Many thanks to Gloria and Pages resort for inviting us to use their facilities
And this event wouldn’t have happened without all the work done by President Wayne Knibbs and his wife Vernia. Thanks so much.
As you'll see in the photos Wayne secured a very weird and wonderful old time briquettes BBQ machine. He purchased large beef roasts and dozens of corn cobs. Members brought salads and desserts along with donations to our local PHC Food Bank.
Photos of everyone attending
The BBQ Machine with Wayne and Michael a'cookin'
Video of the Cars
Photos of the Cars courtesy of Shirley Nicolson and Steve Wohlleben
I can barely remember… I believe it was the eve of November 29th in the year 2018 when the Members had been invited to gather to enjoy a pot luck and to bid on some very special gifts at the BROWN BAG Auction! Those 15 or 17 of us (who’s counting?) who appeared roughly at the allocated time, contributed some wonderful food as well as a selection of Brown Bags, some of which turned out to be wrapped in more valuable adornments than the contents deserved (Duct Tape)!
I found the food fantastic and the company even better. I can’t recall all the things I laughed at and who with, but I was worn out at the end of the night! I think Fred won the prize for the highest bid, eventually purchasing a once cherished, 1980’s Chilton Manual for a prize winning ~$25! It will be wonderful as a door stop or for pressing flowers.
We collected 32 lbs of canned goods and donated to them to the local food bank through PHC and the Club raised $128.50.
Thanks again to our gracious Hosts, Wayne and Verenia who welcomed us to their lovely home!
A couple of post Auction comments….
“Hi Steve…Many thanks to Wayne and Verenia for hosting ! The food was outstanding! Rivaled only by the fellowship and camaraderie shared by our members”. - from Randy “In my words: It’s people that makes the world go round. Food makes us tick. We are so fortunate to have both in abundance sharing lives and stories under Wayne & Verenia’s roof”. - from Carol
Final figures have not been calculated, but profit will be lower than expected due to Advertising costs (Sounder, Posters, Sandwich Board) and low wine and beer sales
Set Up and Tear Down was accomplished quickly and easily as we had many volunteers
Wine and beer sales were considerably less than at our last dance
Steve gave 2 complimentary tickets to North Road Sports; 2 complimentary tickets to Gabriola Automotive as well as 2 to Derrick at the Sounder – North Road Sports and Gabriola Automotive were sales distribution channels
Decoration for the dance were terrific:
o Randy had access to some hay bales and brought those along
o Gordie McDonald set up some corn stalks, milk jugs, 4-H Posters
Good attendance, people had fun!
Thanks to Flashback Freddie for once again providing great music
Thanks to Kimm for the great line dancing lessons
Prize Winners:
Best dressed cowgirl and cowboy------Ashley & Chris Manning won a bottle of wine each.
Door prizes
---Alois rainbow photo....guy in blue shirt whose name I didn’t get & I hope someone will provide it.
---Dinner for 2 at the Surf----Verenia Saxon
---BC ferry coupon for car/driver /passenger one way----Gwen Spinks
---set of beer tasting glasses---Ashley Manning
---coffee mug & wine goblets---Shirley Cerniuk
---fancy salt & pepper shakers----Kimm Nightingale
Winner of 50/50----Geoff Wiggins
Additional Thoughts
o Bigger push to have members sell tickets instead of advertising
o Would be nice if more Car Club people attended as it would be a social activity for members
o Some feedback that people enjoyed the Sock Hop theme a bit more, although people attending the dance loved the C&W theme
Thanks to Club Volunteers for their help at the dance
o Dan & Loreen
o Lori & Warren
o Carol
o Wayne & Verenia
o Andy
o Fred & Carol
o Catherine
o Dennis
Kimm Nightingale teaching Elecrtric glide Blue to hoedown attendees. 13 Oct '18
Line dancing lessons for hoedown 13 Oct '18
Doug Long and Robert sharing a moment at the hoedown. 13 Oct '18
More lesson shots.
Kitchen volunteers from the Community Hall. 13 Oct '18
Ashley & Chris Manning-winners of the best cowgirl & cowboy outfits. 13 Oct '18
Loraine & Tony Leeming in their western duds. 13 Oct '18
Randy & Catherine at the Hoedown. 13 Oct '18
Winner of an Alois rainbow photograph. 13 Oct '18
Verenia Saxon- winner of Surf dinner for 2 coupon. 13 Oct '18
Gwen Spinks- winner of BC Ferry car/driver/passenger trip coupon. 13 Oct '18
Ashley Manning- winner of beer tasting glasses. 13 Oct '18
Shirley Cerniuk-winner of coffee mug & wine goblets. 13 Oct '18
Dan & Loreen Hufsmith chatting with that dancing devil..Doug Long. 13 Oct '18
Dancers showing off their moves on the floor. 13 Oct '18
Wayne Billings & Geoff Wiggins.
The bar crew....Wayne, Randy & Warren with Kent giving them some business. 13 Oct '18
Geoff Wiggins-winner of the 50/50 13 Oct '18
Kimm Nightingale- winner of the salt & pepper shakers. 13 Oct '18
Many thanks to our Wagon Master Di, with help from Jill, for organizing this fun event. 6 cars and 12 people wound our way through the back roads to Comox. We made 3 stops along the way, a fruit and vegetable farm, a seafood and meat farm store, and the Fanny Bay Pub. 40 Knots Winery reserved a special parking area for our vehicles and then provided a very nice balcony seating area where we sampled various wines while enjoying our "potluck" lunch provided by ourselves. Photos courtesy of Di.
June Club Meeting and BBQ
at the home of Carol & Fred
Thursday June 28, 2018
Many thanks to Carol and Fred for hosting about 25 Club members and providing the burgers and buns. Everyone brought other delicious foods to add to the main fare. The rain mostly held off, slight drizzle only, but imbibing in some spirits kept most warm!
Randy conducted a short meeting, mostly focused on preparations for our August 12th Show 'N Shine. Our next meeting, Thursday July 26th at the Golf Club, 7:00 pm, will have us finalize the car show details, including nailing down all the volunteers needed for that day, so please attend.
Fred was taking renewal fees as July 1st is our Club renewal time and he updated us as to how the renewals are going. So please get your $25.00 renewal fee to our new Membership Chair Warren Hiebert, or pay at Wildrose Garden Centre or Gabriola Automotive.
Randy then introduced our incoming President, Steve Wohlleben and thanked him for stepping forward to the position. Steve said a few humourous words about how Randy has moved the club forward with lots of hard work and time spent on our behalf. He then presented Randy with a bent screwdriver with an inscription about "not screwing up" while being our president. See the photos below.
Photos courtesy of Di. Thanks.
Wonderful burgers prepared by our host, Carol
Incoming Prez Steve Wohlleben presents outgoing Prez Randy Phillips with a "gift"
Randy's memento for "not screwing up" while steering the Club
Many thanks to Randy and Catherine who kindly cleaned up their shop and hosted our annual gathering. Approximately 40 members and spouses attended and had a great time. A nice selection of food and some money were brought to be donated to the PHC Christmas Food Bank.
