[VAC] Concours d'Elegance Winners, Bismarck 2000

[wescott50@xxxxxxxxx (Bill Scott)]

Friday, June 30th, Y2K:

Today the Vintage Airstream Club, will hold its Open House, and Concours
d'Elegance.  Forty eight vintage trailers are parked in the Vintage
area, and most are making ready for the Open House and Concours Judging.
As far as we know, this Concours is the only "Trailercoach" Vintage
Concours in the world.  Concours d'Elegance, (Say concourse della-gahns)
is French, meaning a coming together for elegance.  Originally it was
used to judge horses and carriages.  Today it is used for judging boats,
planes, sports cars, classic cars, and others.  This is a fun game, and
not to be taken too seriously.

The excitement continued to build until 1pm when the doors were opened,
the crowd arrived, and the judges, guided by the steward, made their way
to view each entrant.  The judges were ;  Wilson Yerk, Region 2
President, Sue Collins, Region 9 President Elect, and Dave Levinson,
Unit Past President.  The judges were very impressed with the
workmanship, and innovation on some of the coaches.  I wish to thank the
judges for their efforts and participation.  Later the scores were
tallied for all the categories, special awards, and top prizes like Best
of Show and Members Choice.

The results were announced at the annual Breakfast on Monday, July 3,
Y2K, and here they are;

Great Ideas (Awnings)  Scott and Lise Scheuermann, #13497, 1960
Overlander

Awesome Interior,  Wayne and Linda Moore, #15116, 1966 Trade Wind

Shiniest Trailer,  Ron and Betty Longwood, #2895,  1966 Caravel

Best Bambi,  Herb and Faye Spivey, #6074,  1964 Bambi  II

Oldest One Owner,  Dr Norman Holman, #1935,   1935 Torpedo, 65 years
old.

Best Decade of the 40's
Bud and Bettye Cooper, #26019,  1948 Liner

Best Decade of the 50's
John and Ester Dona, #5071,  1955 Bubble

Best Decade of the 60's, ( Best,  Reserve and Honorable Mention)

Best,  Ron and Betty Longwood, #2895
1966 Caravel

Reserve Best, Ed and Sandy Emerick, #4425, 1968 Sovereign

Honorable Mention,  Scott and Lise Scheuermann, #13497, 1960 Overlander

Best Decade of the 70's

Best, Don and Nicole Crosland, #10235, 1975 Excella 500

Reserve Best,  Peter and Patricia Kennett, #4677, 1975 Excella 500

Honorable Mention, Fred and Joan Webster, #4555, 1975 Sovereign

And finally the three trophy winners.

Best Tow/Trailer Combination
Chuck and Dianne Grote, #6770, 1966 Caravel and a 1936 Ford Roadster

Member's Choice, (From a voting of the members)  Wayne and Linda Moore,
#15116,  1966 Trade Wind

Best of Show,  Chuck and Dianne Grote, #6770,  1966 Caravel.

The winners present at the breakfast were given Certificates , Ribbons,
and Trophies.  Plaques with the suitable engraving will be mailed to all
the winners when they are completed.

I would like to thank  all those that  participated in the concours and
particularly congratulate the winners. I hope you all had a good time
and enjoyed the Open House.

Best Regards,
Bill Scott, #3221
Concours d'Elegance Steward
Vintage Airstream Club