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>>A car-show-turned-streetfestival invades, AGAIN!
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he entire downtown of Brantford, Ontario roared to life July 23rd for the Second PowerFest Charity Car Show & Street Festival. Despite some opposition, organizers stuck to their guns and
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turned a car show into a family festival for all to benefit three charities for children and were greeted with sunny skies, hot temps, and a slight breeze to take the edge off. “Some folks were against us having this show on a Saturday
over a Sunday,” said event organizers, “but once we got through to them that we wanted to work with the city and local businesses, not against them to make as much money for the kids as possible, we gained solid support from all corners.
1: The “Imagine 1969” combo rig of Jeff Billinger as too cool for words and included an ultraclean 1969 El Camino and equally sweet ’69 Camaro in tow.
Plus, having the show on Saturday allowed people to come from further away and stay to enjoy what this beautiful city has to offe .” Organizers were backed by this magazine’s RPM Kids First Foundation, which supports only events