BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:Running of the Bull BEGIN:VEVENT UID:238392024-06-29 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240629 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240630 LOCATION:2009 Delaware 1\nDewey Beach Delaware 19971 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2009 Delaware 1\nDewey Beac h Delaware 19971;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=2009 Delaware 1:geo:38.695560,- 75.075650 GEO:38.695560;-75.075650 SUMMARY:Running of the Bull CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:A quarter of a century ago\, Michael McDonnell was in his mid-t wenties\nand feeling revelrous when he and a beach house full of his cohor ts\ndecided to enact their own wacky version of Pamplona’s Running of\nt he Bulls in an unassuming bar in Dewey Beach. None of them could have\nant icipated that inaugural run down the beach with the bull in a\ncostume in June\, 25 years ago\, would ultimately become Dewey Beach’s\nown “drun k uncle” version of Pamplona’s long held tradition…\n\nMcDonnell ref lects\, “It’s crazy to me… because the math caught\nup to me the oth er day\, and it’s been so many years. In October I\nturn 52\, and I’ve now been doing this half my life.”\n\nMcDonnell explains that as the Ru nning of the Bull grew from that\nfirst year\, there were a couple of tipp ing points that really kept the\nmomentum going. The first was the year wh en Steve “Monty”\nMontgomery took over ownership of the Starboard\, an d the event turned\nfrom a beach house tradition into being managed by the establishment\,\nand it became exponentially bigger. The other was when\, on the\nprecipice of the 10th Anniversary\, the Washington Post ran a sto ry in\ntheir Style Section on the event.\n\nSince its inception\, it has g rown into an event that includes a fly\nover\, a charitable event that ove r the years has raised a ton of\nmoney\, and even become a multigeneration al affair! Says McDonnell\,\n“We now have kids who were two years old wh en their parents were\nforming the culture around the Running of the Bull\ , who are in\nattendance at the event. That always blows my mind!”\n\nOv er the years\, the Running of the Bull has pulled a ton of stunts\,\nespec ially as it relates to the matadors. They have had celebrities\,\nbrew mas ters\, and politicians fight the bull. They saw their way\nthrough the leg end of the lost girl—who is still missing somewhere\nout there in Americ a. They have had multiple radio personalities show\nup to commentate the f ights. And of course\, there have been a slew of\nElvis impersonators. So what\, you ask\, might be in store for the 25th\nAnniversary of this iconi c local event?\n\nThe answer to that is: show up to find out! This is an e vent where\nMontgomery and McDonnell like to pull out surprises and keep t he\ncrowds guessing! It’s all part of the silly charm of this eventful\n weekend!\n\nCome out on Saturday\, June 25th\, wear your Pamplona style re d and\nwhite\, and prepare to see hundreds of imbibed participants stumble \,\nfumble\, and generally run in a forward motion from two men in a bull\ ncostume. This is going to be a year to remember\, so don’t miss out!\nA nd if you’ve got your kids in the vicinity of the Dewey area that\nweeke nd\, take a step in the direction of “raisin’ ‘em right\,”\nand co me out to the kids’ version of the event\, between the\nDagsworthy and N ew Orleans street beaches\, 10:30AM on June 25th!\n\nWe’ll see you there !\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

A quarter of a century ago\, Michael McDonn ell was in his mid-twenties and feeling revelrous when he and a beach hous e full of his cohorts decided to enact their own wacky version of Pamplona &rsquo\;s Running of the Bulls in an unassuming bar in Dewey Beach. None o f them could have anticipated that inaugural run down the beach with the b ull in a costume in June\, 25 years ago\, would ultimately become Dewey Be ach&rsquo\;s own &ldquo\;drunk uncle&rdquo\; version of Pamplona&rsquo\;s long held tradition&hellip\;

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McDonnell reflects\, &ldquo\;It&rsq uo\;s crazy to me&hellip\; because the math caught up to me the other day\ , and it&rsquo\;s been so many years. In October I turn 52\, and I&rsquo\; ve now been doing this half my life.&rdquo\;

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McDonnell explains that as the Running of the Bull grew from that first year\, there were a c ouple of tipping points that really kept the momentum going. The first was the year when Steve &ldquo\;Monty&rdquo\; Montgomery took over ownership of the Starboard\, and the event turned from a beach house tradition into being managed by the establishment\, and it became exponentially bigger. T he other was when\, on the precipice of the 10th Anniversary\, the Washing ton Post ran a story in their Style Section on the event.

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Since its inception\, it has grown into an event that includes a fly over\, a ch aritable event that over the years has raised a ton of money\, and even be come a multigenerational affair! Says McDonnell\, &ldquo\;We now have kids who were two years old when their parents were forming the culture around the Running of the Bull\, who are in attendance at the event. That always blows my mind!&rdquo\;

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Over the years\, the Running of the Bull has pulled a ton of stunts\, especially as it relates to the matadors. Th ey have had celebrities\, brew masters\, and politicians fight the bull. T hey saw their way through the legend of the lost girl&mdash\;who is still missing somewhere out there in America. They have had multiple radio perso nalities show up to commentate the fights. And of course\, there have been a slew of Elvis impersonators. So what\, you ask\, might be in store for the 25th Anniversary of this iconic local event?

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The answer to t hat is: show up to find out! This is an event where Montgomery and McDonne ll like to pull out surprises and keep the crowds guessing! It&rsquo\;s al l part of the silly charm of this eventful weekend!

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Come out on Saturday\, June 25th\, wear your Pamplona style red and white\, and prepar e to see hundreds of imbibed participants stumble\, fumble\, and generally run in a forward motion from two men in a bull costume. This is going to be a year to remember\, so don&rsquo\;t miss out! And if you&rsquo\;ve got your kids in the vicinity of the Dewey area that weekend\, take a step in the direction of &ldquo\;raisin&rsquo\; &lsquo\;em right\,&rdquo\; and co me out to the kids&rsquo\; version of the event\, between the Dagsworthy a nd New Orleans street beaches\, 10:30AM on June 25th!

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We&rsquo\; ll see you there!

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