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Pastor Ron Woody
talks about Pass, Present & Future at opening ceremony.
American Legion Post 284
Color Guard of Colonial Heights, VA,
performs before crowd.
The Show was Presented this year by the
Southern Knights Cruisers, Inc. It was Officially Started with an Opening Ceremony with Wayne Balch giving the opening
remarks and Introducing the American Legion Post 284 of Colonial Heights Color Guard. This was followed by the
National Anthem with
These following:
Opening Prayer By Pastor Ron Woody
Remarks by Wayne Balch, Master of Ceremony
Special Dedication of this years show to Nancy Clarke and Stella Nolen, who passed away. Wayne made a Special
Presentation to Rusty Clarke, husband of Nancy, and told of how dedicated Nancy was to the Southern Knights Cruisers and the work the
club does. Wayne next made a Special Presentation to Tommy Nolen, husband of Stella, and told how long he had known Stella and how she had
not only supported the MDA Car Show, but how she had worked and promoted it from it's beginning. These ladies will be greatly missed!
Next:
Introduction and Remarks by Dr. James McNeer, President of Richard Bland College
Introduction of Becky Niedzwecki, Shannon Brookman, and Ashley VanNess, representing the Office of MDA.
This would turn out to be the best day we have ever had
for this car show, since it's beginning. The high would only reach in the upper 80's with a very low humidy. It was just perfect.
Hardee's came in as our sponsor again this year and cooked the best part of the day, under the beautiful
Pecan Trees at Richard Bland College. And the show had lot of vendors that were under the shade of the pecan grove.
The cars started coming in around 7:30 am or so and continued throughout the morning. There were about 230 cars, trucks, special interest,
and bikes for the spectators to see on this day. Again this year the judges had their hands full with the high dollar Street Rods,
Classic, Customs, and Antique cars and trucks that attended. They were the "Best of the Best" as one spectator remarked. Strosnider
Chevrolet of Hopewell partnered wih us again this year. Also, the GM High Performance Representative came again this year to the show and really made
the entire event an even greater success than it would have been. The Representative attending couldn't believe the quality of vehicles registered at our shows.
Again this year, the money raised came from registration fees, raffle of the Chevrolet 350 HO Crate Engine, 50/50 ticket
sales and the Live Auction consisted of lots of items donated by area businesses, friends of MDA, and from
several members of the Southern Knights Cruisers. They auction was fierce again this year, as it is always. By the end
of the day the show had raised about $20,000. But, there would be more sent in and so the total grew to $27,078.35 by the time it was presented at the MDA Labor
Day Telethon on WRIC Channel 8 TV ON September 3rd at around 1:30 PM... It is just amazing what can be done once the community get involved!!
Thanks to our many sponsors!
We couldn't
do it without you.
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