Cruisin' The Coast

Registered Participant

Your first stop is the Registration Desk... to register if you haven't, and to pick up your Registration Packet if you are pre-registered. The packet contains many things, but the three main items are your:

• Schedule of Events - so you will know what is going on and where.

• Window ID Card- so you can go to each Site as many times as you like.

• Venue Stamp Card - so you can participate in the $20,000.00 drawing. You will take the Venue Stamp Card to each site and have it stamped. Then you will turn the card in for the Sunday Drawing.

Location of Sites

Cruise Central/Registration Desk: 200 Beach Blvd., Gulfport MS

Two miles east of Hwy. 49 and west of Courthouse Road on the north side of Hwy. 90

•Mississippi Coast Coliseum, where our Swap Meet is held. (Not a stamping site.)

•D'Iberville at City Hall

•Ocean Springs in the Downtown area

•Edgewater Mall parking area on the West side of the Mall

•Bay St. Louis Downtown Area

Site Hours of Operation

Registration Desk:

Monday Open from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday to Saturday Open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thursday 2013 registration opens from noon to 5 p.m.
Saturday 9 a.m.-11 a.m. for 2012 registration and 9 a.m.-5 p.m.. for 2013 registration
Sunday from 8 a.m. to Noon (for 2013 registration only)

All the other Sites are open Thursday to Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Pre-registration Confirmation Cards

If you pre-registered before August 15th, you will have received a Confirmation Card in the mail. Turn this card in at the Registration Desk to pick up your Registration Packet and the card will go into a drawing to be held on Sunday. You MUST bring this card to be in the drawing. (We are not responsible for lost, stolen or forgotten cards.)

Getting Into the Venues

Your Window ID Card is your entry into the different venues. This card was in your registration packet you picked up and should be in your car window or on the dash the rest of your visit. With your Window Id Card you may enter a venue as many times as you wish and stay as long as the site is open. Check your Schedule of Events to see when you want to visit each site.

Getting Your Venue Stamp Card Stamped

Go to each Site when they are open (Thursday, Friday and Saturday). The first time you enter the Site, someone will stamp your Venue Stamp card for you. When you have a stamp for each of the Venues turn in your Venue Stamp Card to be eligible for the cash drawings on Sunday (you don't have to be present to win).

Drawings and Awards

Sunday morning starting at 8 a.m. (not necessarily in this order)

• Pre-registration Confirmation Card Drawing

• All other announcements and Awards

•Gene Oswalt Volunteer of the Year Award

• Venue Stamp Card Drawing

We finish about 11 a.m. or noon.

You do not have to be present to win. You can turn in your Venue Stamp card Thursday 1 p.m.-5 p.m., to Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Registration Desk. If you wish to keep it until Sunday morning, you turn it in from 8 to 8:30 a.m.

Spectators

For anyone that does not have a vehicle registered for Cruisin' The Coast®:

You may park outside the Sites and walk in free of charge. Look at the vehicles, enjoy the music and have fun. Please do not touch the vehicles without the owner's permission.

Overview

Each Site is a festival on its own, with live 50's & 60's music, food & beverage vendors, restroom facilities and of course, the vehicles. Each site has parking for registered participants and is within walking distance for spectators.

In addition to the required stamping, we feature many controlled events including, but not limited to, the following:

•Swap Meet

•Sock Hop

•Automobile Auction

•After the Cruisin' The Coast® Sites close each day, there will be evening activities at different locations.

•There will be an Automobile Auction at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum.