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[Rick]

As news filters through of this year's PoP, I'll add it in here.

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Cholmondeley Pageant of Power – 13th, 14th and 15th June 2014.

Status Quo Live! At the Cholmondeley Pageant of Power.

We are very excited to announce that legendary rock band, Status
Quo, are set to get the Cholmondeley Pageant of Power rocking when
they play the Opening Concert on Friday 13th June.

Status Quo are one of the most recognised and successful bands in
British history with 64 hit singles and 22 in the top ten.

Lead guitarist and keen car enthusiast, Rick Parfitt, said: "The
Cholmondeley Pageant of Power is all about noise, engine fumes and
having some serious fun. Works for me! Whilst all the band love
cars and the world of motoring, I have been a serious petrolhead
for as long as I can remember. As well as getting to perform for
what we know will be a great crowd, being in amongst the action
with some serious machinery is going to be a real buzz for me! Cars,
bikes, helicopters – count me in!"

Click here to buy tickets and save 30% on gate prices
http://www.cpop.co.uk/checkout-tickets/

Beat the Rush! - Priority Early Bird Tickets for CPOP Customers.

We are pleased to offer our CPOP customers priority booking before
tickets go on general release this Friday 17th June. Preview Friday
CPOP including Status Quo tickets are just £38 and Saturday CPOP
tickets including Status Quo (Friday) are only £45.

Book now and save over 40% on Gate Prices.

Save £38 on day Pageant tickets or £156 on a 3 day ticket. Hurry,
these Early Bird tickets are limited in number and are expected to
sell out quickly. Buy now and a family of four will save £38 on
day Pageant tickets or £188 on a 3 day ticket to include Status
Quo on Friday 13th and the Fireworks Concert on Saturday 14th*.

*saving calculated on gate prices

Cholmondeley Pageant of Power 2014 – All things Italian.

Our 7th year promises 3 days of even more non-stop action for all
the family. This year's Italian theme will showcase the best of
Italy's historic and contemporary marques – Lamborghini, Ferrari,
Maserati, Bugatti, Ducati and Moto Guzzi amongst others. The Autocar
Supercar Paddock will be bigger than ever with fierce competition
to beat the fastest lap time of 55.29 seconds set in 2013 by Robbie
Kerr driving the Radical.

With non-stop watersport action on the
lake, death defying air displays together with Artisan food, Bars,
premium shopping, children's participation activities, this year's
Pageant will surely live up to its reputation as the UK's most
dynamic Motorsport event.
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[MikeEdwards]

The only trouble with this is that Friday is now a charged day. In previous years, if you bought a ticket for Saturday or Sunday, you got in on Friday for nothing. There isn't an option to come in on Friday and not see the Quo concert, or there is, but you still have to pay for it. So after club display discounts and so on, it's added more than 50% on to the cost of the weekend.

It's still a bargain compared to other similar events (which I grant you are much bigger, but are also much further away for me), it's just a bit frustrating that we don't have the choice, other than to just not go on Friday. The preview day is nice, as there are things that don't happen on Sat/Sun, but I'm not sure it's worth the extra now.

[Rick]

Recent snippets of info that may be of interest:

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BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW AND SAVE UPTO 20% ON GATE PRICES

The forecast is good, the marquees are up, the bales are out and the track is swept. We are ready for cpop 2014

This year’s Pageant of Power is set to be the most exciting yet with our best track entry to date. If you haven’t already bought your tickets, it is not too late! We are selling tickets online and over the phone until Thursday 5pm (for Friday tickets) and Friday 5pm (for Saturday and Sunday tickets) tickets bought after today will be added to the collections lists which will be on all gates.

www.cpop.co.uk
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[MikeEdwards]

Nice weather today at the preview day. Not a lot going on because there are no timed runs, but also nice to be able to get around the place without massive crowds of people. Forecast for the weekend seems pretty good as well.

[Penman]

Hi
What is the Blue car?

I like the scale model, Bentley? Lagonda?
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[peter scott]

[MikeEdwards]

Yes, the blue car is a silhouette Fiat 500, a similar blue to two being restored on here. I don't know what's in it, but I'll find out.

The miniature is a Bentley. I bet whichever of these turned up second was spitting.





Check the springs if you're thinking of buying this one:



Hunter was nicely noisy

[Rick]

Thought I heard something interesting flying nearby today.

RJ
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[peter scott]

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[ukdave2002]

Great pictures Mike

I really wanted to go this year , but work commitments put pay to that

Thought the timing was odd.... it is being held during the first w/e of the World Cup and it clashes with Le Mans? ( I'm at neither by the way )

Dave

[MikeEdwards]

I think whatever they do it will clash with something - perhaps they think that clashing with LM isn't as bad as clashing with the classic version. I've heard there's something on at Brooklands this weekend as well, which put paid to the Sinnsheim museum display that usually turns up.

BTW, the Fiat 500 is running a BMC A-series engine.