| AONE
To Sponsor First Annual
Italian Car Show
at the
High Hopes Balloon Festival
Sunday, June 16
 This is an
exciting new event for our club! AONE will be sponsoring an Italian Car Show at
the High Hopes Hot Air Balloon Festival in Milford, New Hampshire on Sunday, June 16. This
festival is an annual weekend-long event that features:
- Morning and evening hot air balloon flights
- Pony rides
- Food concessions
- Live entertainment
- Raffles
- Crafts & novelties
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- Hay rides
- A giant slide
- Balloon rides
- Helicopter rides
- Face painting
- Sky divers…
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And us!
In past years, British Cars of New Hampshire has sponsored an all-British car show, and
all of the proceeds are donated to the New Hampshire High Hopes Foundation. But the event
became so popular that they’ve literally outgrown the venue (over 250 cars!) and had
to move it elsewhere. So High Hopes asked AONE if we could fill the void at the Festival.
The High Hopes Foundation
is a New Hampshire volunteer organization that provides special wishes for critically ill
and terminal children. Each year, High Hopes is able to fulfill some of these wishes with
fund-raising events like the Festival. In the past five years, the British club caused
more than $10,000 to be raised for the benefit of the High Hopes children.
The Italian Car Show
will be held on Sunday, June 16th, from 9:00AM till 3:00PM. (Yes, that’s Father’s Day, but
can you think of a better way to spend it?) Our cars will be displayed in a cordoned area
for people to enjoy. While you and your family are there, you’ll be able to take in
all of the many activities that will be going on at the Festival.
This year, since
it’s new to us and we don’t have much time to plan, we’ll be getting our
feet wet. (The Spider drivers among us are used to that anyway.) This will be a
display-only show – no judging – just show up and look pretty. In years to come,
we expect to add lots of features, like judging in classes, raffles, door prizes, etc.,
and to solicit contributions from various corporations and individuals in the area. This
year, we’ll be inviting all Italian marques to attend, but in the future we plan to
solidify the participation of the other Italian car clubs throughout New England. Who
knows – maybe in a few years we’ll outgrow the venue!
Please consider joining in on this
terrific event! You get to drive your Alfa through the New Hampshire
countryside on a Sunday in June, display it in front of thousands of admirers, enjoy a
fun-filled family-oriented outing, and contribute to an exceedingly worthy cause. Your
entry fee is really a donation toward the High Hopes efforts – the fee is $15 per
car, but we ask you to consider donating more if it’s within your means. It’ll
be a terrific day and it’s for a terrific cause.
For more information
about High Hopes Foundation and the Festival, visit the High Hopes web site
or call 800-639-6804. For questions about the Car Show, contact AONE's Stephan de
Pénasse at 603-594-4204 (home), 603-222-6462 (office), or at stewen@peoplepc.com. There are three
ways to register:
There is a registration form in the May issue of Velocissima
You can register right
here with your credit card.
You can print
out a registration form and send in a check.
The first 100 registrants
will receive dash plaques and perhaps some other goodies. You can get printable directions by clicking here. Please register before June 9th!
Plan an outing in New Hampshire
in your Alfa for Father’s Day! After all, it’s your day – you get to choose! |
That’s this weekend! Sunday, June 2 is
the date this year for Italian Car Day at the Museum of Transportation at Lars Anderson
Park in Brookline, MA. There was a terrific showing of Alfas last year (as well as a few
other interesting marques) despite it being a rather misty day, so get out your Alfa,
shine ‘er up a little shine (or a lot, if you’re so inclined), and bring
‘er on over to Brookline. The hours are 10AM-2PM and there will be food available.
There are always lots of beautiful Italian machines to wander around and ogle, as well as
our always-strong contingent of various Alfas. Don’t worry if you haven’t sent
in the registration form yet—you can register at the gate. You can opt to have your
car judged, and awards are given in six Alfa classes. For
directions and more information, visit the 
