Car show is new feature for Tulip Festival
By Duane Beeson Journal correspondent | Posted: Friday, May 16, 2008
ORANGE CITY, Iowa -- The parade isn't the only place visitors will find unique cars at this year's Orange City Tulip Festival. For the first time in 20 years, the festival will include a car and truck show.
"I've always loved the uniqueness and creativity that goes along with collector cars, street rods and hot rods," says Orange City's Paul Van Engelenhoven, one of the car show's organizers. "I wanted to see if we could get a new arm of the festival going.
"Car shows have really become popular across the country in the past 10 years. A lot of hot rodders or street rodders are Baby Boomers," says Van Engelenhoven. "I think this will bring a different type of guest to the festival -- people who haven't yet experienced the uniqueness of the community."
The show will run from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot of the downtown campus of Orange City Area Health System. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and drive-ins will be accepted. The entry fee is $15 for car owners; there is no admission fee to view the vehicles.
Van Engelenhoven and fellow Orange City car buff Chad Oolman have teamed with Andy Nelson, president of operations for Iowa Rod and Custom Promotions in Fairfield, Iowa, to organize the show. They expect 25 to 50 cars and trucks, coming from Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota.
"Car shows are great examples of what a person can do with a little imagination to turn an ordinary form of transportation into a unique art form on wheels," says Nelson. "They are a great chance for people to relive the memories of hot rods, first cars and classics. They also stimulate dreams of what would be cool to own or drive."
The entries will include two of Oolman's vehicles, a 1958 Cadillac hearse and a 1960 Chrysler Imperial, and Van Engelenhoven's 1979 Ford Mustang.
Iowa Rod and Custom Promotions will provide DJ music. The show will conclude with an awards presentation at 4 p.m. Awards will include Tulip Queen's Choice, People's Choice, Mayor's Choice, Iowa Rod Choice, Steering Committee Choice, Best of Show, Club Participation and Long Distance.
"I've always loved the uniqueness and creativity that goes along with collector cars, street rods and hot rods," says Orange City's Paul Van Engelenhoven, one of the car show's organizers. "I wanted to see if we could get a new arm of the festival going.
"Car shows have really become popular across the country in the past 10 years. A lot of hot rodders or street rodders are Baby Boomers," says Van Engelenhoven. "I think this will bring a different type of guest to the festival -- people who haven't yet experienced the uniqueness of the community."
The show will run from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot of the downtown campus of Orange City Area Health System. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and drive-ins will be accepted. The entry fee is $15 for car owners; there is no admission fee to view the vehicles.
Van Engelenhoven and fellow Orange City car buff Chad Oolman have teamed with Andy Nelson, president of operations for Iowa Rod and Custom Promotions in Fairfield, Iowa, to organize the show. They expect 25 to 50 cars and trucks, coming from Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota.
"Car shows are great examples of what a person can do with a little imagination to turn an ordinary form of transportation into a unique art form on wheels," says Nelson. "They are a great chance for people to relive the memories of hot rods, first cars and classics. They also stimulate dreams of what would be cool to own or drive."
The entries will include two of Oolman's vehicles, a 1958 Cadillac hearse and a 1960 Chrysler Imperial, and Van Engelenhoven's 1979 Ford Mustang.
Iowa Rod and Custom Promotions will provide DJ music. The show will conclude with an awards presentation at 4 p.m. Awards will include Tulip Queen's Choice, People's Choice, Mayor's Choice, Iowa Rod Choice, Steering Committee Choice, Best of Show, Club Participation and Long Distance.
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