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  2008 Calendar of

Wisconsin Jaguar Ltd. Events

Dec. 3, 2007

Monday

New WJL Board of Directors meeting

Location: UBS Financial offices, Brookfield, WI

6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.  Plans for 2008 events will be discussed at this meeting.  Please attend if you are interested in seeing a specific event held this coming year.

Please contact any new board member with questions regarding this meeting.  All members are welcome.

Jan. 9th
 

WJL BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING - 6:30p.m. - 8:00 p.m.  

                   All members are welcome to attend.

Feb. 23rd

 Indoor Go-Karting event.  Buffalo Grove, IL

Feb. 6th

WJL BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING - 6:30p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

                   All members are welcome to attend.

 

March 5th
 

WJL BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING - 6:30p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

                   All members are welcome to attend.

April 5th

Saturday

British Potluck dinner.  Check our February newsletter for details.  The first social event of our 25th anniversary year celebration.  Linda can help you select the British food item you can bring to compliment our potluck dinner.  See you there.

John Harbor's MAIN STREET Pub.  Menomonee Falls, WI

April 16th

WJL BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING - 6:30p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

                   All members are welcome to attend.

May

WJL BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING - 6:30p.m. - 8:00 p.m.  

                   All members are welcome to attend.

May 16 20

Fri.-Sun.

SVRA SPRING VINTAGE WEEKEND - Vintage sports car racing

Held at Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI over this weekend.  Wheel-to-wheel racing for those who own and maintain vintage and historical race cars.  There may be up to 500 participants attending and this may include some of our members.

June 15th
Sunday

BRITISH CAR FIELD DAY (BCFD) - Hundreds of British cars & motorcycles on display in the park

This event is hosted by a number of local British car clubs and is held in a park in Sussex, WI.  The cost to participate is $10.00 and pre-staging of vehicles takes place between 9:00AM & 12:00PM.  The show is open to spectators after 12:00PM and a fee of $2.00 is requested to defer costs.

June 21st & 22nd

Our Club's 25th Anniversary Celebration

We will celebrate our anniversary with road tours to 2 different rare and spectacular collections.  One includes 70 vintage sports cars and the other covers 80,000 square feet, and includes rare machines and musical instruments from this nation's industrial revolution.  Check our recent newsletter for more details.  May's issue includes registration info for this event.  See you there.

Maria Tess - Event Coordinator

June 28th
Saturday

CONCOURS & CAR SHOW PREPARATION SESSION - Detailing tips from award winning members

Held at Bruce Tammi's garage facility.  Continental breakfast may be provided.

July 19-22
Thur.-Sun.

kohler International Challenge w/ Brian Redman - Vintage sports car racing

Held at Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI over this weekend.  One of the largest vintage gatherings in the nation.  Wheel-to-wheel racing for those who own and maintain vintage and historical race cars.  Among the participants attending will be some of our members.   It is suggested that club members attending either Saturday or Sunday, meet-up with other members at the Turn 5 grandstands around 1:00 pm and wear their club name badge.

The club will not be hosting a picnic this year.

Car shows are held on the streets of downtown Elkhart on Friday and Saturday evening.  Watch the race cars drive from the track to Elkhart on public highways and streets, Friday, beginning at 6:00 pm.

This is one of the free events of the weekend.

July 25-27
Fri.-Sun.

Illinois Jaguar Club FESTIVAL & Concours

To return the inter-club I-94 Trophy to Wisconsin we must attend their event with more cars from our club than they bring to our concours.

If you can't commit the entire weekend to this event, make it a day trip on Saturday and show your kitty in the driven class.  You'll have a lot of fun visiting with other club members and you may take home a trophy.

Hyatt Lodge at the McDonalds Campus, Oakbrook, Ill.

Aug. 13th
Sunday
Botham Vineyards & Winery - 13th Annual Vintage Celebration  BMW autos are the featured marque this year.  Let us know if you are going to attend this year's event in Barneveld, WI.  We could organize a road tour.
Aug.
 

WJL BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING - 6:30p.m. - 8:00 p.m.  

                   All members are welcome to attend.

Aug. 22 & 23rd     Fri. & Sat. WJL CONCOURS d' ELEGANCE at Veteran's Park on the Milwaukee lakefront      This event includes a social hour on Friday, at the Intercontinental Hotel, and then a classic Friday fish fry at John Hawks Pub.  Saturday ... all cars must be placed on the show field prior to 9:45 am.  NO EXCEPTIONS!!   SEE YOU THERE!

Contact John Boswell for more information on attending this event.

Aug. 23rd
Saturday

The MASTERPIECE - club Day

Multi-marque Car Show at Veteran's Park on the lakefront

This event is being held from 10am until 4pm at Veterans Lakefront Park on Lake Drive, in Milwaukee.   This weekend includes two separate events.  On Saturday a relaxed "show-and-shine" event will be held that features various car clubs.  Our club's contact for this event is Carroll Jensen.

Aug. 24th
Sunday

The MASTERPIECE STYLE and SPEED SHOWCASE

Concours d' Elegance event at Veteran's Park on the lakefront

This event is being held at the Veterans Lakefront Park on Lake Drive, in Milwaukee.   The Sunday event is an "invitation only" concours event.  Our club's contact for this event is Carroll Jensen.

Sept. 6th Garage tour and tech session at Donn Droegkamp's garage facility.
Sept. 14-16
Fri.-Sun.

VSCDA 22nd ANNUAL VINTAGE FESTIVAL - Vintage sports cars

Held at Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI over this weekend.  Wheel-to-wheel racing for those who own and maintain vintage and historical race cars.  There may be over 300 participants attending and this will include some of our members.  Our club's contacts for this event are Deb & Mike Korneli.

Nov. 15th

Saturday

WJL 25th ANNIVERSARY Annual Dinner

Mark your calendar.  You won't want to miss this very special evening!

Contact Karen Diercksmeier & Barbara Roth



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