It took plenty of commitment to keep the event going during an early first-day downpour. “The rain really had us worried, but it all worked out.” “There was plenty of anxiety in the months leading up to the show, and even during it,” says Chapter 35 volunteer Jim Bagley, Hornell, N.Y. With numbers like that, the club not only had the budget but also the critical mass needed to sustain a project as ambitious as the Red Power Charge. Under President Anita DeGlopper’s leadership, Chapter 35 had grown to almost 400 members by the time the show was proposed in early 2005. “We had a lot of momentum from the beginning and didn’t want to let it slip.” It wasn’t just about momentum, however.Įnthusiasm for International Harvester has grown to a healthy high in New York. “As one of the newest chapters, we wanted to hit the ground running,” explains Chapter 35 Director Gene Preston, Greece, N.Y. The club produced its first show less than two years after receiving its charter. The regional show, held at the Hemlock (N.Y.) Union Agricultural Society fairgrounds, was the brainchild of the International Harvester Collectors Club’s new upstate New York Chapter 35. The first-ever Red Power Charge went off with such a bang July 28-29, 2006, that even substantial precipitation on the first day couldn’t dampen participants’ spirits.
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