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Great Neck Plaza AutoFest A Blank Slate Media / Litmor Publications Special Section • October 2, 2015

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31st Annual Great Neck Plaza AutoFest

Middle Neck Road in Great Neck Plaza

Sunday, October 4 from Noon to 5:00 p.m.

(Rain date: October 11)

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Autofest, street fair come to Plaza

By J oe N i k i c The Village of Great Neck Plaza Business Improvement District’s annual AutoFest and Street Festival will be returning on Sunday Oct. 4 from 12 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Jay Corn, vice chairman of the BID and chair of the Autofest committee, said he expects this year’s festival to continue to bring business and a positive image to the village.

“The community looks forward to it and we look to bring people in not just from our community but from all directions,” Corn said. “Our idea is to bring people into town and show them how pretty it is. It is a promotional tool for the businesses in the plaza but everybody has fun.”

The festival, which is sponsored by the United Capital Corporation, will display more than 100 classic and special edition automobiles, including the feature showcase 1934 Rolls Royce Parkward Saloon and the one-of-a-kind 1926 Stutz “Speedster,” which was built for Cornelius and Grace Vanderbilt in 1926. Only 40 Parkward Saloons were ever produced.

Mark Rudes, who owns the feature car, owns the 39th produced car, which Corn said is considered “priceless.”

Vanderbilt Museum president Steve Gittleman, who owns the Stutz “Speedster,” will be attending the festival with Rudes to showcase their cars and interact with lo-

cals, Corn said.

“These are the kind of cars that you would see in some of the national car shows,” Corn said. “They are just top quality cars.”

The festival will also feature Model A Fords, Camaros, Matadors, Corvettes and other classic American and European cars.

Cars will line up on Middle Neck Road from Cutter Mill Road to Maple Drive.

Carnival style rides will be on Grace Avenue and Bond Street and the petting zoo and pony rides will be North Station Plaza.

The day-long event will also feature rock climbing walls, carnival games, and inflatable bouncers.

Live entertainment will be provided by folk band Gathering Time, hit music cover band the Meade Brothers, the Banjo Rascals, and Great Neck Plaza’s Katya School of Dance, according to the Village of Great Neck Plaza website.

For the third year in a row the BID will be donating vehicle registration fees from the Autofest to the Wounded Warrior Project.

“Last year we were able to donate between $2,200 and $2,300,” Corn said. “But I think this year we can do a lot better than that.”

In an effort to increase the funds raised for the Wounded Warriors, festival attendees who wish to participate in the Plaza

Bucks raffle will be asked to make a contribution to the Wounded Warriors.

The winner of the raffle will receive a $300 gift certificate for any Plaza store or restaurant, Corn said. Individuals who donate $15 or more to the Wounded Warriors will also receive a free special edition Wounded Warrior/AutoFest cotton hat.

They will also be giving away a second and third place prize of a $200 gift certificate and a $100 certificate respectively.

“We would like to get a good turnout from Great Neck. Just a dollar donation is okay,” Corn said. “Whatever they want to give, every little bit counts. But they have to be present at 2 p.m. to win the raffle.”

The raffle drawing will take place at 2 p.m. at the Wounded Warrior table at center stage.

While it will be the event’s 31st year in existence, Corn said, early years of the festival did not predict the successes of recent festivals.

“The Great Event was losing its impact,” Corn said. “Less and less people were coming to it and less merchants were opening.”

The Great Event was introduced in 1984 by the Village of Great Neck Plaza Merchants Association to bring the community together and promote business in the plaza, Corn said.

In 1990, the Great Neck Plaza BID was formed and took over the

festival.

Former Village of Great Neck Plaza Mayor Bob Rosegarden was looking for new ways to improve the festival asked Corn, who was involved in the automobile industry, for ways to change the format of the festival.

Corn said he suggested a car show.

“Bob was reluctant at first, but he went to a conference and someone told him it was a tremendous idea,” Corn said. “It has been a tremendous success since day one and is still the BID’s most successful event.”

Corn said the Autofest receives most of its funding from an additional tax on commercial properties in the village as well as donations from places like United Capital Corporations and the Village of Great Neck Plaza.

Plaza Mayor Jean Celender is “heavily intertwined” with the Autofest, Corn said, because she is on the BID board and a big influence on the village.

“We continue to host this festival because of the opportunities it presents for our local businesses and the community spirit it engenders,” he said.

The Great Neck Plaza BID’s mission is to foster and promote a positive and vital business community through various initiatives including consumer awareness programs, media/advertising campaigns and sponsorship of events including the annual Great Neck Plaza AutoFest and Street Festival, according to its website.

AutoFest, Street Fair event schedule Entertainment: Performances throughout the day from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Main Stage: Meade Brother Band Elm Street Stage: Gathering Time North Station Stage: Katya’s School of Dance Banjo Rascals will be performing as a strolling band throughout the day

Bond Street: Akbar the Caricaturist (limited tickets, first come, first serve basis) 1 p.m.-4 p.m.

Paulette the Face Painter 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Carnival Games, Bouncer Rides & Carnival Food 12 p.m.- 5 p.m.

North Station: Petting Zoo and Pony Rides 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Middle Neck Road Bridge: Community and Charity Groups 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Corner of Middle Neck Road and Cuttermill: Great Neck Vigilant Fire Department demonstrations 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.

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