Calling All Rodders

Where in the world are Rolling Bones? In Erie PA thats where.

2009-10-26T23:01:00.003-04:00

Calling All Rodders,

Well, they have started their journey and they have stopped in Erie Pa, at the Quaker Steak & Lube on Peach Street.

Thank you to the Flathead Club of Erie PA, for hosting the evening. This club along with some local car owners, welcomed the pair as they start their journey across the country.

Rolling Bones, one of the nations best-known hot rod shops, is teaming up with Motorbooks and rodders across the country on an adventure to SEMA!Rolling Bones were featured in Peter Harholdt and Ken Gross’ book Art of the Hot Rod (which recently won a GOLD at the International Automotive Media Awards and author Ken Gross won the Lifetime Achievement Award) and Peter Vincent’s Hot Rod Garages. They will be meeting with hot rodders and selling and signing these best-selling titles all the way across the country!Ken Schmidt and Keith Cornell (aka Rolling Bones) will drive their 1932 Ford Three Window Coupe from their shop in Ballston Spa, New York to Las Vegas (leaving Monday the 26th and arriving in Las Vegas Sunday, November 1). Their final destination would be the Motorbooks booth (#22393) at SEMA!

Thank you guys for making Erie part of your adventure good luck in your travels and we look forward to seeing you at the SEMA show at the Motorbooks booth.

See ya at the next car event !

Cruise the Bay Thank You from Jack & Judy

2009-10-17T12:02:00.001-04:00

Calling All Rodders,

A Special Thank You from Jack & Judy!

The 2009 Cruise the Bay season has come to an end. The thank you notes are being mailed to our sponsors, our Make A Wish donation is in the mail and of course thoughts and plans are starting up for 2010. But first we want to give a little 2009 summary report.

Cruise the Bay 2009 saw numerous changes - the biggest being that Cruise the Bay became a community car event with no club affiliation. This change opened the door to bringing lots of volunteers to help this event to continue to grow. THANK YOU ONE AND ALL!!! - We saw some new parking changes smoothly go into effect – again thanks to all who helped implement them and to all who went with the flow and followed them.

And of course we saw the Calling All Rodders website become our official voice – helping everyone see and hear about all the fun they had experienced on Monday night and drawing in more helpers, cruisers and spectators.

The summer saw the following statistics go down in the books. We had 18 cruises, saw nearly 5000 cars visit us over the summer that is an average of 275 cars per night. Our 50/50 has enabled us to send an $1100 donation to the Erie Area Make A Wish Foundation. We were blessed with 11 perfect evenings -gorgeous Erie weather with some beautiful sunsets, 2 actual rain mode evenings & if you are one of the diehard cruisers you know what that means, 4 nights that saw rain in and around the area, but even those nights averaged 100 cars, and 1 night where everyone but me (Judy Miller) said it was just too darn hot!!

Again thank you to everyone who cruised in, sold and bought 50/50 tickets, handed out door prize tickets, gave out our sometimes silly cruiser gifts, helped with and or participated in the various contests, cleaned up, set up, promoted – you get the idea. THANK YOU!!! one and all for helping to make the 2009 Cruise the Bay season a fun and enjoyable time for all of us.

Take care and hope to see you in the spring.

Sincerely,

Jack & Judy Miller
For Cruise The Bay

Rolling Bones Hot Rod set to come to Erie PA!

2009-10-15T22:27:00.002-04:00

Calling All Rodders,

It's official they will be stopping in Erie At the Quaker Steak & Lube on Peach St in Erie,Pa, on their way to the SEMA show in Las Vegas! Come on down and meet the builders of the Rolling Bones Hot Rod.

WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE THE ROLLING BONES?

Rolling Bones, one of the nations best-known hot rod shops, is teaming up with Motorbooks and rodders across the country on an adventure to SEMA!

Rolling Bones were featured in Peter Harholdt and Ken Gross’ book Art of the Hot Rod (which recenlty won a GOLD at the International Automotive Media Awards and author Ken Gross won the Lifetime Achievement Award) and Peter Vincent’s Hot Rod Garages. They will be meeting with hot rodders and selling and signing these best-selling titles all the way across the country!

Ken Schmidt and Keith Cornell (aka Rolling Bones) will drive their 1932 Ford Three Window Coupe from their shop in Ballston Spa, New York to Las Vegas (leaving Monday the 26th and arriving in Las Vegas Sunday, November 1). Their final destination would be the Motorbooks booth (#22393) at SEMA!

Stops along the way are 99% locked in… and I’ll post final route before they hit the road. Right now…

Monday, October 26th – Erie County Flathead Club Hosts at the Quaker Steak & Lube, 7pmish

Tuesday, October 27th – Road Rockets Custom Cars in Indianaolist hosts, evening (specifict time tbd)

Wednesday, October 28th – Regional Streeters in Crown Point, Indiana hosts, evening (specific time tbd)

Thursday, October 29th – Morfab Customs in Union, Missouri hosts, 6pm

Friday, October 30th… almost confirmed!

Saturday, October 31st – Bozo’s Garage in Santa Ana, 2pm

Sunday, November 1st – Heading to Vegas!

Stop and meet The Rolling Bones if you’re within range of their stops for the WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE THE ROLLING BONES adventure!

Questions? Call Nichole 612-344-8161 and be sure to stop by the SEMA booth and meet us!

Where in the world are Rolling Bones?

2009-10-07T20:42:00.003-04:00

Calling All Rodders,

For all of you car builders out there, we have some exciting news coming. Rolling Bones a.k.a. Keith Cornell & Ken Schmidt are making their way toward Erie, PA.

These two Hot Rod builders were recently featured in two new Hot Rods books published by Motorbooks/MBI Publishing.

They will driving through our area from New York to their final destination the Motorbooks booth at The SEMA show in Las Vegas. Along the way they are stopping in the towns they pass through for a book promotion and to show off the Rolling Bones Hot Rod.

Plans are in the works to have them stop in Erie. They hope to come to town the end of October dates are being finalize now. They are seeking car clubs/organizations to help them out by gathering your members together to meet and greet them as they come through our town.

I truly hope we can show them our support by gather at the site when they come into town. I will post updated information on this event on the website www.callingallrodders.com and in this Blog.

Thanks again Erie and Surrounding Areas for your support in our local events! You did a great job this year!

See ya at the next car event!

The Cruise the Bay 2009 season has come to an end.

2009-09-29T17:38:00.002-04:00

Calling All Rodders,

Jack & Judy have done an excellent job at planning and getting it all organized for our pleasure. A giant Thank you goes out to them from all of us who enjoy this event.

Thank you also to all of you …The Cruisers… who stepped up to the plate and volunteer you time to making this year’s event a success I personally know that Jack & Judy could not have done it without you.

And we can’t forget all the gracious Business Sponsors who gave their time and money each week to bring to the community a place to meet and have fun at a FREE family event in the Erie Area.

Thank you goes out to the Port Authority of Erie, for being patient with us and supporting us in getting the parking and burn outs under control. And thank you to all of you who complied with the new rules to save this event. You showed us how important it was to you, to be able to keep and enjoy this event.

For our listen pleasure and to make sure you knew what was coming up next we have to Thank Bill Mason our DJ for coming each week rain or shine and supplying us with music and announcement.

And where there are Cruisers there are hungry people! Step up to The Weenie Wagon for each week they supplied us with delicious specials at affordable rates. Thanks for being our very own Diner! You did a Great Job !

Now for you the Cruisers who without you we would not have been as successful as we were. Each week Rain or Shine you loaded up your family and came down to the Bayfront. You worked patiently with us thru the parking, the burn outs, and the planned entertainment for that evenings event. We had a lot of fun this summer and saw a lot of Erie’s finest cars and those from the surrounding areas as well.

The community also did a great job in supporting this event. We were filled to capacity most nights., in spite of the weather which always seem to clear up just before the start of the event. But even on those cold rainy nights we had dedicated people to fill the park.

Ron and I took turns supplying you with pictures from that nights fun filled event. They were posted for you to enjoy on the website, www.callingallrodders.com. Thank you Ron for helping me keep up with photos.

We had famous entertainers…Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, Skaters, Hula hoopers, gum chewers, costume wearer, racers, your participation in the fun event planned for each evening provided the entertainment and success of each night.
All in all it was a great summer! And we can’t wait to see what is in store for the 2010 season!

On a personal note I want to thank Jack & Judy for providing me the opportunity to be the web voice for this event. And a big Thank you to Bill Mason for his constant support and help with promoting the website, www.callingallrodders.com. With their help and The Cruise the Bay event it has become a very popular site.

Stay safe and watch Calling All Rodders for updated news about the upcoming 2010 Season..
See ya at the next car event!

Annette Diemer,
www.callingallrodders.com,
email…annette@callingallrodders.com

Last Tops Cruise In for the season

2009-09-12T22:00:00.002-04:00

Calling All Rodders,

The season is quickly winding down although we still have into October to go. The car cruisin season will soon be over. Everyone is turning out for the last few shows in the area. Tops had the last show for their season tonight and they had a nice turn out.

The Parking lot quickly filled up shortly after 6:00pm. The air was cool but the fun continued and funds were raised for the Children Diabetic Foundation. The people in charge of this show do a great job. And I want to thank them for their hard work and dedication to the cause. They have not had the best weather this year for their cruise but they showed up each event and did the best they could under the conditions and we thank you for your dedication. Next year will only be better and we all look forward to your return in the 2010 Season.

See ya at the next car event!

Cruise The Bay Halloween comes early

2009-08-31T21:23:00.002-04:00

Calling All Rodders,

It was a perfect night on the Bayfront... If you looked closely you would see strange creatures emerging from the corners of the Park n Ride...Could it be Halloween already? I know the summer has flown by but I could not believe my eyes as I saw... the Great Pumpkin appear... and then there were tiny witches flying around...the cars were transforming into characters...dogs and people alike were joining in the annual costume contest for the Halloween Night Cruise the Bay event!

We sure do have fun down on the Bayfront on Monday Nights in the summer. Please remember there will NOT be an event on Monday Sept 7 as it is labor Day, but join us again Sept 14 from 6-9 pm.

There are a few shows going on the Labor Day weekend so be sure to check the event schedule on the Calling all Rodders website.

See ya at the next car event!

Cruise the Bay Mardi Gras Style

2009-08-03T22:44:00.002-04:00

Calling All Rodders,

Another packed lot at the Cruise the Bay event on the Bayfront. Tonight's theme was Mardi Gras and the were beads flying. The kids came up and got involved in the Limbo Contest.

Our Limbo winner was Cameron Osiecki, who happen to be visiting form North Carolina and came down to the bayfront with his family for the car show. This just goes to show how this event is fun for the whole family and great fun.

Bill Mason was our DJ providing our music and announcements. Jack and Judy were running around making sure everyone was happy and all the volunteers that help help each Monday Night you have no idea how much we appreciate each and every one of you.

The weenie wagon did another great job at providing plenty of food for our participants and spectators.

Erie and the surrounding areas and states! Have all made this event a great success.
Thank You for your support. See ya at the next car event!

Elvis Lives in Erie PA

2009-07-27T23:19:00.002-04:00

Calling All Rodders,

Elvis Lives in Erie, PA! Tonight down at the weekly "Cruise the Bay" event we had the pleasure of seeing and hearing the king.

He arrived at 7:00 pm. There was a whole lot of Shakin Going On! A Hunka Hunka Burning Love was dancing and performing for the crowds.

Cars lined the park as we all gather round to hear our favorite tunes from the King!

Erie's own Jim Moore was there to make our 50's night complete. We always have a great time on Monday Nights at the Park n Ride in Erie PA on the Bayfront Highway.
Cars, Music, Food, and Entertainment is planned each week.

If you haven't made it down make sure you scheduled us in before summer slips away from us again.

See ya at the next car event!

Buggin State Street 2009

2009-07-25T10:39:00.002-04:00

Calling All Rodders,

It's Summer ( I think) in Erie PA. That means its time to cruise the dock and Bug State Street. Anyone who grew up in this area knows that a great Friday or Saturday
Evening was jumping in the car and heading for the dock and cruise up and down state street was in order.

This tradition is again in full production as car owners from all over headed down to State Street in Erie for the first Buggin State of 2009.

I think the weather in the early part of the day out in the county may have cautioned a few people from coming down as the turn out was heavy but seemed to be a few cars shy of last years event.

But if you missed it there will be two more events, one in Aug and one in Sept. Check the events schedule on www.callingallrodders.com for more information.

The evening was filled will cars and food and music up and down state street. Every make and model, old and new, restored and in the process, a great family event.

And again it went off with of a hitch and the community enjoyed another Buggin State Street. A complete success!! Thanks to you all.

See ya at the next car event!

Cruise The Bay Car Show Night

2009-07-20T23:14:00.002-04:00

Calling All Rodders,

Hi Cruisers another great night on the Bayfront. Tonights fun included a Car Show.
Tonight fellow cruisers and Spectators chose three lucky winners.

John Ropelewski, with his 1965 Pontiac Convertible took 1st Place, Chuck Miller with his 1967 CD Chevy Truck, took 2nd Place, and Finally Bill Cunningham with his 1952 Pontiac took 3rd Place.

Our own DJ Bill Mason provided Car Related Trivia Contests thru out the evening along with great music. He Does a great job for us.

Again the Weenie Wagon was there for your supper needs, and the food was good as usual.

Tonight we had a visit from the head of the Bayfront Port Authority, Mr. Schroeckengost. He was there to ask us not to encourage or perform burn outs in or around the Bay Front area or on the Bay Front Highway if this rule is not followed the Monday Night Car Cruise will be stopped!

It seemed that this request was followed tonight and a Big Thank goes out to you all! Thank you for keeping this event alive.

See you at the next car event!

Classic Car Owners Invitation

2009-07-15T17:09:00.004-04:00

Calling All Rodders,

I have been asked to pass this invitation on to you all...Annette

July 15, 2009

Dear Classic Car Owners:

Have you ever wished upon a star that you could be part of The Magic Kingdom?

Well dream no more! This is your opportunity to become your own brightly shining star while joining us in this magical event, without even traveling too far from home!

The Edinboro Community cordially invites you to participate in Edinboro University of Pennsylvania’s 2009 Homecoming Parade, which will be held Saturday, October 3. This year’s Homecoming theme is “Disney Movies: Edinboro University Homecoming ~ The Most Magical Place on Earth!”

Of course, as a parade participant, we want you to enjoy brunch with President Jeremy D. Brown at 10 a.m. Our parade will kick-off in grand and happy fashion at noon along the internal campus route. With all the Disney magic we can muster, you won’t want to be excluded from this wonderfully happy event.

To participate, simply return the enclosed form no later than Friday, September 11th. Following our receipt of your intent to participate, you’ll receive more specific details, along with Homecoming Parade regulations assuring a safe time for all.

On behalf of President Brown and the thousands of Edinboro Community members, including alumni, faculty, staff, students and area residents who will be present along the parade route, we enthusiastically look forward to your participation in what is shaping up to be our biggest, brightest and happiest Homecoming Parade ever!

Thank you for your interest in this long-cherished
tradition at Edinboro University.

Sincerely,
Michelle Barbich
Assistant Director of Student Activities

Cruise the Bay Sunset National Drag Races

2009-07-14T17:54:00.002-04:00

Calling All Rodders,

Oh, what fun was had at the First Annual Sunset National Drag Races at the Cruise the Bay Event, Monday Night!

Pony Power James Conney & Nick Lebandowski
Z-28 Power Bob Schiemer & Bob Schiemer
The Bus Ken and Georgia Prather
The Bushwackers Denny Dwyer and Lenny
The Go Fast Anna Helmly & Rachael Wiley
The Road Runner Jenna Wiley & Leigh Wiley
The Garage Gang Mary Catherine Major & Greg Thompson
The Fast & the Furious Tim Nagle & Judy Miller

All these teams joined in for the fun. These people are from the car participant's at the Cruise the Bay event held every Monday Night. They volunteered to be in the event for fun.

As they lined up with their partners, they were given protective gear to wear for their safety. Then they were presented with the ride of the evening....A car creeper...Now anyone who has ever used this devise knows that they have a mind of their own when the are set into motion.

Each team choose a driver and rider and the games began. The track was chalked out next to the DJ stand. The Start and Finish flag girls were in place. Each team took their turn racing down the track for elimination's. The winners crossed the line in a photo finish provided by Ron.

the Winners are....

1st: The Garage Gang
2nd: The Bus
3rd: The Fast & Furious & The Go Fast

make sure you come down next Monday to see what fun we have in store for you then!

Uncle Charlie's Pizza Car Cruise

2009-07-07T22:42:00.002-04:00

Calling All Rodders,

Hi Cruisers, Another night another car cruise! There are plenty of cruises in the area just about any night of the week.

Tonight we drove over to Edinboro, and again plenty of cruisers turned out to show and go. The parking lot was lined up with cruisers from all over. Some new cruisers and some of the old favorites. This is a nice show and is held usually on Tuesdays once a month. Check the schedule of events on www.callingallrodders.com for their next event.

DJ Bill Mason was there to play our favorite tunes, door prizes and 50-50's, the air was chilly but the cruisers hung in there and made this another successful event.

So make a point to run out to the next Cruise In at Uncle Charlie's Pizza Pub.
See at the next car event!

Cruise the Bay Hawaiin Night

2009-07-07T08:12:00.002-04:00

Calling All Rodders,

There were lots of grass skirts and flowered leis around the bayfront Monday Night. They were all there to help us have fun at the annual Hawaiian Night for Cruise the Bay participants.

Many joined in the activities and the Hula Hoop contest was a favorite. The adults and children joined in the fun. Our Hula Hoop winners were...Kids...Jennifer Kuhn, Cassie Anderson, Madison Kennedy...Adults...Jill Dimattio, Kitty Holtz, Carol Struchen, Michelle Scheffner. There is always something for everyone to do at the Monday Night Car Cruise.

I want to add alittle note on where we are located. It seems we had a few people having trouble finding us last Monday. We are located at the Park n Ride Facility off the Bayfront Highway next to Sloppy Duck Restaurant. Take I-79 North until it turns into the Bayfront Highway, follow the Bayfront Highway to the water we will be on your left next to the boats in front of Liberty Park.

Another quick note most of you know there was an incident on the Bayfront Highway due to the illegal Burn outs being done. The Park Authority has ask that these burn outs stop and we have asked that they stop also. But a few of you insist on continuing to participate in these burn outs. Someone is going to get hurt and last night incident is a prime example of what can happen in a moments time. Please reconsider participating in this activity, and help keep our event safe. We need to be responsible.

See ya at the next car event!

Cruise the Bay Christmas in June

2009-06-29T21:28:00.004-04:00

Calling All Rodders,

Well, there is a lot of things to get to tonight. First of all, we would like to thank all of you who helped with parking and you the participants for making the new parking rules run smoothly tonight. We had 217 cars to park this evening. As you noticed you really get to "cruise the bay" to get parked now but this will help keep traffic flowing and keep our event safer. We now cruise around the back of the park to get to our parking area. We also have opened up the parking area behind the DJ stand for show cars. The spectator parking will be back by the playground area and spectators will walk in from that area. Please follow the parking guides and Do Not remove any barricades. there will be no more parking by the curbs. These guidelines have been set up by the Bayfront Parking Authority and will help keep our show running and keep our participants and spectators safe.

Another big thank you goes out to Dennis Christopher for organizing the food drive for the Second Harvest Food Bank. Thank you for your donations to this worthy cause, it was a great success. We collected 237 lbs of food for the Second Harvest Food bank because of your generosity.

DJ Bill provided the music for tonight's event complete with Christmas hits. The Weenie Wagon provides the menu as always it was yummy!!

Tonight was Christmas in June, and car participants came decked out in their red and green to celebrate. Don't forget to check out the "Gallery" and "Cruise the Bay" page on the website to see what they came up with.

We had three winners, Bob Zewe 1st place, Pat & Beth Fedak 2nd Place, and Mr & Mrs Jerry Cattone 3rd place. Fun was had by all.

Come on down and see what we do for next weeks Monday Night Cruise In at Cruise the bay on the Erie Bayfront.

See ya at the next event!

Cruise the Bay Special Announcement!

2009-06-23T20:42:00.002-04:00

Calling All Rodders,

Volunteers needed for the remainder of the season!
Please help keep Cruise the Bay!

Because of the overwhelming number of cars at Cruise the Bay safety issues have arisen that need to be addressed and eliminated. In order for Cruise The Bay to continue, the Port Authority has stated that we need to make changes in how the cars are parking so as to keep all roadways open in the event of an emergency. Beginning this Monday, June 29th, with the help of Port Authority staffing, we will be required to implement new cruiser/spectator parking rules and regulations and to obtain volunteers to enforce them for the remainder of the season. The Port Authority staff will be guiding us through the implementation of the new parking procedures and showing us what we need to do. We will need all cruisers to be observant of the new rules and courteous to the Port Authority staff as these changes are made. The Port Authority staff will only be with us on June 29th, but the parking rules will stay in effect for as long as Cruise The Bay is held and they will be strictly enforced through fines and towing as needed. We need immediately people who will work with the Port Authority to help implement and then to continue to enforce the new parking regulations for the rest of the season. Without people to do this, the Port Authority will not allow us to go on. Please help keep Cruise The Bay; Jack/Judy 814-474-5183; email jzmjjm@aol.com.

Cruise the Bay with Black Diamond

2009-06-23T06:52:00.002-04:00

Calling All Rodders,

Well the first day of summer lead into the Cruise the Bay event with over 400 cars again this week. The beautiful setting along with high tempatures makes a great night to come out and visit with your favorite car owner.

Black Diamond Live Band was the musical entertainment for this evenings event. They played many hits from the past for our listening pleasure. If you haven't had a chance to hear them play make sure you come out and see them at many local events this summer.

Jack and Judy are doing a fantastic job at keeping the event running as Erie,s favorite place to be on a Monday night! Don't forget to thank them when you see them for coordinating this event each week, they have many wonderful volunteers that also step up and help each week, with out all of you we would not have a place to socialize with our cars. An event of this size takes alot of time and patience to keep together.

We had all shapes and sizes of cars this week from small British cars, to Big Rigs!
Many different Trucks, and every kind of car and year make it down each week also.

Food is available from the Weemie Wagon they have a special each Monday and it is always very tasty! Plan on attending next Monday Night.

See ya at the next car event!

Backyard Burger Cruises Back!

2009-06-19T22:56:00.002-04:00

Calling All Rodders,

The evening was a slow start for the Backyard Burger Cruisers. but they turned out just the same. with the weather looming and a couple other show going on tonight they still managed to pull in some cars.

They want you to know that they are back and dispite the parking lot sharing it's space with penndot equipment, there was more than enough room for the cruisers.

They hope to have the equipment moved out and they will have more pavement put in place to accomidate 100 parking spaces plus the grassy areas to park overflow cruisers.

Don't let the street work stop you from coming down and enjoying the Backyard Burger cruises on Friday Nights. There is a full schedule on the events page of the website.

DJ Bill Mason will be there for your listen pleasure and door prizes will be given out along with a 50/50's.

P.S. the Burgers are the best around come on down and join us on Friday Nights.

See ya at the next car event!

Cruise the Bay Line Dancing Country Night

2009-06-15T23:30:00.002-04:00

Calling All Rodders

Well, we arrived back to the Erie area at about 1200 midnight and went off to work today and got back to the cruisin events tonight. Thank you Judy for filling in and writing the blog last week.

It was Country Music night and Line Dancing contests were the fun for tonight. Over 400 plus cars turned out for the event tonight it was a beautiful night and we packed them into every nook and cranny of the Park n Ride!

I believe it was the biggest show yet. Thank you Erie and surrounding areas for your support and participation. Because of you we continue to want to provide a place for you all to meet and enjoy the iron in our area.

The Weenie wagon was feeding the crowds and DJ Bill was providing the dancing music for us. Many joined the fun when the line dancing started. We had three winning dancers, they were Jan Russell, Tom Barron, And Linda Cattoni.. Although I think every one did a great job and made the evening fun.

Don't forget to check out the schedule and join in this weeks events.
See ya at the next car event!

Cruise the Bay Trivia Night

2009-06-15T23:22:00.002-04:00

Calling All Rodders

While we were away on vacation you all were still cruisin! Jack and Judy do a great job at putting on a great Monday Night event along with all the volunteers that help out. Judy did me a favor this week and supplied the Blog information while I was away...

Monday dawned gray, warm and overcast. It threatened rain all day and of course it waited to arrive at 3:45pm just as we pulled into the Park N Ride to start setting up. It rained pretty good for about 1/2 hour soaking the streets and making the evenings attendance not look too good. But, Jack put the Cruise the Bay sign at the entrance and I began setting up our door prizes, Music Trivia prizes and Bill's DJ area inside the Park n Ride Building. Around 4:30 The Knight Family arrived, the sun started to try to come out and we continued setting up. A few cars began to come looking for food and their door prize tickets and telling us that the roads were drying. The DJ came with lots of optimism he said the radar looked good and we should get the tunes going... outside!! And we did when it was all said and done our evenings sponsor Bob Ore Restoration had their tent set up with a few very nice cars on display; the cars came - about 100 of them; Bill "spun the records"; the Weenie Wagon served their food, and the ticket givers and 50/50b sellers did their thing. All in all it was not the best night we have ever seen, but it was definitely not the worst. Rain or Shine we go on....... Sorry to say we even had a roll back on the scene - as one beautiful car took ill and had to transported to the garage. Looking forward to seeing everyone next week for Country Night when Line Dancing will be the order of business....and Brolks Landscape will be our sponsor. And last but not least the regular and much better writer will be home from vacation. SEE YOU THEN AND HAPPY CRUISING!!

Thank you Judy you did a great job!!

Another Save our Shriners Hospital Event in Erie, PA

2009-06-03T21:15:00.004-04:00

Calling All Rodders,

I have received information that there is another event scheduled in Erie to help save our Shriners Hospital. Normally I don't list anything except car events but I feel so strongly about this cause that I wanted all of you to have this information also. So I am posting the information here.

Shriners Hospital for Children of Erie, PA Chick-fil-A Spirit Day!

Thursday, June 18, 2009 6:30am-10pm

Come out and support Shriners Hospital of Erie, PA

Great Food, Great cause! 20% of sales with mention of Shriners Hospital Spirit Day go to our local Shriners Hospital of Erie, PA.

We will also have a Chinese auction with great prizes from area businesses!

Come out and show your support for Shriners Hospital of Erie, PA!

Thursday, June 18, 2009 Chick-fil-A, Summit Towne Centre

Please turn out to support this great asset to our community.

Thank you for your support to a worthy cause!
Please make donations to:
Save our Shriners Fund
P O Box 3616
Erie, PA 16508
814-440-6119
www.saveourshriners.org

Team Bounce Visits the Cruise the Bay Event.

2009-06-01T23:22:00.003-04:00

Calling All Rodders,

Well it was another great event at the Monday Night Cruise the Bay Event. The weather seemed to scare a few people off. But they missed an excellent night to come out, the temperature was perfect and the rain held off until after the event!

We were entertained by some talents young kids, who found a constructive way to burn up that energy!! This group is called Team Bounce and they are a group of kids who skate and dance and entertain the crowds.

Tricks and routines, flips and break dancing, all done on roller skates! More kids need to be involved in this fun activity. They did a great job, and we appreciated their taking the time to come down and show us how much fun they can have on skates.

I know there are people out there who still haven't taken the time to come down on Monday Nights and join us on the bayfront. You won't be diappointed come on down and check out what we have planned for you next week. Check the schedule on the Cruise the Bay page of the website for a listing of the entertainment at the next event.

See at the next car event!

Save our Shriners Hospital in Erie, PA

2009-05-31T15:25:00.004-04:00

Calling All Rodders,

Sunday was a great day to come out and support our local Shriner's hospital. They had a great turn out of car owners from our area, at their Hospital Celebration Day. There was food and music, tours, even chair massages.

We in Erie take for granted the wonderful facility we have in our own backyard. Many families travel great distances to receive the exceptional talents of the doctors, nurses, and staff at our local Shriners Hospital. I have personally experienced the care from this facility when our son was born with club feet and other problems. The staff and hospital was a God's sent!

The facility has advanced so much since 1981 when our family was blessed with their help. As you may have heard there is talk of them having to leave our area. I for one do not want to see this happen. I have post photos and information on the web site so that every one can have the opportunity to help out.

Please make donations to:
Save our Shriners Fund
P O Box 3616
Erie, PA 16508
814-440-6119
www.saveourshriners.org

Please visit the website for more information on how we as a community can help save this wonderful hospital, our children thank you!

See ya at the next car event.

Classic Iron Conneaut Lake Do Woop

2009-05-24T16:08:00.003-04:00

Calling All Rodders,

Saturday was the day to head down to Conneaut Lake Park. The Classic Iron Car Club did an excellent job in putting together another great year of Do Woop at The Park.

It started Friday Night from 6-9 with music and cars and fun for everyone carried over to Saturday & Sunday's event from 12-6. Each day bringing in 100's of cars from all over the area.

In the past this club has donated more than $17,000.00 to the restoration of the Park in hopes to keeping it up and running. There is a portion of the park that is not yet up and running but not because the people of this area are not trying to keep this historic park in operation. Many of us grew up spending alot of family time at this park and it would be a shame to see it end.

This club also runs a Friday Night Cruise In at the park. Every Friday night thru out the summer months. It you want to see some new and old cars from our area make a point to try and get in at least one Friday night in Crawford County.

If you missed this event they plan on doing the same Do Woop over Labor Day weekend plan to be there you won't be sorry, They also hope to have more of the park operational by then come on down and join the fun!

See ya at the next car event!