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Platinum Sponsor: Alfa Parts Exchange |
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Date: Wednesday July 10
Time: 9:30pm - ??
Location: Hotel Parking Lot
Price: Free
Being California, we had to be a little strange. So, we cooked up this idea to have a lights-out car show… lights out as in the sun, that is. However, this won’t be a fully-dark Concorso, as every registrant will receive one (count them, ONE) glow-stick, courtesy of AlfaCalifornia. The rest, as they say, is up to you.
The event will start sometime around 9:30, or whenever we can bribe the hotel to turn down the parking lot lights. Like a bad meal, we expect it to be over relatively quickly … the on-going effects on your psyche may last longer, and we apologize in advance.
We have to have some rules and guidelines, of course. So here they are:
Now, we know that the entry fee for this event was steep (FREE). And we know that many of you will not want to subject your car to the potential humiliation of stringing it up to look like “that” Christmas neighbor. So, you are still cool with us if you don’t hang that glow-stick where we can find it. But, for those that want a little fun with their lack of sun, this is for you!
Time: 9:30pm - ??
Location: Hotel Parking Lot
Price: Free
Being California, we had to be a little strange. So, we cooked up this idea to have a lights-out car show… lights out as in the sun, that is. However, this won’t be a fully-dark Concorso, as every registrant will receive one (count them, ONE) glow-stick, courtesy of AlfaCalifornia. The rest, as they say, is up to you.
The event will start sometime around 9:30, or whenever we can bribe the hotel to turn down the parking lot lights. Like a bad meal, we expect it to be over relatively quickly … the on-going effects on your psyche may last longer, and we apologize in advance.
We have to have some rules and guidelines, of course. So here they are:
- You can have as much in the way of lighting on your car as you wish, provided that the power for those lights is within the car or within 18 inches of the car .
- No “real” Tesla Coils, Salt-water converters or Nuclear Reactors are allowed on the hotel premises.
- If you are thinking “Dude, I’m in California man, I’ll harness the power of the wind,” well, good luck with that in Sonoma Valley…
- You may not plug anything in to an external 110 or 220 volt source.
- Entrants will be judged on the creativity of the decorations on the car. We have that other, more fancy-pants show for the cars…
- The judges will be the AlfaCalifornia Board of Directors. They will be rating cars on the legendary “Davis-Williams” method, meaning the car can receive from one to ten points, based on anything we want. The preliminary round may be followed by a final round of judging, where the cars with ratings of “10” are then judged against each other for final prizes. That’s it.
- Creativity is not only encouraged, it’s required.
- And that thing about bribery? Please see #7 above…
Now, we know that the entry fee for this event was steep (FREE). And we know that many of you will not want to subject your car to the potential humiliation of stringing it up to look like “that” Christmas neighbor. So, you are still cool with us if you don’t hang that glow-stick where we can find it. But, for those that want a little fun with their lack of sun, this is for you!