Friday, November 12, 2010

The Gaslight Parade and Antique Car Show in Ormond Beach Florida


Gaslight Parade and antique Car Show in Ormond Beach Florida, The Birthplace of Speed

On Friday and Saturday following Thanksgiving, Ormond Beach Florida will once again salute the automobile and the city's substantial place in its evolution. At 7 p.m. on Friday, November 26, over 300 cars will leave the Casements on the east side of the Halifax River on Granada Blvd., lined up in chronological order, making the 53rd annual Gaslight Parade a true rolling history of the evolution of the automobile. Sponsored and staged by the Volusia Region AACA, it is one of the finest, if not the finest, antique automobile parades in the world.  
The 2010  Gaslight Parade and Antique Car show will honor the Studebaker automobile. The show and parade feature only 1985 and older original vehicles The Gaslight Parade begins from the Casements and goes East along Granada Blvd. to A1A then South to Harvard, then right onto Riverside Drive and back to the Casements.

Ormond Hotel Cupola

Fortunato Park

On Saturday, the Birthplace of Speed Antique Car show will be from 10 AM to 4 PM.  Presented by the Volusia Region AACA, the show will consist of over 100 restored and original antique/classic cars.  The Antique Car show will be in the beautiful Fortunato Park, on the Northeast corner of the Granada Bridge in Ormond Beach. 
Spectators will be admitted free to all events. Visitors will also enjoy musical entertainment, old-fashioned food, and may add a visit to many of Ormond's historical treasures - the Ormond Hotel Cupola, the Historical Trust MacDonald House and the Ormond Memorial Art Museum and Gardens.
 Come celebrate "The Birthplace of Speed" in Historic Ormond Beach Florida this Thanksgiving weekend! For more information, contact Ken with AACA Volusia Region at 386-566-2537 or visit www.aaca.org/volusia.
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Al Raymondi, Broker and owner of Ocean View Realty Group was born in Quincy, MA and graduated from Quincy High School in 1963. He served the the U.S. Air Force including January to December 1966 at the 6924 Security Squadron in Danang Vietnam. Al worked for over 20 years at Blue Cross & BLue Shield of Mass. in Boston on the Medicare program for MA, ME, NH, and VT. He is married to Diane (McQuiggan, of Jamaica Plain, MA.) and lived in Quincy, Carver, and Brockton MA prior to relocating to Ormond Beach, FL in 1989. Al and Diane are the proud parents of Scott & Susan, both graduates of Brockton High School, Brockton, MA. Scott served the the Air Force for 4 years as a Jet Engine Mechanic at Langley AFB. He now resides in Palm Coast,FL and has 2 children, Scott Jr. & Samantha. Susan graduated Bridgewater State College, earned her CPA, and is currently residing in Huntington Beach Ca. with her husband Chris Haberl and their two sons, Max and Jake.  Scott Jr is in the US Navy and currently resides in Virginia with his wife Stephanie and their son Scott III.  Al is the Broker for Ocean View Realty Group in Ormond By The Sea Florida. Al's brother Dan and sister Grace still reside in Quincy, Mass.
 
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