When we first arrived at the Edward Little School, I was immediately disenchanted with what appeared to be a major malfunction of organization. What a mess! And everyone was saying similar things.
But things are rarely as they seem. While there was, indeed, serious disorganization early on, it seems that it was justified. First, their WalMart location left them high and dry, and it wasn't until three weeks ago that the Edward Little School volunteered to let them use thier lot. Talk about short notice!
But to ad more adversity, the school hosted graduation last night, so the show folks could not set anything up. And the next morning, the school hosted an after grad breakfast for the students who participated in an all-night lock-in for partying safely, which tied up the parking lot until after 6:00am.
I cannot imagine trying to organize things when you cannot even begin until after cars start arriving. The fact that they did as well as they did is a testament to their dedication, and we should all applaud them for it.
And as it (eventually) turned out, it was a pretty good day, and a fine show. Certainly, there were a few disparities, such as having a half dozen tuners show up, with no tuner class. But by and large, all worked out rather well.
Now, I don't often ask much of anyone, but I am going to ask a small favor of each of you now. The Edward Little School came to the rescue, offered their facilities for free, to help save this show at the last minute. For that, they deserve to know that we appreciate their contribution. So, I would ask each of you to click on the following link, and choose someone in the administration to send a brief letter of thanks and appreciation:
http://www.auburnschl.edu/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=1793&PHPSESSID=79fb3068dbca5373d0749e1f97bb1d90
After all, you never know when someone else will need to be rescued...
Bill
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Unfortunately many people do not like the "tuners" or "sport compact" people and their cars because they find that we are unruly or that we like to blast our music. The car scene in today's era is turning more and more into the newer model cars. There is an increasing amount of the tuner cars at the shows these days. There, in some cases, are just as many tuners as the great classics. People need to get a handle on this and make the shows more friendly for everyone. People that vote at the shows regardless of if it's spectators, judges, or show entree people need to be a little less bias. It seems to be that week after week after week that vehicles that are completely stock are winning first place over cars that are sitting next to them that are highly modified. I see this from week to week and people need to stop for a minute and actually look at a vehicle in its entirety instead of the, "I know them so I'm going to vote for them". I am in a car club myself and I myself never vote on a team members car unless it is worthy of that vote comparing it to the other vehicles in the class of course. I'm finding that the shows in Maine are becoming more and more unorganized as the years go on and I find myself willing to travel out of state on a weekly basis to find a new scene and better organization. I felt today that the show did start off quite disorganized but in the end it pulled together very well. I hope that next year another location is picked for the space was at a premium. Perhaps at the Lewiston High School where there is ample parking.
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