Many thanks and lots of applause to our hardworking co-chairs for the show – Ed Zimmerman and Butch Riley - for organizing and presenting another spectacular show.  We spent the days before the show trying to second guess the weatherman, and we were fortunate enough to get the show done before the rains came.  We had one light sprinkle, but nothing of any consequence.

In twenty-four years, we have only had to use the raindate twice - in 1995 and in 2002.  By 7:00 the cars and trucks started rolling in for a show that was supposed to start at 10:00!  Wow.  By the end of the day, we had more than 243 cars and trucks on the show field!  We know that some vehicles never bothered to come down and get their number, and several cars showed up after registration closed, so we aren't sure exactly how many vehicles there were.

Butch is still counting the money we made selling t-shirts, the raffles, the auction, registration, spectator’s gate and donations, so we hope to have a total soon.

Special thanks to Golden Gears who donated $1,000, to Sugarloaf Mountain AACA who donated $500, and to individuals who made sizeable donations: Kingsley Edwards and Herb Rieger. Also notable were nice donations from Wastler Automotive, Taylorsville; The Maryland State Fair; First Merchant Services; PEH Distributers; Aspen Hill Shell and L.S. Fuels. 

The Alzheimers Association Greater Maryland Chapter folks were there and expressed their great appreciation for all the club has done in raising much needed funds for their local needs.  Due to the money Heart of Maryland Classic Chevy Club members have raised, they are able to provide services that would otherwise need to be cut due to lack of funding.  Tammy Payton,
Kimberly Clapper, Chris Smith, Volunteer, Kathy Siggins, Volunteer, and J. D. Brooks, Volunteer represented the Alzheimer’s Association.

During the day we were able to give out 20 $25 Shell Gift Cards to participants – thanks to JR & Joanne of Aspen Hill Shell and PEH distributers who donated the Gift Cards!

Congrats to Frank Baker who survived his fifth Alzheimer’s Show as President and did a great job and to Bev Baker who did a fantastic job her fifth time out with the official clipboard keeping everything running on time and in fact, this year she put everything into overdrive so we could finish up about an hour early in case that pesky rain appeared.

Many thanks to John Chance who arranged with the Law Mall to let us cover the No Parking signs again.  I don’t know where we would have parked all those spectators!  And thanks to the Frederick County DPW for allowing us to use their parking lot.

Many thanks to Butch and Sissy for organizing all the vendor stuff!   Special shout out to Butch who was there despite just having shoulder replacement surgery on the Wednesday before the show.

The Event Program and award designs by Sissy Riley were exceptional (as always!).

Thank you to all who worked to make the 24th Annual Alzheimer’s Show a huge success.  Thanks to those who came out to help set up, worked registration, collected from participants, parked cars, tallied votes, worked the auction, sold t-shirts, sold raffle tickets, sold 50/50 tickets, gave out door prizes, moved porta-pots (it was fun to watch, too!), worked the sound system, cleaned up the trash afterwards, and more!   

A special shout out to Boy Scout Troop 460 from Mount Airy who came out again this year to help us with a lot of running around the parking lot, emptying trash cans, helping with parking, manning the Spectator Gate and at the Moon Bounce.  They were also selling sno-cones, which were welcome on such a hot afternoon!  It was a long day for them, but they really liked the cars (and trucks!).  Hopefully they’ll be back next year again to help out!

The auction was a huge success.  Several participants in the show actually showed up with some neat contributions to the auction. Some of the highlights of the auction were the Estate Planning donated by Scott A. Morrison, a hand painted custom guitar donated by Mark Naylor, a neat wall clock made by Ed Zimmerman, lots of gift certificates, car care items, banners (garage art!), a sand blaster, collectibles, and lots more.  You never know what’s going to show up at the auction.  Many thanks to members who unpacked and displayed all the “stuff” and Peggy Kaplan, Marsha Z and Bob Clubb who served as our clerks.  Thanks to JR and Joanne Rosenberger for providing the great big top tent for lots of shade! And of course thanks to Roger Rothenhoefer (he’s got a 1949 Chevy Fleetline) our exceptional auctioneer!

At the Chinese Raffle, we had some really special items. Many thanks to Bev, Alice, Sissy, Lynda, Janet and Linda who made up the baskets and donated items.

Paul Buckner won the Shell Visible Globe Gas Pump we raffled off this year. Congratulations!

Out of all the fantastic vehicles on the showfield, here’s our list of winners! 

Congratulations to The Top 30!

Marvin Glass with his 1957 Corvette
James Loveless with his 1966 7 litre black Galaxy
Wayne Lee with his 1969 Dodge Super Bee
Eric Stonesifer with his 1957 Gasser
Brian Flynn with his 1970 Mustang
Roger Sparkman with his 1934 Chevy
Mark Main with his 1932 Red Flying Cloud
Richard O’Steen with his 1965 Pontiac GTO
Mary & Ed Allen with their 1959 Buick
Greg Lusk with his 1967 Chevy Camaro
James Lantz with his 1967 Chevelle
Tim & Kathy Worthy with their 1952 Pontiac Chieftain
Gary Richards with his 2003 Chevy Kodiak Truck
Barry Parker with his 1972 Olds 442
Dean Moore with his 1968 Eleanor Mustang
Andrew Sewell with his 1951 Ford 2 door
Richard Van  Heusen with his 1932 Ford Roadster
Emiliano Chapa with his 1960 Chevy Impala
Mike Templeton with his 1956 Chevy BelAir convertible
Bob Valis with his 1937 Ford Coupe
Estes Thompson with his 1966 Chevrolet Corvair
Jonathon Fitz-Enz with his 1978 VW Camper
Norman Taylor with his 1969 Ford El Ranchero
Lee Weber with his 1965 Pontiac Catalina
Ed Galizinto with his 1969 Mustang
Wayne Eyler with his 1930 Oldsmobile 4 door sedan
Michael Locke with his 1934 Chevy Sedan Street Rod
Ron & Tina Yingling with their 1962 Corvette
George Margelos with his 1966 Chevy Chevelle Malibu
Richard Bostic with his 1939 Chevy

The Zimmerman Family Memorial Award

was won by Jonathon Fitz-Enz with his 1978 VW Camper.

The Ladies Choice Award

was won by Dean Moore with his 1968 Eleanor Mustang.

The Boy Scout Troop 460 Special Award

went to Jeff Restor with his 1970 yellow Barracuda.

The Alzheimer’s Association Choice Award

was won by Ron & Tina Yingling with their 1962 red Corvette.

The Peoples Choice Award

was won by Robert Cline, Jr with his 1922 Ford Model T

The Mike Miner Memorial Choice Award

was won by Mark Main with his 1932 Rio Flying Cloud.

Thanks to our club members for all their hard work the day of the show, in advance preparations and in the followup. Special thanks to our Hardworking Non-Members JR & Joanne and Murl & Debbie and Bob Clubb & Kingsley Edwards.  You guys are great! 

Thank you to MVA for letting us host our show at their location. 

Thank you to Robert Clubb Associates for sponsoring the trophies and awards.

Thank you to all the sponsors for their generous donations to allow us to put on this show.

Thanks to the other clubs and organizations who came out to support us.

Thanks to Critical Power who donated the use of their generator.  We would have been totally lost without it!

It was great to see a lot of new faces and familiar faces!

We had our terrific food vendors:  Angel’s Concessions, Jimmie Hot Dog Man and In10se BBQ and a lot of other great vendors.

Club Participation was won by Golden Gears Car Club of Frederick with lots of cars and lots of people.  Honorable mention went to Sugarloaf Region AACA.  Over 32 different car clubs were represented.

And That's All Folks!