We arrived on Trophy Row just after 3:00 pm in our '67 Dodge Dart 270, Gary had his '07 HHR Sherrod parked by the stage, it was “dreary” the rain had stopped but it was damp and overcast this did not bode well for a large turnout. We headed for the office Tracy informed us of the secondary plan for the wedding if the weather caused the “On Stage” ceremony to be cancelled. Gary had his '07 HHR Sherrod parked by the stage, Dave arrived in his '83 Grand Marquis and we headed to Flippers were we had Mike, John and Trish take great care of us.

When the roads are wet it is not always safe for cruisers to bring out their cruising vehicles so quite a few of our regulars did not venture out, we found out on Saturday that many areas had received a lot of rain and in some areas it was still raining. We encouraged our cruisers to park their daily drivers south of the stage on Trophy Row this gave us an unusual mix of Vehicles. We had 9 vehicles registered to cruise on a Wednesday, Friday or Saturday and 4 Daily Drivers. Friday Nite Vehicles included Stan & Maryann in their '05 Escape, Richard in his '99 Neon and Lori in her '06 Dodge Charger. Laura arrived with her Mom Mary & Bob in her '98 Firebird, George arrived in his '56 Olds, Debbie was in her '99 "Elvis Tribute" Cavalier and Bert & Laverne were in their '66 Comet Wagon. Because of the heavy rain when they left home Bill & Doris brought out their '07 Buick, Tom & Bunny had to traverse flooded roads so brought out their '02 Dodge, Lynn still has no wipers on her Pick Up so came out in her '08 Avalanche, Wolfman & Sue have the "Wolfwagon" packed away ready for their imminent departure, they will be joining Dwight & Vicky on the Sea Cruise.

Thank you, one and all for your support this includes our regular spectators who come with their chairs and umbrellas to enjoy an evening with friends and great entertainment. The Blue Suede Review had set up their instruments, Mike was at the controls of the Blue Room, Jan and Sue had the memorabilia table set up, Bunny was selling 50/50 tickets, the stage was set for Dwight and Vicky to arrive.

The rain had finally stopped and it was a cool but pleasant evening, as the first set was drawing to a close Dwight brought Beth Eby the Bride & Scott Turner the Groom (and drummer Jimi’s brother in law) on to the stage and introduced them to the audience, he then proceeded to perform the wedding ceremony, check out the video on YouTube. After the wedding party took their leave and headed for their reception at the Blue Max, Steve awarded Cruiser of the Week to Cruiser # 176 Lori in her '06 Dodge Charger, the case of oil went home with Bert & Laverne in their '66 Comet Wagon, Bunny had the winning ticket for the 50/50 jackpot of $30. For various reasons the Cruise A Matic of $25 is being held over to next week.

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, Valvoline, 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” Peter Alden will be entertaining us while Dwight is Cruising the Western Caribbean, he’ll be back on December 9th just in time to officiate a Vow renewal on stage.

Don’t forget - Wednesday December 16 is the 3rd Annual Golf Cart Cruise. Golf Carts decorated for the holidays will be on display and we will cruise with them down the Old Town brick street at 8:00 pm.
For more information, call (407) 396-4888.

 

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