2008 Upcoming and Past Events

(It's early in the year so there are many more events being planned and the details will be added as they develop)

January 

Work off the festivities from last month and get ready for February. 

February 

February 10th Sunday: Dust off your recipe books and dig out the HOT sauce. It’s February and time for the Annual Dave Comstock Chili Cook-off. Bring your best pot of Chili and see if you can win the coveted ‘Best of Heartburn’ prize, sponsored by Rolaids. If you don’t make chili, please bring a side dish or dessert. The Club will provide all the paper, plastic, and drinks. There will be awards given at this event. 

Directions: I-85 to Clairmont Road Exit #91, exit and turn toward Decatur / Emory to the first light at Briarcliff Road and turn left. Follow Briarcliff to the first light, Fisher Trail, and turn right. Follow Fisher Trail to the second right, Morris Launders and turn right again. The Briarcliff Pool and Tennis will be on your right. We are having this event at the Club House, where there is lots of paved parking. See you there! Time to be there is 1:00 to 1:30. 

The Chili Cook Off was a big success. The weather was good and the Chili was better. We had 28 people and 7 different Chilis. Prizes were given out for the top 3. 

We had a special Guest speaker, Jon Ward, from the BOP&C to tell us about the upcoming event to be held May 2&3 at the Atlanta Marriott Windy Hill. Our Club hopes to produce this show 2010. Make sure you mark your calendar for the next event to be held in March. Keep up on all the happening at our web site.

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 March 

March 23rd Sunday: The Annual Avondale Estates Easter Parade. Drive your collector car in the parade and show ‘em what a Cadillac is all about. Line up begins at 1:30 PM on South Avondale Road, which runs parallel to North Avondale Road, the main drag in town. The parade kicks off at 2PM and ends at Willis Park on Dartmouth Avenue. 

Shown below are pictures from this great event.

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April 
(There are two great events scheduled for April)

April 12th Saturday: We have been invited to this event by the New South Region CCCA. Tour of; Mayfield Dairy, Panoz Automobile Plant and Chateau Élan Winery. Now ya gotta go to this!! Here is how it will go down.

Meet at Mayfield Dairy at 8:30 for the 9:00 tour. It is about a half hour long. Parking is in front. Then we will caravan to the Panoz Automobile Dev., Company from there. The tour starts at 10:00 and takes approximately 45 minutes to an hour, depending on the size of the group. From Panoz we will caravan over to the Winery for a guided $5 tour and wine tasting. This starts at 12:00 and will last 1 to 1 ˝ hours. By now we are starving so it is off to the Cafe Élan at 1:30 for lunch, this is located on the winery grounds.

Directions are: Mayfield Dairy, take I-85 North, past I-985 exit, past Mall of Georgia exit (GA 20), past Hamilton Mill exit to Exit #126 (GA 211) and turn right. Follow to GA 124 and turn left, Mayfield Dairy is about a mile on your left.

Panoz. From Mayfield go right on GA 124, you will cross back over GA 211, Panoz is about a half a mile on your right.

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Chateau Élan Winery. From Panoz go left on GA 124 back to GA 211 and turn left, you will cross back over I-85. Chateau Élan will be on your left after you cross I-85.

April 22nd – 27th Spring Driving Tour 2008
The Peach State Cadillac & LaSalle Club, the club known for “Setting the Standard” for driving tours, which hosted the first ever CLC National Driving Tour (1997), also the host for the 2007 Cadillac & LaSalle Grand National Meet in Savannah, Georgia, proudly presents for you our 10th Annual Spring Invitational Driving Tour called our Chattanooga Choo Choo Tour.

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Shoe horn anyone????????????

May 

May 3rd, Saturday BOP&C:   27th Annual Peach Blossom Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac and Cadillac Show, BOP&C, Hosted by the Southeastern GTO Association. The weather was a bit rainy but we had a good showing of Cadillac's.  See below for the results of our members.

Joe Patton won Best in Class

Sandy Partridge won 1st place

Frank and Martina Butler won 2nd place

REMINDER: Our Club will host this show in 2010.

June (2 events scheduled)

June 7th  Saturday, Milton Robson Collection

Below are a few pictures taken during this great tour of the Milton Robson Collection.  More pictures were taken and they can be seen by clicking on the link beneath this set of pictures.

 

Note: To view more pictures of the Milton Robson Collection, click here.

 

June 14th, Saturday, Tucker Days:  Our Stan Tucker won one of the "Top Ten Best of Show" awards.

August (2 events scheduled)

August 2nd, Saturday, "Members Appreciation Lunch" 

Shown below are a few pictures taken at the "Members Appreciation Lunch" at the Old Hickory House.

August 12-16 Tuesday through Saturday,  Cadillac & LaSalle Club Grand National

The Golden Jubilee of the CLC 1958 -2008. Hosted by the Valley Forge Region, Cherry Hill, New Jersey is now nothing but memories. Enjoy some of the photos of the event posted below taken by a few of our members. Members in attendance from the Peach State Club were;  Jimmy & Mary Sue Dorsey, Sandy Partridge, MC Moore, Jack McClow & Robert Norrid ( we share them with Potomac Club), Emerson Duke & Joe Knighton and Frank & Martina Butler. driving their classic cars to the event; Doug & Barbara Bailey '66 Sedan DeVille, Jay & Elaine Friedman '49 Club Coupe,      Frank & Karen Lindauer '49 Sdn, Frank Perch from Savannah with his '74 Fleetwood and Bob & Judy Winchell in their '76 Eldorado Convertible. Also in attendance with their '48 Series 62 taking third place in class was Jim & Arvella Moore, Congratulations to them! There were 300 cars entered in the judging with our very own Jimmy Dorsey and Sandy Partridge heading up teams for senior cars. For more info and pictures click the link;  http://www.vfrclc.org/GN08.htm 

September 

September 20th, Saturday, Cruise In

 We are going to meet at Applebee's Restaurant in Canton for lunch at 2:00 PM and stay for the largest cruise-in Georgia. Take I-75 north to I-575 to Canton take the 4th Canton exit (River Stone Parkway) then turn left you can take the 3rd or 4th right into the River Stone shopping center, see you at  Applebee's.  Don't forget your cooler and lawn chair.

October

October 5th Sunday, Sunday In The Park or “Bringing the cars back to their original owners"

The weather could not have been better. In attendance were; Stan Tucker, Bob Alley, Gary & Annette Shaw, Forrest Ward, Mike Dougherty, Jimmy Dorsey and Jimmy Jones.

November (2 events scheduled)

November 1st Saturday Car Club Jamboree at Hilton Head Island

Now that the Hilton Head Concours d’Elegance has come and gone, you need to plan to attend next year’s event. We had 10 cars participate in the Saturday Car Club Jamboree and 2 in the main Sunday Concours. The weather was spectacular except for a bit of rain toward the end on Sunday afternoon. 

The Saturday event had 185 cars participate with a total of 20 winning the Peoples Choice Award. Of the 20 awards given our Peach State Club Members took 4! The winners are; Jack DeLaigle with his 1935 Fisher Bodied Limo, Frank and Martina Butler with their 1964 Eldorado Biarritz Convertible, Dick Peden with his 1953 Eldorado Convertible and Jerry Nestlehutt with his 1937 Series 75 Limo. It just goes to show that people know Cadillac style when they see it. 

Lewis Schwartz, VP 

A word from our Prez; We all had a great time at the Hilton Head Island Concours Show, I would like to thank Lewis for getting all of us organized to go and show. I would also like to thank both Lewis & Martina for finding the house for the member’s party; last but not least, thanks to Steve and Emerson for preparing all of the fine food, it could not have been better! Thanks to everyone that made it down, looking forward to next year. On a personal note, thanks for the fine ride in Cadillac style to and from courtesy of Doug Bailey. 

Stan Tucker

Saturday was a beautiful sunny fall day for the Annual Marist Event and it was well attended. There were 30+ cars in attendance with 11 participating from our club. Jimmy Jones, as usual did a terrific job with this event.

December

December 13th Saturday, 2009 Board Member Introductions & Christmas Brunch 

New this year, Christmas Brunch. On behalf of the Peach State Cadillac & LaSalle Club, it is our pleasure to invite you to our 16th annual banquet. Festivities start at Noon, brunch at 1:00 PM and will conclude with the Awards Ceremony. A cash bar for beer and wine will be available. 

 Why a Christmas Brunch you ask? Well, just as much food and cheer, but for those of you who do not like to take your Classic out at night it will be a beautiful sunny day! (We have already arranged this by the way). This will give us a break from the traditional evening dinner and allow us to have a Peoples Choice Awards car show at the event for one lucky owner. The banquet facility has floor to ceiling windows overlooking the lot to allow us the pleasure of viewing so many fine automobiles. 

We will also have our traditional, Chinese Auction. Please bring something to auction; all proceeds to be donated to the club. Auction items from previous years include: auto- and non-auto related, baked goods, adult beverages and everything in between

The party will be held at the Creations Restaurant at “The Art Institute of Atlanta” just off of GA 400 & I-285. Directions; Traveling North on GA 400, take exit 5A (first exit outside of the perimeter) and bear right onto Abernathy Road. Traveling South on GA 400, take exit 5 turn left onto Abernathy Road. Either way, turn left at the second light (Peachtree Dunwoody Road) continue on Peachtree Dunwoody Road through the first light. 

Or go to their web site at this link; http://www.artinstitutes.edu/atlanta/AboutUs/map_directions.aspx 

Take the next left into the Embassy Row complex. The Art Institute of Atlanta is the first building on the left, turn into the first left parking area.

Also don’t forget to check the web-site for any other new events or changes. 

www.peachstateclc.com 

Stan Tucker: home 770-973-7387 cell 404-513-7387