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Think You'll Get  Around to Buying that Ticket Online Sometime?

You'd better think quick -- because online sales end tomorrow -- Thursday -- at noon, you'd better get with it.  The links will be deactivated at noon sharp.  Other opportunities for a less than door price -- $65 -- are:

TapeLenders  $50 up until the start of OctoTea at 5:30 pm.

Bobby Cook's Amateur Strip-off (Rain on 4th)  10pm until ?  Spot an octopus walking around and he'll sell you a $40 ticket.

Bobby Cook's All-Star Strip-off (Oil Can's) 10 pm until ?  Again -- look for an octopus.  Last chance for $40 tickets.

Stop in Rain on 4th between 3 pm and 5:30 pm -- You can buy a $50 ticket from an octopus, get a drink special, catch the shuttle, etc.

So there you go.  Tickets are going fast, this week, but you still have a few chances left.

Parking Options:  Remember, there's no parking at the MACC

Only Seven Short Days Left

And we have a lot to do during these seven days.  Here's what's coming up:

Saturday 10/1 /Ticket Sales:  9pm until 1am  Rain on 4th and Oil Can Harry's -- We'll be wandering around selling $40 discount tickets, still taking host payments, donations.  We can take electronic credit cards.

Sunday 10/2 Funday:  You'll probably see some Octopi around with tickets to sell, but no scheduled sales.

Tuesday 10/4 Dine with an Octopus at Taverna:  258 W. 2nd St. 78701, 5pm to 10pm with 10% of the evening's bills goiing to OctoTea 16. You are going to eat dinner on Tuesday evening anyway -- right?  Have a great meal, good company and do good for others, all at the same time.

Thursday 10/6:  Online sales of all kinds shut down at Noon. 

Thursday 10/6:  Bobby Cook's All-Star Strip-off:  Rain on 4th:  10pm until 2am  Look for the Golden Ticket!

The Countdown to OctoTea 16 Begins:  OT - 12

So what's going on in the land of the Octopus this week?  Some of this, some of that -- all of it good.  

Wed. Sep. 28th -- Host Happy Hour at Santa Rita.Cantina 1206 West 38th St.  6:30 pm to 8:00 pm -- As always, Mr. Eddie Bernal and his staff will have some great food, drinks for everyone to enjoy whilst they retrieve their host tickets, sign up to host, purchase a t-shirt , chit chat --whatever.  Mr. Bernal and all his fine eating establishments are great friends to The Octopus Club.  If you have intended to host OctoTea 16, but just haven't gotten around to it, yet, this is the event for you!

Alert!  - Date Change!

Special OctoTea 16 Offer for First-Time Hosts

So maybe you've thought about hosting in the past, but just didn't get around to doing it, didn't quite know how to sign up, or thought it might be too expensive?  Forget about all that.  This offer will show you how simple it is, and you'll find out for yourself that being able to say, "I helped to put on OctoTea 16," is great and important fun.  

If you sign up to host anytime from today -- Thursday Sep. 15th through Thursday Sep. 22nd at midnight -- you'll get an extra ticket to OctoTea 16.  That means that even as a host at the $100 level, you would receive two tickets and a t-shirt.  That's a $115 value at least.  Higher host levels receive more perks.  The quickest and easiest way to learn about hosting is to go to our OctoTea Host Page  and you can (a) identify the host level that's right for you; (b) sign up online or (c) contact one of the host committee to pledge.  Any one of those methods will get you an extra tickets.  

Contribute to OctoTea 16, Without Spending One Penny!

One of our generous Corporate Sponsors has offered an OctoTea Liking Challenge:

David Owen and Robert Buchanan

Pride of Austin Capital Partners, LLP

Here's the challenge:  "Like" this post on the OctoTea 16, Octopus Club or Pride of Austin Capital Partners Facebook Page.  They will donate $0.25 per "Like" up to a total of $1500 or for a period of two weeks, whichever comes first.  (Contest ends Sept. 22nd at midnight.) 

So go ahead and like us all you want, and help OctoTea send more to the Paul Kirby Fund this year than ever before.  Then share the link with your friends!  They can like us too!

MEM