Gotta Love the Waterfront Show 'n' Shine!

It's not your standard show, simply because of the setting. There's no asphalt, there's no mall, there's no nearby road with traffic whizzing by.

Instead, there's green grass, blue water, amazing skyline; and for those so inclined, Elvis singing at the next door Quay.

And of course beautiful cars and amazing people - which is the only constant at all of our shows.

Waterfront was another massive success, with dozens of cars (I don't have the official count, but I'd guess 70 or so) parked out in front of the water in the beautiful weather.

Yes, you heard that right - beautiful weather! It seems a rarity these days.

Sue and Don and their troupe of dedicated volunteers once again did a great job organizing the event, with Sue (probably) doing all the work and Don arranging for the sun. Our thanks goes out to them!

Don (or Sue, probably) will give us an update, including the list of winners for 2011. All I know is that my LT-1 came in second, once again beat out by Marj's 70 big block. I'm just glad that Ray and Meredith arrived late in their 69 convertible (and it's red, no less), else I don't think I'd have gotten my grubby little paws on one of those snazzy plaques.

Sunny Day for Preston's?

We woke Sunday morning to a sunny day with a few white, fluffy clouds. A perfect car show day! By 8 AM we had a line up of approximately 20 Corvettes waiting for the lot to open - it was a sign of what was to come for the day.

There were 83 Corvettes registered - 38 were non-BCCC cars - with another dozen that came but didn't register. What a great turnout!

The BBQ was also very successful, thanks to Beve and husband John. Many thanks to all the volunteers that helped out. We would not have been able to pull this off without their help.

Class	Number of Cars	First Place	Second Place
A - 1953-1962	8	Lorne Embree	Al Frost
B - 1963-1967	12	Greg Ballantyne	Jim Peterson
C - 1968-1972	8	Gillian Heyes	Marj Bowen
D - 1973-1977	6	Larry Knibb	Greg Lehner
E - 1978-1982	1	Lenny Marriot
F - 1984-1990	9	Roy Drewitt	Wayne Mercer
G - 1991-1996	5	John Jensen	Ross Smith
H - 1997-2004	15	Dan Mouldey	Seann Tanner
I - 2005-2010	20	B. Hoschka	B. Hoschka
Best in Show		Lorne Embree(?)
Preston's Choice		Lorne Embree(?)

Judy and Dave

Biggest Preston's Ever!

Eighty-three cars registered and another dozen or so just hangin' out. That was the awesome turn-out to the annual Preston's Show and Shine. I'm thinking the weather might of had something to do with it, as we finally enjoyed our first consecutive days of sunshine this spring.

And there were some fabulous cars out on the lot or in the show room, including a '57 Fuelie and 2010 ZR1! That's probably the only time I'll come within drooling distance of that particular car!

Congrats to everyone who put on the show - Dave and Judy; thanks to their helpers and to Preston's; and thanks to everyone who showed up and showed off!

Back at Tradex!

We forgot to mention - we were back at the Tradex Classic Car Show this year!  Better late than never, I guess, but in all honesty I don't remember all the details of the show, so I can't really say much about it.

Dan Ward organized our participation in the event and got a lot of help from a lot of people - John MacLean, Al Frost, Nigel Wheway, Al Mandleman, Don Williams, Lew and Gail Berry..... and I know there were a lot of volunteers helping man the booth over the weekend, but I am not sure who those wonderful people were. 

We had four cars at the show, belonging to me.... oh, and to Nigel, Don, and Al; we tried to represent as many generations as we could but we were only allowed four cars total, so we only got the C1s, C3s, C4s, and C5s represented.  Maybe next year the Tradex people will allow us a bigger display.

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