4th of July Parade Plans - finalized!

Tavares will be having their Friday 4th of July celebration, including a parade.
We will need to be in lineup on main street in Tavares, by 4:15 on Friday the 4th of July. Decorate your car with red white and blue and see you there! The theme of the parade is "Home of the Brave".
We will let you know our lineup number as soon as we receive it)

No Saturday meeting for July — BUT Wait:
In leu of a Saturday meeting for July, we plan to have a gathering at the end of the 4th of July parade at the Tale Chaser Grille (used to be Amigos) at the corner of 19 and 441 in Tavares (901 Lakeshore Blvd, Tavares) I would assume that would be between 5:45 and 6:15 for those of you not driving in the parade and wishing to meet up with us at the restaurant. The restaurant owners will work with me to reserve parking for our cars in the small parking lot – if I can tell them ahead of time how many spaces I need. So please please please, if you plan to have dinner with us in your model A after the parade, please email me and let me know. To View their website for menu and directions: http://www.talechasergrille.com/

Forest Festival - by Beth Pearce

October 24, 25 & 26, 2008
Forest Festival - Perry, Florida

Come one, come all to Perry, Florida, with Buddy and Beth Pearce.

Beth has reserved ten rooms at:

Days Inn
2277 South Byron Butler Parkway, Perry, FL 32347
(850) 584-5311
The rates per night are:
1 king bed - $73.70
1 queen bed - $66.00
2 double beds - $77.33
Pets are permitted for an additional $10.00 per night.
We can specify exactly what kind of room we want if we do it early enough.

Friday, October 24th --
Meet in Lady Lake area at 8:00 a.m. (location to be determined) to cruise together to Perry. It will be approximately four hours on the road.
Gas Light Parade, 7:15 p.m. = After a parade through downtown Perry, we will park on the square for entertainment by a live band, food, and shopping.

Saturday, October 25th –
53rd Annual King Tree Parade, 10:00 a.m.
Line up at 9:00 a.m. at Veteran’s Park on North Jefferson Street.
Car Show --
Following the parade, the car show will take place at Forest Capital State Park - under the beautiful trees.
The WORLD’S LARGEST FREE FISH FRY will be at noon at the park.
Also at the park – an arts and crafts show, cross cut saw competition, chain saw competition, loader competition, music, food, and more!

Sunday, October 26th –
After breakfast, we will cruise home together.

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Florida Forest Festival in Perry FL

Buddy and Beth Pearce are wanting to get a group of Model A'ers together to tour to the Perry Lumberjack and Antique Car Festival. This would be a 1 or 2 night event as it is quite a drive up there.
I found a GREAT website that shows all the festivities planned for that weekend including the Worlds largest Free Fish Fry!
Here are a few of the events:

Take a look: http://www.taylorcountychamber.com/news.ivnu

And contact Beth and Buddy for more information concerning the hotel and tour information.
Buddy at (352) 307-8521 or bbpearce919@embarqmail.com