Participants are invited to spend the day sitting in chairs arrayed on the grounds.
“Over the years we’ve noticed the success of VolksSporting where people just walk around,” Ima Biggenbotham, event chairperson, explained. “When we heard they actually had clubs and were getting medals for strolling, we wanted in on the inaction.”
The SitzenFest is sanctioned by American SitzenSport, with points awarded per hour of immobility. A special award will be given to the person traveling the shortest distance.
Beckman Furniture has agreed to provide a limited number of repossessed recliners for the inaugural event. Chairs will be available for seating on a first come, first seated basis - no seats will be held.
Music will be provided by Fredericksburg’s own “We’d Rather Not Be Marching Band.”
“We don’t play fast songs, or slow songs,” a band spokesman said. “People refer to our music as ‘half-fast.’”
Hamburgers, hot dogs, and an array of bun-friendly meats will be offered for sale.
If successful, organizers may make the SitzenFest an annual event. “Most of us do this every weekend, anyway,” Biggenbotham said.
The event is supported in part with a grant from the Butt Foundation. A portion of the gross is earmarked for the establishment of an Endowed Chair for On-Line Studies at the Texas Tech Hill Country campus (“Get Smart Without Getting Up”).
More information is available by emailing ima@ass.org.
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