<VV> [fastvair] Sturbridge Convention Update

[mark at noakes.com]

How will day parking be addressed for those not staying at the 
conference hotel?

Mark

On 7/1/12 2:46 PM, Vairtec Corporation wrote:
>
> Friday was the deadline for early registration for the convention.  If 
> you have not yet registered, you still can!  All you missed was the 
> lower early registration prices.
>
> There are some impressive numbers as of Friday.  Total number of 
> registered people is just over 500, and where we're seeing the 
> strongest registration numbers is for the social events.  Both the 
> Saturday evening banquet (where Hemmings' Richard Lentinello will be 
> our guest speaker) and the Friday evening Ice Cream Social (which 
> includes a performance by Cobblestone Crossing) have exceeded 260 
> registrants at this point.
>
> The Lakeside Picnic on Thursday evening is on the verge of being sold out!
>
> Still, there are more than 135 different Corvairs signed up to 
> participate in the car-related events as of Friday, so we could see 
> upwards of 200 individual Corvairs in Sturbridge during convention week.
>
> The convention also offers bus tours, tech sessions, parking lot 
> games, vendors, and more.  Haven't registered?  Don't wait!  
> Registration information is found on both the convention web site and 
> the CORSA web site.
>
> (Note, as of today, Sunday, July 1, both the convention web site and 
> the CORSA web site have spotty availability thanks to the storms that 
> blew through Virginia and knocked out power.  If you can't get the 
> sites to load, check back later, they'll be back up when power is 
> restored.)
>
> Today we updated the convention blog, which was not affected by the 
> power outages.  On the blog is a second "Memo From Iowa," about CORSA 
> President Jamie Reinhart's 1966 Monza convertible which he is driving 
> to Sturbridge, and the mystery found in the car's engine. Check it out:
>
> http://corsa2012.blogspot.com/
>
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