Tuesday 4-Dec-2012, 12:21 AM
This event is definitely one which we all look forward to every year – I know I do.
Sure, we do a number of larger events during the year, but this one outscores them all on the number of hugs we receive, the number of smiles we put on kids faces and the number of lasting memories that we ourselves are left with.
The reality of the situation is that even though many of the kids have seen 'us' in the movies, or on TV, or in games, or as toys, it can be pretty confronting for them to actually come face to face with us in real-life. And, at this particular event, there are a many kids who have a pretty confronting time of it just trying to be kids.
So every time a kid plucks up the courage to give a trooper a hug or give Darth Vader a high-five, then they suddenly realise we aren't so scary anymore; and once they go home then perhaps, just perhaps, some other things in their lives may not seem so scary anymore too.
We are 'The Bad Guys Doing Good', and never is that motto more apt than for this event.
Thank You to all the 501st & Rebel Legion troopers who attended, and thanks also go out to all the D2L members who came along and helped make the event so exciting!
Kev Vader
Sure, we do a number of larger events during the year, but this one outscores them all on the number of hugs we receive, the number of smiles we put on kids faces and the number of lasting memories that we ourselves are left with.
The reality of the situation is that even though many of the kids have seen 'us' in the movies, or on TV, or in games, or as toys, it can be pretty confronting for them to actually come face to face with us in real-life. And, at this particular event, there are a many kids who have a pretty confronting time of it just trying to be kids.
So every time a kid plucks up the courage to give a trooper a hug or give Darth Vader a high-five, then they suddenly realise we aren't so scary anymore; and once they go home then perhaps, just perhaps, some other things in their lives may not seem so scary anymore too.
We are 'The Bad Guys Doing Good', and never is that motto more apt than for this event.
Thank You to all the 501st & Rebel Legion troopers who attended, and thanks also go out to all the D2L members who came along and helped make the event so exciting!
Kev Vader
