Lowcountry Miata Club 2008 Event
Schedule
(Events are subject
to change, watch web page and e-mail for more information on our 2008 events.)
May
No meeting this
month as we will all be at MIATA’S DOIN’ THE CHARLESTON!!!
Thursday 1st –
Sunday 4th – Miata’s Doin’ the Charleston – Hosted by the Lowcountry Miata
Club – It’s finally here! All our planning will come to a head
this weekend and we are all looking forward to a great event! 300 of our
closest Miata friends from around the country will be joining us for a weekend
of tours, beach aprties, evening
dinners, lots of sightseeing, Bus tours and dinner cruises! We hope everyone
will help out where they can and make this event a huge success. If you want more info about this event, visit www.miatasdointhecharleston.com.
Unfortunately registration is closed for this event as we sold out in 20 DAYS!!
Must be something about Charleston! We’re very
excited and we can’t wait to meet all of our friends from around the country!
Saturday
4th – Florence AutoCross
– Florence Civic Center - www.scr-scca.com for more information and
to sign up.
Saturday 10th – OPEN
WEEKEND – MOTHER’S DAY WEEKEND
Saturday 17th – OPEN
WEEKEND
Saturday 24th – OPEN
WEEKEND – MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
Saturday 31st – OPEN
WEEKEND
June
Thursday 5th, 6:30pm - Monthly Meeting – Stokes Mazda on Ashley Phosphate Rd. – Stokes
has offered us a room for our meeting, but they don’t have furniture in it yet.
We will be having our meeting here, but you will need to bring a chair. Some of
us will bring extras if we have them for those of you who forget or don’t have
a chair to bring. RSVP to Bunny so we know how many for dinner and how many for
the meeting. Dinner TBA.
Saturday 7th – OPEN
WEEKEND
Saturday 14th – OPEN
WEEKEND – FATHER’S DAY WEEKEND
Saturday
14th – Orangeburg AutoCross – Prince of Orange Mall –
www.scr-scca.com for more
information and to sign up.
Saturday 21st – OPEN
WEEKEND – Beaufort Drive In Run??
Saturday 28th – OPEN
WEEKEND
July
No meeting this month. Meeting will be held at the Annual
Club Picnic!!!
Saturday 5th – OPEN
WEEKEND – July 4th Weekend
Saturday 12th - Annual Club Picnic – Hosted by: Joe &
Jennifer Mills – This year’s picnic will be held at the Mills’ house in Charleston (Directions).
Everyone is asked to
bring their favorite side dish to share. Check the list of attendees to see who
is coming and what they are bringing. The gathering starts at
6pm and dinner is planned for 7pm. Please be sure to RSVP by the 11th
and let me know what you are bringing and how many people are coming. A list of
attendees and what they are bringing can be found here.
Sunday
13th – North Charleston Autocross – North Charleston Colesium
- www.scr-scca.com for more
information and to sign up.
Saturday 19th – OPEN
WEEKEND
Thursday 24th – 27th – DEAL’S GAP
XII - Simply
one of THE best events of the year! Imagine hundreds of Miatas taking over a
little town in the mountains for 3 fun-filled days of driving, friendship and
great food. Lots of interesting sights to see, lots of driving, where there are
actual curves in the roads, some more hairy than an ape’s armpits, and ton of cool
stuff to look at if your in the market for new additions to your car. This is
the place to see all those mods you see in the
catalogues and online IN PERSON! Great event and more details will come later.
Deals Gap NOTE: If you plan on going to Deal's Gap
in July and you haven't got your room yet, I highly suggest you start looking
for one. The longer you wait, the less chance you will have to find a room
within 2 hours driving distance. Most attendees of the previous Gap Run reserve
their rooms the day they LEAVE the prior year, making it hard to find a room
close to the “central” meeting points. We have 20 rooms reserved at the Fontana Village (July 24th-July 27th) which is
within 20 minutes of everything, including Gas, Food, Groceries, Car Washes, etc.
They are also extremely reasonable on rates. If you are interested in one of
the rooms, please contact Bunny to get your name on the list for a room. Details
for room Reservations. ALL ROOMS ARE NOW GONE. If you need to cancel your
room, please contact Bunny FIRST!! We will post details on itinerary’s
and other information on the event within the next month.
www.tailofthedragon.com/maps/GC_ACCOM_MAP.gif www.tailofthedragon.com www.tailofthedragon.com/accomodations.html www.miataclub.net/cgi-bin/ib3/ikonboard.cgi
August
Saturday 2nd – OPEN
WEEKEND
Thursday 7th, 6:30pm - Monthly Meeting – Stokes Mazda on Ashley Phosphate Rd. – Stokes
has offered us a room for our meeting, but they don’t have furniture in it yet.
We will be having our meeting here, but you will need to bring a chair. Some of
us will bring extras if we have them for those of you who forget or don’t have
a chair to bring. RSVP to Bunny so we know how many for dinner and how many for
the meeting. Dinner TBA.
Saturday 9th – OPEN
WEEKEND – Ice Cream Social??
Saturday 16th – OPEN
WEEKEND
Saturday 23rd – OPEN
WEEKEND – Annual Wine Run??
Saturday 30th – OPEN
WEEKEND – LABOR DAY WEEKEND
September
Thursday 4th, 6:30pm - Monthly Meeting – Stokes Mazda on Ashley Phosphate Rd. –
Stokes has offered us a room for our meeting, but they don’t have furniture in
it yet. We will be having our meeting here, but you will need to bring a chair.
Some of us will bring extras if we have them for those of you who forget or
don’t have a chair to bring. RSVP to Bunny so we know how many for dinner and
how many for the meeting. Dinner TBA.
Saturday 6th – OPEN
WEEKEND – Annual Yardsale??
Saturday
6th – Florence AutoCross
– Florence Civic Center - www.scr-scca.com for more information and
to sign up.
Saturday 13th – OPEN
WEEKEND
Saturday 20th – OPEN
WEEKEND
Saturday 27th – Fall Tech Day – Hosted by: Bob & Bunny
McElwee - Tech Day
will be held at the McElwee’s house. (Directions) For
information on jobs we can do and parts you may need to complete them, click here. The
club will be providing the main entrée, sodas and paper goods. Bring your
favorite side dish (some ideas are potato salad or other salads, desserts,
chips etc.). Contact Bunny
and let her know what you are bringing. Please RSVP by September 26th and
be sure to include what you are bringing and any projects you may want to work
on. We’ll have coffee and doughnuts for the early birds, so come as early as
you want! We'll be doing odd jobs on our beloved Miatas in preparation for the
driving season. If you have a light project you need done, no shocks or engine
rebuilds ;), let us know and we'll see if we can do it! Be sure to arrive early
if you need work done. The event’s Mechanics will decide in what order the jobs
go in, so if your name is called and you aren’t there, you’ll have to go to the
end of the list! Not all jobs can be done at Tech Day in order to make time for
everyone. The event's Mechanics will decide if a job is done or not. We have
plenty of room and plenty of tools. If you don't need anything done, come on
out and have a chat with some of our other members. And don't forget about the
50/50 raffle! Tech Day's are always some of our best events! We’ll be
contacting the Paintless Dent people to see if they
can come out and give us a demonstration as well. So if you’ve got dents,
you’ll want to see these guys! A list of RSVP’s and jobs being done can be
found here.
October
Thursday 2nd, 6:30pm - Monthly Meeting – Stokes Mazda on Ashley Phosphate Rd. –
Stokes has offered us a room for our meeting, but they don’t have furniture in
it yet. We will be having our meeting here, but you will need to bring a chair.
Some of us will bring extras if we have them for those of you who forget or
don’t have a chair to bring. RSVP to Bunny so we know how many for dinner and
how many for the meeting. Dinner TBA.
Saturday 4th – OPEN
WEEKEND
Saturday 11th – 9th Annual
Streets of Thunder Car Show at Texas Roadhouse – We will meet in the parking lot of the Northwoods Baptist Church (per your pre-registration instructions) at 8:30 to drive over in a group. If you want to come
later, you can, but you need to be there as soon as you can to get as many
votes for your car as possible. After noon, all registrations are closed and the voting will
be half over. Bring
plenty of snacks and drinks. There will be bathrooms in the Super K-Mart and
Texas Roadhouse. If you are looking to have lunch, you may want to consider
going across the street to McDonald’s as Texas Roadhouse will be standing room
only. Depending on how everyone feels after the show, we will either part ways
or possibly head off for dinner somewhere nearby. This is the 9th Annual
Streets of Thunder Open Car Show presented by the Coastal Carolina Corvette
Club with the proceeds to benefit “Children In Crisis”.
Early registration can be done until September 28th and you can
register the day of the show from 9 – 12. Awards will be given out at 4pm. The Coastal Carolina
Corvette Club voted to give us our own MIATA class for this show and it will be
printed on all the flyers they give out and all the advertising they do this
year! They are even saving special parking for us according to my confirmation
letter I got. So now there is even more reason for you to come out and join us
for a day of fun, friends, cars and food! There will be 50/50 raffles, live
entertainment, Dash Plaques to the first 150 as well as additional awards for
things such as Best Interior, Best Engine, Best Paint, and Club Participation.
For more information and for registration forms, visit www.4cccc.com.
Let’s see if we can’t win that Club Participation Award! Don’t forget to
wear/bring your Club Gear to show your Club Spirit! If you’ve got Shirts, Tags,
Pins, Magnets, Hats and anything else with the LMC logo or name bring it or
wear it! This was a great show and one of the largest shows some of us have
ever participated in. Last year we had 13 Miatas show and we’d like to top that
number this year!
Thursday 16th –
Sunday 19th – OctoberFest with the Ridgerunners –
Tentative –
Sunday
19th - Greer AutoCross – BMW Manufacturing Plant - www.scr-scca.com for more information and
to sign up.
Saturday 25th – 4th
Annual Pumpkin Carvin’ Party – Hosted by: Bob & Bunny McElwee - This will be a day that we can all
“be a kid again” even if it’s just for a few hours. Bring your pumpkins and your carvin’ tools (we’ll have
some here as well) and meet at the McElwee Farm at 3pm and we’ll start the carvin’ contest. I’ll have an award for the best carved
pumpkin. After we’ve carved our pumpkins, we’ll head in for some dinner. Sodas,
water and coffee will be provided and members are asked to bring a dish to
share, keeping in the theme of Pumpkins and Halloween. If you can think up a spooky
name for your dish, let me know! Come out and spend the evening with your
“inner child’ and have some fun! RSVP to Bunny
by October 24th. Full details can
be found here.
November
Saturday 1st – OPEN
WEEKEND
Thursday 6th, 6:30pm - Monthly Meeting – Stokes Mazda on Ashley Phosphate Rd. – Stokes
has offered us a room for our meeting, but they don’t have furniture in it yet.
We will be having our meeting here, but you will need to bring a chair. Some of
us will bring extras if we have them for those of you who forget or don’t have
a chair to bring. RSVP to Bunny so we know how many for dinner and how many for
the meeting. Dinner TBA.
Saturday 8th – OPEN
WEEKEND
Sunday 9th
– Lexington AutoCross –
TENTATIVE – White Knoll High School - www.scr-scca.com for more information and
to sign up.
Saturday 15th – Holiday Festival of Lights at James Island County Park - TBA
Saturday 22nd - OPEN
WEEKEND
Saturday 29th – OPEN
WEEKEND – THANKSGIVING WEEKEND
December
Thursday 4th, 6:30pm - Monthly Meeting – Stokes Mazda on Ashley Phosphate Rd. –
Stokes has offered us a room for our meeting, but they don’t have furniture in
it yet. We will be having our meeting here, but you will need to bring a chair.
Some of us will bring extras if we have them for those of you who forget or
don’t have a chair to bring. RSVP to Bunny so we know how many for dinner and
how many for the meeting. Dinner TBA.
Saturday 6th – OPEN
WEEKEND
Saturday 6th &
Sunday 7th – Myrtle Beach AutoCross
– TENTATIVE – Hard Rock Park - www.scr-scca.com
for more information and to sign up.
Saturday 13th –
Annual Club Christmas Party & Gift Exchange – Hosted by: Eddie & Karolea Lucas - Details to come.
Saturday 20th – OPEN
WEEKEND
Saturday 27th – OPEN
WEEKEND – CHRISTMAS WEEKEND
