I was invited to The Forge Classic. Held on September 25-26. It is an invitational muscle car show held in Kingsport TN. It is an indoor show held at the Meadowview Resort and Convention Center. Holding a show indoors has it's advantages. The major one being that we were dry and comfy when the storms came into the area. This was the weekend after Atlanta was almost drowned by severe rain storms.
I was asked by the organizer of the show, Tim Lopata, to bring the yellow 1970 1/2 Falcon to the show. This is an invitational show. This was my fourth year being invited to the show. I have had the white Falcon there twice and now the yellow Falcon has made it second appearance at the show. It is a purely display show. No awards for the participants. Just an opportunity to spend some time looking over some of the most remarkable cars ever collected in one place. The best part of the meet for me is to meet the owners of these fantastic cars. Hearing the history behind the car is worthy of a Hollywood block buster to say the least.
All brands were represented. A fellow brought a couple of his AMC cars to the show. Seeing a Rebel and Machine sitting next to one another is a real treat. There wasn't one car there that I would not have loved to take home for a short term rental. Hemi, Super Cobra Jets, Yenko, Superbirds, you name it they were there. check out their web site. http://www.forgemusclecarshow.com/
An additional treat was a performance by the J4 group. This is a group of siblings that have more musical talent in their little finger than I have in my whole body. After we feasted on some fantastic Bar B Que, the Bluff City kids got into their act. They had won a competition on the Early Show Singing Family Face Off. They range in age for 7 to 16. To top it off they switch instruments and vocals. They were spotted by Tim Lopata at a Bristol NASCAR event. He invited them to play for us. It worked out well as they were returning to the set of The Early Show the next Tuesday. This gave them a chance to practice in front of a live group. Needless to say by the end of their set everyone was on their feet swaying and clapping to the music.
The name J4 got me wondering. Yep, each member of the groups first name starts with J. Hey, if they needed a back up singer this J would have fit right in. I can see it now the J4 and one old no talent J. Naw, don't think it would work. Being there to see and hear them perform was a real bonus and treat. It made the week end all the more memorable.http://www.j4fans.com/
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