Upcoming Charlotte Events, MAR-APR 09

As many of you may know by now, Barry Ward has taken over from Amedeo as Direttore of the Charlotte Branch. He has provided the following details on upcoming events:

• Wednesday, March 25th - Monthly Meeting at Lowes Motor Speedway, 6:30pm
• Saturday, March 28th - Motori Italiani: a very nice concourse event held at 131 Main Restaurant, located 9886 Rea Rd. in the Blakeney Shopping Center 11am-3pm. The restaurant provides all entries with a 15.00 food/drink voucher. Registration is $15 per vehicle and can be collected the day of the event. Contact: kfielden@carolina.rr.com
• Sunday, April 5th - Annual Food Lion Auto Fair at Lowes Motor Speedway: “Euros at the Fair” 8am-4pm. Entry fee is 15.00 For entry material call Larry McElreath at 704-697-9531.

Drive to the Mountains - 02 August

Note from Amedeo at Charlotte Branch:

Next on the list is our planned Mountain Trip for Saturday August 2nd with lunch at the Bluffs restaurant on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Our meeting point will the BP in Roaring Gap known as the Pro Stop (green roof). If you are coming from Charlotte, take I-77 north to Elkin and then Highway 21 towards Sparta. As you approach Roaring Gap look for the post office and the BP is located soon after. Plan to be there between 11am and 11:30am. I have been told that from Pineville the trip should take about 1 hour and 45 minutes. If you are coming from Asheville it is your choice to meet us at the BP or the restaurant. By the way the Bluffs Lodge has two restaurants, one inside the Lodge and the other right on the parkway. It is the one on the parkway that we will have lunch. Please let me know as late as Friday Aug 1st if you plan to make the drive.

Here is the link of the restaurant. http://resorts.gordonsguide.com/bluffslodge/index.cfm

As usual please let me know that you are interested so that we can notify the restaurant how many to expect, as of now we have about 6 cars. If you lose this email (Mark) do not worry it will be repeated in my monthly newsletter."

Drive to Camden - What are YOU Doing with YOUR Spider?

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From: Amedeo DeCarolis
Date: Wed, May 28, 2008 at 4:18 PM
Subject: Drive to Camden

Just checking, are you guys receiving my emails? I was wondering since it is Wednesday afternoon and have not received a single reply to join me this coming Saturday, although I did hear from a few by phone. This is what I have so far.

Myself of course, Mark Brummond, Barry Ward and Dick Hinman from Asheville, Ed Prytherche from Columbia (he must be there as we will be following his route), plus one member from the low country of South Carolina. This begs a question, what are you guys doing with your Spider? The weather looks great, the driving will be wonderful, the route is glorious, the food and drinks are free, what are you waiting for? It does not get much better than this. If this is not convertible driving time not sure what is and I do not even have a convertible.

Amedeo

Drive to Camden - 31 May

Note from Amedeo: Next Saturday please join us as we attempt to navigate the back roads of South Carolina ending up very near Camden at a country house of one of our member which has agreed to provide lunch and beverages for us travel weary individuals. We will gather at the first rest area immediately after crossing into South Carolina on I-77, obviously if you are coming from Charlotte. Please be there between 10am and 10:30am, if needed you can get gas, snack and what have you on Carowinds Blvd which is the first exit in SC. So far only two other members have either called me or email me that they will be participating. It is very important that we know how many are planning to join us and also if you have a significant other, wife, friend or all 3 with you. I will then notify Curtiss so that he can prepare for our arrival. I had heard that a couple of Alfisti from Charleston were thinking about joining us at Curtiss's place but nothing definitive as of yet.

Please let Amedeo know by no later than next Thursday if you will be attending. Email Amedeo at decame (at) gmail.com if you need additional info.

Charlotte Monthly Meeting

MEETINGS ON LAST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH

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Barry Ward has taken over for Amedeo

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911 E. Morehead St. #200

Charlotte, NC 28204

(704) 377-3808

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