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Le Mirage Concours d'Élégance to Host Leading Figures of the Classic Car Scene!

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Luc Gagné
Le Mirage Concours d'élégance: distinguished guests expected!
At a press conference held yesterday in Blainville, North of Montreal, organizers of the Le Mirage Concours d’Élégance announced that several leading figures of the classic car scene, both Canadian and American, would take part in the second edition of this event.

Held in partnership with the Classique Internationale de Blainville, an important equestrian event, the Concours d’Élégance will be presented on July 18 at the Blainville Equestrian Park with MusiquePlus and MusiMax founder, Pierre Marchand as honorary chair. Mr. Marchand who is currently president of Archambault Musique is also well known for his vintage car passion. Last year, two cars from his personal collection were shown at Le Mirage: a 1959 AC Bristol, the Cobra ancestor, and a 1954 fiberglass-bodied Kaiser Darrin, one of only 435 ever built.
 
Two European beauties, a 1970-77 Alfa Romeo Montreal (background) and 1955-63 Mercedes-Benz 190 SL, serve as a backdrop to the elegant rider Billie de Rouet on her horse Spotlight des Brûmes. Together they introduce the Le Mirage Concours d’Élégance to be held on July 18 in partnership with the Classique Internationale de Blainville, a major Canadian equestrian event. (Photo: Nathalie Charland/Concours d'Élégance Le Mirage)

Five US Personalities
Jacques Dion, president and executive director of the event was also proud to announce that five leading figures of the US classic car scene will also attend the event and take an active part in the judgment. They are Robert Davenport, founding president of the Louisville Concours d’Élégance presented un Louisville, Kentucky; David Madeira, president and CEO of the LeMay Museum in Tacoma, Washington, one of the world’s largest vintage car collection; Jean Hoffmann and Robert Bailey, respectively board chair and founder of the Saratoga Automobile Museum in Saratoga Springs, New York; and finally Bob Knechel, executive director of the Collectors Foundation, a philanthropic organization founded in 2005 in Traverse City, Michigan, to promote classic car and classic boat collection among young people.

René Angélil returns as honorary patron of this unique event, organized on behalf of Fondation André-Delambre, a foundation supporting research into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

More information about the Concours d’Élégance can be found on its official web site: http://www.concourslemirage.ca/
Luc Gagné
Luc Gagné
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