We arrived at Old Town just after 10 am in our '67 Dodge Dart 270, Larry W3PGL was waiting for us and Laura NO4OO was on her way in her '98 Firebird. Our early arrival was to install an Amateur Radio Antenna, as we were getting set up Emil KJ4GNH arrived in his '48 Ford "High School Flame" to help out and Allan kept a watchful eye on us.

Gary was still the first to park his '07 HHR Sherrod on Trophy Row next to the stage, Tom & Bunny parked her '68 Fairlane and Bill & Doris parked their '87 Chevy S-10 before Steve, Emil and Laura moved their vehicles from Victory Lane to Trophy Row, after we packed up our installation equipment and before we headed to Flippers. Mike had already left and John was on duty waiting for us, "Red Racer" Ted took a break from work and joined us for dinner. Gayle drove by in his '34 Ford Coupe, Dave in his '83 Grand Marquis, Rich in his '87 El Camino followed by John in his '57 Chevy 210 and Ray in his '32 Ford Coupe.

Back on Trophy Row we were pleasantly surprised by the arrival of Ed “Loser #1” & Sherry in their '88 Corvette their schedules have changed for a while so they will be able to join us, thanks for the Pizza. A lone Wolfman arrived in his '03 F150 "Wolfwagon", get well soon Sue. Ken brought out his '76 International P/U and Charlie accompanied him tonight, Mike & Stephanie were in their '92 Sonoma, Tony & Donna were in their '65 Mustang, Rosemary & Dan were in her 2000 Mustang Convertible. Bert, Ernie, Mitchell & Granma arrived in their "Elvis Tribute" PT Cruiser, Juan parked his '66 VW Notchback, Jerry & Judy arrived in their '86 Fiero GT. Stan "The Pacerman" stopped by for a visit, Pete & Mary arrived in their 2005 PT Cruiser, Debbie was in her '99 "Elvis Tribute" Cavalier, Ron, Ken & Wanda brought their chairs to enjoy the evening. Frank arrived in his '68 Corvette, we welcomed Friday Nite Cruisers Daryl & Thomas in their 2005 Pontiac GTO, there was a '66 Mustang with New York plates parked just down from us but I did not get to see who it belonged to. At 6:30 we only had 18 cruiser cars but by the time the entertainment started we had a total of 25 cruiser cars.

While we were dining we had not seen Tommy arrive to set up his keyboard but when we got back to Trophy Row I met John and Jim who are members or “The Redcoats” a British Invasion Tribute band from Winter Park. Many of the spectators were familiar with them including John’s proud parents who are regular “Rock at the Clock” spectators. I was informed that “The Redcoats” have won “The Battle of the Bands” twice. Keith arrived with Betsy and his Drums and our faithful Paul joined them with his bass guitar, Mike Singer KJ4GNI was at the controls of the “Blue Room” and the stage was set for an evening of musical memories featuring many popular hits from the UK with some audience requested Elvis numbers. The spectator crowd grew steadily with a mix of regulars and visitors, Carol a regular snowbird spectator has returned for the season “welcome back”.

During the break Steve awarded Cruiser of the week to Cruiser # 135 Ken Keel with his '76 International Pickup. Bunny did a great job selling 50/50 tickets and Elizabeth from West Berlin, New Jersey had the winning ticket for the $64 jackpot.

Cruiser #175 Lynn Olsen was not out so the Cruise-A-Matic goes up to $300.00 next week and will be drawn until someone wins.

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 Out of This World Embroidery/Custom Tags, The Old Town General Store, Knives & Things, Toy Time, Electronic Town, The Gold Hut, Kandlestiks, Wound ‘N Around and Old Town Leather, to Tracy Old Town’s Events Director who brings us the “Rock at the Clock” event to Gary & Dave our volunteer TCB guy’s and to all of the Spectators and Cruisers with or without their cars, who come out “Rain or Shine, Hot or Cold” to make this a great evening in our “Home Town”.

See you all Next Week “Same Time, Same Place”
 

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