halloween Crawl as well!) some claim to be professional drinkers and still others come on the crawl just days after their 21st birthday (responsibility plug).  So no matter who you are, why you are there or what level of experience you have I want to make sure you are ready.

In order to guarantee that you are ready to handle to World's Largest Pub Crawl I encourage you to practice all year round.  In my world "practice" = drinking!!!! My father would always say "Practice makes perfect" and I have to agree.  If you are unsure of how to run a pub crawl practice I am here to save the day.  I have started a Twitter account and will be providing "practice" opportunities as well as information that might be of use to a future crawler.  Please follow me on Twitter @WolrdsLargestPC for "practice" updates.

After a long year of training these folks were in great form for last years event:

Remember Rich & Bennett St. Patrick's Day Pub: The World's Largest Pub Crawl is Saturday, March 17, 2012 in Charlotte, NC and Practice makes perfect.  So get out there and practice!!!

Cheers,

St. Patrick

PS - Information will be live shortly for the crawl on www.rockhouseevents.com

Growth is in the Numbers:

Okay, so Rich and Bennett host the World's Largest Pub Crawl every St. Patrick's Day (actually the crawl always happens on the Saturday prior to St. Pat's, unless St. Pat's is on a Saturday...the perfect storm!!).  You might be asking yourself a few questions.  I have heard them all before and I get them all the time: 1) Is it really the largest pub crawl in the world? YES 2) How many people went last year? 8,987 crawlers in 2011 and 3) How did it get that big? steady growth year after year.

There is no doubt that people have a good time on the crawl.  We have the pictures, videos and classic stories to prove it, but that's information for later posts.  Today I want to show you how the crawl has grown and challenge you to do a few things before St. Patrick's Day rolls around again.

World's Largest Pub Crawl Growth

Tracking History:
2001 – 73 crawlers
2002 – 151 crawlers
2003 – 223 crawlers
2004 – 352 crawlers
2005 – 557 crawlers
2006 – 852 crawlers
2007 – 2,561 crawlers
2008 – 3,504 crawlers
2009 – 4,987 crawlers
2010 – 7,310 crawlers
2011 – 8,987 crawlers

2012  – ?????????
 

Challenges

1. Follow this blog until this years crawl.  In fact, follow this blog...FOREVER!!!!

2. Follow me on Twitter @WorldsLargestPC.

3. Drink regularly and heavily on occasion to keep in good pub crawl shape.

4. Commit today to attend Rich and Bennett's 12 Annual St. Patrick's Day Pub Crawl - The World's Largest Pub Crawl.  Saturday, March 17, 2012

Be part of history...Be part of the WORLD'S LARGEST PUB CRAWL

Rich & Bennett's St. Patricks Day Pub Crawl information can be found on http://www.rockhouseevents.com/

Worlds Largest Pub Crawl: How it all began

The Worlds Largest Pub Crawl has very humble beginnings.  Just prior to St. Patricks Day in the winter of 2001 two roommates, Rich and Bennett, decided to throw a little party for their friends.  They had recently experienced a pub crawl in the city of Boston and thought the format would be well received by the folks in Charlotte and several of their visiting college friends.  The goal was to fill up a bus with 40 people and have a blast.  After a few weeks of careful planning, March 17th, 2001 arrived and so did close to 80 people.  The bus was packed like a sardine can and the beer was flowing.  The only requirements of the day were to follow the "rules" on the t-shirt and have a good time.  The "rules"....7 bars, 7 hours and 1 mission.  The mission was to have so much fun that it hurt!!!

Since 2001 the pub crawl has happened every St. Patricks Day and has operated as the Worlds Largest Pub Crawl for the last 4 year.  Each year the group of crawlers grow and Rich and Bennett work to enhance the event with new bars, new specials, new give aways, an awesome koozie and a commemorative t-shirt.

Mark your calendars for Rich and Bennett's 12th annual St. Patricks Day Pub Crawl: The Worlds Largest Pub Crawl - Saturday, March 17th, 2012

Are you planning to attend this year to ensure that Rich & Bennett retain the title of Worlds Largest Pub Crawl?

Check out http://www.rockhouseevents.com/ for details (coming soon!!)

Rich & Bennett celebrating on year 10