The Corvette Cruisers of Atlanta celebrated the very first Fall Bow Tie Festival on Oct 11th

Story & Photos by Steve Bracken

Although the weather started out tenuous with a wind driven mist that looked like it could turn to rain any moment, the clouds soon parted and the sunshine prevailed accompanied by some wind gusts that keep things on the cool side.

While the doubtful weather may have discouraged some from attending the arrival of the sun brought out the die hard car show people out. When registration was closed we had registered 72 Chevrolet Cars and Trucks which was just short of the author's expectations of 75 cars, which by all accounts is a very good turn out for our club's very first Car Show.

We had the assistance of the Boys scouts and the Police explorers for set up, traffic management, drink sales and clean up. Our sponsor Rick Hendrick Chevrolet in Duluth located on Satellite Blvd was a outstanding contributor to our efforts and really aided us in making the show the success it was.

We also were fortunate to obtain a professional DJ Greg Talmadge from 106.7 FM who did an outstanding job for us. When we had totaled all of our sales and contributions less expenses we were able to present substantial checks to our three selected charities, Care for Cops, Southeast Gwinnett Cooperative Charity and The Gwinnett Sexual Assault Center and Children's Advocacy.

This was our first annual car show and we are already planning next year's show.