After getting their start ten years ago, the Meacham Historic and Cultural Society’s annual car show, continues to reach new heights, as the show celebrated not only their tenth anniversary, but also their best year yet.
The 2018 edition on June 17, featured a significant jump in entries from the year prior with 2017 seeing over 20 entries, and 2018 jumping to 48 total entries.
The show featured a great variety of vehicles ranging in make from Ford, Chevrolet, Dodge, Buick, and Plymouth, among others and age from vehicles produced in the 1950s to vehicles produced in the 2010s.
The show also featured entries from across the province, with society chair Tony Poncelet noting cars came from Moose Jaw, Cutknife, Watrous, Bruno, Humboldt, and locally, among others.
“We’re getting repeat displayers... It seems like it’s getting a little bit bigger every year so it’s a good sign for next year, that’s for sure,” he noted.
While the car show is a great opportunity for people to spend time with their fathers on Father’s Day, and check out classic cars, the show is also a fundraiser for the society, with Poncelet noting they are currently raising money to purchase an audio-video system for the museum.
“A major part of our museum is to show interviews with the pioneers. We have a lot of footage that we have no way of showing.”
Poncelet says the goal is to purchase at least the audio part of the system by next year.
With the tenth car show going so well, Poncelet says after a summer off, the society will begin the early stages of planning for 2019.
Poncelet would like to thank everyone for helping make 2018 such a success.
“Thanks to all the participants, and all the volunteers. Without the participants we wouldn’t have a show. Some of them have come many miles just to make this function work. So we’re very happy.”
