Model display & show today at New Stanton park is cancelled

[N~8~Ball]

The annual model display & show today at New Stanton park is cancelled !! Guess that shows the hobby is in fact dying out.. Now the house chores are on the agenda. It's gonna be a hot one today too.. How I long for central air conditioning..

[Guest Johnny]

The annual model display & show today at New Stanton park is cancelled !! Guess that shows the hobby is in fact dying out.. Now the house chores are on the agenda. It's gonna be a hot one today too.. How I long for central air conditioning..

Hopefully not, but rather the tight economy keeping people away from events such as this.

[niteowl7710]

Might be that nobody knew about it? I'm presuming we're talking about New Stanton as in at the corner of I-70 and the PA Pike right? I went to the show in Pittsburgh in March, and have been to the hobby shop in Connellsville 3 times in the past 3 months and never saw one word of there being anything today.

[N~8~Ball]

The actual car show I'm referring to is the annual rolling oldies 1:1 car show held at New Stanton park near route 70 & the PA turnpike on memorial day weekend (Sunday). My founding club members have been putting on a model display at this show in the lower pavilion for the past fifteen plus years witch consisted of 25 plus full size picnic tables that would be used to display all kinds of different automotive/modeling related subject matter, A vary large Cruise diorama built by a club member to show off all of the models built by the club members. One of the club members would also bring literally a car load of different models and parts and such to sell. There were also members of another local club that would come down and bring they're stuff to display(The Olde potbelly gang). A couple club members would even put they're real cars in the show. We don't for-say advertise our display as It was just something we all did to have a great time to socialize and for the gear-head public to see what we do. What better atmosphere to have a model display, but in the middle of a large car show.. It was free to get in to the car show to look around, But if you had a car to enter in the show is was only $7. The club members would also give a nice donation to the car show organizers as this venue benefits a children's organization. When my club president arrived on May 29Th to set up, One of the organizers said to him "Oh.. We're not having the display this year because the children aren't interested in the models and we had to make a few cut backs in the show" Mean while it doesn't cost them a dime to have us set up at they're venue, They actually make money from us being there !! (Donations, Food sales and t-shirt sales). My president asked why didn't anyone notify us of this change before today? They replied "We called and left a message" Hmmm Nobody in the club got any phone call!! My president had no idea this was going to happen or he wouldn't have had the club members make the trip to the show. Lucky I was just leaving my house when I got the call that the show was cancelled. Im pretty sure we are not ever going back to that venue. Im not blaming the children at all for our display being cancelled! I think those clowns that organized the car show used that as an excuse for not communicating to the club the our display was cancelled. We're going to shift gears and start a new display at a new venue. Maybe there is a silver lining in all this. Take care & have a good holiday Nate

[niteowl7710]

One of the organizers said to him "Oh.. We're not having the display this year because the children aren't interested in the models and we had to make a few cut backs in the show"

Alright Nate let me just sit here in stunned silence at the over-arching stupidity of that excuse...

O.K. I can't...what the heck is that even supposed to mean? Kids love cars real and models! I went to a model show attached to a car show in VA, and the kids had to be forcibly dragged through the contest venue (to get to the other part of the real car show) because they wanted to look at the models.

[Joe Handley]

Yea, sounds like somebody didn't want the hassle of dealing with those "toy cars" and would prefer dealing with the 1/1 "toy cars"

[ra7c7er]

Sorry to hear that. Models shows seem to be cancelling all over. Atleast this time was just someone wanting more space for 1:1 stuff and not disinterest.

[N~8~Ball]

It's really a shame!! We all had such a great time going there and the weather was really nice on that day too. Like I said we will just have to find a different venue and keep it going. Im looking forward to going to Carlisle All truck nationals this year. Its coming up in August.. Sure to be a great time.