[TR] Naming the John Macartney visit to various cities

[pethier at comcast.net]

If it is really good, I might steal it for the August 29 event in the Twin Cities!

We will be at the Fort Snelling Officers Club on Post Road. 11-4.  All of you folks in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa, come on over!

Anybody know about a convoy up from Des Moines?


Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
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----- "Allan Reich" <areich at telus.net> wrote:

> From: "Allan Reich" <areich at telus.net>
> To: triumphs at autox.team.net
> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 4:03:34 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: [TR] Naming the John Macartney visit to various cities
>
> Greetings from Vancouver!
> 
> For John's stop here on September 12, we are planning a British Car
> Show 
> and Shine event, along with a Barbecue, open to the public.  I am just
> 
> in the process of making up about 1000 flyers to advertise the event
> and 
> give out at all the British Car events this spring and summer.
> 
> I was looking for a name for the event, something cute and/or clever 
> that would attract some attention ... something about British cars, 
> charities, ptsd, show and shine, etc
> 
> Not that there's anything wrong with  "Triumph Trans-AmeriCan Charity
> Drive 2009" but looking for something shorter that people can say
> like
> "are you going to the blah-blah-blah show?
> 
> I also want to invite all the British Car clubs in the area, so don't
> want "Triumph" in the name.  It will, of course, be mentioned in
> detail
> what John is doing with the whole ride.
> 
> I want to challenge the listers to give me their thoughts and get all
> 
> the great minds working on it. It would be great if we came up with a
> 
> clever short name that everybody could use for their local events.
> 
> Something like "All-British Charity Show'n'Shine" (that's what I am
> leaning towards right now)
> 
> Allan Reich
> Vancouver
> 1960 TR3A  TS65713L(+O)
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