WOW, its 2012 - I can’t believe it. While most people write about how quick the past year went, I think I feel a bit differently. So much went on in 2011 - my first year as President - that it seemed to go on forever. It is always fun to look at a clean slate and plan great things for the future, but I like to look back and review where we’ve been.
We started out last spring with a great event at New Jersey Motorsports Park in March. We combined a driving tour, BBQ and Driver’s Ed event all in one to offer a little something for everyone. In typical Schattenbaum fashion, it was fun as well as easy going. In fact, I got a lot of emails the following week about how much fun it was. This year we are going to do it again and hopefully a few more members will join us [See more about this tour below].
Last year was also a year when we had new twists on old favorites. We continued some great events like the Wine Taster’s Concours, Lobster Run and our annual Spring Social, but there were new locations for each of them. Without exception the results were very good. The new venues for what have traditionally been great outings just freshened up the events and made them better. The Wine Taster’s car show at Almathea Winery in Atco was a very pleasant surprise for most. Even Mother Nature loved it and held off the rain till 5 minutes after the event was over. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for our Family Summer Picnic or the Scahttenbaum Showdown PCA Club Race. I have never seen so much rain! In fact Hurricane Irene took it upon herself to visit the Club Race. It is absolutely insane how much water came from the sky on these two August events. It was so bad that I didn’t even feel the relief from our July heat waves.
Well, hopefully no earthquakes, heat waves or hurricanes will diminish the appeal of this year’s events. I do know that even it if does we will continue another great Schattenbaum year.