<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">Hi everyone,</span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);"><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">Here's the news hot off the presses! Once again your Bay State Corvair Club </span><span style="font-style: italic; background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">smoked</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);"> the competition and came home with the prestigious </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">"Best Club Participation" </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">trophy</span><span style="font-style: italic; background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">; </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);"></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">(barely)</span><span style="font-style: italic; background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">. </span></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">I believe last year we had </span><span style="font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">23</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);"> Corvairs on the field; this year we only had </span><span style="font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">10</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">. Due to the threat of showers, many members chose not to attend. Believe me I thoroughly understand. In fact, I honestly thought I'd see a "Show Cancelled" sign</span><span style="font-style: italic; background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">by the front gate at Diamond Hill Park because of the threat of showers but to my surprise, the show was fairly well attended. I was the 4th Corvair to arrive but an additional 6 rolled in as the morning progressed. It never did rain or shower; actually a couple of times there were a few peeks of blue through brightening skies. </span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);"><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">Cruisin' Bruce Palmer was on hand at this 19th Annual All-Chevy Show and once again played </span><span style="font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">'Corvair Baby'</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">; the 'B' side of a 45, by </span><span style="font-style: italic; background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">Paul Revere and the Raiders, </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">from back in the day. BSCC member Jim Pickering sent down a big bag of Kettle Corn 'on the house' for the club to munch on and there was everything from coffeee and donuts and 'snackie' things to lunch items and desserts. John Teixeira even made up a big batch of home-made Sangria.</span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);"><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">It was about the most comfortable show weather-wise I've ever attended there at Diamond Hill Park. It's usually sooooo hot. Whereas the attendance for this show was down across the board, we were able to squeak through and win </span><span style="font-style: italic; background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">the big trophy</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">. I'll have it on display at the 'The Tavern' at July Monthly Meeting and then it'll go on display on the wall of Steve Boyden's garage with all the other trophies our club has won.</span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);"><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">So for those of you who were 'on the edge' about whether or not to attend, I'm sorry to say you missed a really great fun event. </span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);">Let's all hope for a sunny but not overly hot day for the big show coming up at the Endicott Estate on Sunday, July 12th.</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);"> Ray 'B'</span><br style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br></span></span></div></body></html>