May 2 at OldTown Car show.
I see an event at Old Town in Orlando on May 2nd on other Smart group sites. Figured I'd post it here for those who watch this site. From an email by Ken:
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: http://www.old-town.com/index.html 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 an optional $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 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.
Finally, if any of you want to be removed from my smart car e-mail list please e-mail me and let me know as I do not want to aggravate or irritate anyone who would prefer not to receive notices of our events.
You can find a flyer on our smart page at: http://pentrident.com/SmartCar.aspx
Other sites to check out for Florida east coast events are:
http://smartspace.ning.com/events and
http://suncoastsmarts.com/events.html
Thank you,
Ken Wagar
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: http://www.old-town.com/index.html 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 an optional $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 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.
Finally, if any of you want to be removed from my smart car e-mail list please e-mail me and let me know as I do not want to aggravate or irritate anyone who would prefer not to receive notices of our events.
You can find a flyer on our smart page at: http://pentrident.com/SmartCar.aspx
Other sites to check out for Florida east coast events are:
http://smartspace.ning.com/events and
http://suncoastsmarts.com/events.html
Thank you,
Ken Wagar
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Permalink Reply by kerry on -
Hi
This sounds like fun but I will be out of town during the event.
Thanks
Kerry
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Permalink Reply by Ken Wagar on -
As an Update,
We are now at 56 smart cars registered for the May 2 event at Old Town.
In addition BPP will be there selling and installing their parts for those interested and a new supplier called smart car custome from Daytona Beach will be there and has donated a pair of Aluminum Bumbers with a retail value of $395 for a door prize.
Come help us make this a 100 smart car event.
E-mail kwagar@tampabay.rr.com today to register for this afternoon and evening of fun.
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Permalink Reply by Ken Wagar on
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All Smarties,
A reminder about our Smart night at Old Town coming up May 2 at the Old Town Complex in Kissimmee from 1:00 PM till ?????
We currently have 60 smart cars registered for the event and I anticipate that this will grow to at least 80 smart cars.
Several vendors will be joining us and will be promoting their products.
Breathless Performance Products will be there and will be selling AND installing parts. They now carry the 451 cruise control so now is the opportunity to purchase it and have it installed at the show.
Let Ernie know what you want to purchase and he will bring it with him or drop me an e-mail and I will pass it on to Ernie.
Tom Hingle (otherwise known as smart billet) will also be there with his various billet parts. I particularly like his billet shifter and his pedal covers. Again let me know what you would like Tom to bring and I will be sure to let him know.
A new smart car vendor, Smart Car Customs from Daytona Beach will be there and has donated a set of Aluminum Bumpers with a value of $395 as a door prize for some lucky owner. Come see what else Smart Car Customs has to offer.
And finally, Matt from Superior Dash will be there with their custom dash covers for you to consider as your next mod.
We will also be using the $10 entry fee for door prizes and awards so we are at $600 we will be giving away now and expect that to grow as well.
The schedule remains: Entry as a group at 1:00PM, We will have one of the restaurants available for lunch at 2:00PM, Meet and Greet shop the vendors, and vote on best smart cars from 3:00PM to 5:00PM. Door Prize Drawings and cash bar from 5:00 to 6:00PM. Free time from 6:00PM to 7:00PM, 50s and 60s Band on the Main Stage at 7:00PM. Cruise the streets of Old Town along with the Hot Rods from 8:30 to 9:30PM. 9:30 PM till ?????? Party-Party-Party.
For those that will be spending the night either Friday or Sat night I have three Hotel recommendations from Old Town. All three are very close. I am not holding rooms, you can call direct or use the internet to book your room. The recommendations are: The Seralago Suites, Rates $48 to $91, Phone 800-366-5437.
The Holiday Inn Maingate East, Rates $84 to $104, Phone 407-327-1128
The Comfort Suites, Rates $99 to $129, Phone 407-397-7848
Links to these and other nearby hotels are on the Old Town Website under Visitor Info.
If several of you decide to stay over on Sat night I will arrange a room at a nearby restaurant where we can gather for Breakfast on Sunday morning around 9:00 AM.
This should be a great event, we already have a great crowd lined up and it should get even bigger. Please e-mail me to register if you aren’t already signed up at kwagar@tampabay.rr.com and let me know if you are staying over Sat night and if you want the vendors to bring any particular parts. More info will be coming as we get closer to the date for those that have registered.
Thanks,
Ken Wagar
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