New Membership Drive Event at Denton TX Hot Rod Show November 9th

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The Cherokee Chapter of The AMCA has been doing Membership Reach-out Events all year at non-AMCA events to get in front of more people and have an opportunity to share the experience we all know and love... The Sport of Vintage Motorcycling. By setting up a booth at well organised, well run larger events such as Car Shows, Motorcycle Shows, Swap Meets and the like our Chapter has significantly increased our membership throughout Texas and Oklahoma this year. You see... a large segment of the general population in America does not know the AMCA even exists. It appears that vintage motorcycle enthusiasts will in fact attend a motorcycle show, Custom Car or Hot Rod / Street Rod Show when they cannot find a vintage bike event near them. By setting up a few tables, hanging our AMCA and Chapter Banners, placing a stack of registration forms and Antique Motorcycle magazines, and putting even a few vintage machines on display... we find out that Vintage Motorcycle Enthusiasts are just about everywhere. They just did not know where to find others like themselves in their local region. Eveyone knows someone who has an older machine in the rear of their garage... and they tell us about them.. or what they have themselves.

This November 9th The Cherokee Chapter are" VIP Guests" at 12th Annual The Pistons and Paint Custom Car, Hot Rod, Street Rod Show in Denton Texas. A large parking lot area of this 500+ car Show is being provided for our Chapter Semi-Trailer and as many rows of machines as our members can bring through the gate. There is no registration fee or armband fee for our members whom bring bikes to our Vintage Bike Display Area or work in our adjoining Booth Area. Mike and Buck Carson from Livingston TX are also bringing two Cannonball Bikes and their Cannonball Trailer to display as well. Word is additional Cannonbaqll bikes are also coming. All New Cherokee Chapter Members in 2013 get "first dibs" at showing their machines and our chapter will fill in the empty spots for all other makes and models from 1900 - 1965. If your machine is a few years older than 1965... Shhhh, No Motorcycle Nazi's will turn you in... Just bring your ride and we will help you show it!

If you are an AMCA Member from Texas, Oklahoma or Arkansas, we invite you to participate in this one day event.
If you know of any other vintage motorcycle enthusiasts whom are not AMCA Members... here's your chance to invite them to come along as well. It is very easy to visit with vintage motorcycle enthusiasts who arrive at this show and make them feel welcome to join the AMCA and our Chapter as well.

All information is available at these two websites below. Hope you can come and enjoy the day with us in Denton TX just North of the Dallas / Fort Worth Metro Area and just South of The Oklahoma State Line.

www.pistonsandpaint.com
www.CherokeeAMCA.org

For additional info on how your AMCA Chapter can benefit by attending such events contact below:

Shelby Withrow
Cherokee Chapter Membership / Events Director
shebyinparadise@wccs.net

Hope you can join us in Denton!

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As an extra there is now a Texas based Cannonball Team that will have their machines and the mobile machine shop trailer at the Denton Show, machines that were in Cannonball 2 and the ones that will go in the Cannonball 3 from Daytona Beach to Tacoma Washington, 4150 miles in 15 days, in Sept. 2014. 7 Cherokee Chapter members will be part of Carson Classic Motors Team as riders or support crew members. The Confederate Chapter is also involved in the team as well as the Diamond Chapter. All had fun together at Barber. All area AMCA members should come check us out at Denton Fairgrounds or at least check out our newsletters, photos from Barber and future events on www.cherokeeamca.org, and watch for our National Road Run in April 2014. Shelby

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Everything seems to be in place for this weekend at Denton Texas Fairgrounds. The Pistons and Paint Car show has been great to work with and we are going to put on a first class display. Weather is said to be cool and sunny, high in 70's (you have to live through a Texas summer to know why we would call 70's cool). All AMCA members and guests should come out and support this event, as we plan on making it a yearly event for our Cherokee Chapter if it all works out as planned for our members. Stop by and chat.
info at www.cherokeeamca.org Shelby Withrow, Membership and Events Director, Cherokee Chapter

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Yesterday was a big day for the Cherokee Chapter, we managed to pull off the largest Chapter event this year in front of over 525 rods and custom cars. We were able to obtain the first corner spot where all car had to pass going to their show spots. It was their largest turn out yet, and we even signed up members of the car club that had Antique Motorcycles. My Thanks to Steve Klein, Elton Morris, and Carson Motors (Mike and Buck Carson) for a long drive helping make this a wonderful Display for the Chapter. Many of our newest members took advantage of the offer to Show their pet projects. Good Weather, Good Friends, Having Fun. Thanks to all involved.
Pictures are already on Website, more will be added over the next few days. www.cherokeeamca.org Shelby

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As promised more pictures and a Video of the bike display are on our website www.cherokeeamca.org, new newsletter in a day or two, We want to reach out to the AMCA members who do not have a local Chapter, in Texas, local is within a half day drive, near is a days drive. We are going to be following the 2014 Cannonball, builds, socials and events in nearby states. Shelby