Hi Phil,
Wow, I guess there are always two sides to any coin! One mans feast is
another mans famine...And while I do understand and respect your case for
dissent,
think about how we felt last year having to turn away over 30 beautiful
cars. Nobody really knows what the final total number of cars we turned away
last
year was. I've heard about 40 or so. And yes there were a few disparaging
views voiced this year, too. And we will address those issues as soon as we
get
these silly smiles off our kissers! Because, believe me, there's nobody
who'd like to see a "perfect car show" more than yours truly. Imagine the
headlines that it would generate, not to mention the notches we could put on
our Car
Show gun. You wrote saying that in the MG area you could hardly hear
anything at all. I will place that piece of pie on our DJ's plate. I forgot to
add
that this was DJ Brian Fitzgerald's 6th year of playing his patented, and so
cool "California Sounds" for our Car Meets. Happier, more laid back, finger
poppin' good time car music I've yet to hear. Perfect background music for the
venue, don't you agree? A perfect blend of the Beach Boys, MoTown, Liverpool,
Merseybeat, and East-Coast Hip! But, just as I was trying to grab my
customary "noon-ish" old guy snooze...My mind was suddenly put on Def-Com 4
alert
by the first strains of the high pitched Bag piping inhaling-exhaling started.
Luckily the hoots and hollars of what sounded like entire cast of
"RiverDance on Steroids" was able to tone the treble down a tad on my mental
Hi-Fi! Or
else you might have read in the next days paper where some crazed car guy had
to be physically restrained and taken away to "HappyTown" by the guys in
white coats. For some people its fingernails on chalk boards for others its an
ill-fitting toupee, for me its that continual holding of the one note until
it finally all sounds like King Kong with flatulence. Too many post- 9-11
memorials I guess! Who knows..? But it obviously was making lot's of people
very
happy, because like I said, had it not been for all of the laughter and
sounds of sheer joy emanating from the same general area...I could have easily
started to foam at the mouth and begin making all kinds of embarrassing
twitches
and jerky motions common to the losing of ones mind! But all in all, yours
is truly the minority report in terms of peoples response. One hint for next
year, if we're still there. There's some talk about us going to the historic
Mission Park in downtown Ventura, CA (across from Mission San Buena Ventura of
course! But that decision's not up to me.) But, next year bring an nice car
blanket, a loaf of bread, some nice cheese...the drink and choice of guests
that you fancy...In other words do what we all should be doing after a nice
drive on a summers day. Have a picnic ...and enjoy the serenity of the
surroundings... (until... "The Pipes- the pipes begin a-calling....! O'er
hills 'n
dales, and in....") For me I'm still trying to rid myself of this cocksure
attitude that comes from riding the crest of a big wave... Or in this case a
GREAT car show. Plus, believe me that bathroom silliness WILL BE taken care
of...The nerve of some smucks, ehhh?
Yours in Fraternal Solidarity and a penchant for all things LBC!
Albert Escalante
Central Coast British Car Club
(www.ccbcc.org)
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