Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival Aug 12-14, 2011

[YJeXtreme]

Here's an email I got today, and I'm highly interested in attending... I'd like to get a group to convoy up there. And setup a booth for the SCC crew

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We're*writing to let you know that plans are well underway for the first ever Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival in Butler, Pa., birthplace of the Jeep.* The three-day event will take place August 12-14, 2011, and pre-registration is now available on our web site,*BantamJeepFestival.com.
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We're*hoping you will share the information about the Festival with your Club, and that your Jeep-owning members might even consider coming to the Festival as part of a Club trip.* We are also offering*free booth space to all Clubs who would like to promote their organization.* On-site camping will be available and Clubs/Club members may reserve sites together.
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We have been working hard to create an event that all Jeep owners will enjoy, including*off-roaders, historians and those who love to show off their pride and joy.* Quadratec will be supporting this event in a major way, and Rausch Creek Off Road Park will be designing and managing*the Jeep Playground.
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Here are a few highlights of the activities we are planning:
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August 12:
- Help us create a new Guinness Book record by participating in the longest Jeep parade and cruise in Downtown Butler. The first 500 paid registrants receive a free dash plaque.
August 13 & 14:
Festival will take place at the Butler County Fairgrounds, just west of Butler:
- Jeep Playground featuring two on-site trails and mud pit, rock crawl and much, much more!
- Off-site trail rides
- Brand new history exhibits and displays showcasing the Bantam Jeep
- WWII jeep history timeline and military encampment featuring more than 20 original jeeps from the 1940s
- Jeep Show 'N Shine
- Jeep Marketplace showcasing parts, accessories and more
- Camp Bantam Outdoor Activities
- How-To Clinics
- Entertainment

We hope you will post information on your web site and forum, discuss it at Club meetings and list it in your newsletter.* If you are unable to post this information for us, please let us know how we might be able to best communicate with your members. In addition, if this is not the best email address to use, please let us know so we can send details to the correct person. We hope to be able to provide monthly updates as we finalize additional elements so everyone can be up-to-date on our plans.*
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If you have any questions or need additional information, you can contact us at PR@bantamjeepfestival.com. *We also can mail you copies of our promotional flyer if you would like some to distribute to your members.**
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In addition, we*thought you'd be interested in checking out this recent story in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.* The*article was the second-most emailed story that day!
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We hope to see you next year in Butler, where we'll make Jeep history once again!
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Sincerely,
Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival Organizers

[kr3wdude88]

Sounds fun

[jeep7342]

If anyone would like to travel to this event with SWVA4W, let me know. This is where I am staying and what I am doing there.
Days Inn Butler
139 Pittsburgh Road
Butler, PA 16001
(724) 287-6761

This is where I will be staying if anyone wants to stay here as well. This is what I personally signed up for and I will be in the 3 major modififications for theJeep show and shine... 1) The Ultimate Off-Roader
(Register early – limited space available due to off-site trail ride offered in this package)

Jeep Parade and Cruise, two days of riding on-site trails, Jeep Playground and Jeep Show ‘n Shine. Also includes one trail ride on a 5 mile stock/scenic trail (former logging road) at Moraine State Park that will only be open to those who purchase this package. The number of on-site trail rides may be limited based on total number of registered participants.

Time slots for the Moraine trail ride will be assigned at the Participant Registration area on a first come, first served basis. All jeeps must be street legal in order to participate in the Moraine trail ride.

EARLY BIRD: $55 | After May 31st: $60

Thank you for registering for the Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival! You are among the first 500 to register.

If you are planning to stay at a hotel or local campground, please make your reservations as soon as possible. Butler County's lodging facilities frequently sell out during summer weekends. On-site camping will also be available and registration is currently being accepted. See the Lodging section of our website for more information.

Please help us spread the word by posting information about the Festival on web sites, forums and Facebook. We look forward to seeing you August 12-14, 2011!

The Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival team.

[jeep7342]

Campground full, cabins full, very few rooms left at hotels. If you plan on going let me know. There over 600 jeeps registered. I have been in contact with members from seven hills, southside, lost jeepers, middle peninsula, northern virginia jeep assoc, offcamber crawlers, axletwister in tenn, traxx in motion in tenn,triad jeep club in nc, maryland creepers and who ever else chooses to follow us.

There will be a huge parts sale... ie flea market, any wishlists? I probably will skip the show and shine, thus plenty more I would rather do.