This was posted earlier but under a poor choice of Title so posting again here.
To all smart car clubs and owners everywhere.
Coming off of our very successful 1st Anniversary party at the Orlando smart center, I am now putting together our next big event!!!!
Mark your calendars now for Saturday, May 2, 2009 for smart cars at Old Town in Kissimmee, Florida.
Whereas the 1st Anniversary event was primarily for customers of the Orlando smart center the May event is open to all smart car owners and we are hopeful to get smart cars from all areas of Florida and possibly other southern states.
Old Town if you are unfamiliar with it is a large entertainment complex with many shops, restaurants, bars, music, rides and games including the Human Slingshot for those that want a real thrill and car cruise-ins. It is located a little south of I-4 in the Southwest corner of Metro Orlando. On every Friday and Saturday night they hold massive car shows and do a late evening cruise up and down the streets of the complex where all of the people line the streets to look at the cars and cheer for their favorite Hot Rods, Classics, etc. There is a lot to do and see and for the Saturday show and cruise they generally attract around 325 cars.
We had a local meet and great there on a Friday evening in the fall with about 30 smart cars and had a great time. Now I would like to see if we can attract 100 smart cars or more to really show our enthusiasm for these cars to everyone at Old Town.
Old Town will promote us on their Web Site which you can review at: Old Town: Shopping, Dining, Entertainment Attraction, Amusement Park and Car Cruises in Kissimmee, Florida I am also promoting the event through e-mail, Evite.com, SCOA, smartUSAinsider and Smart Space. I am asking smart car dealers to promote the event for us and it is being jointly organized and promoted with Suncoast Smarts. We will also seek promotion with other smart car clubs around the state.
May 2nd is an available date on their schedule and is a week before Mother’s Day and it gives us enough time to really promote the event and possibly develop even more activities for the participants.
The car show begins at 1:00 PM on Saturday.
1. We will stage the cars somewhere nearby and then enter the property as a group right at 1:00 PM. This would give everyone time to drive down from their various areas.
2. There is no charge normally to participate in the show but we have initiated a $10.00 per smart car registration fee to be paid at the entrance to the show. We will use 100% of this money for Cash Door Prizes and Smart Car Show Awards. So if we get 30 smarts we would have $300 to give away, 50 cars = $500 and if we could get 100 cars we would have $1000 in which case we could have 4 or 5 car show awards of $100 plus 10 or 12 door prizes of $50 each!
3. At 2:00 PM after staging the cars in the provided area we will have a group lunch at one of the dining venues. Everyone would order off the menu and pay for their own meal but we would pretty much take over the place for an hour and have a meal and beverages.
4. From 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM we would mingle with the smart cars and each other and vote on best smart cars in a variety of classifications such as Best Custom Paint, Best Custom Interior, Best Overall Modifications, Best Use of Custom Graphics and Overall Best of Show which will be the highest overall vote getter from the other classifications. You must let me know if you want to be in the car show and what classification you are entering. Only one classification can be entered by any single smart car.
5. At 5:00 PM we will go to an indoor area on the complex where we would have access to a microphone, speakers and beverage service and we would present the Cash Car Show Awards and have the Cash Door Prize Drawings.
6. From 5:30 to 7:00 everyone will be on their own to enjoy the Classic cars and Hot Rods that will be there for the cruise in and to shop or eat again if they so wish.
7. At 7:00 PM we will assemble in front of the outdoor main stage to listen to a Rock and Roll band play 50’s and 60’s hits.
8. At 8:00 we will move to our cars and prepare for the street cruise which takes place at 8:30PM.
9. After the cruise everyone will be on their own to enjoy all of the complex which stays open until 11:00 with some of the bars staying open until 2:00AM.
10. For those coming some distance I will arrange for a block of rooms in a few of the many hotels close by.
11. For those that spend the night and are interested I thought I would set up a group breakfast at a nearby restaurant for Sunday morning after which everyone could get on the road and head home.
Old Town includes a custom embroidery shop, a custom window graphics shop, a Tattoo parlor and an old-time Photo studio, among other shops. I am going to try to arrange for some discounts for our group and maybe have some embroidery arranged in advance and some window graphics arranged in advance that could be event commemoratives of the night. I also think it could be cool to arrange for some Old Time Group photo’s for those interested.
We want to generate as big a crowd as possible, so tell everyone you know and encourage all smart owners to come out for a night of fun.
We need to maintain a registration list by actual name as well as e-mail addresses for updates and information and to ensure a correct count without duplications. So please e-mail me at
kwagar@tampabay.rr.com or call me at 863-585-5606 to get your name and the name of a guest on the list as well as to let me know if you want to enter your car in the judging for awards.
My primary interest in this is to make it truly a big event and an exciting and fun afternoon and evening. We would love to have all of you participate if at all possible.
I have a flyer (PDF Format) that you can send to others or that you can print and use as a flyer to promote this event if you want a copy please send me your e-mail address and I will forward a copy to you.
Thank you,
Today
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