We will have two check-in times for the 2017 show as noted below:
1) 7am early check-in: For those wanting to attend the Goodwill Donation breakfast at the
Firehouse like we had in 2016. Great breakfast and they welcome your donations.
2) 9am check-in: Our normal check-in for the show for those not attending the breakfast.
Check-in will be open from 7am to 11am, so come anytime you like.
ACTIVITIES:
PARTICIPANT VOTING:
This is a participant voting show. We are familiar with the arguments between participant voting vs. a judged show. There are pros and cons to each. What we have done is developed a process to make our participant voting show the fairest possible. While it may not be perfect, it is better than others. For more information on the process, you can visit our "Awards" page.
Your participant voting cards are in your goody bag. Participant voting "officially" begins at 9:30am. All voting cards must be completed and turned in by 12:00pm at the Information Booth. Ballots received after this time may not be counted.
RAFFLES:
Every vehicle that enters will be automatically entered into our door prize raffle. Your vehicle entry number is your raffle number. Raffles will start at 10:00am with numbers pulled every 30 minutes. The final drawing will be at 1:00pm. Please refer to our "Raffles" Page for more details.
50/50 RAFFLE:
The 50/50 Raffle will be back. The winner's share has been running above the four-figure mark (over $1,000.00). Refer to the "Raffles" page for more information.
SILENT AUCTION:
Our silent auction will be back this year with some great items to bid on. Not sure yet what we will have or how many items, but there is sure to be something for everyone. The silent auction will open starting at 7:00am the day of the show and will close at 1:30pm. For more information and rules to bid, refer to the "Raffles" page for more information.
To view a current list of our planned Silent Auction Packages, please CLICK HERE.
GAME BOOTH:
We have a new game this year called Coatesville Car Show Crossword Puzzle. Each goody bag will have one game sheet. Playing the game is completely optional. In this case, it works well with your participant voting. The questions on the card simply provide an entry number, 20 of them to be exact. When voting and you see an entry number that is listed on your crossword puzzle, find the answer that fits. The answer will come from the window placard and could be from the category, make, model, or special feature section of the placard. Your game card will provide an example of what to look for. You do not have to answer all 20 but must get at least 14 of the 20. You may need more to correctly get some of the other answers. If you think you can get an answer from a friend, think again. More than 80% of the game cards are unique. Even if someone has the same entry number that you have on your card, chances are the answer will be different. You only have one shot, so make sure your answers are correct. The first 10 people to turn in their crossword puzzle with at least 14 correct will win. No matter how many you answer, 14, 15, 20, the answers have to be all correct to win and you will not get a second chance to correct them.
Right now, the prizes are not completely known other than we know at least five of them will be Amazon Gift Cards.
FOOD:
We plan to have plenty of food available. While unknown at this time, there is a high probability that the following will be available in 2024:
* Firehouse Breakfast: 7:30am to 9:30am or until the food runs out. Menu and pricing TBD
* Grill: opens at 10:00am and we hope to serve hot dogs, burgers, and Pulled BBQ Pork Sandwiches.
* O'Knappy's Kitchen: Open all hours during the show serving comfort food.
* The Mexican Restaurant: They are still in process, but we hope they will be open by this year's show.
* The Coatesville Food Store will have various breakfast sandwiches, lunch sandwiches, pizza and more.
AWARDS:
Of course, our show would not be what it is without our handmade awards. You can view the awards we will be giving out on our "Awards" page. We wish everyone could win because everyone is worthy of one.
That said, this year we are introducing our "new" Participation Award to everyone that pre-registered for the show. We can only give them to pre-registered attendees because they are personalized and unless you pre-register for the show, we have no way of knowing who will show up. This is just our way of saying "Thank You" for coming to our show and that we appreciate you.
MUSIC:
We will have music (and announcements) coming through our sound system which can be heard throughout the show venue. As you can see from the list below, even with our music we put considerable time and effort into planning it. All of the music was hand selected to make sure that we did not repeat any song we played last year.
A few notes about this list.
1) 10:00 am playlist: Make note that the release date is the estimated release date. Each song had many
release dates. It depended on location (U.S. vs, Overseas) and the version that was released (Single vs.
Album). Not sure which release date we have, but they were all within a couple months of each other.
2) In many cases, these songs have been performed by different artists over the years. Most of the time
we used the version from the original artist, but with a few exceptions, we did use a few from a different
artist or a remastered version of the song. Even if a different artist, the original release date is shown.
3) Depending on timing during the day, and if awards kick off a little early, songs listed at the very end of
the 10:00am list may not get played. As with anything, this song list could be subject to change.
Registration Fee Schedule:
Fee $20.00 between July 16 - Dec 31, 2023
Fee $22.00 between Jan 1 - May 15, 2024
Fee $25.00 from May 16th to show day.
Saturday, July 20th
(rain date July 27th)
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most of us.
