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PREZ MESS
HAPPY 4TH, 5TH, 6TH, 7TH, 8TH AND BEYOND
What can I say about our 66th Anniversary celebration last Saturday other than WOW. What felt, at least to me, a little disjointed going into it, came together in spectacular style with a huge turn-out, a great Rib Cook-Off, fabulous detailing and tech sessions, lots of beautiful cars and LOTS of new friends. My Hot Cars in San Ramon welcomed us with open arms and provided a very detailed demonstration of proper detailing techniques for our classic cars and provided a perfect setting for our own annual tech session. We loved having our founder, Skip Riggs, with us for the day and we welcomed new friends from the Big Bird contingent, mingled with the local Cars & Coffee gathering and enjoyed a fabulous lunch provided by our own Guy Cummins and James Gibson.
I can’t thank everyone enough for making this all come together. It truly takes a village to put these things on and we truly had a village that brought it all together. Thanks to the Perrys, the Hagers, the Schaffers, Cummins, Verhoek, Schellenberg, Adams, Grech, and everyone else that made it all work. I also want to thank Thunderbird Headquarters for their support with prize gift certificates and loaner parts for our tech session. If you are there or ordering parts from them, please let them know you appreciate them. What a great day and be sure to check out the pictures on the BATOC web site.
Next up is the Alameda 4th of July parade being organized by the Little’s. I believe it is billed as the longest parade in the country – at 3.5 miles – but obviously a spectacular event. It will probably be pretty warm for the day, but certainly cooler than here in the Tri-Valley. Again, see the flyer inside and jump in.
We also have another team of BATOC’rs working their tails off for our upcoming Progressive Dinner event on July 27th. These are, of course a little “old School” and are always great fun. It’s almost like 3 separate events in one. Appetizers, Dinner & Desert in 3 different spots, with short little cruises in between. Details are inside and it is not too late to join in – but it will be soon. Big Thank You’s to our hosts, the Hagers, the Blodgetts and the Nadlers. Sign up and join the fun.
And, of course, we can’t forget to mention our Oakland A’s event last week. Another great time and great exposure for our club. We had 20 cars, 35 people for the game and escorted 13 1974 World Series team members on to the field. See the pictures on BATOC.org.
And finally – AND IMPORTANTLY – There was lots of back and forth talk this year about doing something OTHER than Ironstone, which is scheduled for September 28th. Well, in the end, no one (including me) managed to put anything else on the agenda, so by default, we WILL officially make another appearance at this fabulous event. I will be calling the Best Western in Angels Camp today to hopefully score some rooms, and we do have a few rooms on hold at the Murphy’s Hotel in Murphys, so, one way or another, we will manage to book enough rooms. I will send out an email in the next couple of days with further details but put it on your calendar and let me know ASAP if you want to attend with us. Let’s have another great Ironstone weekend. If you are not familiar with it, please go to ironstoneconcours.com for all the details and information.
So, there ya have it. There are a million things I COULD discuss here, but there is plenty for you to read inside. Here’s to a great summer of Thunderbird fun and I’ll see you all soon.
DAVE,
BIG BIRD
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