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Goodwood Park Hotel Weekend

Thursday 7 August - Monday 11 August 2008

Now owned by Lord March, the Goodwood Park Hotel, set within Goodwood's 12,000-acre estate, is the ideal base for the XK60 Weekend. The hotel is furnished to the highest standards, offers great food, a superb pool and an exclusive range of pampering and beauty spa treatments, as well as access to a wealth of other leisure activities in the area, including an18-hole golf course.

THURSDAY 7 AUGUST 2008

Philip and Julie Porter, together with Paul Abadjian and Fiona Bayne, look forward to welcoming you to

Goodwood Park where you will be given a portfolio of information for the Weekend. This includes a programme of events for the weekend at Goodwood Park Hotel, tickets for Goodwood Circuit for Friday and Saturday, and Sunday at Cowdray Park, an XK60 Programme, Ball tickets, Routes to Goodwood and Cowdray Park, plus local information.

There are two options for this evening. One is to join the welcome reception with canapés and dinner at the hotel, and the other is to take a cultural trip to the world–renowned Chichester Festival Theatre.

Widely known for its excellence, this is one of the United Kingdom's flagship theatres, with a dazzling international reputation for producing a wide range of theatrical productions, from musicals and comedies, to classic drama and innovative new writing. It is one of the few outstanding theatres for quality productions outside London.

For those people opting for the Theatre visit, there will be full tea at 5pm in the hotel and at 6.30pm a coach will transport the party to the Theatre where best seats have been booked. At the interval there will be drinks and appetisers in the chic café and, following the performance, there will be a post-Theatre supper at the hotel. (Should you choose the Theatre option, there will be a supplementary charge less the cost of hotel dinner).

FRIDAY 8 AUGUST 2008

This is the first day of the long-awaited diamond anniversary of the XK. The Programme at the Glorious Goodwood Circuit so far includes:

·  600 XKs Track Day

·  Parade/Demonstration Laps

·  JEC Members' Marquee

·  Auction Viewing in morning

·  Displays

·  Spares Stalls

·  Workshops & Presentations

·  Jaguar Personalities

·  Hospitality Exhibitors

(not just XK-related; plenty for the ladies)

·  XK Competitions

·  Commentary & Interviews

·  Trade stands

·  Live Music

·  Bonhams Jaguar Auction

·  Drinks Party at Bonhams

Following the Bonhams Auction, members are invited for early evening drinks in the Bonhams marquee in The XK Village at Goodwood. We are planning an optional informal barbeque for later this evening, the details of which we will convey to you in the near future.

Alternatively sample one of the many fine-dining pubs and restaurants in the area or dine at the hotel. Suggestions will be found in your portfolio.

SATURDAY 9 AUGUST 2008

Based once again at the fabulous time-warp Goodwood Circuit, the evolving programme will include:

·  600 XKs

·  Parade Laps

·  Celebrity Features

·  XK60 'Spirit Of XK' Trophy

·  Competitions, serious and not so!

·  Displays of Historic XKs

·  JEC Members 'Marquee

·  Workshops & Presentations

·  Hospitality

·  C-types & D-types Exhibitors

·  Demonstration Laps

·  Jaguar Personalities

·  Commentary & Interviews

·  Trade Stalls

·  Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust

·  Live Music

·  XK-engined cars

·  XK Racers

·  More to be announced

Tonight we enjoy the extra ordinary splendour of Goodwood House in the heart of the beautiful 12,000- acre estate for the glittering XK60 Diamond Charity Ball. Goodwood House has been the home of the Dukes of Richmond and Gordon for more than three centuries. We have exclusive use of all the incredible state apartments from the Music Room to the Card Room, the Ball room to the Long Hall–these and others are ours for the night, and what a night it will be! The fabulous rooms house a stunning and important art collection with paintings by Stubbs, Caneletto, Van Dyck and Reynolds.

SUNDAY 10 AUGUST 2008

Today we change the venue and drive to Midhurst where we join the Jaguar Enthusiasts' Club for their XK60 celebration day. The programme includes:

·  Over 2000 Jaguars on display

·  Concours and Pride & Joy competitions

·  Racing and Historic displays

·  Trade and Jaguar stands

·  Arena activities for all the family

·  Parades with expert commentary

·  Special Jaguars for Sale

·  Arena Vintage and Classic bus rides to and from historic Midhurst

·  Jaguar Celebrities

Tonight is the final evening of the weekend. Champagne and canapés precede dinner (with wine) and we will celebrate the occasion in gentle 50's style with live music of the era.

MONDAY 11 AUGUST 2008

After breakfast, it's homeward bound until 2018…

Classic Motor Cars (CMC) will once again be kindly providing the services (classic cars only) of popular  mechanic, Ron Higgins (and his wife Kath). The 'Weekend at Goodwood Park' includes:

·  Entry tickets to Goodwood on Friday and Saturday

·  Entry ticket to Cowdray Park on Sunday

·  4 nights' accommodation and breakfast at the Goodwood Park Hotel

·  Welcome Reception and Dinner on Thursday evening

·  Tickets for XK60 Diamond Charity Ball at Goodwood House on Saturday and coach transfer

·  Reception and Final Dinner on Sunday

·  Portfolio of events including Goodwood Weekend Programme

·  Routes to Goodwood and Cowdray Park

·  Services of CMC Tour Mechanic

Please confirm theatre option if required on booking form. Includes: Full tea followed by Chichester Festival Theatre tickets, interval appetiser and after-theatre supper at the hotel. Coach travel to the theatre and return on Thursday.

This programme has been compiled some 15 months ahead of the event and may be subject to change. The Ball is subject to sponsorship and minimum numbers being attained.

Sponsors of the

Classic weekend