Royal Pain Scheduled Events

Hosting Crew	Date	Description	Contact
Royal Pains and Thumb Smashers	Sunday, February 26, 2006 Been There Done That Check Our Next Event	(Click image to see us at the event) Outdoorama - Rock Financial Expo, Novi, MI	Andy Smith Foreman Tom Doppke
Royal Pains and Thumb Smashers	Sunday, March 12, 2006 Been There Done That Check Our Next Event	(Click image to see us at the event) The Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI	Andy Smith Foreman Tom Doppke
Royal Pains and Thumb Smashers	Saturday, April 8, 2006 Been There Done That Check Our Next Event	(Click image to see us at the event) Arab American National Museum, Dearborn, MI AANM Website: Click Here	Andy Smith Foreman Tom Doppke
Royal Pains and Thumb Smashers	Saturday, May 13, 2006 Been There Done That Check Our Next Event	(Click image to see some of the movies we watched) Seis De Mayo Restaurant Fiesta and Bad Movie Day Los Tres Amigos next to Briarwood Mall in Ann Arbor, MI. It is family owned and authentic. After we gorge ourselves on tamales we will go to the Head Hard Hat's house for manly bad movies. Map to Restaurant	Andy Smith Foreman Tom Doppke
Royal Pains and Thumb Smashers	Saturday, June 24, 2006	Michigan Challenge Balloonfest Howell, MI More than 50 spectacular balloons will fill the Southeast Michigan skies with color and spectacle. But the Michigan Challenge is lots more than balloons. It's a weekend filled with excitement, entertainment and fun... We will be meeting up there for an afternoon of fun activities. More details to come as we get closer to the event. Website: Click Here	Andy Smith Foreman Tom Doppke
Royal Pains and Thumb Smashers	Saturday, July 1st, 2006	Toledo Mudhens and Tony Packo's Baseball Event FAMILY EVENT - Including Fireworks - BRING YOUR FAMILY DAY! RSVP as soon as possible we are getting the tickets early. Website: Click Here	Andy Smith Foreman Tom Doppke
Royal Pains and Thumb Smashers	Saturday, July 15th, 2006	Head Hard Hat BBQ FEAST Come to a BBQ Spectacular at the Head Hard Hat's house (Dexter, MI). Bring your fishing gear and try to catch the biggest large mouth bass out of our backyard pond. More details to come. RSVP as soon as possible to ensure a spot.	Andy Smith Foreman Tom Doppke
Royal Pains and Thumb Smashers	Saturday, August 5th, 2006	Toledo Mudhens and Tony Packo's Baseball Event RSVP as soon as possible we are getting the tickets early. Website: Click Here	Andy Smith Foreman Tom Doppke
Royal Pains and Thumb Smashers	Friday, August 18th, 2006	Michigan International Speedway Race and Cookout Website: Click Here	Andy Smith Foreman Tom Doppke
Royal Pains and Thumb Smashers	Saturday, September 2, 2006	Romeo Peach Festival, Romeo, MI Website: Click Here	Andy Smith Foreman Tom Doppke
Royal Pains and Thumb Smashers	September, 2006 To Be Determined	Motor City Men's Expo, Rock Financial Expo, Novi, MI	Andy Smith Foreman Tom Doppke
Royal Pains and Thumb Smashers	October, 2006 To Be Determined	Saline Chili Cookoff Saline, MI Website: Click Here	Andy Smith Foreman Tom Doppke

NOTICE:
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NOW ACCEPTING MEMBERS
Live Anywhere Near Dexter, Michigan?
We Want YOU to Join The Royal Pains!
Email Andy Smith headhardhat@hardhatbrotherhood.com
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The Royal Pains are a great bunch of guys who want to do nothing more than go out and have fun.

To be a Royal Pain you must have the following abilities:

• Live somewhere near Dexter, Michigan.
  (As long as you can attend our monthly events.)
• Have a good sense of humor.
• The need to meet with other guys in a fun setting, beware pizza and libations may be involved.
• The ability to laugh so hard you might wet yourself - note the word might.
  Depends are optional and we don't want to know...

If you would like to be a part of our Crew and you are a guy who enjoys going out with friends, doing things like BBQ's, fishing, sporting events, local bar/restaurant testing, attending basically any manly-man event that we can think up, etc.. If this sounds like you then send Andy Smith an email headhardhat@hardhatbrotherhood.com and we will sign you up. Be prepared to have good friends and good times with a Crew that swears by the motto: you are as old as you feel. It's time to start enjoying life again and if that means some beer and pizza along the way, all the better.

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Our First HHBrotherhood Event - A simple BBQ and some fishing for largemouth bass. Guy Stuff does not have to be fancy.

Where did the Crew name of The Royal Pains come from?

Crew #1 The Royal Pains is the founding group which started the Hard Hat Brotherhood. It's name originated from a combination of events. First was the appointed name for our own Prince Chucky (Charles Ramsey) who's wife is a Red Hatter. It was not long after we started getting together as a group when the Head Hard Hat (Andy Smith) also received a royal title from his wife Queen Char. Andy would then always be known to The Flaming Red Divine Divas (Queen Char's RHS Chapter) as Prince Annwoo of Humor and Goofiness. The sound of the titles stuck which created the royal part. The pains part came simple enough. Our wives always said that we were a 'pain' in the buttocks so it seemed like a good match.
By the way, if you notice the four stars in our Crew logo. They represent each of the four original founders...

Scott and Prince Chuckie at the GUYS EXPO 2005

Why Hawaiian shirts?

What can I say, we are guys and we actually love the tacky look. Tie-dye t-shirts covered with Hawaiian just seemed to add that extra touch of guyness. Note we had the Hawaiian shirts even before the ''Classic'' HHBrotherhood t-shirts were ever printed.

We enjoy being in parades and sometimes Andy does speaking engagements.
The other guys come as honored guests. We always have a blast at these.

(Andy, the Head Hard Hat standing next to one of his favorite of warbird planes; the P-40.
This was our Thunder Over Michigan Event 2005.)

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Spreading the word about the Hard Hat Brotherhood is what we do. We are the founding Crew after all.