Sunday, August 18, 2019 ~ LANGFORD
by Mary Brooke ~ West Shore Voice News
Today Sunday August 18, the sunny warm weather was perfect for Langford’s 9th Annual Show & Shine on Goldstream Avenue and in Veterans Memorial Park.
This year’s attendance met last year’s 17,000 mark but did not seem as congested, with the additional location of the park. There were more cars to see this year (including a special section of 1950s and ’60s vehicles in the park) plus two live bands — one of them being ‘Elvis’!
Several city blocks of Goldstream Avenue from Peatt Rd to Veterans Memorial Parkway presented the more than 300 vehicles that were set up well ahead of the 10 am arrival of the public for the 4-hour walkabout.
At 1 pm, Mayor Stew Young announced the People’s Choice winners who each received a special 9th Show & Shine cooler and Deuce Days licence plate.
First place went to Ron and Sherry Quesnel for their black Ford Anglia that was parked right near the fountain. For his 1959 Chev Apache pickup Dave Boudin won second place. Mark Fisher for his 1956 convertible Chev won third place.
All the exhibitors and volunteers were thanked for putting on a show for the town. “Thank you for putting on a show for all the people of Langford,” said the Mayor, as well as announcing that Deuce Days will be back in three years. This summer “Deuce Days came through our town, it was a great event”, said the Mayor.
Deuce Days organizer Al Clark was on hand today at Langford’s Show & Shine, already chatting about the details of organizing the 2022 show.
Langford’s long-time mayor was also pleased to announce that next year the Show & Shine will expand as well over to City Centre Park at the expanded Westhills Stadium, and that car show registrants should book their spot well in advance for the new location as well as the current Goldstream Avenue and Veterans Memorial Park locations.
Next year’s event will be coordinated with the other events for a big Langford weekend including the other shows — a special weekend here for Langford including “the car racing and speedway guys — this is the culture of Langford”, said Young at the microphone at 1 pm today. Next year will probably including a lineup of sports, cars shows, racing and concerts.
At the Show & Shine today there were display booths of several local organizations including Rotary Club of West Shore, Wounded Warriors, and the Goldstream Food Bank.
Coming up next weekend on Saturday August 24 is “the biggest event we’ve ever put on, at City Centre Park,” said Stew Young. The official opening of the Sarah Beckett Memorial Park will be at 1 pm, followed by the Official Opening of the expanded stadium starting at 2 pm in the stadium at City Centre Park. Young thanked the West Shore Rotary Club for doing the fundraising for the park over the past year.
The grand opening of the expanded Westhills Stadium on Saturday August 24 will be followed by a Pacific FC home game at 3 pm.