I'd like to call to everyone's attention, what promises to be a fantastic
and memorable British car event which is coming in 2012 as a part of the
annual British Car Week.
Planning is currently underway for the first ever national gathering of
British cars and their owners. The inaugural British Car Week National Meet,
will be held at Hot Springs National Park, in Hot Springs, Arkansas from
Wednesday, May 30 thru Sunday, June 3. I personally have already made my
plans to attend, and I hope to see many of you there in order to share in the
fun.
You are invited to join your fellow British Car owners and British Car
Clubs from all over the United States for an assortment of great driving
tours,
a best British car club competition, free concerts, an awards banquet, a
popular vote car show, a judged Concours d'Elegance, road rallies,
self-guided as well as group driving tours, a British marque golf tournament,
a
timed driving event, tech sessions, guest speakers, a casino night, a group
photo, and an array of themed car shows (top 5 of each marque show, daily
driver of each marque show, etc.) just to name a few of the planned
activities.
There will also be a variety of individual social activities hosted,
organized or sponsored by various marque groups, such as, an ice cream social
by
an Austin Healey owners group, a Sprite vs Midget oyster eating contest, a
Morgan owners breakfast, an MGA owners lunch, a concert hosted by a
classic Mini club, etc. Basically anything that individuals, marques or clubs
would like to plan or be associated with will be considered by the organizers,
at no cost to the named group, as long as the activities are safe, legal,
fun and interesting. The Garland County United Way is taking on the
Concours, and the Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce is putting together a
digital
camera scavenger hunt. Event sponsorships and naming opportunities for
activities are currently available for car clubs, groups, companies,
organizations, parts suppliers, vendors etc. If you have an interest in this,
please
contact the event chair whose email address is listed on the web site home
page.
For the Concours d'Elegance, the organizers are looking for concours
quality cars in each marque to compete. If you or someone you know has a high
quality car that would fit that bill and qualify for a judged concours
competition, participation in that event is strongly and respectfully
encouraged.
Again, this promises to be a fantastic all British marque event, which I
urge you to consider attending. The event web site has just been launched
and can be found at _http://www.britishcarweeknationalmeet.org_
(http://www.britishcarweeknationalmeet.org/) Please take a few minutes to
peruse the
web site and see what the organizers have in store for the British car
community in 2012.
Howard Collins
Virginia Beach, VA.
'60 AH Bugeye Sprite
'68 Austin Mini
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