Annual Dinner Meeting 2010 — A Major Thank You!

By Roger Chartier

Remember all that fun you had in the doldrums of January at Laurel View Country Club in Hamden? The appetizers, dinner, drinks, dessert, old and new friends, Simon Kirkby, the prizes? What a way to kick off a new year in BMW fan style!

Yes, especially the prizes! Around $6,000.00 worth! It sure was a lot of fun taking something cool home, wasn’t it? We want to take a moment to thank our sponsors, who cared enough to make your evening more enjoyable. Even in an economy struggling to recover, our sponsors topped last year’s mark.

Remember, our sponsors help support our chapter, and are VERY interested in you and really appreciate your business! Please do them a good turn and consider them FIRST when making your purchasing decisions.

Also, thanks to all of you in helping to raise $850.00 to help fight ALS!

BMW CCA Connecticut Valley Chapter bmwccacvc.org	AutoTechnic LLC 6 Danbury Road New Milford, CT 06776-3402 (860) 350-8407 autotechnic.net	Bavarian Autosport 275 Constitution Avenue, Portsmouth, NH 03801 (800) 535-2002 bavauto.com	Bed, Bath, & Beyond Locations near you! bedbathandbeyond.com
BMW of Darien 140 Ledge Road, Darien, CT, 06820 (203) 656-1804 bmwdarien.com	BMW of New London 543 Cloman Street New London, CT, 06320 (860) 447-3141 bmwofnewlondon.com	BMW of North Haven 610 Washington Avenue North Haven, CT 06473 (203) 239-7272 bmwofnorthhaven.com	BMW of Watertown 699 Straits Turnpike Watertown, CT 06795 (860) 274-7515 bmwofwatertown.com
BMW of West Springfield 1497 Riverdale Street West Springfield, MA 01089 (413) 746-1722 bmwwestspringfield.com	Detailbest.com Authorized Zymol Dealer PO Box 694 South Hadley, MA 01075 (413) 539-4382 Detailbest.com	New Country BMW 1 Weston Park Road Hartford, CT 06120 (860) 522-6134 newcountrybmw.com	Pirelli Tire North America 100 Pirelli Drive, Rome, GA 30162 (800) 747-354 us.pirelli.com
Performance Automotive Inc. 122 Naubuc Avenue Glastonbury, CT 06033 (888) PERF-CAR perfauto.com	Robert Bentley Publishing 1734 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge MA 02138 (800) 423-4595 robertbentley.com	TireRack 7101 Vorden Parkway South Bend, IN 46628 (888) 541-1777 tirerack.com
And last but not least... Lance Johnson

If you became acquainted with a sponsor due to the Connecticut Valley Chapter Annual Dinner Meeting, please let them know!

And remember, those prizes don’t just magically appear. There are quite a number of helpful CVC Chapter gnomes and mavens! Among them, Jackie Chartier, Rick Zwiebel, Tim Parker, Dave Ortoli, Nancie Giacalone, Wendy Laptik, Jonathan Bisset, Jeff Henderson, and Lance Johnson.

Oh, do stop by jerri's fine review of the festivities where you can also enjoy a few photos from the event!