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Bike Week 2010 Kick Starts Riding Season with Demos, Ride-In Show and More
MILWAUKEE (Feb. 9, 2010) – Harley-Davidson gets the riding season off to a fast start at Daytona Bike Week 2010 with activities at a new location at Riverfront Park on Beach Street and a larger presence at the Daytona International Speedway.
The 69th Annual Daytona Bike Week 2010 renews the long tradition of riders, enthusiasts, bikes and racing all in the sun and sand of Daytona Beach, Fla. Attracting huge crowds of riders and motorcycle enthusiasts of all kinds from all places, Daytona Bike Week is a biker’s rite of spring not to be missed.
Harley-Davidson will welcome everyone to Daytona Bike Week 2010 at its exciting new location at Riverfront Park on Beach Street and with an array of Harley® activities at Daytona International Speedway.
“Daytona Bike Week marks the start of the riding season, like New Year’s Day for motorcycle riders, and Harley-Davidson will be there to celebrate,” said Steve Piehl, Harley-Davidson Director of Consumer Events. “Our new location at Riverfront Park is a showcase for custom Harley motorcycles, while our spot at the Speedway gives riders a chance to test ride any of our 70 demo bikes.”
Harley-Davidson activities at the Riverfront Park on Beach Street will run from Friday, February 26 to Saturday, March 6, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Highlights include:
- Harley-Davidson Parts & Accessories® and MotorClothes® Products interactive experience: Check out the latest and greatest in customization and technology.
- Third Annual Harley-Davidson Women’s Ride (Tuesday, March 2)
- Harley-Davidson Ride-In Custom Bike Show (Wednesday, March 3)
- V-Rod® Race Experience – Race your friends and win!
- Fit Shop customization activities
- Tattoo competition
- Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) bike build and raffle
- Food, beverage, music and free parking
Harley-Davidson activities at Daytona International Speedway near the Intersection of Midway Avenue and Richard Petty Boulevard will run from Saturday, February 27, to Saturday, March 6, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Highlights include:
- Harley-Davidson motorcycle demo rides
- Harley Owners Group® (H.O.G.®) pin stop: Members get a free event pin
- H.O.G. Day, Saturday, Feb. 27: Members receive a special gift
- 2010 Harley-Davidson interactive motorcycle display
- Fit Shop motorcycle experience – see how any Harley can be custom fit
- Food, beverages, music and free parking
Motorcycle owners are invited to enter their Harley-Davidson motorcycles in the Ride-In Custom Bike Show on Wednesday, March 3. Registration is only $10, and will be at Riverfront Park on Beach Street from 9 a.m.-noon, with cash prize winners in a variety of classes. Entries are open to the general public.
Harley-Davidson motorcycle demo rides will be available at Daytona International Speedway February 27 to March 6. Riders with a valid license and appropriate riding gear can test ride any 2010 Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
For a complete listing of Harley-Davidson events, please visit our Web site at www.harley-davidson.com and there will be online coverage direct from Daytona at www.harley-davidson.com/daytona. Please check the on-site Harley-Davidson activities guide for additional times and locations of entertainment and other special attractions, as well as social media Web sites like Facebook and Twitter for updates from Daytona.
Harley-Davidson Motor Company, the only major U.S.-based motorcycle manufacturer, produces heavyweight motorcycles and a complete line of motorcycle parts, accessories and general merchandise. For more information, visit Harley-Davidson’s Web site at www.harley-davidson.com.
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WHO: Phyllis McEwen and The Museum of Florida Art
TIME: Wednesday, February 10th at 7:00pm and Thursday, February 11th at 10:00am
LOCATION: Volusia County Historic Courthouse 125 West Indiana Avenue, DeLand, Florida
The Museum of Florida Art is hosting our fifth cycle of the Legendary Florida Program Series. This programming offers an innovative approach to Florida history through the exhibition, online access, interdisciplinary curriculum and outreach with the artist. The program promotes and utilizes the works of a living contemporary Florida artist that creates works that “fit” the story in history rather than attempting to build that story around historical works of art. The program presents FREE school and adult tours, lectures, curriculum and education resources online. The interdisciplinary education program is augmented by interpretive text, video, lecture programs, and a language and visual arts, science and music curriculum.
The focus for this presentation will be Jackson Walker’s painting of Zora Neale Hurston, The Maverick of Eatonville. Phyllis McEwen will present dramatic facts about Hurston coupled with discussion led by the artist. This program is relevant to consideration of the progress and perspective of African Americans in Florida and the nation, particularly in light of the historic victory of Barack Obama, the first African American to hold the Presidency of the United States. Phyllis McEwen is an actor, poet and instructor in the Department of Africana Studies at the University of South Florida.
A novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist, Zora Neale Hurston was the prototypical authority on black culture from the Harlem Renaissance. She first gained attention with her short stories such as “John Redding Goes to Sea” and “Spunk” which appeared in black literary magazines. After several years of anthropological research financed through grants and fellowships, Zora Neale Hurston’s first novel, Jonah’s Gourd Vine, was published in 1934 to critical success. In 1935, her book Mules and Men, which investigated voodoo practices in black communities in Florida and New Orleans, also brought her kudos.
The year 1937 saw the publication of what is considered Hurston’s greatest novel, Their Eyes Watching God. And the following year her travelogue and study of Caribbean voodoo, Tell My Horse, was published. It received mixed reviews, as did her 1939 novel Moses, Man of the Mountain. Her final novel, Seraph on the Suwanee, published in 1948, was a critical failure.
Next Week, Don’t Miss Fear and Anxiety on the Florida Frontier
WHO: Dr. Joe Knetsch, Jackson Walker, Museum of Florida Art
TIME: Wednesday, February 17th at 7pm and Thursday, February 18th at 10am
LOCATION: Volusia County Historic Courthouse 125 West Indiana Avenue, DeLand, FL
Dr. Joe Knetsch will be discussing Jackson Walker’s Legendary Florida Collection paintings of Seminole History in Florida and relating them to his new book: Fear and Anxiety on the Florida Frontier. This dialogue is relevant today as West Point and other United States military academies are studying the Seminole Wars and other Native American wars to gain insights into current military conflict in Afghanistan and other areas of the world.
Dr. Joe Knetsch, author of over 200 articles on Florida history and has edited two books, written a text-book on Florida’s surveying history and published Florida’s Seminole Wars, 1817-1858, Faces on the Frontier, Florida’s Surveyors and Developers in the 19th Century and Fear and Anxiety on the Florida Frontier: The Second Seminole War.
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