Another Huge Success!

DER 2nd Annual Show & Shine

July 31st, 2005

Benefit for the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf
Mackworth Island, Portland

We raised over $3800 for this worthy cause!!

The second annual Show and Shine to benefit the “Family Learning Vacation” program at the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf (GBSD) on Mackworth Island was even more successful than our first event in 2004. Last year about 77 cars participated. This year we had about 103 cars on display – a growth of 34% over 2004. And 37 or so of the cars were Porsches! We also saw a Lamborghini Diablo, an Aston Martin, three Cobra replicas, a Ferrari 308 GTS, several antique cars, and many classics. As they said that night on the six o’clock news on channel 13, “it was a car show with something for everyone.”

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The weatherman cooperated for the second year with sunshine in the morning and a little cloud cover in the afternoon that held the temperature to a comfortable 73 degrees. The Falmouth Rotary Club did a great job at the food booth again with breakfast items in the morning and grilled hamburgers and hotdogs in the afternoon. Dick Marsh of the Rotary Club arranged for the Joan Kennedy Band to play country-rock tunes from 11:00 AM until 1:30 PM. The band was a real crowd pleaser – please let me know what you PCA members thought and what, if any, music we should plan for next year.

This year’s event raised a total of $3,811.00 for a worthy cause to help deaf children and their families learn about the GBSD programs. All of the PCA’rs that participated should feel proud for contributing their time and entry fee donation to give these special kids a boost. An extra “Thank You” goes out to all those that volunteered to help with the event: Rick DeFillip, Ned Vadakin, Steve and Kyle Atwell, Sally Sprafka, and Gloria Giordano (if I missed anyone, please forgive me: we could not have pulled this event off without you volunteers).

The 2005 People’s Choice Awards went to:

Best Exotic Car
Winner - Greg Tevanian, 1994 Lamborghini Diablo
1st Runner-up - Peter Hollander, Citroen Maserati
2nd Runner-up - Bob Epstein, 1979 Aston Martin

Best Classic Domestic
Winner - Tom Cary, 1909 Ford Model T
1st Runner-up - Rudina Roshi, 1955 Ford Thunderbird
2nd Runner-up - Lester Noyes, 1932 Buick Sport Phaeton

Best Classic Foreign
Winner - Bob Epstein, 1979 Aston Martin
1st Runner-up - Selden Van Heaten, 1959 Austin Healy
2nd Runner-up - Robert Jenkins, 1969 Datsun 2000 Roadster

Best Porsche
Winner - Michael Bickford, 2003 Porsche C4S
1st Runner-up - John Valliere, 1979 Porsche 911 SC
2nd Runner-up - James Smith, 1970 Porsche 914-6

Best in Show
Winner - Larry Day, 1963 Porsche 356
1st Runner-up - Rudina Roshi, 1955 Ford Thunderbird
2nd Runner-up - Al Lappini, 1959 Chevrolet Impala

Thanks again for all your support and I look forward to seeing you all again at next year’s event.

 - Jerry Giordano

Photos and Story from last year's event.

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