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Emerald Coast Cruizin Classic Car Show This Week

Today marks day one of Emerald Coast Cruizin’s 4th annual Classic Car Show on Panama City Beach.  With an initial estimates of show entrants exceeding 3,500 custom and vintage classic cars, this year’s show will be bigger than ever.

With events planned all week long, locals and visitors alike can participate in anything from a scavenger hunt live entertainment up and down the beach.  Check below for a complete schedule of events, and be sure to bring the kids to this family friendly event!

Monday, November 3

  • Beachcomber Conf. Center Car Registration 12:00-3:00 pm
  • Frank Brown Park Vendor Setup 8:00 am-4:00 pm
  • Sandpiper Beacon Beach Olympics 5:00 pm
    • Happy Hour 4:00-6:00 pm
    • Karaoke 6:00-10:00pm
    • DJ Big Donna 10pm til

Tuesday, November 4

  • Beachcomber Conf. Center Car Registration 10:00 am-4:00 pm
  • Frank Brown Park Vendor Setup 8:00 am-4:00 pm
  • Coastal Beach Cruise Information will be in your registration packet
  • Sandpiper Beacon Ladies Night ($1:00 Drinks) 7:00-9:00 pm
    • Karaoke/DJ Big Donna 6:00-10:00 pm

Wednesday, November 5

  • Beachcomber Conf. Center Car Registration 8:00 am-5:00 pm
  • Frank Brown Park Vendor Setup 8:00 am-5:00 pm
  • Beachcomber Hotel Beachside Bash 1:00 pm-4:00 pm
    • Hosted by the Two State Rodders, featuring entertainment by Bill Brooks, free food, awards, prizes and lots more
  • Days Inn Outdoor Entertainment 6:00 pm til
    • Bill Brooks Poolside, Food & Drink Specials (All That Deli)
  • Pier Park Classic Cars on Parade 4:30 pm
    • Staging Area between Dillard’s & Panera Bread
  • Sandpiper Beacon Kick Off Party Happy Hour 4:00-6:00 pm
    • Mary Ann & Gilligan 7:00-10:00 pm
    • Fireworks Show by Pyro Shows 8:00 pm

Thursday, November 6

  • Frank Brown Park Car Registration 8:00 am-5:00 pm
  • Frank Brown Park Show and Shine 8:00 am-5:00 pm
    • Vendor Midway, KOTO “King of the Oldies” spinning the oldies
  • Meet the American Graffi ti Cast Members, 50/50 tickets on sale and more
  • Sandpiper Beacon Ladies Night ($1:00 Drinks) 7:00-9:00 pm
    • Happy Hour 4:00-6:00 pm
    • Entertainment by Relix 7:00 pm til
    • DJ Big Donna 10:00 pm til
  • Marina Civic Center Concert 7:30 pm
    • Peter Noone & Herman’s Hermits and the Buckinghams live at the Panama City
  • Marina Civic Center. Benefiting The Boys and Girls Club of Bay County. Tickets $25-$45
    • Marinaciviccenter.com • 8 Harrison Ave. • Panama City, FL • 888-763-4696

Friday, November 7

  • Frank Brown Park Registration 8:00 am-4:00 pm
  • Frank Brown Park Show and Shine 8:00 am-5:00 pm
    • Vendor Midway, tunes with KOTO “King of the Oldies”
  • Meet the American Graffi ti Cast Members 50/50 tickets on sale and more
  • Frank Brown Park Bill Brooks Performs 1:00 pm
  • Holiday Inn Sunspree Hawaiian Lu Au Party 6:00 pm – til
  • Panama City Harrison Ave. Friday Fest 4:30 pm – til
  • Classic Cars, entertainment, food and fun for the whole family
  • Sandpiper Beacon Entertainment by Relix 7:00 pm – til
    • With surprise visit from Ron Adams as (Elvis)

Saturday, November 8

  • Frank Brown Park Registration 8:00 am-3:00 pm
  • Frank Brown Park Show and Shine 8:00 am-5:00 pm
    • Vendor Midway, tunes with KOTO “King of the Oldies” – American Graffi ti Cast
    • Members, 50/50 tickets on sale, live entertainment with Bill Brooks
  • Frank Brown Park Classic Car Auction 12:00 pm til
    • Contact Rap Peavy at 850-624-6159
  • Frank Brown Park Awards/Prizes 4:00 pm
  • Awards, Cash Prize and Giveaways, Scavenger Hunt Drawing, 50/50 Drawing “Must Be Present To Win”
  • Cabana Cay American Graffi ti Drive In 6:00 pm til
    • Live entertainment by “Blast from the Past”, Bill Brooks, Drive In Theater, Graffi ti
    • Cars on Display, Meet the American Graffi ti Cast Members, Food and Drink
    • Specials available on site by All That Deli
  • Sandpiper Beacon Entertainment by Relix 7:00 pm til
    • DJ Big Donna 10:00 pm til

Next Year’s Emerald Coast Cruizin Dates are: November 9 – 14, 2009

For more information, and pictures from previous shows, visit EmeraldCoastCuizin.com.

Notes from the April 2, 2008 TDC/CVB Marketing Committee Meeting

9 of the 11 committee members were present. Absent was Debi Knight and Paul Wohlford.

Indian Summer Festival

  • Two organizations interested in taking over operation of the festival made presentations. Both proposals are for Columbus Day Weekend, October 10-12, 2008.
  • Jeffrey Wolfe, from Multimedia Publishing, Inc. (http://www.multimediapp.com), would like to provide a “Family oriented food and entertainment venue, which focuses on wholesome family fun.” The festival would remain at Frank Brown Park and retain the name Indian Summer Seafood Festival. Wolfe’s vision includes a cooking demonstration stage, a kid-oriented stage that would include the involvement of Bay County Schools, and a music stage. The music stage would have a unique music theme each day, such as margaritiville, country, and big band. Although the possibility of a Jimmy Buffett concert was subsequently reported by WJHG, it is my understanding that Wolfe is only proposing a margaritiville-style concert. Multimedia listed their affiliations with the Niceville Mullet Festival, the Seabreeze Jazz Festival, and Blue Angels events in Pensacola; however, I believe that they only provided services to these events rather than acting as event promoter. The presentation was silent as to what financial support they would be requesting from the TDC/CVB; however, their handout did refer to “seed money” being used for operations. Although and exception was made recently for the FSU Flying Circus, it is TDC/CVB policy to only provide advertising support to special events. Wolfe anticipates a total attendance of 18,000.

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Notes from the March 20, 2008 TDC/CVB Marketing Committee Meeting

Only 7 of the 11 members were present. Absent were Philip Griffits, Jr., John Hamati, Bill Spann, and Debi Knight.

2009 COLLEGE SPRING BREAK MARKETING CAMPAIGN

President Dan Rowe explained that he would like the Committee and Board to begin discussing their plans, if any, for this segment ahead of the upcoming budget process. Rowe also reported that he has had discussions with the CVB’s agency about completing additional research to determine what the year-round effect is of our spring break image. Image concerns were also expressed by a majority of the committee members present. Although no formal vote took place, the majority of the committee expressed an interest in either discontinuing funding completely or at least changing it to special event funding. If changed to special event funding, the CVB would only consider providing financial support after an organization or co-op made a formal request for financial support.

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