Festiva Madness 3rd Annual Meet Saturday Oct 3, 2009 in Raleigh, NC

[BigWheel]

I hate it but I'm officially out. My wife and I are joining some friends of ours in Las Vegas for the Barrett-Jackson auction at Mandalay Bay. We're headed out early for an early anniversary trip. Unfortunately no money to bid but I love watching that auction and can't wait.

Take penty of pics for me at Madness. Maybe next year.

[lanemeyer14]

Hey guys you have to see this motoxpress raced last night at zmax and beat a chevy chevelle . boy was he pist . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA75IVcfmy8

Will told me you guys were going to be there on thusday but I had to work. Sorry I missed that!

[V8Festiva]

Have the location confirmed for Festiva Madness.

Less than one mile from the K-mart meet up location last year.

Details will be posted along with pictures this weekend.

There are a number of choices for food.

Good outside seating as well as inside.

A very nice not used parking deck is also at this location if we need a place in the event of rain.

The Festiva swap meet along with a Pick-A-Part will be held at my home.

This part will be for site members and select invited guests.



Dean
Raleigh, NC

[pr0nst4r]

I so need to get a couple of these grill conversions done and find a ride up there and a place to stay.

[lanemeyer14]

Have the location confirmed for Festiva Madness.

Less than one mile from the K-mart meet up location last year.

Details will be posted along with pictures this weekend.

There are a number of choices for food.

Good outside seating as well as inside.

A very nice not used parking deck is also at this location if we need a place in the event of rain.

The Festiva swap meet along with a Pick-A-Part will be held at my home.

This part will be for site members and select invited guests.



Dean
Raleigh, NC

Dean, this is just an idea I was thinking about and wanted to see what you thought.... You think we could start a thread for the "swap meet" portion, or maybe just include it in this thread? So people could list what they have and could bring for swapping and people could also list what they want/need that someone else may have. I have some things that I would bring to swap, but due to size I don't want to load them up if nobody is going to end up wanting it.. Know what I mean? Just an idea. I already told you the two main things I need, so hopefully I'll be lucky!!

[V8Festiva]

Dean, this is just an idea I was thinking about and wanted to see what you thought.... You think we could start a thread for the "swap meet" portion, or maybe just include it in this thread? So people could list what they have and could bring for swapping and people could also list what they want/need that someone else may have. I have some things that I would bring to swap, but due to size I don't want to load them up if nobody is going to end up wanting it.. Know what I mean? Just an idea. I already told you the two main things I need, so hopefully I'll be lucky!!

Lane,

One of the top brass on site told me what I could do.

Will start a new Festiva Madness swap meet thread later this weekend.


Dean

[lanemeyer14]

Lane,

One of the top brass on site told me what I could do.

Will start a new Festiva Madness swap meet thread later this weekend.


Dean

Awesome! Can't wait!

[sam.1956]

Hey y'all... just to whet your appetite a bit, here's a composition of some original art that I'll be raffling off at Festiva Madness 3 in October! Please forgive this rather lo-res image. I guarantee my final artwork will look much better in person! We've got some cool stuff planned for Madness 3... be sure to come check it all out on Oct 3rd!

[eurotiva]

^^ sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[Stivadiva]

Sam, you are so talented! Hope I have the winning ticket!

[FestYboy]

new word on the street (attention angie!!!) Caety WILL NOT be attending as schedualed.

i'm as dissapointed as you are, trust me. BUT, if i can get everything sorted before then, i'll try to convince her to let be borrow Kermit and bring him along with all the transplant goodies needed for an Auto BP swap... here's hoping.

[V8Festiva]

Final Planning Information

3rd Annual Festiva Madness Meet will be October 3rd in Raleigh, NC

All Ford Festiva and Aspire owners join us for an afternoon of car talk with other Festiva /Aspire lovers.

21 Festivas and 2 Aspires were at the 2008 meet. I have been receiving e-mails and phones calls weekly about this get together and at this time, the numbers could be 30 to 35 cars at this year’s event.

The plan is to meet between 10:30 and 2:00 at the Poyner Place Shopping Center behind Triangle Town Center Mall to eat and talk and check out each others' rides for the afternoon. There are several food places there, Shane’s Rib Shack, Dominic’s NY Pizzeria, Bake House Bistro, and Cold Stone Creamery.

For mapping purposes, use 5811 Poyner Village Parkway, Raleigh, NC 27616. The location is ½ mile south of I-540 at exit 17 Triangle Town Blvd. When you get off the exit, you can only go south. Go through the stop light then turn left into the shopping center and make the first right onto Poyner Village Parkway to the end.

Map link is: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...55747&t=h&z=15

If your GPS unit allows you go enter LAT & LON coordinates directly, they are:
LAT = 35.863477, LON = -78.569769

In the unlikely event of rain, we have permission to use the (never used) parking deck on the other side of the restaurants, so don’t let the threat of rain keep you away.

Bring camp chairs for seating near the cars please. If your “significant other” doesn’t want to spend the afternoon talking cars, bring them along and let them go shopping! Between the shopping center and the mall, there are tons of shops.

The food places are in two buildings on the right on either side of a pond. Shane’s has a large indoor seating area and there is plenty of outside seating for eating near the water. We are proposing Shane’s for lunch, but the other options are there for those who don’t like ribs or BBQ. Who doesn’t like ribs? And you can head next door for ice cream for dessert if you have room! See pics below.

For all who drive their Festiva or Aspire to the meet, there will be free event t-shirts. If you are planning to come, please email me with your t-shirt size so I can be sure to have enough shirts made up.

If you have parts to sell or swap, bring them along! And bring pictures. Door prizes are still in the planning stages.

At 2:00 pm by invite only (this location will not be posted on the web) Festiva/Aspire owners with their cars will convoy about two miles over to our home for a swap meet. And, there will be a parts car at this location for a free Pick-A-Part.

Some Festiva owners are arriving Thursday and Friday before the meet. We will be heading out those two days to local junk yards searching parts. Let me know if you are interested.

Friday evening several of us will convoy out for dinner. Maybe, like last year, it will be at a member’s restaurant. I will post on that as soon as it is locked down.

Sunday plans are to have a post-meet for anyone that wants to do a breakfast buffet and/or go junkyarding before heading home.

Anyone who has questions or needs more information can PM or email me or call me.
919-271-5190.

Shane's dining area.

Pond, fountain and outside seating

outside Shane's

Area behind Shane's for the meet

Rain site

[V8Festiva]

Please e-mail me your t-shirt size

Please e-mail deanraleighnc@cs.com with the size t-shirt needed.

Need to get these shirts ordered for the meet.

One event t-shirt is free to each owner that comes to the meet with their Festiva or Aspire.

Some extra shirts will be made.


Any extra shirts left over will be 10.00 each while they last and half that money will be donated to the site.


Thanks

Dean
Raleigh, NC

[V8Festiva]

Will told me you guys were going to be there on thusday but I had to work. Sorry I missed that!

Lane,

Are you going try come up Friday?

Dean
Raleigh, NC

[lanemeyer14]

Lane,

Are you going try come up Friday?

Dean
Raleigh, NC

Haven't decided for sure yet, but Im thinking about it