Annual Banquet 2004
...
a huge success at every level.
This first event of the 2004 season, the Annual Banquet and
Autocross Awards gala, was a bit different than past years.
Yes, as usual we still had over 120 guests over to eat,
drink and socialize at the Mayfair Golf and Country Club.
But unlike past years, we also used the
opportunity to raise a little dough for a local charity
--- and raise funds we did. A phenomenal $14,580 was raised
for the Edmonton Garrison
Military Family Resource Centre through a
silent and live auction of items donated by the Edmonton
business community (»sponsors list below).
Left: Major & Mrs. Ron
Jarrett of Edmonton Garrison are let in on the surprise that
Edmonton Garrison MFRC is the charity.
Right: Mary and Jim (Northern Alberta BMW Club)
Left: Gail and Uwe
(NASCC) enjoy a laugh with Harold ... must be Harold's shoes.
Right: Dave, Mike and Liz share a joke.
Left: Dan, Dave and
Norm.
Right: Alan, Laurie and Len.
Left and Right: The
chow line looks good from any angle.
Left: "André, you
should bid in this."
Right: Comedian Bob Angeli does his best Jack
Nicholson.
Above:
Faces characterize the impact of Bob Angeli's
performance. Thanks for the laughs, Bob.
Left: Peter Spencer is
awarded the Top Gun trophy for the third consecutive year.
Right: Bob Drew admires his Most Improved trophy.
Unfortunately, the photos of 1st Place Overall winner
Peter Spencer
and 2nd Place Overall winner John Rudolph that
would have
appeared here did not turn out. Our apologies to Peter and
John.
Left: Autocross
Director Barry Ryziuk awards himself third place overall.
Right: "I'm sure if I had sticky tires, my
autocross times would go straight down to somewhere near
yours, John."
Left: MC Alan does his
best Vanna White to assist auctioneer
Nick Lees.
Right: Nick coaxes Tasker to include a case of wine
and limo ride with his dinner for 12 from the Moose
Factory.
Left: An impromptu
donation from John Rudolph of a necktie imported from the
Porsche factory, which Nick insisted be accompanied by
the matching socks John was wearing.
Right: "Hmm ... what will Deb say if I bid on those
socks?"
Left: "I hope
everything
balances at the end of the night."
Right: Sara does her best Vanna White to show off
the centre pieces created and donated by Meike Lammerink.
Left: PCA Zone Rep
Linda Bein shares an update from National.
Right: Linda and husband Bill at the Edmonton
airport, pictured with their temporary Cayenne S courtesy
of Norden.
Of course, there are a number of folks we have to thank.
First and foremost, we thank our sponsors (»listed
below).
On behalf of Linda and Bill Bein, we thank
Norden for helping to
make their stay in Edmonton more enjoyable by providing a
Cayenne S to get them around.
Finally we thank Ruth Snyder, our indefatigable Social
Director. Without Ruth's planning and coordinating the event,
selling tickets, soliciting donations for the auction, picking up this and
delivering that, and tireless commitment to raising a
sizable donation for the Edmonton Garrison
Military Family Resource Centre, we could not possibly
have achieved such a wildly successful event.
And
here's that list of Silent and Live Auction Sponsors as promised,
each of whose donation we appreciate tremendously:
