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ur twenty-fifth convention was
a big deal, even for us – and we
tend not to make a big deal
about anniversaries. We see most of
them as contrived reasons to cele-
brate – like New Year’s Eve. If you
want to go out, drink beyond your abil-
ity to handle it, dance with a lamp-
shade on your head, slobber all over
yourself and insult people, you don’t
need the excuse of a special holiday to
do that. Trying to justify it by saying,
“
Hey, it was New Year’s Eve,
” doesn’t
really excuse anything.
However, even we have to admit
that 25 years is a long time for anyone
to keep pulling the wagon of Shelby
and Cobra enthusiasm up the hill. So
our goal was to make it a blowout that
everyone would remember.
The SHELBY AMERICAN
Summer 2016 92
AQuarter-Century of SAAC Conventions
– Rick Kopec
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