2023 Hall of Fame Dinner
 

Seventh Parker Gun Foundation Induction Ceremony and Hall of Fame Banquet

The Parker Gun Foundation will host the Seventh Parker Gun Foundation’s Hall of Fame Banquet
and Induction Ceremony at 7 pm on April 28,2023 to honor its new inductee.

This year’s inductee is Louis Parker, one of the authors of the Parker Story and a member of the Parker
Family.

The event, as usual, is in conjunction with the Southern SXS Championships in Sanford NC. It is a very popular social and dinner event.

Carolina Trace Country Club in Sanford, at 2100 Country Club Drive, will be our venue. The food will be
excellent, the hospitality warm and for our shooters and collector/buyers, the location is very close to
the Southern SXS and the PGCA hotel.

The venue is fabulous, the guests are at the top of our collecting and shooting fraternity and the
distinguished inductee is richly deserving of the honor.

As is our custom, we encourage our honorees to bring some of their favorite items from their collections to display for us. We know that Louis will have some special treasures on display. It will be a night to remember.

Tickets are $125 and are available on a first come first serve basis. They will only be available be sending a check payable to The Parker Gun Foundation to George Purtill at –
George Purtill
Hall of Fame Dinner
2146 Main Street
Glastonbury, Ct 06033
Space is limited to 100 people. Tickets will not be available at the door. Questions- Please email
George.m.purtill@snet.net

Thanks, Jeff for this information, and thanks to George for his role, too.

I don't remember a PGCA hotel being mentioned in 2022. What is the PGCA hotel this year?

We'll be there. I sent my check to George today.





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Dean, are you driving down there?

We haven’t decided yet if we’re driving or flying.

We’ll let you know when we decide.





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I flew down the first time I came and it was fine in a six passenger plane . Flew into the little rinky dink airport almost in sight of Deep River .

Craig, some of us can't take enough guns and ammo on a plane!! :rotf::shock:

That trip I brought two EH guns for display and only stayed four or five hours . That was 2018 I believe then didn’t return until 2021 .

Okay my check for the dinner is in the mail .

Louis Parker
 

You will not believe the stuff that Louis has to display.
By the way I am getting checks from people I have never seen or heard of.
You old regulars should not wait to the last minute.
My limit is 100 and I ain't giving up my ticket............

My dad lived in Carolina Trace not a bad place for dinner. Nice Robert Trent Jones Golf course

I got my tickets!! I am so excited!! holy cow!! Now I need a name tag..... :)

Hey George, I need 2 tickets. Check is in the mail!!

Mike you better be there!!

NO TICKETS
 

Holy Cow is right.
I am not making or sending tickets (as usual) and so I would love to see the tickets you got.
We decided years ago to NOT print tickets nor mail them out so we could keep the event affordable.
George

Then I hope I am on the list? Pretty sure I was paid for? Party crasher? :rotf::rotf:

You are paid for by a secret admirer.......

Bring your spouse to the HOF Dinner
 

I'd like to encourage everyone to attend the HOF Dinner at the Spring Southern this April. I'd especially like to see the guys bring their spouses. I think they would enjoy the event. You don't have to be a dues paying PGCA member to attend this event. It's once in a lifetime to see Louis Parker's family treasures. I hope to see some of our women there.
Chuck Bishop

The not printing tickets caused Pretty Wife and I to miss the 2019 HOF dinner. I even asked our esteemed President where he was going for dinner that Friday night as he was wearing tux. He never mentioned going to the HOF dinner. If he had my Pretty Wife and I would have gone as we had bought tickets months before. We went to our first HOF the year before and it was on Saturday night. I never realized that it was moved back to Friday night in 2019. I didn't even know until after the Parker Smith challenge that it was the previous night. My bad but still tickets would have helped. Are there seats still open for this years events?

Yes there are Mike.

Confirmation of purchase and menu choice
 

I need emails for anyone going to the dinner for two reasons:
First I will send you a confirmation that I have received your check.
Second so I can get your menu selection once Jimmy hall decides what we are eating!!
Thanks

There is limited seating for the Parker Foundation Hall of Fame Induction Banquet as George stated in his opening post, of 100 max. I’m glad I sent payment for two soon after his initial post.
Maybe George can tell us what the count to date is…





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George,
PM sent
Mike

I had purchased tickets last year for this event and I would like to do so again, but, I'm still trying to work through the logistics of making it happen with fellow travelers:rolleyes:

I am so excited to go to this event. This will be my first HOF dinner and I think I picked a good one. My question George is the attire? Tie? Assoct? Tweed? Suit?

Most people choose business casual except for Koneski who goes Biker Formal.

I generally wear a jacket and tie to this and the PGCA Annual Meeting Banquet, but that’s just me. Others do and still others wear business casual.





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Posted my check this morning. Elaine and I are looking forward to being there. Louis was so gracious in helping me with my research on Wilbur, Sr., and I want to have the chance to talk with him in person...and see what I'm sure will be some stunning Parker treasures.

send me your email address please

George, I included my email and our names in my note with the check. Thanks for your good work! Garry — g.g2@aol.com

How about Hawaiian subdued :rotf::rotf::rotf:

George, George, George, you do realize that I did wear a sport coat and tie? Granted it was leather, but it was a sport coat! It was rather stylish. I thought just wearing a tie would be enough but nooooooo!!! A tie is like a noose to me and a sport coat/suit like a straight jacket!!

That's why I like the Parker banquet, I can wear a Hawaiian shirt just like Chuck and Mike Franzen. That's as formal as I care to be. Just sayin'. :bigbye:

So that was you in the coat and tie? And we thought you didn’t make it

My check was in the mail as of last week and should be received by now

Mills, you took the photo!! :rotf::shock:

Get your self a Hawaiian sports coat, a clip on Hawaiian tie, you already have the shirt, and a pair of slacks and your all set. Just sayin!

Checks in the mail for tix for The Pretty Wife and myself. Looking forward to seeing y'all.

Sent in my check today!

Looking to Chuck and me for social cues might not be the wisest option. Now John Davis and Tom Wooden can teach you how to dress like a dandy!

George did the check show up?