Linda and I would back our '60
Ranchero into a spot next to
Gary's
HHR by the stairs at the top
of Block 1 at 3:30, the cones were set for our Cruisers to make their
way in. "Big" John and "Scary, Scared Larry" arrived in
John's
'08 Vette, his latest Toy. Once the competition mode was found,
Roger had to hold on.
Bill & Doris would situate
their T-Bird in the second spot to the South of the stage, just where
they like it. Tony & Donna brought out their
'65 Mustang. At 4:30 Linda and would go
over to the "Tropical Breeze"
for dinner. While we were there, Nick and Fran would arrive in his
'32 Ford, Bob would park his
'68 SS396 Chevelle next to him.
Gary & Wanda would park their
'55 Chevy next to the stage. Bob N
would park his
'36 Ford on the other side of the stage.
Dave,
Esther &
Mesha were out in their
'83 Grand Marquis
next to Bill & Doris' T-Bird. Tony & Marianne would have their
'72 Monte
Carlo in the line up.
"Mustang Mike" and Emma would be out in the daily driver as would James, Ken & Wanda
and
Kristen, KJ4BST. Bert & "Ernie"
would have their "Elvis Tribute" PT Cruiser out, with more graphics than
before. "Lucky Louie" would have his
'52 Ford parked by Tony's Mustang.
Buzz the "Wolfman" and Sue, "Mrs. Wolfman", had their '03 F-150 setup just down from our
car. Laura, NO4OO had her Firebird at the end of the line, she had to
check into a ARES net on the radio at 7:30. Charlie would take the last
spot on the west side in his customized,
'02 Mini Cooper S.
"Red Racer" Ted, KE4TTE
would park his "Red Racer" next to Laura's Firebird.
Graham,
G4HFG, from Oldham, England would check in over the radio as would
Tony,
K4AVD from Wisconsin. I spent a bit of time once again
tonight chatting with Mike Singer up in the "Blue Room" he is excited
about his consistent high scores on his practice tests to become an
Amateur radio operator. This is something he has always wanted to do,
the OTARC has been
encouraging him.
Tonight would be the first night that we have had
this Cruise-In at it's newest venue that our "Headliner" entertainment
wasn't going to be in Town. Dwight is in Memphis for the "Elvis
week" and will be competing in the
Ultimate
Elvis Contest, we all wish him well. "The Blue Suede Review" took
stage and Bill Langston, you know the Scarf guy for Dwight, and Nancy
Tin with the
Elvis Presley Continentals
Fan Club had a line up of
entertainers for us that included Steven Gilles, Steve Demetrius, Jim Jinelli, Patrick Sebastian, Barry
Porter, Jeremy Ewbank and
Crystalyn Ewbank. These performers would
each do 3 numbers. "The Blue Suede Review", that consisted of
Mark, Jimi and Paul tonight would provide them with the musical backup.
They would also give us a variety of songs from Orbison to the
Beatles and a Monkee's or two.
Tracy was out and would have some
Games for all in attendance between the 2nd and 3rd set. We did have a
little rain, Wolfman said it wouldn't be right with out this free rinse.
It didn't last long and we all moved back to the streets for the
entertainment.
After the first set "Mustang Mike"
and I took the stage for the drawings and awards. Bob and Emma, had been
selling the 50/50 tickets and we had lots of good prizes including a few
from the Merchants of Old Town along with an Autographed CD from Dwight
Icenhower that we purchased last week. Bill donated an "Elvis" lighter
and pocket knife set to be given away.
Tonight's "Cruiser of the Week" went to Cruiser #83,
Dave, Esther & Mesha Skord with their '83 Mercury Grand Marquis.
Crystalyn would assist us on stage with the drawings
and a fine job she did.
The $72 50/50 went home with a spectator, Melanie
Alft. Bobby G., Cruiser #81, was chosen in the "Cruise-A-Matic: but he
was not present tonight, so next week we have $60 in the offering.
Thank you Old Town for bringing our Cruise-In to the
streets of our adopted "Home Town".
On to the Photos.
Click on the photo index to view the photo thumbnails and to zoom in just click the photo
you would like to see larger.
My Photos
Gary & Kathy's Photos
Kristen, KJ4BST's Photos
"Red Racer" Ted, KE4TTE's Photos
Congratulations to the winners! Thank you all for coming
out.
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