April 7th

What a beautiful Easter Weekend, a little cool for Central Florida but bright and Sunny!. 2 Corvairs and "Lucy" the '69 Ranchero headed for Old Town from the Top of the Hill. Linda & I were in our '61 Coupe and Mike was in his '64 Convertible. The rest of our regular caravan were otherwise engaged. Rich, the Saturday Cruise Director would be back at his post tonight. Nothing special in "Town" just the regular Cruise. Many of our "Snowbirds" will be trekking towards home this weekend so tonight may be a smaller event.

As we made our turn towards the gate from the frontage road, we spotted John, KG4BFJ, standing next to Ron who always greets us with that welcoming smile of his. John boarded Mike's convertible and rode with us to block 4, our favorite spot behind "Black Hills Minerals". We would be the first occupants of that area. On our way down "Trophy Row", I noticed that a lot of the "Regulars" were not in their spots in Block 3. A few cars that I hadn't seen in a while were in them. I did spot John Foster in a yet another car I didn't know was his, a Red 49 Ford. Roger wasn't out nor were John & Angel. Ron had his vintage Chevy pick up close to his favorite spot. Gary and Kathy had their Fairlane in its normal place. Bruce had his 'Vette right by the "Shop" as he liked it. We chose to hang out in Block 4 and chat with John, Mark, who had arrived even earlier than we did in the "T-Rex", stopped down to see us for a while as did Bill & Doris. We started for our dinner a little early seeing as we had not gone out for our newsletter deliveries. We would take a slow walk up and drop them off on the way. By now a few more cars had arrived, Cris & Larry had their Mustang in the "Looney Bin" across from them was some of the "Drop your Top" gang, AKA Brevard County's Vintage Vehicle Club. Most of the "Red Line Rodders" along with Bob & Marge were in their spots at the top of block 2. Emil in his Fat Fender Ford, Gary & Helena in their Mustang weren't to far away from "T-Rex" in Block 1.

We arrived at "Flippers" a little early, Ted, KE4TTE, was running a little late. The 6 of us ordered, John joined us tonight. Jane took great care of us as usual, Nick had a gravity check with a pepper shaker. Other than that, once again a great meal. We headed back to the cars just a little before 5:00, John stayed with Ted until he was finished eating. We dropped off a few more newsletters and I stopped by to see Mike Singer up in "Old Town Radio", we agreed that Deac would have loved the cover on this weeks issue. A "Big Band" was set up on stage, it was the "Central Florida Youth Big Band" they would be there until "Reunion" would come to the stage at 7:00. Clint & Lynn had arrived by now and had the yellow '48 Ford pickup parked by the "Valvoline Garage". John B was out in his "Slick 51" Chevy Pickup. Louie was spotted in Block 3 in his '64 Nova wagon. Block 4 had started to fill up by the time we got back down to it. Ann had the "Beer Truck" parked under the tent that was still up from last weeks event. Jim & Craig, "The Dukes" were set up a little early on their new corner, singing that familiar Doo Wopp they Dooo so well.

We spent the rest of the evening chatting with, what had become a very large crowd of spectators and the rest of our "Family" that the cruisers have become to us. This is mine and Linda's 228th consecutive Saturday night, so we have become almost part of the background. It is amazing that even coming out this many times that it never gets old. Rodger was spotted coming in late, tonight in one of his "Healy's. The day passed quickly and here came Nikki with the "Flag Winners" list. Much to the delight of Tony & Sharon, they were right on the top of the list. Tonight we would all come back and cheer them on when they received their prizes.

Rich and Lee led Clint & Lynn Olson in their '48 Ford pickup. April's "Cruiser of the Month" to block 4 right at 8:15. The cars from the top 3 blocks would follow to the staging area that Block 4 becomes at this time. Mike Singer, who had been playing his great mix of nostalgic music, gave the safety announcements, played the National Anthem, right on time. "Wolfman Jack" proclaimed "It's the Saturday Nite Cruise". Lee led the '48 Ford from the turn at "Kids Town", followed by the rest of the 210 Cruisers onto the bricks of "Deac Hundley Blvd." for this the 876th running of this Central Florida tradition to a near capacity crowd of cheering spectators.

Tony & Sharon  De Blasio*
  1969  Ford  Ranchero

Martin  Hamby 
  1968  Chevrolet  Chevelle

Dennis  Manire 
  1967  Chevrolet  Corvette

George  P 
  1956  Oldsmobile   

Anthony  Pasquale 
  1969  Chevrolet  Pick Up

Rafael  Cabrera 
  1967  Chevrolet  Chevelle

Will  Cruze 
  1970  Chevrolet  Impala

Drew  Schrieber 
  1966  Chevrolet  Impala

 Here are the Photos.

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 See you all "Out there"

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