It was always a dream of mine (Jerry Reid Jr) to throw a big party with lots of bikes, babes, and rock ‘n roll.  I went to the town hall of Wilmington to get my weekend special-use permit and they told me that I had to have a charity which would benefit from the event.  So, naturally, I went to the charity that Harley Davidson supports, MDA.  I made several phone calls and finally got in touch with the person in charge of approving charity events.  I explained my situation and she said she would get back in touch with me.  A few days passed and no word so I called her back and she told me that because we were an adult nightclub that they would not be able to receive money from us.  I thought this was ludicrous, I mean why would anyone turn down free money?  At this point, I was determined to host a charity bike show.  I figured that I would start my own charity and find kids in the Wilmington area with muscular dystrophy and give them money from my event.  I started out by contacting New Hanover Regional Hospital. I got in touch with their charity foundation and they seemed real nice.  They set up a time for me to come over and pitch my idea to their board.  So I did. As I left the meeting, I felt it went well;  but soon enough, I got a phone call and they said they were not interested.  I could not believe it!  How in the world can charity organizations be picky about who GIVES them money?  The next day the lady from the hospital called me back and told me that she felt really bad about the whole thing and she had another route for me to go.  She knew a lady, Janice Netherlands, who worked for Local Children's Hospital.  She had already contacted Ms. Netherlands they were interested.  I called Janice and told her my situation and she said she would need to run it by her superiors but she thought it might work.  She called me back and said everything was OK. 

            That year we only raised $7200, but it was a start.  The next year we bought a Harley Sportster and sold raffle tickets.  This was definitely the way to go.  It was much easier to sell a raffle ticket than to ask people to donate.  Since then, we have given a bike away each year at the GOLDRUSH in August.  As of the end of 2004, we have donated $148,000.00.  In 2005, we had a custom chopper built by UNLIMITED DREAMS and this year we expect to give at least $300,000.00 to Duke.

            Now that you know what a dilemma it was just to get a worthy charity to support us…I will tell you what a kick-butt party it really is!  It starts every year with a pre-show party on Friday night.  The doors to Pure Gold open at noon and that is when everything really gets going.  We will have beautiful beer tub girls, registration girls and girls everywhere.  The judging for the bike show will start about 2pm.  The judging this year will be done by 5 different bike mechanics from 5 different shops.  We work hard on providing the best and fairest judging.  This year the best of show will be split into 2 categories, crowd favorite and producer’s pick (that would be me).  I figure that with the amount of time and money I spend on these shows, the least I should be able to do is pick my favorite bike and give the owner some money.  Next, while the bikes are being judged Dave from the famous DOG HOUSE in Myrtle Beach with his band of Crazies will put on one awesome Stuntin Inc show.  These guys make me feel like an amateur on a bike and I have been riding for years.  After the first stunt show, the top two bands from the Battle of the Bands will put on a 30 minute show each.  While all of this is going on, the girls will be dancing their little butts off inside the club.  After the bands finish, there will be one more Stuntin Inc show and then it all happens.  The Best Biker Babe Bikini Contest kicks off!  Then, trophies are awarded to the bikes and the bands.  Finally, what everybody is waiting for… the Charity Chopper giveaway!  This year we are going to make it even more interesting.  All of the tickets sold at the event will be put in the raffle box first and we will draw out a winner of just those tickets to win a $10,000 gift certificate to Britt Motor Sports.  Then, all of those tickets including the winner will be combined with all the tickets sold throughout the year to be drawn for the Charity Chopper.  The very last outside event will be the unveiling of next year’s charity chopper to be given away at Goldrush #11.  That concludes the outdoor events.  Then, the party moves inside at 8pm for the Best Biker Babe Goldfiles Model Search Contest. 

            Each year we work very hard to try to improve over the previous year’s event.  With Full Throttle on board this year,  we know that this will be our best year ever!