By Lulu

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This year Sherry Fletcher joined the staff of Grandview Live because the management saw an asset for their desire to be involved with charitable events and to be involved with good works for the community. The new Grandview Live hosted their first bike show for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and what an awesome day they pulled off. Even though the temp was high they opened the bar for the silent auction and that gave us all a place to cool our engines and have something to drink to cool off. I personally would like to thank the sponsors that made this happen SR Perrott, Miller Lite, Twisted Tea, Holt Appraisal Firm, Budweiser, Jägermeister, Bayer Aspirin, Volusia Top Gun for the gun they gave to raffle, The Rock of Daytona (particularly for allowing Sherry and me to make fools of ourselves on the radio live), Spanos Motors, Viscomi Construction and Mid Florida Sportswear…without the generosity of these heavy hitters the event would not have been such a great success. Also we need to thank Doug and his staff from Triple D Motorcycles for the great job they did organizing the event and working with Willie from Tropical Tattoo to make this run quite smoothly for a first ever show at Grandview. I told Sherry there was no way to pull a bike show off in such a short time frame, but she did it and did it exceptionally well. With a dunk tank (with Joe V, Jerry Lee and Craiger bearing their chests), gun raffle, bike entries, silent auction, vendors, 50/50 and even the bartenders donating a portion of their tips…the Grandview donation hit the $10,000 mark!! Many do not realize it takes $2.1 million a day to run the hospital and no family pays. Housing, transportation, food and treatment is totally covered. To keep the crowds entertained a trio of stunt riders, Orlando Alliance, put on a show with burnouts, wheelies and tricks. It was a family friendly event…but gave everyone a chance to see the renovations to the old Grandview Live, and to see the owner, Bob Russell’s, and management’s commitment to being involved with the community in a positive…wholesome way. GREAT JOB you guys. Thank you to each and every one who made donations, entered bikes, bid and bought items. I could not have picked a bike…each and every one was cool in their own right. I am certain this will be a yearly event so shine up your ride and enter next year!!

Grandview would like to say a special thank you to Mike Rudicel of South Florida Bike Events and co-owner of Big Dawgs from Ft. Lauderdale for being such a great supporter of this event and for coming up with the Jager and Bud Bike and for the great auction items!

Best in Show bike is owned by Derrick Ames and wife Anne, owners of Daytona Estate Jewelry for the past 28 years. The bike is a 2011 Thunder Cycle built by Eddie Trotta. Eddie named it “Nasty” and it is the only Pagan Gold bike built by Eddie. It was painted by Bones. The bike features a 131 cubic inch motor. Derrick also had two other bikes in his stable; another Trotta custom named “Skullster” for sale at Midwest Motorcycle and one built by high school students in Sturgis with parts provided by famous builders the build off was titled “Clash of the Titans”. Derrick and his wife Anne are involved with a great charity that helps put musical instruments in the hands of children, Kids Rock the Nation, and will be putting on an event at Bank & Blues on December 5th. So put this on your calendar and ride out for a great cause.