Detroit Bookfest Cornhole Fundraiser

Bill Durham (Fox Hills GM) and Kari Kahanec (Fox Hills Event Manager)

Welcome to the inaugural Detroit Bookfest Cornhole Fundraiser.

This fun Cornhole Tournament is all ages and open to anyone.

This event is being organized by Friends of Detroit Bookfest.

This is a charity event. 100% of the proceeds go to Detroit Bookfest, which is a 501c3 non-profit organization.

We are deeply grateful to Fox Hills Golf & Banquet Center (Plymouth, Michigan) for hosting us.

Please read all of the information below then register your team. Thank you!

https://detroitbookfest.com/cornhole-registration-form/

Fox Hills (Plymouth, Michigan)

The inaugural Detroit Bookfest Cornhole Tournament Fundraiser

Sunday, June 09, 2024

Noon start time

Links

Facebook Event Page

Scoreholio

Location

Fox Hills Golf & Banquet Center

8768 N. Territorial Road

Plymouth, MI 48170

Cost

$50.00 for two-person team. You must register online.

FREE for spectators

https://detroitbookfest.com/cornhole-registration-form/

Afterwards

Many people will walk over and find great food and drinks for sale inside the Strategic Clubhouse or the Classic Grill inside the Fox Classic Clubhouse.

Ages

This is an all-ages event, open to anyone.

Bags

You can BYOB (bring your own bags) if you want to. If not, house bags will be provided to you.

Bar

Alcohol will be for sale for those 21+ up. You can purchase inside the Summerhouse or from one of the mobile carts or at one of the three clubhouses.

Cornhole

Cornhole boards are placed 27 feet apart from front edge to front edge. You stand opposite your partner. Each team throws four bags per turn. You alternate throws with your opponent. A bag on the board is one point. A bag through the hole is three points.

In cancellation scoring, the points of one player cancel out the points of their opponent. For example: if you throw a bag through the hole, that’s 3 points and if your opponent gets two bags on the board, that’s two points. You would do 3-2, so you get one point on the scoreboard. Whichever team scores 21 points first is the winner of the game and will advance to the next round.

Detroit Bookfest

The Detroit Festival of Books (aka: Detroit Bookfest) is the largest book festival in the state of Michigan. Entry to the event is free. The event is organized by a 501c3 non-profit organization comprised entirely of unpaid volunteers who donate their time to making the event happen. It occurs annual on the 3rd Sunday in July at Detroit’s historic Eastern Market.

Format

The format is Double Elimination (meaning if you lose two games, you’re out).

Fox Hills

Fox Hills is a 500-acre golf course with 63 holes of golf. They also have a driving range. Fox Hills is also very popular for special events like weddings. Fox Hills Country Club was established way back in 1927. Then in 1974 it became a public golf course. Thanks to the generosity of Fox Hills, we are able to host this fundraiser at Fox Hills.

Fox Hills has 3 golf courses: Golden (great and beautiful course), Strategic (short game, no driver needed), and Classic (versatile and great for any skill level). They also have two driving ranges and the Strategic range even has Footgolf.

Fox Hills is also a great location for events such as weddings, showers, high school banquets, corporate picnics, corporate team building, and more.

The Learning Center at Fox Hills features eight brand new Trackman simulators, which create an amazing experience for the user.

https://www.foxhills.com/

Location

The cornhole tournament will take place at the Summerhouse, both inside and on the Summerhouse lawn.

The Summerhouse is a 10,000 square foot pavilion with a bar and restrooms inside. The Summerhouse walls are made of retractable windscreens.

Fox Hills Summerhouse (Plymouth, Michigan)

Money

Teams must register online. Stripe is used to process your funds.

However, once you are at the event, cash is preferred for the 50/50 raffle, bars, foodtruck, etc. Credit cards and debit cards will also be accepted for bars and foodtruck.

Nature

Fox Hills is a certified Audubon Sanctuary. Bald eagles live on Fox Classic (the hills). There are also numerous deer, turkeys, sandhill cranes, and more.

A partial listing of wildlife sightings at Fox Hills includes a variety of birds such as herons, orioles, red tailed hawks, pheasants, woodpeckers and cedar wax wings. In addition, other animals such as fox, mink, muskrats, rabbits, frogs and turtles are commonly seen. Over 100 species of wildlife/birds have been observed on the property.

Organizers

Who is organizing this fundraiser? This charity fundraiser is being organized by Friends of Detroit Bookfest. Thanks to the generosity of Fox Hills, we are able to host this fundraiser at Fox Hills. 100% of the proceeds go directly to Detroit Bookfest.

Parking

Fox Hills regularly handles massive events. There is plenty of free parking.

Prizes

1st place prize, 2nd place prize, 3rd place cash prizes. Amounts depend on how many teams register.

Proceeds

100% of the proceeds go to Detroit Bookfest, which is a 501c3 non-profit organization.

Raffle

There will be a 50/50 Raffle. Bring cash to buy your raffle tickets!

Refunds

Refunds will only be issued if this event does not take place.

Scoreholio

This game will be tracked using the Scoreholio phone app to manage the stats. You can create a profile on here and follow our game, if you want to.

Scoreholio QR code for Detroit Bookfest Cornhole Tournament

Spectators

Spectators are free. Come hang out, have some food, have some drinks, and watch the cornhole spectacle unfold!

Time

The start time is Noon. The exact end time is unknown since we do not know how many competitors there are yet and how long each game will be.

Weather

This event is rain or shine. It will be open air if the weather is nice. If raining, the event will take under the roof of the Summerhouse Pavilion.

Questions

If you have any further questions, please fill out this contact form:

https://detroitbookfest.com/contact-us/

Detroit Bookfest Cornhole Fundraiser

Fox Hills Summerhouse Plymouth interior

Thank You Pure Michigan for featuring Detroit Bookfest on the state of Michigan’s main tourism calendar!

Detroit Bookfest on the Pure Michigan tourism calendar

Big thank you to Pure Michigan for listing Detroit Bookfest on the state of Michigan’s main tourism calendar!

Pure Michigan is a division of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation in Lansing. The MEDC exists to help foster and promote positive economic activity statewide.

We are honored and delighted to be featured on the calendar.

Pure Michigan (courtesy of Pure Michigan)

Fun factoid of the day:

Michigan has the world’s longest freshwater coastline (3, 288 miles).

Detroit Bookfest on the Pure Michigan Calendar

https://www.michigan.org/event/7th-annual-detroit-festival-books-aka-detroit-bookfest-free

Calendar listing of all events

https://www.michigan.org/events

Pure Michigan (courtesy of Pure Michigan)

AI Images of Detroit Bookfest (courtesy of Pete Linforth in the UK)

AI Images of Detroit Bookfest (digital art generated by Pete Linforth in the UK)

Wow! All of these images were generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) courtesy of Pete Linforth, an artist in the United Kingdom.

Pete says:

“I have created Digital Art going way back in the 1980’s when rendering a small resolution image would take over 24 hours! Now these things are done in seconds. I also doodle with black ink pens.”

“I’ve used AI pretty much as it came out into the market place. Basic AI has been around for many years, but recently of course there are hundreds of tools anyone can get into easily. I like the fact that someone with no experience at creating art manually can now create images from their imagination, that’s a great way to bring creativity to the masses. I tend to mainly use Leonardo, it’s a feature rich tool that is growing in popularity and new features are added on a regular basis.”

“Some personal inspirations are Picasso, Miró, Dalí, Escher, Rothko and Emin. Each have their unique view of the world and each had a major influence on my style and general images I like.”

Thank you, Pete! These images are whimsical and fascinating!

Homepage

https://pixabay.com/users/thedigitalartist-202249/

Contact

[email protected]

AI Images of Detroit Bookfest (digital art generated by Pete Linforth in the UK)

Visit Detroit’s official mobile tourism center, the D-Rover Van, will be at Detroit Bookfest!

The D-Rover Van will be at Detroit Bookfest!

*Special thanks to John Francis, Harriet Carter, Stan Smith and the great staff at the DMCVB for this*

The D-Rover Mobile Visitors Center travels around the region, helping to promote Detroit by passing out free magazines, maps, giveaways and special Detroit promotional materials to anyone interested in hearing more about the area.

Owned and operated by the The Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau (DMCVB), the D-Rover will be making its way to Bookfest!

John Francis @ the D Rover from DMCVB (photo by: Detroit’s Debography)

The DMCVB is “the only organization that promotes Metro Detroit regionally, nationally and internationally as a convention, business meeting and tourism destination.”

It is a non-profit economic development corporation which helps generate excitement about the area.

Factoring in all of the ancillary revenue streams (ie: hotels, restaurants, bars, stores, etc), the economic impact of Detroit Festival of Books for the Metro Detroit region is projected to be several million dollars.

Come check out the D-Rover!

Visit Detroit

https://visitdetroit.com/

Visit Detroit calendar of events

https://visitdetroit.com/events/7th-annual-detroit-festival-of-books/

The D-Rover Van will be at Detroit Bookfest!

Here are some fun Detroit facts courtesy of DMCVB’s VisitDetroit.com

Detroit Facts

Photos from the 6th Annual Detroit Festival of Books 2023 @ Eastern Market

Debbie Maciolek is the Official Photographer for Detroit Festival of Books

The 6th annual Detroit Festival of Books (aka: Detroit Bookfest) took place on Sunday, July 16, 2023 at Eastern Market Shed 5 in Detroit.

These photos are courtesy of Detroit photographer Debbie Maciolek and her company DEBOGRAPHY .

Debbie says:

“I had an absolute blast at Detroit Bookfest! Really enjoyed it, especially meeting the book dealers and authors and listening to all the great conversations. Thank you to all the people who interacted with me and helped me get great shots. It was a very diverse crowd of vendors and attendees and I loved seeing all the books, smiles, great food, records, hearing the funk music and I look forward to going next year!”

Debography Email

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Debography Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/debographyphotography/

Debography Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/DebographyPics/

Debography Twitter

https://twitter.com/debography

6th Annual Detroit Festival of Books 2023 @ Eastern Market Shed 5 (photo by: Debbie Maciolek, aka: Debography) Detroit Bookfest

Darren McCarty @ 6th Annual Detroit Festival of Books 2023 @ Eastern Market Shed 5 (photo by: Debbie Maciolek, aka: Debography) Detroit Bookfest

6th Annual Detroit Festival of Books 2023 @ Eastern Market Shed 5 (photo by: Debbie Maciolek, aka: Debography) Detroit Bookfest

Deon Forrest @ 6th Annual Detroit Festival of Books 2023 @ Eastern Market Shed 5 (photo by: Debbie Maciolek, aka: Debography) Detroit Bookfest

6th Annual Detroit Festival of Books 2023 @ Eastern Market Shed 5 (photo by: Debbie Maciolek, aka: Debography) Detroit Bookfest

John King @ 6th Annual Detroit Festival of Books 2023 @ Eastern Market Shed 5 (photo by: Debbie Maciolek, aka: Debography) Detroit Bookfest

6th Annual Detroit Festival of Books 2023 @ Eastern Market Shed 5 (photo by: Debbie Maciolek, aka: Debography) Detroit Bookfest

Ilana Berry @ 6th Annual Detroit Festival of Books 2023 @ Eastern Market Shed 5 (photo by: Debbie Maciolek, aka: Debography) Detroit Bookfest

6th Annual Detroit Festival of Books 2023 @ Eastern Market Shed 5 (photo by: Debbie Maciolek, aka: Debography) Detroit Bookfest

Birdie’s Bookmobile @ 6th Annual Detroit Festival of Books 2023 @ Eastern Market Shed 5 (photo by: Debbie Maciolek, aka: Debography) Detroit Bookfest

6th Annual Detroit Festival of Books 2023 @ Eastern Market Shed 5 (photo by: Debbie Maciolek, aka: Debography) Detroit Bookfest

Ryan M. Place and Lonni Thomas @ 6th Annual Detroit Festival of Books 2023 @ Eastern Market Shed 5 (photo by: Debbie Maciolek, aka: Debography) Detroit Bookfest