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It was the day before Thanksgiving, we met some friends from the UK. Jeff & Maureen at a local Restaurant on the Parkway for lunch before we would head out to our "Home Town".

Gary and Kathy's 66 Fairlane 500XL, Joe & Penny in their Ranger was North of the stage and were working at the Caricature shop. Bill & Doris had their '79 T-Bird next to the stage. Wolfman & Sue had their  Wolf Wagon parked next to Ray's '32 Ford 3 Window Coupe when we arrived in our  1967 Dodge Dart 270 at 3:45 Allan & Scotty were on duty. Dave, Esther,  & Mesha would be next in line with their '83 Grand Marquis, "Mustang Mike" would back his '64 Greenbrier next to us. Graham, G4HFG, now back in Oldham England, would check in over the radio to bid his Hello's to everyone. Nick & Francine '32 Ford Coupe rolled in from the south end of "Trophy Row" followed by Mark who would bring his 532 CID 1300HP '63 "Blown to be Wild" Falcon all the way from Parrish tonight. Darrell situated his '66 LTD in the spot he takes on a Saturday North of the Stage. Tom & Lori brought out a 'Vette and not one of their MOPARS to join in with us for the first time. Sue & Steve '08 brought out their "Elvis Tribute" PT Cruiser and substituted for Karen who had family commitments and Arne would fill in for Bill on the stage. Pep & Nancy would have their '91 Mustang Convertible next to the Corvair van. Mike who would be in town for 3 weeks with his '69 Camaro heard about “Rock at the Clock” during the cruise on Saturday and came out tonight. Lynn would bring out her '49 Ford Pickup. Jim and a carload would bring out the '71 Monte Carlo. Pablo & Nilda would have their '96 Taurus out tonight, Jim was in his '69 Firebird, Steve & Charlie would bring out the '77 Deville. Stan the Pacerman came to visit with us for a while. Many of our regular spectators were present including Jasmine & Glenda, Anna, Porky, Coy, Jim & Lori, Fred & Betty, T-Rod, KT4ROD spent the evening with us, Bob N2SXJ and friend Alan came out and it was good to see Doug Stewart, Laura NO400 was feeling “under the weather” so opted reluctantly to stay home and keep warm. Mike Singer, KJ4GNI, was at the controls in the Blue Room and Allan was set up in the street controlling the secondary mixing system, he was well prepared tonight under his canopy he had installed a propane heater, envied by many including Dwight. The "Blue Suede Review" had Tom filling in for Peter on the keyboard tonight. Meagan was in her usual place singing along and having a good time.

Welcome back regular SCTNC Canadian Snowbird cruisers Fred & Carole in their '78 Fairmont Futura and Jim & Joyce in their '69 Cougar and friends (sorry Linda did not get their names). They all enjoyed their first “Rock at the Clock” experience and look forward to attending more Wednesdays before returning home in April. Bob & Marge arrived in the  '68 SS396 Chevelle, Marge has not been able to come out on a Wednesday because of her work schedule, she was not disappointed in Dwight’s performance and said we had not exaggerated his talent. Doug would be out in his '78 El Camino, Trish & Doug brought out their '68 Bronco and would be North of the Stage. Mesha  joined Dwight for a duet during his second set.

Linda was helped by Esther, Mesha and T Rod with the 50/50 ticket sales, Thank you.  "Mustang Mike" and I would take the stage during the first break, Jasmine did a great job picking the tickets, Thank you. Esther had the winning ticket for the $85 but Mesha was first at the stage to claim it, they rewarded Jasmine with $5. Cruiser Number 52, Bill Khoenle missed out on the $40 Cruise-A-Matic so it goes up to $50 next week.

"Cruiser of the Week" went home with Gary & Kathy Collins, Cruiser #50 in their '66 Ford Fairlane 500XL.

Thank You to Old Town for inviting us out every week, to the Old Town Merchants association for sponsoring "A Tribute to the King", to Tracy, Old Town's events director that brought us the "Rock at the Clock" event and to Gary & Dave our own TCB guys for giving us the time that they do and to all of the Cruisers that are starting to come out on a Wednesday Nite. Come on out, "Rain or Shine!" Cruisers, if you don't want to bring out the car because of the weather come on out anyway, lets build the audience on our own. Remember good entertainment and good friends makes a great evening in our "Home Town".

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T Rod's Photos

Dwight Icenhower and the Blue Suede Review - Viva Las Vegas
Dwight Icenhower and the Blue Suede Review - It's Now or Never
Dwight Icenhower with Mesha and the Blue Suede Review - Love Me Tender
Dwight Icenhower and the Blue Suede Review - Suspicions

Mark Dupree in his "Blown to be Wild" 532 CID 1300HP '63 Falcon Leaving the Duke Davis Memorial Wednesday Nite Cruise-In

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