The WDC Event spans much of the avenue, from Pontiac through Ferndale in Oakland County, Michigan, all the way to the State Fair Grounds inside the Detroit city limits, just south of 8 Mile Road. The Woodward Dream Cruise event is a classic car event held annually on the third Saturday of August in Metropolitan Detroit, along Woodward Avenue. Per Wikipedia here are some more details about it: Also it is the largest one day automotive event in the world. The people and car watching is amazing as are the other events that are included during it. It is great for people that love cars or even those that don't. I have attended numerous years with friends and family and I thought I would share because it seems that some of you may enjoy knowing about it if you don't already. Wopat, who has also performed in Broadway shows, will bring his vocal talents, including his current hit "Back to the Well" to Springfest.This is an awesome event for all of the classic car lovers out there. Tom Wopat, a star of the old TV show "Dukes of Hazzard," will perform Saturday at 2 p.m. The kids will enjoy Parker Playhouse's Saturday morning production of "Jack and the Beanstalk" at 10:30, which will kick off a full day of entertainment in the pavilion. Great Plains, a country-rock band whose members have toured with Mary Chapin Carpenter, George Jones and other Nashville greats, will perform Friday at 5:30 p.m., followed at 8 p.m. and will include in his repertoire his latest country hit, "Play Ruby Play." SH-BOOM will start the music with lively rock 'n' roll from the '50s and the '60s and will reappear six more times through Sunday.Ĭlinton Gregory will take the stage Thursday at 8 p.m. Thursday until the festival's conclusion at 6 p.m. Concerts are scheduled at the 2,000-seat entertainment pavilion at the Inlet from 11:30 a.m. The festival also has a line-up of entertainers designed to please almost every musical taste, from nostalgic rock 'n' roll to country, to jazz, to folk and Cajun classics. Billy Jones of The Kite Loft in Ocean City, who is organizing the competition, said local novice and intermediate kite fliers can sign-up at The Kite Loft before the event begins Saturday. Master kite fliers from as far away as California and Miami have registered to compete in the Stunt Kite Championship Saturday and Sunday.īut there should be plenty of room for beginners. Saturday, not with a display of kites, but with a more daring sky act when the Eastern Shore Sky Divers leap from an airplane and land on the flying field on the beach near Caroline Street. The Mid-Atlantic Stunt Kite Championships will begin at 9 a.m. Perhaps one of the most eye-catching events, for those who stop to look skyward over the weekend, will be the acrobatic performances of more than 125 stunt kites on the beach near Caroline Street. Wood will award appropriate prizes - quarts of oil, for instance - to winners.įor water lovers, there will be the Springfest Boat Show at Shantytown in West Ocean City, where more than 100 late-model boats will be on display. Owned by members of the Delmarva Chapter of the American Truck Historical Society, the trucks in the show will include the oldest tow truck still in operation in Maryland and a tractor-trailer painted with a mural of an early scene of Salisbury.Īt the Antique Truck Show, visitors can also take part in games that spin-off of the jobs commonly performed at service stations, said Jack Wood, owner of Ocean City Texaco. when all 400-plus vehicles are expected to roll down Coastal Highway to the Inlet and back again to the Convention Center.įestival-goers can also enjoy a display of about 20 antique trucks at Ocean City Texaco at 12th Street and Philadelphia Avenue from 10 a.m to 3 p.m. The cars' big cruise will be Saturday at 11 a.m. Throughout the weekend at the Convention Center parking lot, the clubs will organize a series of zany games reminiscent of the '50s cruisin' night life, including the "Dairy Queen Car Hop" in which contestants will race with a tray full of cups. Car owners will use the Convention Center grounds as their main base of operation, giving the public an opportunity to browse the parking lot for a close-up of the classic cars souped up with fabulous paint jobs, dazzling chrome and exotic interiors.
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