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Great Neck Plaza A Blank Slate Media Special Section • October 19, 2018
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Great Neck Plaza Street Festival and AutoFest
Middle Neck Road in Great Neck Plaza
Sunday, October 21 from Noon to 5:00 p.m. (Rain date: October 28)
40 GREAT NECK PLAZA AUTOFEST & STREET FESTIVAL • Blank Slate Media Newspapers, Friday, October 19, 2018
G.N. street fest fans community flair Annual autofest and street festival in Great Neck Plaza to feature contests, local talent BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN The annual Great Neck Plaza Street Festival and AutoFest will showcase the talents of local students in addition to cars and restaurants on Sunday, a move aimed at making the event more “community oriented.� This year will feature two stages for musical and dance performances by Great Neck children at both ends of Bond Street, as well as a karaoke contest for 11-to-18-year-olds and more than 50 pieces of art on display and a variety of contests. In addition, Great Neck South High School’s robotics team will showcase its creations. “We wanted to create an event that would give the Great Neck community more reasons to come out and enjoy a festive day with family and friends,� said Ron Edelson, executive director of the Great Neck Plaza Business Improvement District. “Building our entertainment
around the awesome talent of the youth in this community seemed to be the perfect way to re-energize the festival.�
Among the performers are younger family members of the Great Neck Chinese Association, Sephardic Heritage Alliance, To
The Pointe! – Kata’s School of Dance, the Great Neck School of Dance, the Gold Coast Arts Center, Silverstein Hebrew
PHOTO BY DAVID POLLARD
A band performs at Great Neck’s 2017 event that highlights automobiles of varying kinds.
GREAT NECK PLAZA STREET FESTIVAL Celebrate the AWESOME musical, dance and artistic TALENTS of Great Neck YOUTH Performances by: Great Neck Chinese Association • Sephardic Heritage Alliance Silverstein Hebrew Academy • Katya’s School of Dance • Great Neck Music Conservatory A+ Martial Arts Artwork from: Great Neck Public Schools • Silverstein Hebrew Academy
PLUS GREAT FESTIVAL RIDES, CLASSIC CARS & PRIZES UP TO $200! Enter our contests in:
Golf – Basketball – Football – Baseball Corn Toss – Karaoke
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2018 12 NOON – 5:00 PM (Rain Date: Sunday, October 28) LEARN MORE AT WWW.SHOPGREATNECK.COM/STREETFESTIVAL2018 CONTRIBUTING SPONSOR:
HOPPING LOCAL Is
HOPPING SMART
A PRODUCTION OF THE GREAT NECK PLAZA BID
Academy, the Great Neck Music Conservatory, ConďŹ dance Studio and A+ Martial Arts. There will also be contests in areas like mini-golf, batting, football throwing, basketball foul shooting and a corn toss. The top three in each game will then compete in the championship round divided into two levels of competition. Carnival rides, a petting zoo and pony rides will also return this year, but also be joined by a rock climbing wall and super slide. This is all in addition to more than 60 antique, classic and high-end cars lining Middle Neck Road for Autofest like the 1908 Silver Ghost Rolls Royce and a 1968 Lamborghini Miura P400, which BID Vice President Jay Corn said “dethroned Ferrari as the world’s fastest car.â€? “This is the holy grail of exotic cars,â€? Corn said. The festivities are scheduled from noon to 5 p.m. in Great Neck Plaza. The rain date is Oct. 28.
Blank Slate Media Newspapers, Friday, October 19, 2018 • GREAT NECK PLAZA AUTOFEST & STREET FESTIVAL
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42 GREAT NECK PLAZA AUTOFEST & STREET FESTIVAL • Blank Slate Media Newspapers, Friday, October 19, 2018
A LOOK BACK
Great Things are Happening at our Great Neck Plaza AutoFest/Street Festival
Classic Roadsters
1908 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost Chassis #60756 AACA Spring Meet 2018 Best of Show
1968 Lamborghini Miura P400 Raphael Gabay, Owner
Classic Sports Cars
Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018 Noon - 5:00 PM (Rain Date: October 28, 2018) Meade Brothers
Two Stages of Special Youth Performances
For information: 516-829-1301 • ShopGreatNeck.com/StreetFestival2018 Contributing Sponsor:
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