When the organizers of the Brookswood Community Car Show said it would happen 鈥渞ain or shine,鈥� they weren鈥檛 kidding.

Brookswood residents Angela Hollister and Marlee Grant were both laughing as they explained how they had washed Hollister鈥檚 lovingly restored 1994 Ford pickup truck for the show, while it was raining, the night before, only to have the rain continue pouring down on the actual day of the event, Sunday, May 26.

鈥淸We worked on it] in the rain yesterday, all day, and it鈥檚 still raining,鈥� Grant grinned from beneath a sheltering umbrella.

Hollister was determined to show her prized F-150.

鈥淚 bought it on a Gulf island a few years ago, on Texada Island, and I鈥檝e been restoring it back to, hopefully, original [condition]. That鈥檚 my goal,鈥� Hollister told the 91原创 Advance Times.

鈥滻 always wanted to have a Ford F-150, ever since I was a kid.鈥�

They had some advice for people attending rainy car shows.

鈥淏ring an umbrella and some warm clothes,鈥� Hollister recommended.

鈥淟ayers,鈥� Grant remarked.

Organizer Scott Strudwick was undeterred by the downpour.

鈥淯nfortunately the weather did not cooperate this year, but we always have a plan for that,鈥漇trudwick said,

Vehicles were relocated to the school parking lot rather than risk damaging the grass-covered sports field that usually serves as the show site.

鈥榃e still have people come in and showing up and we鈥檙e expecting see a bunch of families later,鈥� he said.

鈥淲e have great indoor events here as well for kids. So we鈥檙e used to it. We plan for it. We live in the West Coast.鈥�

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Steve Williams was setting up portable awnings next to his classic 1957 Chevy ambulance.

鈥淭his car is an original B.C. ambulance came out of a small community called Essendale or Riverview as it鈥檚 known today 鈥� the provincial psychiatric facility at Riverview,鈥� he explained.

Williams, a member of the Pharaohs car club, explained that he doesn鈥檛 correct kids when they get excited at the sight of his ambulance and incorrectly link it to the Ghostbusters movie.

鈥淕hostbusters is a 鈥�69 Cadillac,鈥� Williams smiled.

鈥淭his, of course is a 鈥�57 Chevy but they鈥檙e very similar and kids don鈥檛 know the difference, and they are all over this, calling it the Ghostbusters machine, and I let them run with it.鈥�

An online posting by organizers declared the event a success despite the rain.

鈥淲e were able to raise thousands of dollars which will all be going to Brookswood.secondary and includes two new scholarships,鈥� it said. 鈥� Here鈥檚 to even bigger and better things next year.鈥�

Funds raised by the Brookswood car show will be used to support the school breakfast program, as well as music and applied skills programs (specifically automotive and trades).

Brookswood Secondary is home to approximately 1,100 students in grades 8 through 12.

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