Roswell-National New Beetle Convention - June 9,10,11,12th 2011

[marvins_dad]

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Updates:
Return to Roswell 2011
The dates are June 9,10,11, & 12, 2011.
This car show is FREE to enter!
Only costs are for the Banquet on Saturday night - which we hope all will attend.

Return to Roswell 2011 - Final Itinerary - Download the Itinerary Package Here

Thursday June 9th
Time/Event/Location
7:00pm / Welcome Dinner / Tia Juana’s - 3601 N. Main Street 575-627-6113 CONTACT
7 p.m. Dinner at Tia Juana's
Meet at the Patio Area
Pick up your Shirts from Howie at the Patio

Friday June 10th
Time/Event/Location
Ongoing / Photo Scavenger Hunt / Everywhere
2011 Roswell Photo Scavenger Hunt
Photo Scavenger Hunt and Explore Roswell - please download the list and upload your photos by Saturday morning. Compete for passes to Disney Theme Parks, a trophy and bragging rights...also, the Flickr pool will be used to pull images for the Slide Show at the Banquet Saturday night.

2:00pm / Parking Lot Olympics / Host Hotel Parking lot -
Hampton Inn or Comfort Inn TBD
Run your beetle and yourself through some inventive challenges and compete for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.

Dinner - on your own
Many of us Roswell Alums are planning on going to Farley’s - 1315 N Main Street

7:00pm / UFO Museum Open House / International UFO
Museum & Research Center, 114 North Main Street, 800.822.3545 http://www.roswellufomuseum.com/
The UFO Museum will be open for us from 7pm-9pm to view the exhibits and shop the gift shop.
Snacks and soft drinks will be served

9:00pm / Night Glow Informal Parade / UFO Museum to Host Hotels
Bringing back a Roswell Classic - get your ride all glowy and lit up in the UFO Museum’s parking lot and cruise down Main Street to the Host Hotels.

Night - Don’t forget to upload your photos to Flickr for the Photo Scavenger Hunt!
http://www.flickr.com/groups/r2rphotosafari/t/Location

Saturday June 11th
Time/Event/Location
10:00am-3:00pm / Car Show at Cahoon Park / Riverside Drive and North Union Avenue

Car Show - will be located in the North East corner of the park closest cross roads are Riverside Drive and North Union Avenue.

Directions (See map on the bottom of the next page) - From Main Street - take W. 2nd Street West until you get to N Union Avenue. Turn right (north) on N Union Avenue until you get to Riverside Drive. The Car Show will be on the left.

There will be participant voting categories this year so be sure to get your ballots in by 2pm.

TBD - during the show / Hot Wheel Races / Car Show at Cahoon Park
Bring your fastest Hot Wheels car (or pick one up at Walmart) - we will be running up to 8 lanes of hot wheel racing during the show. Trophies will be handed out for the top 3 cars!


During Show / Swimming Pool / Cahoon Park
$3 for Adults, $2 Kids - the Pool is open to our group during the show if you need to cool off and use the bathrooms. Located just south of the show area

Raffle/Door Prize request - please bring one VW or bug type item to share with others to the show...so we can tag it and have it ready for raffling at the Banquet.

6:00pm / Return to Roswell Banquet / Best Western Sally Port Inn Banquet Facility, 2000 North Main Street
Approx $25 adults, $10 kids
Menu to include: Roasted Baron of Beef and Baked Chicken with Herbs, served with roasted potatoes, fresh green beans, mixed green salad, and pasta salad
Good socializing with other new beetle folks!
Slide Show! of the weekends photos and some of the scavenger hunt photos.
Award Presentations! (awards are presented at the banquet, not the car show)
Door/raffle prizes
Raffle - please bring one VW or bug type item to the to share with others...all the raffle items from 2009 were provided by folks that attended the show.

Sunday June 12th
Breakfast and good byes - various locations

Have a safe trip home!

Get your stuff ready to compete for the following awards!

Roswell 2011 - Trophy Sheet

Big Trophies
Best of Show
Outstanding Engine
Outstanding Interior
Best Paint/Graphics

Fun Trophies
Mayor’s Choice
UFO Museum Choice
Hard Luck 2011

Fun Trophies - Quantified
Longest Distance
Shortest Distance
Lowest Car
Highest car
Most mileage

Participant Judged Fun Trophies
Best Alien Themed
Best Bud Vase
Dirtiest car
Craziest thing in a bud vase
Best chick NB
Most Masculine NB
Best NB in the rough
Most Pimped Out
Best VW Toy
Best Convertible

Competition Awards
Photo Scavenger Hunt - winner
Hot Wheels - 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Parking Lot Olympics Awards -1st, 2nd, 3rd

UPDATE!!! New Host Hotel

The Hampton Inn, and an "across the parking lot" additional hotel, the Comfort Inn, for people that want smoking rooms or have pets. The price will be $80 per night plus tax at either hotel. You can post that the Hampton is adding us to their website and that will be the mechanism for registration - the link to the site will be coming soon, but they are currently in process of creating our section which should be done some time next week.
- Earl

The Hampton Inn and Comfort Inn are basically next door to each other - divided by Tia Juana's - our Thursday night get together location. Link to Map - they mislabeled the map - Hampton Inn is north of TiaJuana's and Comfort Inn is south.

If you have a pets or need a smoking room the Comfort Inn has pet and smoking rooms available.
Hampton Inn & Suites Roswell Hampton Inn Registration Link for $80 discount rate

Comfort Inn (NM005) - no link, still need to call and speak with the Manager of the hotel.

Roswell T-Shirt Thread

Start saving, planning, mark the date and start your dream upgrades, updates and mods. I know I have my Dream Mod list started!!!

[scarabY2k]

Got an extra coffee can bank for 2011. And i'll carry an extra ignition switch as well. Who knows... maybe I won't be the ONLY Floridian attending.

[Pushing Fifty]

There were only 53 cars????????? I would have thought more along the lines of 530! I thought this Roswell thing was a huge show. Don't get me wrong; I'll still be there, but that comes as quite a surprise to me. I guess air-cooled Beetles are still more popular, eh? At the Mid-America Motorworks Funfest for Air-Cooled Beetles held in Effingham, Illinois, there are between 1000-1200 Beetles (some New Beetles) on the grounds.

[uwharrie]

My calendar is marked and the penny jar is on the counter.
Already looking forward to our second Roswell, even if we do have wait 2 years.

[marvins_dad]

Originally Posted by Pushing Fifty

There were only 53 cars????????? I would have thought more along the lines of 530! I thought this Roswell thing was a huge show. Don't get me wrong; I'll still be there, but that comes as quite a surprise to me. I guess air-cooled Beetles are still more popular, eh? At the Mid-America Motorworks Funfest for Air-Cooled Beetles held in Effingham, Illinois, there are between 1000-1200 Beetles (some New Beetles) on the grounds.

I think the biggest Roswell has ever been was 200. I think the largest I attended might have been around 75-100...trust me, that is an impressive sight.

This past year wasn't typical, the organized original Roswell died in 2008...we wanted to have a 10th year reunion this year so a few of us organized the Reunion show in a few months...didn't have the luxury of a big window of promotion as the original show.

But - with a 2 year window and a date set...people can start saving up and planning early enough that there shouldn't be an excuse come 2011.

[SixChuter]

We're saving our pennies and marking each day off the calendar.

[Cameron_Talley]

Originally Posted by Pushing Fifty

There were only 53 cars????????? I would have thought more along the lines of 530! I thought this Roswell thing was a huge show. Don't get me wrong; I'll still be there, but that comes as quite a surprise to me. I guess air-cooled Beetles are still more popular, eh? At the Mid-America Motorworks Funfest for Air-Cooled Beetles held in Effingham, Illinois, there are between 1000-1200 Beetles (some New Beetles) on the grounds.

Hmm, I could have sworn that we had 300 or so in the second year, but maybe that number is inflated. 250?

In any case, yes, Air-Cooled bugs are more popular. They've also been around much longer than we have!

We were very happy with the 53 cars. It's gotten to where many of us don't go for the cars so much anymore as the people. The cars are just a nice bonus!

[EvilinaDM101]

HOORAY!!!

Dates are set and the savings wall-e bank is good to go!!

Can't wait for Roswell 2011!!!

[mybugrocks]

I can't wait, Roswell was such a blast!!!! This time Fiona will get a full inspection no acceptions savings account/piggy bank started and I am ready to go

[Yello_jellybean]

I saved the dates!! Can't Wait! WOO HOO!!!

[DannyRandomState]

WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

4 days of fun!!!!!

Wasabi will make the appearance this next time around! And with several major mods too!

[ETBUG]

Originally Posted by marvins_dad

The Head Alien has spoken...



Like he said! Start saving, mark the date and start your dream upgrades, updates and mods. I know I have my Dream Mod list started!!!

Count me in with my new new beetle Lucky

I had fun in 2004 can't wait for this one

[salsa-man]

Well I'm planning to attend. Roswell is just a tad over 500 miles from my house. Easy drive. TOD is more than twice that.

[Love Machine]

Sure would love to be there this time! You never know though! We will see!

[scarabY2k]

Originally Posted by Love Machine

Sure would love to be there this time! You never know though! We will see!

That would be cool mang! I could meet up with you- i'm coming from out of FL.

[Love Machine]

Yea, that would be cool. Nice little drive! Just hate that part through TX! We went the first Five years then stopped going. Would be nice to go again. Will keep you posted!

[scarabY2k]

Originally Posted by Love Machine

Yea, that would be cool. Nice little drive! Just hate that part through TX! We went the first Five years then stopped going. Would be nice to go again. Will keep you posted!

Ooof, tell me about it! That drive in TX will make or break ya! I went through with no AC, and my ignition switch went out= no headlights (day driver), no horn, no wipers. It's an experience for sure.

And yes, please keep me posted

[Love Machine]

Wow! And I though I had it bad when I had a blow out in fortworth TX on the way home and no one had the right tire so I had to drive home on the spare. Makes you very nervous. Mainly driving almost a day with the spare tire!

[salsa-man]

Originally Posted by scarabY2k

Ooof, tell me about it! That drive in TX will make or break ya! .....

Next time take I-10 across Texas. The drive from San Antonio to El Paso is 500 miles of pure NOTHING!!! I'll take I-20 from DFW any day.

[Love Machine]

We took I-10 the first two years but then changed to I-20 for that reason! Like the idea of seeing other things besides flate land.