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British Automobile Owners Association

The 34th Annual
Rio Grande Valley Regional Rendezvous

Las Vegas, New Mexico

Friday, September 27 through Sunday, September 29, 2024

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Friday
  3pm - Hotel check-in and Rendezvous check-in

Saturday
  9am - Funkhana Rallye drive through Las Vegas and the surrounding area
  10am to 12:30pm - Rallye drive through Las Vegas and the mountains of Northern New Mexico
  Saturday afternoon - Painting in the Plaza

  3pm to 6pm - Car Show in front of the Castaneda Hotel
  6pm - Dinner at the Castaneda Hotel

Sunday
  9am - Breakfast Awards Banquet at Charlie's Spic & Span Bakery and Cafe

Check out the City of Las Vegas  web site for more information about the ORIGINAL Las Vegas and surrounding area.

RENDEZVOUS REGISTRATION


Registration can be completed on-line or by mail.  If you register by August 31st, you will get a $10 early-bird discount off the registration fee.

Register On-Line    or   Mail-In Registration

Please get your registration in early.  That helps us better plan the events, food, and categories for the car show. Don't worry, your registration fee is 100% refundable if something comes up and you can't make it.   Cancellations will be accepted until the evening before Rendezvous starts, Thursday, September 26, 2024 at 9:00pm.

All registrations must be received and fully paid by 9pm, Tuesday, September 17th.  There will be no on-site registrations.

Questions about the Rendezvous registration process:
     John Smedinghoff  
     505 856 6712

HOTEL ROOM RESERVATIONS


Our host for this year's Rendezvous will be the Plaza Hotel (pictured above) located on the Old Town Park Plaza in the heart of Las Vegas.  Call them at 505-425-3591 and mention the British Car Club to get the BAOA rates. 
     Economy room - 1 full size bed               $99 + tax
     Standard room - 1 queen or king bed   $119 + tax
     Standard room - 2 queen beds             $129 + tax
     Plaza view room - 1 king bed                 $149 + tax
     Plaza view room - 2 queen beds            $159 + tax
     Parlor double 2-room suite                    $179 + tax


The hotel has plenty of space and we have reserved more than enough rooms for Rendezvous attendees, but you should book your stay by August 31st.  After that they will release any unsold rooms back to the general public.

Questions or problems with Plaza Hotel reservations:
     Curt Young       
     505 504 9628


Painting in the Plaza hosted by Mary Quirolo

Saturday Sept 28, about 10:00 AM, I plan to go out into the Las Vegas Plaza and sketch the scenes. If any BAOA members, guests, spouses etc. want to join me, DO! I plan to bring a lot of extra paper and pens and markers and paint and brushes and a few clipboards, just on the off-chance that some of you might want join in.

There’s lots to draw or paint: great architecture, people strolling and shopping and shooting the breeze, greenery—which may be turning gold about then—and of course the British cars! Many of the cars will be on the rally, but not all, so there will be cars if you want to paint or sketch them. The rally cars will begin to return around 12:30, and many will park right around the Plaza. Later, around 2:30, most will drive over to the Castaneda Hotel for the big car show—and it is a great show!

Fun Fact: At least three New Mexico Watercolor Society people have already made hotel reservations in Las Vegas, specifically to come up to see the cars at the Rendezvous and to sketch or paint in and around the Plaza. Sketchers and painters are an outstandingly un-intimidating bunch and this is all just for fun. Drawing and painting outdoors is kind of like being in kindergarten again…with no need to Show Your Work.

Any questions, feel free to call me at 505 319-6578 or email mrquirolo@msn.com