Urban Tour FAQs for Volunteers | Thursday April 5, 2012 | 5 pm – 8 pm

Arrival Time/Parking Please arrive as soon as possible – the event time is starting

earlier than originally planned. We need volunteers as early as 4:45 p.m. It is just fine if you cannot report until later.

Where do I park? All parking garages are free after 6. Volunteers should park at the Palmetto Center/Marriott garage on Sumter. Parking is free.

What Am I Doing? Report to Capitol Places, 1530 Main Street (aka Volunteer

Central/Lounge) for your assignment. All volunteers are working at the information tables located

on each block. You will answer questions, direct people, hand out trivia cards and welcome everyone. Get your best smile ready. Each table with have a radio to call back to Volunteer Central for questions you cannot answer. You may also call or text Katherine Swartz at 803.979.4097

A few volunteers will staff the door prize table – you will receive the trivia cards, review them to make sure they are mostly complete and put them in the bin. You will also help with the door prize drawings.

Volunteers will be able to take breaks in shifts to enjoy our lounge, which will offer pizza, beer, sodas and water. Please be kind to your fellow volunteers when taking your break – no longer than 20 minutes, please!

Rain Plan: There is a chance of rain so we will be sending you the game plan for rain later today.

Door Prize Info How many locations do I have to go to in order to enter into

the door prize drawing? 10 listed in the Trivia questionnaire.

What time and where will the drawing take place? 7:45 p.m. at the stage on the 1300 block (corner of Main & Lady). Must turn in Trivia answers by 7:30 p.m. at the table in beside the stage at the 1300 block.

Do I have to be present to win? No (Please make sure you fill out your contact information)

If you are working the door prize table: please do not throw away any of the contact slips. Please leave slips in “raffle drum”.

Entertainment Who, what, when and where? See brochure/map Alcohol Am I allowed to drink on the sidewalk?

o Volunteers: Yes, in our volunteer lounge located at Capitol Places. Please do not drink at your station (water exception)

o Attendees: Yes as long as it is not glass and you remain on the 1200- 1700 blocks of Main Street (located between Gervais St. and Laurel St.)

Where are ID checks? At the restaurants and hotels. Beer and wine sold at restaurants and hotels only. Bathrooms: Bathrooms are available for everyone at the following

locations: Mac’s on Main, Sheraton Downtown Columbia Hotel, Columbia Marriott, Columbia Museum of Art, Nickelodeon, the Whig, or Tapp’s Arts Center.

Bathrooms are also available for volunteers at our volunteer lounge located at Capitol Places.

End of the event: At 7:45 p.m. you are free to leave your table. Please leave

all the information including brochures, signs, etc. at your table. City Center Partnership’s yellow shirts will be by to get everything.

DAY OF THE EVENT Point of Contact: Katherine Swartz (803) 979-4097 Report to 1530 Main Street (Capitol Places Office) to get

assignment.

 

 

 

 

Urban Tour Who, What and Where Sheet for Very Important People Only! 1200 Block - Main and Gervais Tower Plaza RAIN - PUT IN LOBBY 5:30 – 5:50 Next Door Drummers 6:00-6:15 Benedict College Gospel Choir 6:20 – 6:40 Next Door Drummers 6:45-7:00 Benedict College Gospel Choir 7:05-7:25 Next Door Drummers TABLE AT CORNER OF LADY AND MAIN FOR BROCHURES (opposite side of street from uptown) 1200 block – Uptown 5:00 – 6:15 George Fetner on acoustic guitar 1300 block – Arcade Mall Jazz with The Reggie Sullivan Project Art with the Arcade Mall artists Is massage doing massages? 1 TABLE IN PARK FOR COR TO GIVE OUT BROCHURES 1 TABLE TO DO COR STUFF 2 TABLES FOR RAFFLE NEAR STAGE 1300 block – Zoe’s Blues/Rock with Jamie Beresford First Citizens Park – corner of Lady and Main Street Greyhound Pets of America Chicken Man Ernest Lee COR stuff TBA 5:30-6:00 Hoope Troop – use the diagonal walkway 7:00-7:45 Danielle Howle – MUSEUM THEATRE 7:45 Giveaway 1400 Block – Marriott RAIN-GO INTO THE MARRIOTT 5:00-6:15 Bluegrass with Slap Wore Out 6:15-7:45 Rock with Brent Lundy (with drummer)

TABLE RIGHT ACROSS FROM MARRIOTT FOR BROCHURES In front of Wells Fargo 1500 Block – Boyd Plaza RAIN-JOHN TUDOR INSIDE MUSEUM 5:00-7:30 Ampitheatre – John Tudor (Kris will ask about

power) 7:10 Pocket Productions in collaboration with the

Friends of RCPL present Improv Everywhere: The MP3 Experiment

1500 Block – Boyd Plaza along Main Street Sidewalk RAIN- IN THE MUSEUM – ORIENTATION GALLERY One Columbia for Arts and History (photo booth) NEED 2 TABLES 6:00 Pub Politics live NEED 1 TABLE FOR PUB POLITICS 6:15-7:10 Alternacirque

Red bull girl 1 TABLE FOR Red Bull Girl 1 TABLE AT CORNER HAMPTON AND MAIN FOR BROCHURES 1500 Block-in front of Sylvans Historic Columbia Foundation tours 1 TABLE FOR HISTORIC COLUMBIA 1500 Block – Columbia Museum of Art Nick Guiliano of the Percussion Ensemble at USC will perform

under the Chihuly Museum Shop will host a sidewalk sale 6:30 Guided Tour of Museum’s Collection 1500 Block - Free Times Anastasia and FRIENDS @ Free Times A show called Four Way featuring the work of artists, Blue Sky, Alexander Wilds and Anastasia Chernoff Wesley Cook?

 

1500 Block – Frame of Mind Art by Jenna Sach TABLE FOR FANCY THAT BISTRO ON MARRIOTT CORNER OF HAMPTON AND MAIN TABLE FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL FLORIST IN FRONT OF THE SILVER’S BUILDING 1600 Block – Mast General Store Courtyard RAIN -iN THE MUSEUM 5:00-6:00 Columbia Children’s Theatre performs The

Appalachian Wonder Tales 6:00-7:00 NiA Company performs Holla!! TABLE IN FRONT OF NICK FOR BROCHURES TABLE IN FRONT OF S AND S FOR J. GUMBOS 1600 Block –inside Mast General Store 5:30-7:30 Classical music with member of SC

Philharmonic 1600 Block- Nickelodeon Theatre A sneak peek at the new Nick

1600 Block - Tapp’s Pocket Park RAIN- INSIDE TAPPS CIRCULAR DESK Balloonapolis 1600 Block - S and S Art Supply DJ Sunday Morning Red Road Photos PhotoBooth artist Cedric Umoja J. Gumbo serving food 1600 Block - Tapp’s Art Center Group shows by “Art On Main” and “Etc. Studio Artist Stephen Chesley show commemorating the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic USC Fashion Board preview of USC’s annual fashion week (in Skyline Room) 1700 Block – Villa Tronco Palmetto Opera – reservation required for Opera (Façade under renovation but restaurant is OPEN) 1 TABLE ON CORNER OF BLANDING AND MAIN FOR BROCHURES opposite side of Mac’s on Main 1700 Block - Mac’s on Main Urban Tour Butt Festival (Boston butt sandwiches for sale) 8:00 Open blues jam session hosted by Chef Fatback

 

2012 Trivia Questions *correct answer

Which NFL team logo is on the clock leading to the back of S & S Art Supply? *New Orleans Saints Chicago Bears Miami Dolphins

What is the flavor of the week at Paradise Ice? *Turtle Fudge Brownie Chunk Butterscotch Cream Who is the artist whose painting hangs outside the Fountain Room downstairs in the Tapp’s Art Center? William Fredrick *Stefan Duncan Larry 'Bud' Melman What is the painting of on the far left back wall in Grapes and Gallery? *Tiger Peacock Williams Brice Ray Tanner What does the sign say that sits in the plant under the stairs at Wine Down on Main? “Save water drink wine” “Fill my glass please!” “Keep the wine flowing” Name the opposing team on the antique USC Poster on the high wall in Mast General Store? Auburn *Clemson College The Citadel What luggage brand name is on the set of white shelves in Columbia Luggage? *Vera Bradley Hartmann Swiss Army In Uptown on Main, the jar of “South Carolina Honey” in the local foods section is from which town? Kingstree, SC *Rembert, SC Hollywood, SC How many rectangles are on the button wall in House of Fabrics? *5 7 10 How much is the “Tomato Melt” sandwich at Swanson’s Deli? $6.95 *4.95 $7.49 How many track lights are in Wish? 0 *21 30 9

Who is pictured on the clock in Salon Sole? *Marilyn Monroe James Dean Elvis Presley Does the Sheraton have a 13th floor? *No Maybe Yes What is the color of the back wall in Frame of Mind? (Hint : It’s not white) Purple *Green Pink Red What is the color of the couch in Wedding 101? White Blue Red *Brown What is the highest level of membership at Columbia City Ballet? Friend level *Patron level Sponsor level What section is located in the back left section of the Columbia Museum of Art Gift Shop? Post cards Jewelry *Children What was named in honor of Mac’s on Main’s world famous peach cobbler? *Lottery Tickets Little League Baseball team Peach Festival What war is the dead guy’s bed from in the Army Navy Store? Vietnam WWII *Korean WWI What color is the four-legged mascot of King’s Jewelers? Gray Silver *Blue What material are the floors made of in Capital Place’s Barringer building at 1338 Main Street? Wood *Marble Concrete

What kinds of mints are offered at the hostess desk in Cowboy’s Brazilian Steakhouse? York Andes *Gamecock Where is the indoor pool located in the Marriott? Basement 1st Floor *2nd Floor

 

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