Then, on Saturday morning, the Car Spotting teams get to work on setting up the display areas, and of course the fence crew starts erecting the orange perimeter fence around the Pacific University campus.  Many other activities around campus are also completed on Saturday so that we can have a smooth start to the Concours on Sunday morning. Shortly thereafter, our renowned Lake Tour gets started.  Over the past several years, this event has grown in size and generally features between 30 and 40 of our entries in a wonderful tour of Washington County wineries and of course Hagg Lake. 

Once the Tour is concluded, our Evening of Elegance car-owners dinner commences.  This event is a key part of our weekend celebration of classic automobiles.  Many of our car owners attend this dinner and it is great to get as many Rotarians as possible to attend this dinner to greet these folks, some of which traveled a long distance to help us raise funds for deserving local students and charities.  Last year, we had car owners from as far away as Canada at the dinner.  Over the years, this event has traveled from place to place.  For several years, it was held on the streets of downtown Forest Grove, then for several years it was held at Pumpkin Ridge Country Club and at the Reserve.  Last year, the event was moved to the campus of Pacific University, where an outdoor setting, a perfect evening, and a display of some of the classic cars to be displayed the next day at the Concours produced one of the best Evenings of Elegance in many years.  It is my hope that we will again have a great turnout of Rotarians at this event this year.

Sunday, of course, is Concours Day.  More to come on that in next week’s Rototeller!