Popular Quartermania coming soon to the Canyon Lake Lodge

The Canyon Lake Family Matters Club is getting ready to present its annual Quartermania event on Nov. 13 in the Holiday Bay Room at the Canyon Lake Lodge.

Those age 10 and older are welcome to come and play with the purchase of a ticket. Everyone must have a ticket to sit and bid. There are only 100 bidder paddles and 100 chairs set up.

Anyone can come and shop or watch, but the chairs are paid for by the bidders when they get their paddles. The event begins at 1:00 p.m. with the doors opening at noon for check in and shopping.

Upon check-in, each guest with a pre-sale ticket will receive a Guest Good Bag which includes an Event Program with the listings of the vendors, auction items, raffle items, silent auction items, and one bidder paddle. Guests will still need to bring quarters for this paddle.

Quartermania is simple and the game play is as follows: regular paddles will be $30 at the door and the VIP paddles will be $45 at the door. There are two rounds. Round 1 is the three-quarter round (est. retail value of $50 or higher). Round 2 is the two-quarter round (est. retail value of $30 or higher).

Bidders interested in the opportunity to win a specific basket or item must then deposit the quarters into a collection jar on the tables. After depositing the quarter, they raise their bidding paddle in the air.

A random number will be drawn from those with raised paddles. The guest holding up the chosen number wins that basket.

Guests can increase their chances of winning by purchasing an additional paddle for $5. There is a limit of three paddles per person.

If more than one paddle is used per round, guests must deposit quarters for each paddle used.

“Everyone who has ever attended the event has been thrilled,” club founder Shawna Bowen said. “The club does a test run at the beginning to make sure everyone knows how to play.”

Before the bidding begins and between the two rounds, shopping with the vendors in the shopping area will be available. Vendors will have specials for shoppers.

The proceeds from Quartermania will go to benefiting the philanthropic work done by the Family Matters Club throughout the year.

To sign up to be a vendor, contact the Family Matters Club at https://familymattersclub.org or visit its Facebook page.

Photo by Shawna Bowen