Gylo 11, 05/01/16

[rcollum]

http://britishspeed.com/forum/images/icons/icon1.png Get Your Lotus Out - GYLO 11

This coming Sunday, May 1st, we will hold our GYLO (Get Your Lotus Out) event. NOTE: RE-SCHEDULED to 05/29/16!!

 

The Venue

– Katie’s Coffee lower parking lot, in Great Falls, VA. The address for Katie’s Coffee is 760 Walker Road, Great Falls, VA. This is in a shopping center called Great Falls Village, a large square block accessible from either Georgetown Pike (193) or Walker Road. From Georgetown Pike, the road in to Great Falls Village runs between the Great Falls Post Office and the BB & T Bank, directly across from the fire department. From Walker Road, the entrance to Great Falls Village is the street next to the Wells Fargo Bank, across Walker Road from the Safeway Shopping Center. I will set up early, so if you drive all the way around the block in Great Falls Village, you won’t be able to miss our setup.

 

The Schedule

– Sunday, May 1st, 2016, from 9:00AM to 11:30AM. We will issue a placard with an assigned number for each Lotus to put in the windshield, and a ballot to vote for your favorite Lotus. Between 10:30 and 11:00AM, we will tally the votes, and award some prizes.

 

GYLO is a shorter-duration event than a full-blown car show, organized just for Lotus cars. We typically have between 25 and 40 cars show up, in a variety of Lotus models – it’s quite a sight! (We had three Sevens in attendance last year!) We’d love you to bring your Lotus, but we also understand that our cars are not always ready to drive – come on out, with or without your Lotus. This event is both for Lotus owners, and Lotus lovers!

 

The NoVA Lotus Cookout afterwards

– Jenn & Tim Glahn have offered to hold a cookout starting at noon at their house in Burke, VA – not a bad drive from Katie’s. We did this at the last GYLO, last September, and we had a GREAT time! The Glahns are providing burgers and hot dogs, soft drinks and beer, and desserts. If you would like to attend this event with your fellow Lotusphiles, you are welcome to come.

We ask that, for food planning purposes, you RSVP your headcount for the cookout to me on this thread as soon as possible.

If you like, you can bring a side dish to share at the cookout.

 

We hope to see you at GYLO!

 

Bob Collum

 

Edited May 24, 2016 by rcollum

[rcollum]

Sorry to say, we have our first-ever GYLO postponement. The Sunday, May 1st forecast is now for thunderstorms, all day. As much fun as it is to get together, we feel it will be better to reschedule for a later date. We are also cancelling the cookout at the Glahns', which was scheduled to immediately follow GYLO.

 

We need to work on logistics - make sure the GYLO venue is available for our group, and arrange for a possible meal afterwards. Once that is taken care of, we will notify you all about the new date and arrangements.

 

We are looking at Sunday, May 29th (Memorial Day Weekend) as a possible GYLO date. Let me know if you have strong feelings about that date, one way or another.

As always, keep your eye on our website for future developments - NoVALotus.club.

Thanks!

 

Bob Collum

Mark Franke

NoVA Lotus

[rcollum]

GYLO Rescheduled: Sunday, May 29th, 2016 - 9:00AM - 11:00AM. Katie's lower parking lot, Great Falls Village, VA.

We hold Get Your Lotus Out, also known as GYLO, twice a year. This is our 6th year, and the 11th time we have held the event.

 

GYLO is an informal, SHORT, one-marque car show. We have a popular vote for the best Lotus, and we give out some prizes.

I like to think of it as most of the fun of a British car show, without standing around all day. GYLO 11 will be held at the Katie's Coffee

lower parking lot. Since we hold the event on a Sunday, we don't have to complete with the throng of people and cars that would be

at Katie's every Saturday. Although this is primarily a 'Lotus' event, all types of Sevens are welcome!

 

After GYLO, we will go over to Quattro Goomba's winery & brewery, about 27 miles away, in Aldie, VA. All GYLO attendees are welcome.

You can bring your own food to eat there, and they sell wine, beer, soft drinks, pizza and some new 'brewery kitchen' foods on-site.

Quattro Goomba’s is at 22860 Monroe-Madison Memorial Hwy, in Aldie, VA. From Katie’s, it’s a quick drive out 7 towards Leesburg,

to 15 South to Aldie, VA. We should be at the winery by about 11:30AM. We will have our own parking area, and can choose to eat

outside or inside. (We will have maps available at GYLO.)

 

--Bob Collum

Edited May 12, 2016 by rcollum

[rcollum]

Don't forget - the Get Your Lotus Out event (GYLO) will be held Sunday, May 29th, from 9:00AM - 11:00AM at the Katie's lower parking lot, in Great Falls, VA.

As always, we will hold a popular-vote 'Favorite Lotus' contest, with prizes. (My broad definition of Lotus includes all Seven versions.)

 

Afterwards, we will drive to Aldi, VA for lunch at Quattro Goomba's winery & brewery. Bring your own food, or buy food there.

 

This is a great opportunity to see some really nice cars, and equally great people.

 

We hope to see you there!

 

Thanks,

 

Bob Collum

[rcollum]

GYLO:

Our appropriately-named "Get Your Lotus Out" event (also known as GYLO) will be held on Sunday, May 29th, at Katie's Coffee lower parking lot, in Great Falls Village, VA. If you have a Lotus, or any Se7en, bring it. If you are 'between Lotus', or temporarily without your Lotus, come on out and see old friends, make new friends, and ogle beautiful cars.

 

GYLO will run from 9:00AM to 11:00AM on Sunday, 5/29/16. Afterwards, we are driving to Quattro Goomba's winery & brewery in Aldie, VA. You are welcome to join us - we will have a special Lotus area for parking. You can bring your own food, or you can buy pizza and pub food at Quattro Goomba's.

 

 

--Bob Collum

[rcollum]

A glorious morning - clear, and warm. We had, by official count, 29 Lotus in attendance. Several new people showed up, along with a lot of returning regulars. There was pretty good variety of cars - Elise, Exige, Evora, Esprit, Sevens and a 340R. We had a popular-vote 'Favorite Lotus' contest.

Norm & I brought our Sevens.

 

Afterwards, many of us drove out to Quattro Goomba's winery & brewery in Aldie, VA for lunch.

 

Good weather, a great bunch of people, and a large amount of interesting Lotus. A weekend just doesn't get much better than this - thanks, everyone, for making this happen!

 

--Bob Collum