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Hoopla III.to include
car show, kids events
May 10 in Dewey Beach
The Rehoboth Beach-Dewey
Beach Chamber of Commerce, in
cooperation with Ruddertowne,
will host Hoopla Three from 11
a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, May 10
in the Rusty Rudder parking lot in
Dewey Beach.
Among the activities is a Classic
and antique car show, with tro-
phies awarded in the following
categories: judges favorites, clas-
sics, street rods, off road, and
work in progress. Registration is
$5 per car.
Additional activities include
kids events such as a moon
bounce, caterpillar, Tugger Jungle
adventure, obstacle course, hula
hoop contest, bubble gum blow-
ing contest, paddle ball contest,
and yo-yo contest, a kite fly, team
fun racing, a make-it, take it, a
disc jockey and a fish fry. The Is-
land Boyz will play at the Rusty
Rudder from 4 to 8 p.m.
Everyone is invited to the bon-
fire and Grotto Pizza Party that in-
eludes adult and children's games
and gets underway at dusk:
This event will be held rain or
shine. For more information, call
the Chamber at 227-2233, Ext. 11.
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Hot rods and cool cars are a big part of the Rehoboth Beach-Dewey Beach Chamber of
Commerce's annual Hoopla event.
Chamber stock
The Rehoboth Beach-Dewey
Beach Chamber of Commerce, in
cooperation with Fast Action Mo-
torsports Entertainment invite the
public to Hoopla.III Saturday,
May 10.
This event will provide an op-
portunity to help a local charity
who wins or places.
car event to per ent ct00arities
Individuals can select a driver
from their organization or the
charity organization who will race
1/10 scale stock cars on a 16 x 30
racetrack trying to win a cash do-
nation for the charity.
The entry fee of $100 provides
trophies,, promotion and charity
donations. The tournament begins
at 3 p.m. at Ruddertowne in
Dewey Beach, in the middle of
the Hoopla Classic Car Show.
Anyone interested in sponsor-
ing a local charity of choice, con-
tact FAME at 221-2277 to get
started.
This event will be held rain or
shine.
Lewes residents
Lewes residents Christine
Gillan and Donna de Kuyper have
been awarded, an Individual
Artists Grant from the Delaware
Division of Arts (DDOA) in.sup-
port of "Angels on Caffeine,,
their debut novel. "Angels on
Caffeine" has been described as a
funny, irreverent look at today's
stay-at-home morns and the mod-
ern maternal missions that keep
them busy since leaving their full
time careers. An excerpt from
"Angels on Caffeine" will be fea-
tured in the July issue of
"Delaware Beach Life" magazine.
The novel is also a 2003 entry in
awarded grants
the William Faulkner Creative
Writing Competition.
The grant will afford Gillara and
de Kuyper the opportunity to ;have
two very skilled fiction writeJr-ed-
itors critique their work prior to
publication. One of these literary
professionals is poet and lbest-
selling author Juliana Baglgott,
who wrote "Girl Talk," "The ]Miss
Ahlerica Family" and the fiorth-
coming novel, "The Madmm."
Baggott lives in Greenville amd is
a past recipient of an Arts Felllow-
ship from the DDOA. The oer is
senior freelance editor Peter
Heyrman of Washington, D.C.,
f( r oe 3ut novel
Who has edited several published
novels, including those by Greg
Kihn at Tor Books. As a writer, he
is primarily a short story author
with published works appearing
in "Twilight Zone" magazine,
Harcourt Brace anthologies and
"Playgirl" magazine. Heyrman is
the fiction editor for "Delaware
Beach Life" magazine.
Both Gillan and de Kuyper are
active parent volunteers in their
children's schools. Gillan grew up
in Lewes and graduated from the
University of Delaware. She also
earned an MBA from Wilmington
College and worked as public re-
lations director for DelDOT for
10 years. Gillan is the mother of
three children, ages 5, 7 and 10,
and now.teaches college and
graduate level business courses
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Passerby at last year's event take in the sights at the
chamber's Hoopla. Among the activities is a classic and an-
tique car show, with trophies awarded in the following cate-
goriem judges favorite classics, street rods, road, and
work in progress. Registration is $5 per car.
Players Club Grammies set May 5
The Players Club, a group of local professional musicians, will host
its first-ever local Grammies, the Players Club awards ceremony, Mon-
day, May 5, at 6 p.m. at the Rusty Rudder in Dewey Beach., The event
is the culmination of an ongoing competition involving the area's best
musicians, singer/songwriters and poets vying for the first place prize.
Cost of admission is $I0 in advance and $15 at the door. Dress is for-
mal or "rock star funky." For a complete listing of candidates for this
competition, visit www.legendsand loregallery.eom or call Regina Aa-
Macha at 226-1693.
An after-party is set for 8 p.m., Tuesday, May 6, at Nassta Valley
Vineyards. The event will be catered by Beautiful Foods, Espuma,
Hiekman's Meats, Celsius, Loft's Cafe and Sweet Dreams Bakery.
Ms $umptlm photo
Lewes residents Donna de Kuyper, left, and Christine
Gillan were recently awarded an Ind/vidual Artists Grant
from the Delaware Division of the Arts for a book they are
a.lod " on Ca'o=o," already doscrlbod as a
"funny, irreverent look at today's stay-at-home morns.,,
Gillan, a former public relations worker for thestate of
Delaware, and de Kuyper, a former actress, started penning
their book in October after deciding "there were so many
funny stories to tell," about the lives of stay-at-home moth-
ers. An excerpt from the book will be published in the July
issue of Delaware Beach Life mitgazine.
Corner of Savannah Rd. & Cape Henlopen Dr., Lewes
