Post by rcollum on Jun 24, 2021 10:34:19 GMT -5
Summer Is Here!
It’s been a while since we had any type of NoVA Lotus club event. Last year, both of our Get Your Lotus Out (GYLO) events were virtual! Well, enough of that.
We are in the 11th year of running GYLOs, and it’s time for our first full event of 2021. We made it through 2020, holding two GYLOs, but both were completely virtual.
We also, with the help of Friend of the Club, Richard Parramint, held a virtual tour of the Classic Team Lotus facility in England. We have had a few ‘parking lot meets’ with pretty good results, but we know we can do better now. All of these events were well-attended, but I keep hearing that you folks want an actual social event.
For those who don’t know, or can’t remember back to 2019 – GYLO is an excuse to get as many Lotus cars together as possible. For our most recent, virtual GYLO, we had 40 entries. Many years ago, I believe we had over 30 cars actually present at a GYLO. Since it’s a fact that we all have ‘cabin fever’, I’d hope we can have the biggest ever showing of Lotus cars, with lots of variety! Where are all the Europas that have to be out there? I know we, in concert with the DC Chapter, are capable of having one of the largest gatherings of Esprits, too. I will do my best to rally local Seven people, to bring their cars out, too. Seems to me that it should be a snap to get a whole lot of Elises, Exiges, and Evoras out, too!
Target date for GYLO 21 is Sunday, August 15th, starting at 10:00AM. As we did before the COVID shutdown, we will gather in the rear of Katie’s Coffee House, in parking lot off of Walker Road, next to the Wells Fargo Bank. The bank is at 750 Walker Road Great Falls, VA. We will have our traditional ‘Favorite Lotus’ popular vote, and we do have prizes for the winners!
GYLO typically runs from about 10:00AM to Noon, and we have arranged to have a table set aside inside Katie’s, for anyone who’d like to stay for lunch. Also, we encourage using this event as a start or end to a group drive! Feel free to post on the website to organize a drive, or email me for help in doing that. (Also, please keep an eye on the calendar on our website – we try to keep up with local track days and car shows. If you hear of an event that may be of interest to the club, let us know, so we can post the event on the calendar.)
Calendar | NoVA Lotus Club (freeforums.net)
Mark Franke, Bob Collum
NoVA Lotus
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A Message from our president, Mark Franke:
We are following current CDC guidelines for our GYLO get-together. Anyone who is not vaccinated should wear a mask.
The Delta variant of the virus is found locally now. We appreciate your cooperation to keep everyone safe.
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It’s been a while since we had any type of NoVA Lotus club event. Last year, both of our Get Your Lotus Out (GYLO) events were virtual! Well, enough of that.
We are in the 11th year of running GYLOs, and it’s time for our first full event of 2021. We made it through 2020, holding two GYLOs, but both were completely virtual.
We also, with the help of Friend of the Club, Richard Parramint, held a virtual tour of the Classic Team Lotus facility in England. We have had a few ‘parking lot meets’ with pretty good results, but we know we can do better now. All of these events were well-attended, but I keep hearing that you folks want an actual social event.
For those who don’t know, or can’t remember back to 2019 – GYLO is an excuse to get as many Lotus cars together as possible. For our most recent, virtual GYLO, we had 40 entries. Many years ago, I believe we had over 30 cars actually present at a GYLO. Since it’s a fact that we all have ‘cabin fever’, I’d hope we can have the biggest ever showing of Lotus cars, with lots of variety! Where are all the Europas that have to be out there? I know we, in concert with the DC Chapter, are capable of having one of the largest gatherings of Esprits, too. I will do my best to rally local Seven people, to bring their cars out, too. Seems to me that it should be a snap to get a whole lot of Elises, Exiges, and Evoras out, too!
Target date for GYLO 21 is Sunday, August 15th, starting at 10:00AM. As we did before the COVID shutdown, we will gather in the rear of Katie’s Coffee House, in parking lot off of Walker Road, next to the Wells Fargo Bank. The bank is at 750 Walker Road Great Falls, VA. We will have our traditional ‘Favorite Lotus’ popular vote, and we do have prizes for the winners!
GYLO typically runs from about 10:00AM to Noon, and we have arranged to have a table set aside inside Katie’s, for anyone who’d like to stay for lunch. Also, we encourage using this event as a start or end to a group drive! Feel free to post on the website to organize a drive, or email me for help in doing that. (Also, please keep an eye on the calendar on our website – we try to keep up with local track days and car shows. If you hear of an event that may be of interest to the club, let us know, so we can post the event on the calendar.)
Calendar | NoVA Lotus Club (freeforums.net)
Mark Franke, Bob Collum
NoVA Lotus
****
A Message from our president, Mark Franke:
We are following current CDC guidelines for our GYLO get-together. Anyone who is not vaccinated should wear a mask.
The Delta variant of the virus is found locally now. We appreciate your cooperation to keep everyone safe.
****