Outside the NCM

NCM CORVETTE Evening Festivities The NCM Block Party was true to the American Heritage - Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie & Chevrolet for all the Caravaners. The baseball of course was an NCM 50th Anniversary Baseball and of course the Chevrolets were Corvettes!!!
	The large NCM Amphitheater was the site for the Festivities

	Due to the heat, most everyone was sitting back or on the sides, out of the sun. A Corvette brought in the flags for the opening ceremony.

Vetter's raised their own flags during the National Anthem - Brian Arner's rendition of "God Bless the USA" was also a favorite			Looking back over to the right at the NCM building

Bob Patrella gave a huge jump start to the NCM building campaign with his offer to match every penny raised during the celebration. True to his word, on Monday morning Patrella handed over a check for $85,000, "on behalf of my family, my 25 Corvettes, and the beginning of my bankruptcy" he stated. The Australian Caravan Captain James Pierce donated the shirt off his back even. The shirt went for $3,000 during the ad-hock auction - bought by Paul Harrington, on behalf of the Rhode Island caravan.

			You could almost say, All Vettes are Red in this picture.

	This was a custom C4 parked in the back parking lot.

		we noticed this nice black '58 as we walked back towards the NCM

			Custom Golf Carts, Corvette & '34 style anyone???


	Before leaving for the day, we had an opportunity to pull our Vette up in front of the Museum for a quick photo