CHARLIE leads the parade!

For the second year in a row, and marking her third year in the "Lost in 50's" Parade, Charlie got to lead the pack through our small town of Sandpoint, Idaho. here is a link to the lost in 50's week-end: http://sandpoint.org/lostin50s/ For three days, Sandpoint is all about the music and times of the 1950s. Girls (some of the 50s) wear poodle skirts and jewelry of the era. Lounspeakers blare music of the 50s on the streets. Friday night is the parade of old cars, and Saturday is the car show. We figured three years ago that since Charlie is a 1957 model, she should qualify for the parade and show; the organizers of the event agreed. On the Thursday night of this week-end, impersonators recreate the music of Elvis, and Jerry Lee Lewis and, for the first time this year in replacement for Richie Valens, we had a very realistic copy of Johny cash. It was a rockin' good time in our refurbished Panida theater. Friday and Saurday nights the main pavillion at our award-winning fairground rocks out with the old time rock and roll. (see the link above for more details.) Here is a nice picture of Charlie just out of the gate from our high school at the start of the parade:

Tow vehicle, 1953 Willys Jeep, provided by Vietnam veteran Mike Kazar. Towmeister Everet Wood, past commandant of Marine Corps League Detachment #1110, handled the heavy lifting by towing Charlie out of her nest and to the functions, where Mike took over with his lighter Jeep. Here is an amusing, if not frightening short of Wood towing Charlie and nearly colliding with a school bus!