2007

A Day on the Village Green
Reno Jaguar Club's

All British Car Show and Concours d'Elegance

June 22, 23 and 24, 2007

Cal-Neva Resort at Crystal Bay, Nevada

Here's to the successful A Day on the Village Green!  This event had over 41 entries and display cars. Entries were from Nevada, California and Oregon.

The RJC board and numerous volunteers did an outstanding job in making this happen.  Without this dedicated group this would never have been the victory that it was. 

It was inspiring to have all of your exquisite automobiles in one setting for all to view.  You can just feel all the pride and love from each of their owners, NAY you touch one of their cars!

I would like to thank the following people:

First off a huge thank you to Frank & Janice Hamilton for taking their prized, one of a kind, 1921 Copper Rolls Royce out of it’s home at the National Automobile Museum and presenting it for all of us to view at this special event.

We had so many wonderful volunteers who gave of their valuable time.  There are too many of you to personally name but I am sure you know who you are.  Thank you for all your help and support!

This RJC board, a group of amazing people, worked together like a well-oiled machine. This event, A Day on the Village Green, didn’t just magically happen.  There was lots of planning and organizing that was done behind the scenes. 

Without this governing body this event would never have come together.  They were:

Mike Johnson – A Day on the Village Green Events Chairman
Gary Dyer – RJC President and A Day on the Village Green M/C
Patti Wilder – RJC Vice President, A Day on the Village Green Scorer
Mike & Kathy Glass – Social Directors, A Day on the Village Green Event Coordinators & Awards Banquet & Raffle
Dave and Sunny Minedew – Treasurer and Secretary, Registration for A Day on the Village Green
Harry Keast – Membership Chairperson, Parking Chairman for A Day on the Village Green
Gerard Garra – Chief Judge and Co-Chairman for A Day on the Village Green
Kathy Dyer – A Day on the Village Green Co-Scorer

Do you guys remember the FREEZING Trophy Planning Meeting we held at the Reno Historic Races?  Where our notes kept blowing away in the icy wind!  Or the trip we made to the Cal-Neva Resort to make sure it was perfect in every way for this event.  We did well except we forgot about the tree pollen!  And do you remember the numerous meetings at Amelia’s over lunches that were just so-so.  And let’s not forget about the never-ending emails?

Thank you RJC Board for all of your valuable time, expertise and energy in making this a success!

We also couldn’t have done this event without the dedication from our judges!  They were:

Gerard Garra – Chief Judge
Mike Johnson
Harry Keast
Rex Black
Gary Dyer
Mick Collins
Charlie Manchester
Carolyn Manchester
Joe Rajacic

Thank you judges for all your hard work!

 

I can’t thank EVERYONE enough for all of your time and effort it took to put this A Day on the Village Green together!

Another Special Thank you goes to Tony Settember and his wife Patti for being our honored guest – Thank you Tony for sharing your racing experience with us.

Some of you might know Tony from his car racing days and others might know him from his airplane flying days.  However everyone who knows Tony will agree that he has a need for speed!

Through all my years with the Reno Jaguar Club I have found this to be an outstanding, passionate, fun loving group of Jaguar enthusiasts that you will ever find.  The RJC is more then just a car club it is more like a family with everyone being there to help each other in all their needs.  Be it a stalled car on the freeway or lessons on how to fix our engines to comforting those in times of need.  You couldn’t ask for a better group of people. 

WE DID IT!

(Notes by Patti Wilder)