Newport 2012 St.Patrick's Day Parade

Under cloudy cool skies, the 2012 Newport St. Pat's parade was hot!  Wall to wall people, colorful displays, and "recreational beverages" made this one of the best of the breed.  We met up in utter and total confusion, but once the parade got moving, we had a great time.
We started the day in true Little Rhody fashion, at Al and Sandy Bowder's house for coffee an'.
After the parade, we met at the Newport Atlantic Beach Club for lunch and conversation, then a few of us followed Pat and Charlie Howard to their house for desert and coffee.
Seems like food is almost as important as Model A's with our members!

As Usual, click on photos to enlarge.

Jeff explains the confusion to Dawn.

Newport City Hall made a great spectator point.

Model A lineup.

After the Parade...The Atlantic Beach Club parking lot.

Do I see a puddle under John's car?

Christmas 2011

This year's Christmas party featured a sit down dinner, our usual DJ, and our traditional visit from our very own Santa.
Dawn presented the Carol Burns award to Pat and Charlie Howard for their continual support for Little Rhody events and activities.  She also presented the Herb Allen award to the couple who were selected by club vote, as having contributed the most service to the club in 2011, Bob and Evie Osborne.
Santa distributed presents to club members, and the DJ provided seasonal music for our enjoyment and dancing.

Enjoy!

Evening "Rug Cutters"

Charlie Gets a Kiss For Being Good

The Leites

The Knights and the Brownings Enjoy the Night

Herb Allan Award Recipients

Carol Hathaway Burns Award Recipients

Club Officers

John and Ken Just Hangin Out

Swamp Yankee Days September 24th and 25th 2011

     It was a grey weekend, but the rain held off, and the Little Rhody members who attended the Swamp Yankee Days were rewarded with Johnycakes, chowder and clamcakes, and craft and flea market items.  Antique tractors, and antique stationary engines powering old farm implements were the real draw for the Little Rhody contingent though.

Wood Splitter, 1900 style.

Stationary Engines Did All the Work

Rides Pleased Young and Old

A Beautiful Canadian Machine

Sorry Dawn

Karl and His Toys

Little Rhody attendees included:

John and Dawn Mennucci

Pat and Charlie Howard

Sam and Clara Browning

Joe and Carole Knight

Al and Eleanora Paolantonio

Bob and Evie Osborne

John and Dottie Cese

Franklin Barker

Al and Sandy Bowder

Jeff and Debbie Barnes

David Peck and Joyce Armstrong

Karl Nagy

2011 Stowe Vt. Car Show

The Stowe show promised to be a wet one, as in other years.  The rain held off till Monday, the day the Mennuccis and the Trudels picked to travel back to RI.  Little Rhody members did well in the judging, taking 3 first place trophies.  Ken Trudel's 29' leatherback, Charlie Howards 31 slant window blind back,  and John Mennucci's 31 roadster all won in  their class.  Dottie Cese provided her usual smorgasbord of delights, making her room the Little Rhody hospitality center.
Little Rhody members who attended the Stowe show included:

John and Dawn Mennucci
Charlie and Pat Howard
Ken and Carol Trudel
John and Dottie Cese
Paula Taylor
Dennis Allsop

Car Talk

Bananas Anyone?

Party Time

Ken's Leatherback...First Outing

Charlie and Pat's Blindback

Car Fleamarket...Gotta Love It

Joe Tam Has a Complete A in His Trailer

It's Showtime

More Vegies

Judges Take a Look

Ken's Car Gets The Third Degree

July 2011 Picnic

This year's picnic had to be the best ever!! The weather was as perfect as a July day gets, the food was great, and the car games were "new and improved" thanks to Richard Mowry.
The turnout of members and guests was at 59 people, one of our biggest.
The host families, the Johnsons, Underwoods, and Lockwoods, went out of their way to make us welcome, and their hospitality was appreciated by all.

The following pictures should tell the rest of the story.  As usual, you can make the pictures full screen by double clicking on them.

Cars at the Rendezvous Point

Off to the Bog Tour

A Lot of Model A's

Closer Shot

Jan and Moe's "Model A"

Sort of like a Model A

1927 Model T Tudor

Chowder and Clamcakes to Start

The Annual Favorite Blindfold Race

Easy With a Speedster

The Peanut Gallery

The T Tries the Slow Race

A Country Scene

Watch Out For the Spike!

Don't Spill Any!!

Meeting Time

Dinner Time

Domenic Had Starter Trouble

Success!! It's Running