Classic car enthusiasts will converge outside the Patricia Theatre on Ash Avenue in Townsite for the Powell River chapter of the Vintage Car Club of Canada (VCCC) Showtime and Shine event on Saturday, July 19.
"We will have over 100 vehicles, vintage vehicles, attending our show," said Powell River chapter vice president Paul Lavigne. "This year, we have permits for two blocks of Ash Avenue, outside the Patricia Theatre."
A tribute to cars in movies is this year's theme, and at 1:30 pm folks are invited to watch a movie inside the theatre.
"We will have a world premiere movie presentation titled, Iconic Cars," said Lavigne. "In our car show [outside] we will have vehicles that are basically replicas of cars that were famous and that we can remember from movies and also on TV."
Lavigne said along with the movie presentation there will also be some trivia.
"I'm not going to say any more than that," added Lavigne. "The movie, of course, is free, and it will play immediately after our prize presentations."
He said classic car enthusiasts and VCCC members will be travelling from across the province to participate in the car show.
"We will have a replica of the Mustang from the movie Bullitt, which starred Steve McQueen," said Lavigne. "We will have several vehicles from American Graffiti."
There will be coffee and other refreshments provided, plus many prizes that were donated by very generous sponsors, according to Lavigne.
"There will also be a good representation of English and European classic cars," explained Lavigne. "Everyone will have an opportunity to vote for their favourite car."
After the Showtime and Shine event, the Powell River chapter of VCCC will be on the road again.
"Some of us will be going to the Texada Fly-In on July 27; we have also organized a tour down the coast," said Lavigne. "We will be attending the Blackberry Festival and have several other outings, like a picnic, planned."
Lavigne said the Powell River chapter of VCCC has been keeping busy. Some club members' cars were used in the movie production of The Eden Express, a film made in the qathet region last month.
"Vintage car club members were helping out with q̓at̓ᶿaymɩxʷ [International Choral Kathaumixw]," said Lavigne. "We were stationed outside of the rec centre offering drives to conductors and choir members from one venue to the other."
The car show takes place, from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm, at 5848 Ash Avenue.
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