35th Annual BANDIT RUN – celebrating “Smokey and the Bandit”

BANDIT RUN – Celebrating 35^th Anniversary of "Smokey and the Bandit"
Saturday-Monday, May 12-14, 2012
 
Sponsored by RestoreAMuscle Car
Hosted by MAIN STREET TEXARKANA

Funded in part by:
The City of Texarkana AR Advertising and Promotion Committee
MetroPCS (Movie/Headliner)
SONIC (Kidz Station)
 

FRIDAY, MAY 11:
            Cars arriving, including Movie's Semi & 2 Police Cars
            Headquarters – Holiday Inn Express & Suites at Crossroads Park/Texarkana AR
 
SATURDAY, MAY 12:
            10am  Bandit CONVOY:
                                    Starts at Holiday Inn Express/AR 
                                    West on access road to Nash/Kings Hwy
                                    Turn around, then East down access road to State Line

Down State Line, around Post Office to Broad
                                    Left on Broad to area near Four States Auto Museum & RailFest
                                    Radio Station cars interspersed for info

            Noon Cars on display
                       
RAILFEST ACTIVITIES:  Front Street Festival Plaza – Downtown Texarkana AR

8:00am – 4:30pm         Four States Auto Museum Annual Spring Show
10:00am                         Grand Opening:  Lindsey/Rowe Railroad Museum
11:00am                         RailFest opens:

Big Jake's BBQ Contest (Top prize - $1,000!)

Kidz Zone; Entertainment, Crafts
               FREE ATCOG/ MST Trolley Rides
               National Train Day Celebration
               Miniature Train Rides/Train Bounce House
               Souvenirs from AMTRAK/Texas Eagle & SONIC

 
SUNDAY, MAY 13 – MST DAY:    FREE ACTIVITIES  - FRONT STREET FESTIVAL PLAZA  at WOOD ST
            Noon – 6:00pm Cruise-in of Trans Am's and Muscle Cars                               

                                                       <Movie's Semi and two Police Cars included>
                                        Orr ChevyLook-a-Like Contest:  (Movie Trans Am)
                              Orr ChevyLook-a-Like Character Contest: (Bandit, Snowman, Frog (Sally Field),

SheriffBuford T. Justice, and Fred – the Bassett Hound!

           
             ACTIVITIES:
             Main Street Texarkana Booth – INFORMATION/SCHEDULES
             Texarkana Souvenirs; AMTRAK 40^th Anniversary Souvenirs, etc.
             SONIC Kidz Station with Bounce Houses/Miniature Train Rides/Souvenirs
             Darryl Miller – Balloon Magic
             Food Vendors; Business Vendors; Beverages; Trolley Rides
             Open House at Four States Auto Museum

Lindsey-Rowe Railroad Museum Open for Tours

Downtown businesses & restaurants open for business...

1:00pm – 7:00pm Entertainment – Front Street Festival Plaza Stage at Wood Street
                                                Mystery Machine, Synergistic, Red Dirt Renegades, Hazy Jane

7:00pm – 8:00pm          MetroPCS Headliner –  Front Street Festival Plaza Stage

ROBERT ST JOHN Band

8:00pm                       LOOK-A-LIKE CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED
                                                Trans Am Winners (TX, AR, MST, People's Choice)

Best Characters (Stage Parade of all contestants)
                                               Special Presentations
 
            9:00pm                        MOVIE:  “SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT” 

<Sponsored by MetroPCS>

MONDAY, MAY 14: 

8:00am                        Cars gather on Broad & Laurel (Four States Auto Museum)
9:00am                        Bandit Run Begins – Broad Street/Hwy 67 to Hwy 245                                               Send off by public; Semi's from area companies lining both

sides of Highway 67; Police and Sheriff's cars

For more information, contact us or call 903.792.7191 or 903.277.4603.

To register for the Bandit Run, contact Debbie Ciepiela at 803.366.8641 or www.restoreamusclecar.com.