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Everybody likes to Sea Cruise By Jessica Cejnar • Triplicate Features Editor
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rescent City’s grand display of hot rods, stock cars and vintage vehicles will feature a legendary motorcycle and a new event this year. brews and groove to a blues band. “There are so many car shows around nationwide that do cruises,” said Gary Petersen, president of the Northern Knights Car Club, which has co-sponsored Sea Cruise with the Crescent City-Del Norte Chamber of Commerce for four years. “Everybody likes to cruise. They
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Beach Front Park gains a lot of color and chrome when Sea Cruise’s main event rolls onto the lawn.
Del Norte County’s 24th annual Sea Cruise car show draws roughly 400 cars a year to Beach Front Park. This year instead of a dance to close out the show on Saturday evening, entrants will have a chance to show off their machines at a sanctioned cruise of downtown Crescent City while folks sample regional micro-
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like to get out. They like to show off their car. They like people to hear their car. They like to wave. So that’s what we did this year.” Sea Cruise is often called Del Norte County’s last big event before the winter sets in. Past shows have attracted as many as 10,000 people to Beach Front Park, said Crescent City-Del Norte Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jeff Parmer. Car enthusiasts will bring automobiles from as far away as Nevada, Southern California, Idaho and Washington, Petersen said. Although the flow of people in and out of the chamber’s visitor center after Labor Day hasn’t slowed, Parmer says Sea Cruise provides a much-needed boost for local businesses dependent on tourism. “I know that we survey the hotels, and with the exception of maybe one or two, they’re all full for that weekend,” he said, adding that Sea Cruise is about a third as big as Crescent City’s largest single-day event, the Fourth of July celebration. “In October, that’s a significant impact on the economy and that’s why hotels and restaurants support us and that’s why they love us.” The show will feature both stock and modified cars. Folks can wander among rows of Mustangs and Camaros and climb the unofficially designated Corvette Hill. There will be trucks dating
back to the 1930s or earlier with original parts, and there will be customized hot rods. Fifty-five classes of cars will be on display Saturday at Beach Front Park, Petersen said. Many will also be parked along 3rd Street in downtown Crescent City on Friday for the event’s annual Show & Shine. “It’s just a get-together,” Petersen said. “People come in for Sea Cruise, come in all during the day on Friday. Everybody gets together between 4 and 6 downtown, people walk around and look at the cars.” New this year will be an appearance by one of the most famous motorcycles in the world, “The World’s Fastest Indian.” Burt Munro, of Invercargill, New Zealand, brought his highly modified 1920 Indian Scout streamliner to the Bonneville Salt Flats in August 1967, where he claimed the world’s land speed record at 183.586 mph. Now owned by the Hensley family of Pasadena, the Munro Special #35 Streamliner took top honors at the August 2010 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Tom Hensley said that whenever Munro returned to New Zealand he would bring the bike’s engine back with him so he could continue modifying it. Munro would leave the bike with an Indian dealership in Southern California. Munro shaped his motor-
cycle after the barramundi fish, which is common in New Zealand. “When you actually see the bike in person you’ll see how small it is,” Hensley said. “I can’t get in it comfortably even without the body on and with the body on I couldn’t even get my feet back to the back controls. You guys will have a real treat seeing it.” Probably the biggest change at this year’s Sea Cruise will be Blues, Brews and Cruise on Saturday. Held in lieu of a dance, Blues, Brews & Cruise will feature microbrews from local and regional breweries, including Crescent City’s own Port o’ Pints, Tight Lines Brewery in Brookings as well as Eel River Brewery and Six Rivers Brewery from Humboldt County. Folks will groove to the sounds of Brad Wilson and his Rollin’ Thunder Blues Band, a rock and blues band from Visalia, and enjoy good food. Parmer said he hopes to have Lil’ Keith’s BBQ, Beach Bumz Cantina and other local vendors. There will also be a showsanctioned cruise through downtown Crescent City. The cruise will only be open to registered participants in Sea Cruise, Petersen said. In addition to cruising up and down city streets, show participants will bring their vehicles through Tsunami Plaza, where the Blues and Brews event will be held. “It’s really underutilized,”
Welcome to the 24th annual Sea Cruise Classic Car Show! On behalf of the Crescent City-Del Norte County Chamber of Commerce and the Northern Knights Car Club, welcome to Crescent City! We hope you enjoy the show whether you have a car entered for judging or are spectators admiring the hundreds of cars! Beachfront Park is a spectacular backdrop for the vehicles sparkling in the sunshine. With the peak summer tourism season behind us, Sea Cruise brings a welcome boost to our local economy! We hope you take time to enjoy our attractions, shops, restaurants and hotels during your stay. Explore Battery Point Lighthouse and walk around the newly reconstructed harbor. You will encounter many friendly faces as you experience our beautiful area. We are very excited to bring you new additions to this year’s Sea Cruise! There will be a closed sanctioned cruise in downtown Crescent City, open to any vehicle that has registered for the show. The cruise will be from 6-8 pm Saturday night. Also new this year is “Blues, Brews & Cruise!” This event is from 5-9 pm Saturday night and takes the place of the 50’s – 60’s dance that we previously held at the Del Norte County Fairgrounds. Live music by Brad Wilson and the Rollin’ Blues Thunder Band will have you dancing to their hot riffs from 7-9 pm. There will be eight different local and regional beers on tap for a brew tasting. Angry Orchard Hard Cider will be available for those preferring something other than beer. Commemorative beer glasses will be sold for $12 and will include 12 ounces of one beer brand of your choice. After that, 2 oz. tastings will be $1 each. There is a limited number of these glasses which are required for tasting. Glasses will be available during registration on the corner of 3rd & J Streets 10am - 6pm on Friday, at the park pavilion in Beachfront Park 8am – 3pm on Saturday, and in the Tsunami Plaza starting at 5 pm during the Blues, Brews & Cruise on Saturday night. See the full schedule of events in this program. So please join us and rekindle old memories as you look at all the classic cars and make new ones as you enjoy the sounds of the Brad Wilson Band. Finally, an event like this doesn’t happen on its own. I would like to thank the Northern Knights Car Club, the Sea Cruise Committee chaired by Lisa McKeown, and all the numerous volunteers. In addition, let me say thank you to: Crescent City Public Works & Crescent City Police Department, including the police, sheriff and fire explorers; our two major sponsors Lucky 7 Casino and Bernie Bishop Mazda; Cornerstone Youth Group; and the Crescent City Lions Club for clean up during the event. I personally want to say a big “thank you” to all of our fantastic sponsors whom you will see advertised in this program. Please support them. Jeff Parmer, Executive Director, Crescent City-Del Norte County Chamber of Commerce
“Everybody likes to cruise. They like to get out. They like to show off their car. They like people to hear their car. They like to wave. So that’s what we did this year.” –Gary Petersen
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during the car registration on Friday. Sea Cruise will kick off Friday with Show & Shine from 4 to 6 p.m. Classic cars will line Third Street from G to K streets downtown. The Emblem Club will host a Swiss steak dinner starting at 4:30 p.m. at the Elk’s Lodge, 356 H Street in Crescent City. The cost will be $15 per plate for adults and $7 for children 7–13. Proceeds go to local scholarships. Following the Show & Shine, Elk Valley Casino will host a special Sea Cruise Dance featuring local band Disturbing the Peace. The doors open at 7 p.m. and the music starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the casino. Registration for the main portion of the car show at Beach Front Park will take place from 8-10
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a.m. Judging will be held between 10 a.m. and noon and awards will be announced at 3 p.m. Food and marketplace vendors will be open throughout the day. The festivities will continue Saturday evening with the sanctioned cruise through downtown Crescent City from 6 to 8 p.m. Blues, Brews and Cruise will be held 5–9 p.m. at the Tsunami Memorial Fountain near the Del Norte County Library. The Brad Wilson Rollin’ Blues Thunder Band will play from 7 to 9 p.m. Blues, Brews & Cruise will be $12 for a commemorative mug and the first 12 ounces of beer; thereafter, more beer will be available at a $1 per 2-ounce increment. Sea Cruise will end Sunday with the annual Poker Run sponsored by Lucky 7 Casino. There will be cash awards for first-, second- and third-
place. Proceeds will go toward the Del Norte Senior Center. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and goes until 10 a.m. in the parking lot near Kid Town playground at Beach Front Park. Participants can purchase one or more poker hands for $5 each. For more information about the Poker Run, call Charlie Wick at 465-1166. Folks can still register for Sea Cruise. The cost to pre-register a vehicle through Oct. 9 is $45. Late registration will be held on Saturday and will include an entry fee of $50. Entrants will receive a 2015 commemorative Sea Cruise wine glass, a dash plaque, goody bag and entrance into the cruise. For more information, call the Crescent City-Del Norte Chamber of Commerce at 464-3174, visit www.delnorte.org or www. northernknights.us.
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Miss Sea Cruise fundraiser. Contestants gather donations Friday and Saturday and those who gather the most are crowned Miss Sea Cruise. “It’s a pageant for the rest of us, those of us who aren’t 18 with cute bodies anymore,” said Cheryl Corpstein, a coordinator for the fundraiser. “Every woman dreams of a sash and a tiara.” A group of friends can gather donations and nominate one person to be Miss Sea Cruise if they win, Corpstein said. Another former Miss Sea Cruise was even a cancer survivor. The proceeds will go toward a local scholarship, Corpstein said. “We are taking signups now, all the way up through the Show & Shine on Friday,” she said. Women can sign up in advance by calling 951-4274 and leaving a message. Signups will also be held
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Parmer said of Tsunami Plaza. “The city thought that would be a nice location, and they’re doing a lot of work right now cleaning it up.” Volunteers with the local Just Serve group have also pitched in to beautify Tsunami Plaza. (For a map of the cruise route, turn to page 17.) Sea Cruise is also an important event for Del Norte County’s youth. Every year the Northern Knights donate a portion of the proceeds to scholarships for students who want to pursue careers in the industrial arts. Last June, the car club donated five $1,000 scholarships to Chad Bell, Billy Boyd, Tristan Howie, Jose Jimenez Jr. and Tulyseng Yang. Meanwhile, the Xi Sigma Rho sorority, former hosts of the Miss Del Norte Pageant at the Del Norte County Fair, will hold its annual
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A legend comes to Sea Cruise By Jessica Cejnar • Triplicate Features Editor
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he bike that broke land speed records on the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967 will make an appearance in Crescent City for this year’s Sea Cruise. The bike that broke land speed records on the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967 will make an appearance in Crescent City for this year’s Sea Cruise. Tom Hensley, whose family has owned the Munro Special #35 Streamliner Indian Scout for more than 30 years, will bring the leg-
endary motorcycle to Del Norte County. Built by Burt Munro, of Invercargill, New Zealand, the highly modified 1920 Indian Scout motorcycle reached 183.586 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats in August 1967. The bike stands today as the “World’s Fastest Indian.”
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Local resident and writer Dave Cormack, seen posing with the Munro Special, rediscovered an old friend, Claudia Hoard, who now owns the streamliner with her husband. bers fishing and swimming with Hoard at Liberty Hole, which was literally in their backyard.
Cormack and his wife visited Hoard and Hensley this summer during a trip to Southern California, where
Cormack saw the Munro Special in person. “I have a picture of me faking riding it, where you can see the couch in the background,” he said. “It’s shaped like a cigar. There is an aluminum body over it that is shaped for streamlining. That was to get every possible mile-an-hour out of it.” The engine that’s currently in the Munro Special was built by Munro but isn’t the one that broke speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Hensley said. After visiting the Salt Flats, Munro would bring the engine back with him to New Zealand so he could continue to modify it. He left the bike itself in Southern California. Hensley pointed out that Munro, who was born in
1899, was into recycling before it was trendy, making his pistons and rods out of Ford tractor axles. “When you actually see the bike in person you’ll see how small it is,” Hensley said. “I can’t get in it comfortably even without the body on, and with the body on I couldn’t even get my feet back to the back controls. You guys will have a real treat seeing it.” The Munro Special is part of Dean Hensley’s Indian motorcycle collection. Since Dean Hensley’s death in 1992, the Hensley Family of Pasadena has preserved his motorcycle collection and has been sharing its history with others. Reach Jessica Cejnar at jcejnar@triplicate.com.
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said the film’s creators used a replica bike in place of the Munro Special. Dave Cormack, a local resident who has written several articles for classic car magazines, said he was browsing through Facebook in December 2014 when he stumbled upon a photo of Claudia Hoard, an old friend of his, with the World’s Fastest Indian. “I contacted her and I said, ‘Hey, what are you doing on the Burt Munro special?’” Cormack recalled. “She goes, ‘My husband and I own it.’ I hadn’t talked to her in 35 years.” Hoard and Cormack were part of the same circle of friends who lived on North Bank Road during the late 1970s. Cormack remem-
The bike took top honors for prewar American racing motorcycles at the August 2010 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Hensley said the appearance at Sea Cruise will be the first since then. “That speaks for itself right there,” he said of the accolades the Munro Special won at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. “There are no replicas, fraudulent stuff. They do have the test chassis in New Zealand and parts of the record-running motor. We own the real thing; the most famous motorcycle in the world.” The story of Munro’s efforts to get to the Bonneville Salt Flats was made into a movie in 2005 starring Sir Anthony Hopkins. Hensley
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urt Munro was born in Invercargill, New Zealand, in 1899. He began riding and racing motorcycles at the age of 15. The first bike Burt ever owned was an English-built Clyno. After selling that motorcycle in 1920 to a blacksmith, Burt bought his Indian Scout, which would later become the celebrated “World’s Fastest Indian.” In the 1920s, Burt began racing his Indian Scout in various forms of motorcycle racing in Australia. He even participated in an “Economy Run” where Burt managed to get 116 miles on one gallon of gas.
In the mid-1940s, Burt and his wife divorced. He wanted to build a home with a low ceiling to help with the New Zealand summer heat, but it was against the Invercargill building codes, so Burt got
around the codes by building a garage with a low roofline, which became his workshop, and also his living quarters. Burt quit working in the late See Indian / 9
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1940s so he could devote all of his time to making his Indian Scout even faster. Because there were very few speed parts made for the Indian at that time, and the difficulty of obtaining what was available in New Zealand, Burt began to manufacture parts in his workshop. For example, he needed some connecting rods, and since none were available, he made his own out of an old Ford front axle. He converted his Indian to overhead valves from the original side-valve configuration. Burt had been racing his Indian since the 1940s and
set the New Zealand Open Road speed record at 120.8 miles per hour, a record that stood for 12 years. By the late 1950s, Burt’s Indian was so fast the he ran out of room on the New Zealand tracks. In 1957, he saw the Bonneville Salt Flats, and that was the impetus to get his Indian to America and run it on the vast, unlimited stretch of salt. Burt used his savings and additional money from his motorcycle friends to book passage on a cargo ship for him and his bike, working as the ship’s cook to pay for passage. Once in the United States, Burt bought an aging Nash Station Wagon for $90 dollars and used that and a Burt-Built trailer to haul his bike to Bonnev-
“At the Salt in 1967, we were going like a bomb. Then, she got the wobbles over halfway through the run. To slow her down I sat up. The wind tore my goggles off and the blast forced my eyeballs back into my head — couldn’t see a thing.“ –Burt Munro ille in 1962. Upon arriving at the Bonneville Salt Flats, he was informed that because he hadn’t pre-registered, he wasn’t going to be able to run his Indian. After well-
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the actual race bike at various Indian Motorcycle dealerships throughout Southern California. From the early 1960s until 1981, the bike was maintained and stored by the Pierce family, who owned a chain of Indian Motorcycle stores in the Los Angeles area. In the early 1970s. Sammy Pierce purchased the Indian from Burt, after his racing days were over. In approximately 1981, Gordy Clark purchased the bike from Sammy, with Doug Clark taking actual possession of the bike, and stored it in Santa Paula, and then later, at Doug’s home in Santa Barbara. In 1984–1985, Dean Hensley, of Pasadena, pur-
chased it from Doug Clark. Over the next few years, a meticulous, time-consuming restoration was performed, the work overseen by Dean and completed by Steve Huntzinger. The lettering was done by Dean himself and Scott Bennett, and it was completed by 1987. In May of 1992, Dean unexpectedly passed away. The Hensley family of Pasadena has maintained the Streamliner since Dean’s passing and has made every effort to preserve the legacy of Dean Hensley and Burt Munro. Special thanks to Tom Hensley and Claudia Hoard for taking the time to bring the World’s Fastest Indian to Sea Cruise 2015.
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rom candy apple red to mint green and sky blue, Sea Cruise brings a kaleidoscope of vintage automobiles to Cres cent City every year.
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But last year’s Best in Show winner didn’t sport a flashy paint job or blindingly bright chrome rims. Instead one needed to look closer to appreciate the subtle grain of the quilted maple Stan Hogberg used for his 1937 Ford woody station wagon. “We built it from scratch,” said Hogberg, who spent six years with his son Erik reconstructing the vintage car. “We had no templates or anything; we just took dimensions from other cars and pictures.” The quilted maple Hogberg chose in lieu of the
rock maple more commonly found on vintage woodies came from Joseph, Oregon, and is primarily used for violins and guitars. Early station wagons were used as commercial vehicles to show off produce and, on the East Coast, to convey clients to hunting and fishing lodges, Hogberg said. In the 1950s, wood-paneled station wagons became popular during the Southern California surf scene, Hogberg said. Hogberg said he wanted a challenge when he set out to build his station wagon, but
he also has an affinity for the year 1937 itself. Other cars he has worked on in the past include a 1937 Ford sedan. Hogberg and his son are currently reconstructing a 1937 pickup and will be working on a 1937 convertible. “They used to be considered the ugly duckling,” he said of cars from 1937. “There’s not very many. The coups, the sedans, all of them.” Hogberg has been tinkering with and rebuilding classic cars for much of his life, starting with a Model A Ford See Best / 15
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before moving on to hot rods. When he moved to Del Norte County in 1990, he said he went back to Model As, sedans and other “slower” cars. Constructing his award-winning station wagon came with its own set of challenges. Hogberg had never before built a cowl —the front part of a car that supports the hood’s rear, windshield, dashboard, pedals and instrument panel. And he said it took him nearly three months to construct one door. Hogberg said he used two different kinds of woods, poplar wood and a man-made medium density fiberboard, before moving on to quilted maple.
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In addition to his Best in Show win at Sea Cruise, Hogberg’s woody drew accolades at car shows in Santa Cruz and Fortuna. He also took his station wagon as far south as Encinitas. “It got best of show again in the Brookings car show and first place again at Fortuna,” Hogberg said, referring to the Cruise to the Coast and the Fortuna Redwood AutoXpo car shows. “It’s well received. People like the look. I think it’s the wood that catches their eye.” Hogberg’s woody will be parked by the gazebo at Beach Front Park during the Sea Cruise car show on Saturday. His station wagon has also been featured on Sea Cruise posters, dash plaques and other literature this year. Reach Jessica Cejnar at jcejnar@triplicate.com.
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Blues Thunder Band. “People are working hard to make this event a big annual event with all the cars, and it helps the downtown merchants,” Wilson said. “I’m going to be taking pictures of the cars and checking out all the hot rods, and then we’re going to (start) at 7 p.m. and start making some noise ourselves.”
Participants will cruise in their stock cars, modified cars, rat rods and other vintage vehicles, some more than 80 years old, through the streets of downtown Crescent City. The vintage cars will also come through Tsunami Plaza, where people will be sampling local and regional microbrews and grooving to the tunes of Brad Wilson’s Rollin’
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cial cruise followed the Show & Shine event on Friday, but the cars that participated weren’t associated with the car show, Petersen said. Most Sea Cruise participants also weren’t going to the dance, so the Northern Knights surveyed Sea Cruise participants asking them how they would feel about a cruise instead of a dance, Petersen said. Saturday’s show-sanctioned cruise will only be open to registered participants in Sea Cruise. Jeff Parmer, executive director of the Crescent CityDel Norte County Chamber of Commerce, which co-
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SEA CRUISE 2015 in one direction,” Petersen said of Redding’s cruise. “It’s a big cruise. It was bumper to bumper in areas.” Parmer and Petersen also visited car cruises in Medford and Grants Pass where they studied the logistics of a sanctioned cruise, including how the streets are blocked off. “I think the important thing to him was the fact that there were so many people coming out and watching the cruise,” Petersen said. “He was surprised at how early they were going to the cruise route with their chairs and stuff. Over there in Redding people were setting up at 8 in the morning to watch a cruise that started at 6, but they were doing that in Grants Pass too.” As soon as he settled on Blues,
Brews & Cruise as an event, Parmer said his goal was to recruit 10 different microbreweries to promote their libations. The microbreweries that have agreed to participate include Tight Lines Brewery, of Brookings; Ninkasi Brewing, of Eugene, Oregon; Anderson Valley Brewing Company, of Booneville, and North Coast Brewing Company, of Fort Bragg. Eel River and Six Rivers breweries from Humboldt County will be there as will Crescent City’s own Port o’ Pints Brewery. “And then just for the fun of it we’re just going to throw in some Angry Orchard cider for those who don’t want to drink beer,” Parmer said. “It’s not really a microbrew, but it’s a nice alternative.”
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Crescent City’s Port O’ Pints is one of 8 microbreweries that will be serving suds at Blues, Brews & Cruise.
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SEA CRUISE 2015 streets of downtown Crescent City (for a map of the route, see page 17). Wilson will play 7–9 p.m. Microbrews and food will be available. The cost is $12 for a commemorative mug and the first 12 ounces of beer. Two-ounce increments of beer will be available for $1 following the initial $12. “That way they can taste the different beers that are going to be available,” Parmer said. “If you want six ounces it costs you $3; if you want another 12 ounces it costs you $6.” For more information about Blues, Brews & Cruise and Sea Cruise, call 464-3174 or visit www.delnorte.org or www.northernknights.us. Reach Jessica Cejnar at jcejnar@triplicate.com.
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Roots Music Reports. Wilson also has been featured in several movies and on TV, including most recently on ‘The Young and the Restless.’ Most of the songs at the Blues, Brews & Cruise event will be from Wilson’s last two albums. “When the band starts to loosen up and have fun we start playing sing-along songs and have fun with the audience,” he said. “We’ve been known to do ‘Brown-Eyed Girl’ by Van Morrison. We’ll do some very well known songs toward the end of the night.” Blues, Brews & Cruise will be held 5–9 p.m. in the plaza by the Tsunami Memorial Fountain. The cruise will be held 6–8 p.m. Saturday in the
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Wilson and his Rollin’ Blues Thunder Band will take the stage at 7 p.m. Wilson, whose influences include Jeff Beck, BB King, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eric Clapton, said he’s been playing since 2003 and has a number of albums to his name. “My last album, ‘Hands on the Wheel,’ did very well with a show called BB King Bluesville on Sirius XM,” he said. “We had a hit song on that XM station, which is the Ballad of John Lee.” Wilson, who hails from Visalia, performs more than 100 shows a year with his band. One of the songs from his newest album, Blues Thunder, has been No. 1 on Europe’s Hit Tracks Top 100s and has recently debuted on America’s
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WELCOME TO THE 2015 SEA CRUISE Presented by The Crescent City-Del Norte County
Chamber of Commerce & Northern Knights Car Club Friday, October 9
REGISTRATION
Registration - 964 3rd St. Corner of 3rd & J Sts............10:00AM-6:00PM Show & Shine - Downtown ...........................................4:00 - 6:00PM Steak Dinner - Elks Lodge..............................................4:30 - 8:30PM Elk Valley Casino Dance...............................................8:00 - 11:00PM
$45 Entry Fee with pre-registration OR $50 on Oct. 10th. First 400 entrants receive: car show entry, sanctioned cruise entry, commemorative wine glass, dash plaque, and goodie bag!
Pancake Breakfast - Elks Lodge...................................7:00 - 11:00AM Car Show - Beachfront Park Registration/Parking ................................................8:00 - 10:00AM Judging.............................................................10:00AM - 12:00PM Raffle & Sales .....................................................8:00AM - 3:00PM World's Fastest Indian Motorcycle on display......8:00AM - 3:00PM “Back in Time”(music)........................................10:00AM - 3:00PM Ducks In A Truck - Beachfront Park ..........................................2:00PM Awards - Gazebo ..................................................................3:00PM Blues, Brews & Cruise - Crescent City Plaza near fountain Featured Breweries & Food Vendors ............................5:00 - 9:00PM Sanctioned Cruise .......................................................6:00 - 8:00PM Brad Wilson & the Rollin’ Blues Thunder Band ............7:00 - 9:00PM
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Poker Run - Beachfront/Kids Town ..........Registration 9:00 - 10:00AM Ends at Lucky 7 Casino. Open to everyone. Classic car not required. Proceeds will benefit Del Norte Senior Center.
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@ Crescent City Plaza near fountain. Free to public. There will be 8 breweries and 1 hard cider participating. $12 commemorative glass includes 12 oz. of single beer of your choice. Additional 2 oz. brew samples $1 each. Beer tasting requires commemorative glass.
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