The 501st Legion is THE premiere Star Wars Costuming club in the entire world. With over 5000 members and spanning 47 countries it really is like no other organization. Last year alone they raised over 6.5 million for charities world wild. And unlike many other charitable organizations 100% if this money went to Charity. Here a great little documentary right off the press that'll give ya some idea of what these guys are all about. If yer bored on the weekend and ya wanna meet some cool people, have some good times and do some great work you need look no farther than this group.
Stormtroopers: The Documentary from QSO Films on Vimeo.
Last fall we had the 2011 Zombie walk in Toronto. Your truly went down for the day and while I was there I took a few shots. Nearly 6000 corpses writhed, weaved and lurched their way through the streets of Toronto feasting on those unlucky enough to be living. Me with my trusty Nikon found a nice perch on the top steps of a church along Queen St. West and managed to fire off a few shots. The walk lasted hours, Ive never seen so many zombies in my in my life...incidental the Zombie march started in Toronto and is now held in most major cities in the world. Chile had their annual Zombie walk (Saturday Oct. 15, 2011) and thousands show up to eat the flesh of the living that live in Santiago....It's cool to be dead...