What is Pondstock?
A backyard private party on Steroids hosted by a group of neighbors and friends, in a big back yard (usually on a Pond) in St Charles, IL. It started about 8 years ago and has become an annual/semi-annual event, getting a little large each year. Friends and friends of friends attend, so we usually get a big diverse group or folks, somewhere between 150 and 250 total.
Featuring:
Seafood Boil- (bring one pound of RAW seafood (scallops, shrimp, lobster, muscles, etc) we supply everything else for the boil(s) Bring an appetizer or dessert if your so inclined.
Beverage - keg beer and soda are provided, until it runs out, if you want to drink anything else, please BYOB. Some People bring a small cooler, etc.
Music - Tent, stage, several bands, music starts at around 4:00 pm-ish, goes to 11:00 pm (or maybe a little later)
How many people will be there? (Hard to say, Usually lots.)
Families welcome, we have jumpies for little kids,
If you want to sit, bring lawn/camping chairs. Other things: We play lawn bean bags, (safer than horse-shoes)
General Description and Instructions
Most people arrive around 3 to 4 pm ish, earlier ok. First boil served around 5 ish. Music starts somewhere in this time frame. Lots of kids running around. Bean
bag games start. People continue to arrive, peaks at about 5 to 7 ish. As the evening progresses, families with kids (especially young ones) tend to take off, about half of them. Turns more info an adult affair as the sun goes down (but quite a few kids are there, of course) Headliner band starts
around 9 to 9:30 pm. We usually start a bon-fire after dark. Music stops around 11:30 ish, but party will continue and slowly die down, about 1:00 am or so mostly done.
We don't charge anything, but may pass the hat to help cover some of the costs (5 to 10 bucks) optional.
------ What to bring:
- One pound of raw seafood (required)
(Shrimp, scallops, crab legs, lob tail, mussels, crawfish, for example, Frozen ok,
just NOT cooked )
We will have a grill available for non-seafood lovers
Chairs if you want to sit
