Alpines on parade
Craig Burlingame (craigb(at)brigadoon.com)
Fri, 7 Aug 1998 12:09:43 -0700
Here in the Pacific Northwest, we're doing our part to promote Alpines to
the greater world at large. This Saturday, 4-5 Alpines from our Pacific
Tiger Club will lead off the parade in downtown North Bend, Washington.
North Bend is a small town located 25 miles east of Seattle in the foothills
of the Cascade Mountains. Each year the community celebrates "Alpine Days"
with a parade, car show, music, food booths and fireworks. I suggested to
the event organizers to consider employing a platoon of Sunbeam Alpines
carry the grand marshalls and dignitary types to lead off the parade (it
certainly seemed more appropriate than stuffing them into Miatas or
something). It may be small town, but how often do Alpines get to be in the
spotlight?
We'll give a full report next week to the group on how the event was
received and whether it's likely to become an annual tradition.
-Craig Burlingame
'67 SV Alpine - check out our car in photos at:
www.brigadoon.com/~craigb/alpine (165K)