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AMERICAN GRAFFITI FESTIVAL By VIRGINIA STILL
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he 23rd Annual American Graffiti Festival and Car Show presented by the Kiwanis Club of North Modesto will be held on June 11 and 12 at the Modesto Junior College’s West Campus, 2201 Blue Gum Ave., Modesto. This family friendly event will have rows of classic and vintage cars to explore and will also feature live entertainment, food, and craft vendors. Brent Burnside, chairman of the American Graffiti committee for the past five years, noted that there will be over 15 food vendors and more than 50 craft and car-related vendors at the show. “Folks just want to get out and live life and enjoy our weather here in the Valley and really just get out and enjoy the classic car culture,” said Burnside. “We will have great music with local talent on both days. MJC staff is working with us to pull it off with no glitches and I think if the weather agrees it will be a nice thing for everybody to attend.”
The annual parade and cruise kicks off the weekend festivities at 6 p.m. on June 10 in downtown Modesto and then the classics will cruise down McHenry Avenue.
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The festival begins at 9 a.m. on Saturday and ends at 5 p.m. with the fun continuing on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is $10 per person at the gate and children 12 and under are free. “To have it back at MJC West campus is great because it is their 100-year anniversary for the campus,” stated Burnside. “It has a lot of remodeling and new administration buildings put in there. We are excited to have a classic car show on newly remodeled grounds of the MJC West campus. There are more sidewalks and nicer grass areas for the show cars to be parked in.” The annual parade and cruise kicks off the weekend festivities at 6 p.m. on June 10 in downtown Modesto and then the classics will cruise down McHenry Avenue. The parade will feature 1,000 classic cars from 1979 and older. Due to traffic congestion and the challenges for law enforcement, spectators, and car owners, organizers put
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