One of the best parties of the year is in Daytona Beach, FL this weekend, March 13-14th, at the 24th Annual Spring Break Nationals.  This is a 3X triple points event for Sound Pressure League and Sound Quality League Competitors. 

First place trophies are almost 4' tall and the Best of Best of Show is 5'+ tall.

Thanks to Jose from Beyma for helping to sponsor the awards.  He'll be at the event showcasing a very amazing loud and clear demo truck by Beyma.

SQL Judges are:
Vinny Taylor, TN - Head Judge
Ben Vollmer, GA
Justin Polk, FL
Cory Bradley, IN - verification & RTA

SPL Judges are:
Steve Stern, TN - Head Judge
Cory Bradley, IN (doing double duty) :)

We're hoping for nice weather and are anticipating a solid turn-out for SPL and SQL.

Thanks to Paul and Moe and the SBN 24 staff for including MECA in the program, and working to make us part of the action.

See you at the world's most famous Sound-off

P.S.  Check out this new article

http://www.12voltnews.com/?p=9516

MECA Works In the Caribbean

We are continuing our relationship with www.pasmag.com for 2010, but the benefits for MECA Members have changed.  When a 1 year subscription is purchased, the MECA Member will get the 2nd year free.  The 1 year subscription is $19.95 and we will have subscription forms to fill out and send in at our events, and also an on-line copy will be available, upon request.

MECA will have at least 3 print articles this season, and as many on-line features as we can produce.  Members are asked to post pics in our Photo Gallery, or send them to mecacaraudio@comcast.net with text describing who is in the picture and when vehicles are pictured, the owner's name is necessary.  We'll do everything we can to share MECA events with pasmag.com readers.

Unless you've been living under a really big sub, you've probably heard of Twitter.  We'll, MECA is now on Twitter as well and we'll be using it to update our followers on new events, new Manufacturer Members, MOTMs and all kinds of other stuff (including live event updates from time to time).

If you're in the twitterverse, follow @mecacaraudio or head over to Twitter and sign up now.

Good news from Nashville today for all MECAheads.  As previously announced, Arc Audio and Custom Auto Sound joined MECA at CES. 

MECA Member Jeff Smith from Atlanta recently was hired by Mitek as Southeastern Sales Manager.  Congrats to Jeff!

Jeff has reviewed the MECA program with the management team at Mitek, and now MTX is a MECA Manufacturer Member/Sponsor.  Welcome to Team MTX!

This is truly a notable situation where one person makes a big difference talking about the club with people who "get it" and want to get involved in what we do.

Thanks to our newest Manufacturer Member/Sponsors.

Sound Creations in Durant, Oklahoma will be organizing, sponsoring, and judging the 2010 Choctaw Casino Challenge Tour "Sound-off" and "Show & Shine". Tony Goza, owner of Sound Creations, is the force behind this unique series that will offer big cash prizes to winners in the car/truck shows and the car audio competitions. Plans are for $2500 in cash prizes to be divided among "Show & Shine", Sound Pressure League, and Sound Quality League "Best of Show" winners. The promotional efforts planned by the Choctaw Casino & Resort properties are unprecedented for car audio sports contests. Plans are for free children's activities, live music, and other entertainment during the events.

The Tour is a points series with awards and prizes for the "Sound-off" and "Show & Shine" entrants. The first event held in August 2009 featured 90 vehicles and drew 7200+ specators. Events should display 100 or more vehicles and as the Tour builds, greater numbers are expected.

All attendees, that is spectators and Competitors, at all events, will be given 1 ticket, to be collected during the season. At the Finals in August, 1 lucky winner will win the $5000 cash prize, drawn from all the tickets.  The winner must be present at the Finals in August to collect the prize. This should bolster attendance on all levels: spectator, fan, and Competitors.

The dates for these Oklahoma events are:

April 10 - Grant 2X
May 15 - Broken Bow 2X
June 12 - McAlester 2X
July 17 - Stringtown 2X
August 7/8 - Durant 3X Finals

Sound Creations will also host other events at the store. These include 1X points Locals nights and a MECA 2X points "Sound-off" and "Show & Shine" at the annual Magnolia Festival, which is located in downtown Durant, next to the store. The Locals nights are designed to be smaller shows, focused on helping the future Competitors prepare for the contests. The dates for these Durant events are:

March 27 - 1X
May 1 - 1X
June 5 - 2X Magnolia Festival
July 3 - 1X

Goza financed and promoted his professional minor league football team, The Alabama Lightning, in Orange Beach, Alabama in the early 2000's. As he did with his football team players, he is creating a collector card series for sound-off Competitors. Bola Adekunle, from Marion, Indiana, a MECA Member and a 2009 SPL World Champion, is the first to be featured in the series. Others to be included are Mark Eldridge, Gary Biggs, and world-famous Alma Gates. An on-line page will be created for each card, with interactive information to increase fan awareness of car audio sports personalities.

www.autofestcentral.com will be the on-line home for the Tour and is the site for information concerning the Locals shows and the Magnolia Festival event.

For information on participating in the collector card program, regarding the application, review, and acceptance process, please contact tgoza@autofestcentral.com or 580-924-2255.

 

Skype video calls are free and a great way to get in touch.

Anytime you want to talk, the Skype ID is:

Steven D. Stern

We can also use this for Judge Training "webinar" type sessions.

If I'm not in, please leave a message and I'll get back to you.

Of course, e-mail and phones are ok, too. :)