[diesel_mercedes] for Benz lovers---Amelia Island Concours info March 7,8,9

Hi All

As a fellow MB enthusiast, I thought if you are planning on attending the Amelia Island Concours in Florida this year, you might like to spend Friday evening of the weekend with other Benz folk. Everyone is welcome.

Jackie Manson, Pres. Southern Stars Section MBCA

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Event info Amelia Concours

Presenting.....One of the Year's most Popular Events during the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance at the Ritz-Carlton (Weekend of 3/7, 8 and 9/08) with something VERY special this year (info below in green)
The "Fifth Annual Officers Dinner"
Friday evening, March 7th, 2008
Start off the Amelia Island Concours weekend with a tribute to the dedicated Officers of MBCA. All our National, Regional and Section officers are invited, as well as all MBCA members and their guests attending the popular Amelia Island Concours. Space is limited so don't delay. Spend Friday evening with us and take advantage of this rare and unique opportunity to meet your Club's leaders and lots of other members from all over the country on Amelia Island for a gourmet multi course dinner at the beautiful "Fireplace Room" at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, overlooking the course where the cars would be shown on Sunday.

There will be speakers, door prizes, favors, raffles and lots of fun!!

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Some of you might already know that the theme of the Amelia Island Concours this year is the Centennial Celebration (1908 - 2008) of the "Great Automobile Race from New York to Paris" in 1908 and the Thomas Flyer automobile.

George Schuster, in his 1907 Thomas Flyer was the winner, completing the journey of 22,000 miles in 169 days. That same 1907 Flyer will be at the Concours for all to see.I am very pleased to announce that the great-grandson of George Schuster will be joining us at our dinner and will tell us many stories of his great-grandfather's adventures on the race and will have much memorabilia to show us.

He will also have for sale the limited edition book "The Great Automobile Race-New York to Paris 1908", which he will autograph. The 85 pages include details of the car and race events as well as numerous original photographs.

The race began in Times Square, NYC on February 12, 1908 with a crowd of 250,000 cheering them on. It would become the longest automobile race in history, often with no roads and in the dead of winter. The race ended in Paris at 6PM on July 30th. Schuster won by 26 days ahead of the Germans who took second place. When Schuster and his Flyer made their triumphant return to New York, he was welcomed with a ticker tape parade.

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Last year we had 65 attendees from 20 different Sections. We had 4 National Officers, 3 Regional Directors, 13 Section Officers and our new Club liaison with MBUSA, Valentine O'Connor.
Deadline for registration is 2/21/08. 
ALL the details at
http://groups.msn.com/SouthernStarsSectionMBCA/yourwebpage3.msnw

The menu for this year's Officer's Dinner is now on the website at:

http://groups.msn.com/SouthernStarsSectionMBCA/officersdinnermenu2008.msnw

Call or e mail Jackie Manson, Pres. at (912) 635-3996 whitestars@msn.com

See some past Officer's Dinners at
http://www.southernstarsmbca.com

NON CLUB MEMBERS ARE WELCOME.....MEMBERS, BRING GUESTS

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