Typical Show and Shine Weekend festivities were cancelled this weekend but classic car lovers still got the opportunity to admire some rides that they normally wouldn’t see.
Attendees flocked to 8th Street where vehicles cruised through the area, owners showed off their rides at local businesses and visitors entered to win prizes.
Rock 102 had announced in May that the Show and Shine Weekend would be postponed. Instead, contactless events would take place as a tribute to one of the largest classic car shows in Canada.
Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark was in attendance. He was very impressed by the great turnout, as well how many people were willing to abide by COVID-19 precautions.
“The show and shine event is massive for the city, you get fifty thousand people in the downtown area in past years,” Clark said. “They found a way to make a safe adaptation this year, people are adapting, it’s great that they still have a chance to show off their vehicles.”
“People want to stay safe and enjoy some vehicles, they are doing it.”
Interior of one of the vehicles in attendance. (Logan Stein/650 CKOM)
Hundreds of people sat in their lawn chairs along the construction riddled street to not only see, but hear vehicles from all over Canada.
Cawna Cameron’s 1971 Volkswagen truck. (Logan Stein/650 CKOM)
“We love being out here, even if you’re six feet apart everybody’s safe having a great time,” said Cawna Cameron who brought her 1971 Volkswagon truck on Saturday night. “It’s the people, we all have a common interest in vehicles.”
Despite typical festivities not happening this summer, people were just happy that the event got to happen in some sort of capacity.
“Seeing as there are no car shows, this is the second-best thing,” said Tim Frang as he showed off his truck he had been working on. “It brings the community together.”
Mark Moreau has been spending the last six years working on transforming his 1979 GMC Vandura to resemble Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. He was just happy that people got the opportunity to admire some vehicles.
“It’s different this year,” he said. “Car guys are car guys, they will find a way.”