Mt Washington Valley Old Car Club puts on the Settler's Green show, and no matter how they try to get folks to call it the Mt Washington Valley Old Car Club Show, everyone is still gonna call it Settler's Green. Get used to it, guys!
Because of our not-so-good experience with the Windham School Show last year, we opted to go to the Green this year.
Was the show good? Well, it all depends on your definition of "good". If your idea of a good show, like mine, is one that is well organized; uses a split ballot to make judging more fair and accurate; is run by great folks who treat everyone with friendly respect; prepare good eats; give away a lot of stuff; meet you on the way out to say "Thanks for coming" and have a 50/50 that nets the winner more than a grand, then the MWVOCC show at Settler's Green would have to rank, on a scale of 1-10, at least a 9.
The main organizers, Jeff and Fred, deserve a huge amount of credit. I spoke with the clubs new president, Ron Hayes (RedSled) at length, and his enthusiasm can't be beat. We have had our differences in the past, but this show did not give cause for any, except for a minor thing or two they are already thinking about improving for next year.
Gotta tell ya - it will be hard to improve on this show. But I trust them to do just that. The biggest "gripe" is that they do not have classes for any of the newer cars. And, of course, that tends to cause serious abuse of Special Interest - they have nowhere else to go. But the folks of MWVOCC say they expect to be adding classes next year to help alleviate this problem. I'm sure if they add classes up to the present, they will likely bring in at least another 25-30 vehicles.
The reason they only rate a "9" is because of the lack of classes for newer iron, and that the award ceremony got off to a late start because of all the give-aways. Next year they may want to get all the give-aways out of the way before the ballots are all counted, to speed things up. Not that we were in a hurry to scoot, but because many folks travel up to three hours to get to the show - and want to get home before dark :o)
Keep up the good work, MWVOCC.
Bill
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Hey Bill,
Settlers Green was a really nice show.But there could be a few things change for next year that you did not mention. Besides more classes, they need more pota-potties. There was only 2 and they were over in the field.They need 1 or 2 in the parking lot area where the 60's and 70's where.Also, a few more trash cans around.The MC for the show could have talked a little less than he did.Other than that it was a Beautiful and fun Show.
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