June 17th through the 20th 2010 the 8th annual Corvettes at Lake Tahoe car show was held at the Montbleu Casino Resort in South Lake Tahoe. 100 cars were registered for the show.
On Friday the 18th an organized drive around Lake Tahoe was held. 15 Cars participated. The participants drove along route 50 through South Lake Tahoe, along route 89 on the west side of Lake Tahoe, then along route 28 on the north side eventually connecting back to route 50 along the east side of the lake returning to the Montbleu.
Friday afternoon our Hospitality Suite was opened. Good food, drink and music was available from 4:30 PM until 7:00 PM in our event tent in the parking lot. A steady flow of show participants enjoyed the hospitality suite. Lots of positive comments were received.
A slot tournament was also held Friday afternoon and many eager participants tried their hand at the one armed bandits.
On Saturday the 20th, Activities were ongoing all day. In the morning, our celebrity guest, Tony DeLorenzo was available in the event tent to sign autographs, take pictures and tell some stories. Tony also wondered around visiting with the participants. During the morning the participants "Show & Shine" voting also took place.
At 3:00pm the Poker run commenced. The poker run took participants on a tour of South Lake Tahoe.
In the afternoon drawings were held for the many items being raffled off by the Lake Tahoe Corvette Club. Over 50 prizes were up for grabs.
At 6pm the dining room was opened for the banquet. The bar was open and Corvette images and videos were presented throughout the cocktail hour and dinner. After dinner, our guest speaker, Tony DeLorenzo told some stories of his illustrious racing career. Racing great Bob Bondurant made a surprise visit to our show and spoke for a few minutes and the award banquet. A big thank you to Bob for donating a 2 day Z06 experience at his driving school in Phoenix for our show again this year. Trophies were awarded for the participants Show and Shine and The celebrity picks. Select the "SHOW AWARDS" button to view the awards.
During the show Friday and Saturday a photographer from "Vette" magazine was taking pictures for an upcoming feature article on our show.
The Lake Tahoe Corvette Club Inc. is a non profit organization and the proceeds from our show are donated to local charities. We would like to thank all the show participants, our sponsors, vendors, and The Montbleu Casino Resort for another successful show. A special thank you to the vendors who donated prizes for our raffle and to "SmokinVette.com" who also donated cash prizes for some of our awards. We would also like to thank those participants who returned (donated back) their cash awards.
We hope to see you all next year. Monitor this site for information on next year's show.
Paul Anthony
2010 Show Chairman
Lake Tahoe Corvette Club Inc.
