Burnett Bon-Fire Chili Cook-Off

You are invited to the Annual Burnett Bon-fire & Chili Cook-off!!!!

We will host a chili cook-off, and are looking for others interested in sharing in the cook-off challenge. Let me know if you are interested! Allison has promised some decent prizes for the competition this year (more to come later).

• WHO: Ben and Allison Burnett
• WHAT: 8th Annual Burnett Bon-fire & Chili Cook-off!!!!
• WHEN: Saturday, Oct 24th (2009), 3:30 PM - till everyone leaves
• WHERE: Our house

More details to come later, but we'll have chili for dinner and we'll have beer and some other beverages. Feel free to bring beverage or sharable food items or desserts. Please let me know if you are coming (not required, but it would be nice to know). Feel free to come and go as you can.

Hope to see you there. --Ben and Allison

History

Historically the Bon-fire night has been on or near "Guy Fawkes Night" and Halloween, so we celebrate these at times, and costumes are welcome.

Past dates

• 2001 - Just moved in, back yard not accessible, no party
• 2002 - Built Deck in the back yard. Cole was to be born in Dec. Bon fire hosted in Late Oct, Date unknown
• 2003 - "Annual" Bon-fire / Halloween party -- (11/08), close to "Guy Fawkes Night"
• 2004 - Annual Burnett Bon-fire (10/23)
• 2005 - Bon-fire and Chili cook-off (Allison challenged me to a chili cook-off) (10/15)
• 2006 - Annual Burnett Bon-fire and Chili cook-off!!! (10/14)
• 2007 - 6th Annual Burnett Bon-fire and Chili cook-off!!! (10/20)
• 2008 - 7th Annual Burnett Bon-fire and Chili cook-off!!! (10/??)
• 2009 - 8th Annual Burnett Bon-fire and Chili cook-off!!! (10/24)

All Hallows Eve / Halloween

"Bonfire Night" or "Guy Fawkes Night" Explanation:

Nov 5th, 1605 (I believe) a number of people attempted to assassinate King James 1st of England by renting a cellar below parliament and (slowly) filling it to the brim with gun powder (aka. "The Gun Powder Plot" , lots of research available) , the attempt was validated by certain people because King James persecuted Catholics, and they wanted him removed from the thrown to establish a more Catholic friendly government, but some people got nervous as the attempt seemed like it was going to work......and word got out..... Guy Fawkes among some others was caught in the act of storing barrels of gun powder as the cellar was raided, he was tortured and eventually gave names of others and was eventually drawn and quartered.....

to celebrate Bonfire night, most people will go down by the beach and start a Huge bonfire on Nov 5th (the night Guy Fawkes was caught) to celebrate the attempt (the plot itself), others make straw dolls of Guy Fawkes to burn on the fire as the original holiday was probably created by the King himself as a reminder or something....

-- BenBurnett - 19 Sep 2007