FREE Pizza and Beer at Local 16!

Need a happy hour plan for tomorrow? Swing by Local 16 Tuesday, 8/31 for FREE Peroni and Pizza from 6:00 - 10:00 pm in honor of Customer Appreciation Day.

That's right, Local 16 will be serving up delicious gourmet wood-fired pizza alongside ice-cold Peroni until 10:00 pm. The event is designed to raise money for the LEDC (Latino Economic Development Corporation) so if you're feeling generous, there is an opportunity to donate to the cause.

Grab your friends and co-workers 'cause everyone's invited!

Back To School Supply Drive

Our friends at the Adams Morgan Main Street group are holding a backpack and school supply drive during their upcoming neighborhood festival.

DC Bocce will be helping collect supplies during Week 1 of our playoffs.

Please consider an in-kind donation of a backpack or school supplies, such as:

• Special Project Supplies: crayons, markers, glue, safety scissors, construction paper, etc.
• Pens & #2 Pencils
• Three Ring Binders
• Tab dividers or Labels
• Calculator
• One Subject Spiral Notebooks
• Text Book Protectors/Covers
• Three Hole Punch or Highlighters
• Pocket Stapler or Pocket Tape Dispenser
• Change Purse for Lunch Money
• Academic Agenda or Pocket Calendar

The drive helps local children, middle school age or younger, have the supplies they need to go to school everyday.

Simply bring your contribution to your weekly game, and we will collect all items from across the league and make the donation to their drive during the festival.


And in case you haven't heard of Adams Morgan Day - it's a blast. Consider checking it out on Sunday Sept 12th.

Vinoteca Pre-season Happy Hour!

Join us on Monday, August 30th, for a preseason happy hour at Vinoteca, the U Street wine bar with a back patio bocce court! Peroni will be unveiled on draft to enjoy for $4 along with food specials throughout the night...and of course bocce on their exclusive patio bar court. You will also get a sneak peak at our Premier League hosted at Vinoteca on Monday and Tuesday nights this Fall. Registration opens that Monday (8/30) at 10am!

When: Monday, August 30, 2010 6:00 PM

Who's Invited: EVERYONE!

Where: Vinoteca Wine Bar
1940 11th St NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-332-9463

DC Bocce Night At The Ballpark

To add to everyone's enthusiasm about the upcoming season, we'll be giving away a Mid-Season Prize in each division after the Week 4 games! The Nats are playing respectable ball and it may turn out to be a Strasburg game, so join us for DC Bocce Night at the Ballpark. A group of your dedicated black shirts and bocce friends will be heading to Nationals Park on Friday, August 27th to catch the Nats take on the Cardinals. We know it's a month away, but Save the Date.

To commemorate the occasion we're raffling off 4 tickets and $80 in stadium bucks to a lucky winner in each division to spend at the Red Loft Bar in the outfield (or other concessions) at the game! The raffle will take place after your Week 4 games at your sponsor bar and you MUST be present to win. So keep order Peroni or Blue Moon pitchers at the bar throughout the season to increase your chance of winning!

We encourage all baseball and beer enthusiasts to join us at the game and party with teams from around the League as we cheer on the Nats and Teddy in his quest to finally beat George, Tom and Abe. And if you don't win the raffle, come buy a cheap seat and sport your DC Bocce shirt for a chance to win beer bucks to use at the Red Loft Bar! We hope to see you all there.

Columbia Heights Day and Bocce

This Saturday marks the 3rd annual Columbia Heights Day festival. DC Bocce is proud to be a sponsor this year and we'll be at the field across from Wonderland at Kenyon and 11th Streets demonstrating bocce to the masses and playing a few rounds. Last year they had a band, petting zoo, and demonstrations and giveaways from dozens of the area retailers. I think the camel spat on a ladies dog, so that was a highlight. The local watering holes like Wonderland, The Heights, Room 11, Looking Glass Lounge, Meridian Pint, and others have day-long specials and parties to celebrate the festival. If you live in the neighborhood or just like daytime fun (and drinking) come out an join us!

Bethesda Fall Bar Tour!

Join Lindy Promotions and Coors Light for the...

4th annual,
Bethesda Fall Bar Tour

...Saturday, September 11, 2010

REGISTER 1-6pm:
- Caddies on Cordell
(4922 Cordell Ave)

ENJOY 1-9pm:
- $2 Coors Light Pints or Bottles
- $3 Blue Moon Pints or Bottle
- Great Food & Shot Specials

COST:
- $7 with 2 cans of food (benefits Manna Food Center)
- $10 without donation
- Advance tickets starting at ONLY $5

To purchase your advance tickets, click here:
https://www.xorbia.com/rsvp/2008/BethesdaFall2010/tickets.cfm

Participating Bars:
Caddies on Cordell, Hard Times Cafe, Saphire Cafe, Union Jacks, Steamers, Tommy Joe's, Wing Hub, Ri Ra, BlackFinn

Maryland vs. Navy Football Bus Trip

Join Lindy Promotions and Miller Lite as we head to Baltimore for the start of the College Football season as the Terps take on the Midshipmen at M&T Bank Field.

Maryland Terrapins vs. Navy Midshipmen
M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, MD

...Labor Day - Monday, September 6th
Kickoff is 4pm, Buses depart at 11:30am

Tailgate all day long without having to worry about drinking and driving, parking and traffic...and, it's BYOB on the bus!

Buses will leave from both Bethesda and Annapolis and feature exclusive food and drink specials at the departure locations and at the drop-off bar in Baltimore...


BETHESDA:
- Caddies on Cordell (Google Map - http://bit.ly/bMt9tf)
- Check-in and Specials from 10am-noon
- $2 Miller Lite Drafts & $12 Buckets
- 1/2 Priced Mini Burgers, Wings & Chicken Fingers

ANNAPOLIS:
- Armadillos (Google Map - http://bit.ly/bBx8SJ)
- Check-in and Specials Starting at 9am
- $1 Miller Lites, High Lifes and MGD 64s
- Breakfast Food Specials


DROP-OFF LOCATION:
- Mother's Federal Hill Grille (Google Map - http://bit.ly/bPiPWz)
- Just Blocks From M&T Bank Stadium
- Specials From Arrival Until 4pm
- $2.50 Miller Lites & $12 Buckets
- 1/2 Priced Nachos


TICKETS:
- Start at Only $20 (price will increase)
- Reserve Your Seat Today - https://www.xorbia.com/rsvp/2008/MDvsNavy/tickets.cfm


*Does not include game ticket. Game tickets can be purchased @ umterps.com
*All attendees must be 21+

Half Off at the Pour House!

Today's Living Social is for $40 to spend at Trusty's, 18th Amendment, Top of the Hill, or Pour House for only $20! It's perfect fit for Cap Hill League members looking to visit the Pour House on off nights.

The bad thing is, you need to choose which bar for which you want to use it. You can't buy 1 that's good at any of the bars, but who cares?

Click here to purchase!

Happy Hour Fundraiser Tonight!

Looking for something fun to do that also supports a great cause tonight?

We have a great solution that gets you a free drink and some good entertainment!

Friday, August 6, 6 pm

Street Theatre

Performance of Unprotected

Stead Recreation Center

1625 P St. NW

Followed by a Special Happy Hour

(your first drink is on us!)

James Hoban, Irish Restaurant and Bar, Dupont Circle

7:30-9:30 (approximately)

Requested donation $20.00 (or more please!)

Hosts: Suzanna and Monette

City at Peace uses the performing arts to teach and promote cross-cultural understanding and conflict resolution. Since 1994, City at Peace has served over 1,000 youth in the DC metropolitan area and each of them will attest to the fact that they would not be who they are today without this program. This summer, 65 young people from across the DC region have crafted an original musical entitled UNPROTECTED about healthy relationships, AIDS awareness and sexuality—all based on their life stories and experiences. In partnership with Metro TeenAIDS, City at Peace DC proudly brings their exciting new show to you!

If you cannot make it please consider lending your support to this truly amazing organization. This year over 100 students from the DC metro area were trained in effective conflict resolution, violence prevention and peace building through City at Peace DC. Through the program kids go from typical sullen, angry, at-risk adolescents to confident, courageous individuals and leaders of social change in their communities. I have never before met a more visionary leader (artistic director, Sandi Holloway) or worked with more resilient, inspiring young people.

Contributions can be made via our website http://cityatpeacedc.org/ or by mailing a check to our address: 1328 Florida Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20009.

I hope to see you tonight and thank you in advance for your continued support!
Christina and Katie, Arrested Deboccement and City at Peace Board of Directors

Irish Road Bowling: The Old Game

Bol Chumann na hEireann (Irish for “Ireland Bowling Society”) oversees a popular sport across the Atlantic in Éire. Similarly to bocce, Irish Road Bowling involves a hard ball, in this case a cannonball about the size of a tennis ball which they call a bowl or bullet, and a target somewhere down the way. Road bowlers from County Armagh in the North and County Cork in the South specialize in sprinting to the butt (throwing line) and throwing underhand down Ireland’s country roads at distances of up to 3 football fields in length, over a course that can span 2 miles. In this game, the fewest throws to the finish line wins, and each bowler has a shower (caddie of sorts) to shorten the aim and point out the best approach to each shot. Spectators line the streets in the hundreds as the gallery for competitions.

The 350-year-old sport was first played by Irish soldiers who used spare cannonballs to compete and often bet with one another. Here in the states the sport is kept alive by the State Line Irish Road Bowling (SLIRB for short) and locally by the WV Irish Road Bowling Association, among other organizations. Its popularity grows along with bocce to the extent that The Washington Post covered it a few years back. SLIRB hosts the North American Region Finals this weekend in their home area of upstate New York, with a one-on-one tournament to determine who from the US will advance to “All Irelands” in Clashmore, County Waterford, Ireland, in September. As a cousin of bocce, we hope the sport continues to grow and we at DC Bocce congratulate all the participates and organizers on their play and their dedication. Ádh mór!