To Our 25th Corvette Weekend July 12-14, 2013.
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SOUTHERN OREGON'S
CORVETTE CLUB, SINCE 1974
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MAGICAL MERLIN PARADE
Saturday May 5th dawned bright and sunny and saw nine of SOCA's finest cars lined up and ready to thrill the folks in the 27th annual Magical Merlin Parade. The little town of Merlin, (population 1,600 give or take a few), located just north of Grants Pass may be small, but it is big on spirit. It seemed like all 1,600 residents, plus lots from the surrounding areas, were lining the main drag for the parade that had almost 100 entries. It was great fun throwing candy to the kids and waving to the crowd, as they enjoyed seeing some great examples of "America's Sports Car.
After the parade it was off on a beautiful drive to the Galice Resort for lunch.
(For More Photos Of This Event Click On Picture Gallery In The Left Column)
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PEAR BLOSSOM PARADE
 
Saturday April 14th was the day for the 59th Annual Pear Blossom Parade in downtown Medford. The theme this year was "Pears, Vines, Wines & Good Times". It was indeed a good time, and marked the unofficial start to the 2012 Corvette Summer.
The weather turned out to be just beautiful. After a week of rain and constant checking of the weather forcasts, and crossing of fingers and toes, the skies cleared and the sun came out, right on schedule.
About 25,000 people lined the parade route and waved and cheered as nine shiny SOCA Corvettes snaked down the parade route. With everything from my 1963 to Geoff White's new C6, there was a model and color to spark plenty of memories and dreams for the spectators.
Following the parade, we proceeded West on Main to the Roadside Grill for a delicious lunch. We were joined by Joe & Pat Dobson and Jody Gerber and together we "Rocked The Joint".
(For More Photos Of This Event Click On Picture Gallery In The Left Column)
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SOUTHERN OREGON
ROD & CUSTOM SHOW
Saturday & Sunday February 18th & 19th was the 35th Annual Southern Oregon Rod & Custom Show at the Jackson County Fairgrounds in Medford. SOCA was represented by Wayne Gillaspey's 1968 Kandy Brandy Wine Custom Coupe, Dave Wills' 1999 Lambo Doored Black Convertible, and my 1963 Red Convertible. Our club display was decorated very patriotically with Eagles and American Flags loaned to us by Evergreen Banks' "Bear Hotel". We are very grateful for their generous support.
We also want to thank Bobby Brown for the use of the Stanchions and Chains, as well as the great help of Bobby, Geoff White and Florin Baldridge for their assistance on Friday in setting up and Sunday in the packing up.
During the course of the show we had the opportunity to talk to a great number of attendees about our cars, and our club.
This is the first big event of the year, and the kickoff, of what should be, many fun activities for the club in 2012.
  
(For More Photos Of This Event Click On Picture Gallery In The Left Column)
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COMING EVENTS
Saturday May 19th - 6:00PM
Monthly Social
Debby's Diner
3808 S. Pacific Hwy. - Phoenix
Wednesday June 6th - 7:00PM
General Membership Meeting
Rogue River Community Center
132 Broadway Street - Rogue River
Saturday June 9th - 10:00AM
Candlelighters Fun Day
Bear Hotel
2101 N.E. Spalding Ave. - Grants Pass
Saturday June 16th - 6:00PM
Monthly Social
The Train Depot
577 N.E. F St. - Grants Pass
Saturday June 23rd
SOCA Cruise To Evergreen Air & Space Museum
McMinnville, OR
Information on all these events and more can be found by clicking on the EVENTS link to the left.
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