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By Richard O Jones, Staff Writer 8:11 PM Wednesday, July 1, 2009

HAMILTON — A group of concerned citizens has organized a car show from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, July 4, to benefit the Booker T. Washington Community Center.

Registration for the “Peace is the Key to Life Car Show” begins 9 a.m., said organizer Frank Arrington.

“We are looking for all kinds of vehicles,” Arrington said. “There will be three classes: Corvettes, Street Rods and Street Machines, which is an open class for any kind of car.”

There is a $10 entry fee for each vehicle. Trophies will be awarded to first, second and third place cars in each class. Visitors may vote for the People’s Choice Award, which carries a $100 cash prize in addition to a trophy.

Live entertainment includes performances by the country band Tattoo Billy, above, at 3 p.m. and by r&b duo Lamar and Yolanda Drake, below, members of the band L.Y.D.: Live Your Dreams, at 4 p.m.

Tattoo Billy will perform songs from their upcoming third CD “South of Dixie.” Songs from the band’s first album “American Shakespeare” appeared in the vampire film “Immortally Yours.”

L.Y.D.’s debut CD, “The Beginning,” was released in the spring of 2001. Lamar O. Drake, a self-taught musician and arranger, has written television and radio commercials for Cadillac and Oldsmobile commercials received TV and radio airplay. He also is one of the organizers of the event along with Arrington and Eugene Wiggins, Arrington said.

“We’re just trying to help out the community center because we understand that we’re about to lose it,” Arrington said.

The car show is part of the BTW Homecoming Reunion and precedes a “tennis court dance” at 8 p.m. that evening.

The Booker T. Washington Community Center is located at 1140 S Front St., Hamilton. For more information, call (513) 785-2451.

Contact this reporter at (513) 820-2188 or rjones@coxohio.com.

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