Time's UP!

Not really. But the time for advance convention registration is now past, so if you have not sent in your registration, don’t do it – just show up!

Registration can be accomplished on-site, beginning at 3 PM on Tuesday and continuing right through 1 PM on Saturday. (The complete schedule of registration hours is on the convention web site, here.)

In only a few days CORSA’s 2012 convention – the 42nd annual convention – will begin. Come be a part of it!

Another Dead Lion *

Recently we reminded our blog readers of the deadline for the advance registration discount (read that post here.)

The new deadline is for advance registration, period.

If you are submitting your convention registration in advance, it must reach the CORSA office by the close of business on Thursday, July 19. Whether you submit your registration online, by mail, by fax, or by carrier pigeon, if it arrives in the CORSA office after July 19 it will just sit there – the staff is coming to Sturbridge.

Of course, this does not mean that you must register before July 19. It only means that after that date you should register on-site, in Sturbridge. Still, advance registration is greatly appreciated by the convention committee because it helps us prepare for the number of people who will be there.

Don’t delay! Register now!

* There is a connection to be made between the Corvair and the use of "Dead Lion" as a pun on deadline. Do you know what that connection is? If you do, send us an email here. First correct answer gets credited here on the blog!

Update 7/13/12:  We have a Winner!

In our post above we asked you to tell us the connection to be made between the Corvair and the use of "Dead Lion" as a pun on deadline.

John Gephart, from Mission Viejo, California, was first with the correct answer. Dead Lion for Breakfast was Ernie Kovacs’ nickname for his 1950 Philadelphia TV show Deadline for Dinner.

John wrote to us, While enjoying the convention blog I saw your reference to Ernie Kovacs’ old Philly TV cooking show Deadline for Dinner which he nicknamed Dead Lion for Breakfast. The connection being Ernie Kovacs and his untimely death in a Corvair.

I have yet to attend a CORSA convention. Shortly after I bought my ’65 Monza ‘vert in Connecticut the convention was a few miles from where I grew up in California. Now that the convention is in Sturbridge, I have recently moved back to Southern California. One of these years I may be on the correct coast.

Decades after Kovacs’ death, muckracking journalists would attempt to blame the Corvair for Kovacs’ crash, but his widow, Edie Adams, would hear nothing of it. She correctly pointed out that at the time of the crash Kovacs was burning the candle at both ends, was sleep-deprived, hung over, was trying to light a cigar, was speeding, and it was raining.

Nonetheless, his was the highest-profile Corvair crash, and it was nothing less than a tragedy.

Kovacs had chosen to drive the Corvair, a 1961 Lakewood wagon, that night, so that Edie would have use of the couple’s other car, a Rolls Royce.

If you don't know who Ernie Kovacs is, Google and Youtube are ready to educate you. You can search for Ernie Kovacs, or Percy Dovetonsils, or the Nairobi trio...

Don't Be Late!

UPDATE 7/4/12:  The deadline noted in the original post, below, has since passed.  The next registration deadline is the deadline for advance registrations.  If you are registering in advance your registration needs to reach the CORSA office before the close of business on Thursday, July 19.  If you can't get your registration into the CORSA office by then, register on-site at the convention in Sturbridge.  Thank you!

A deadline is approaching!

Early registration prices for the 2012 CORSA Convention in Sturbridge are valid for registrations received through this coming Friday, June 29.  After then, higher prices apply!

Registration is strong to this point and some events are very close to being sold out.  Don't risk being shut out, and don't lose the opportunity for the lower early registration prices.

Registration information is available on the convention web site here

and on the registration form included with your CORSA Communique.