| Date | Time | Description |
| 08/30/2012 | 2:00PM till 6:00PM Registration Open | Arrive at Embassy Suites Hotel August 30,2012:
ZFest 2012 Greenville Coming Home Sweet Sixteen Registration. |
| All Day | Car wash is available in the parking lot of the Embassy Suite Hotel daily after 2PM. Please help keep the area clean. |
| All Day | Check-in and Registration will be set up at the Embassy Suites lobby Atrium and will be staffed from 2 PM to 5:30PM.
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| New Membership or Renewal | New membership or renewal of your existing membership will be available at ZFest 2012 at the registration desk for all to renew your membership or join ZSCCA for the coming year. |
| ZFest 2012 Tee Shirts | ZFest 2012 Coming Home Greenville Sweet Sixteen tee shirts will be available for sale at Registration table, The cost of the shirt is $22.00. If we sell out of the shirts we have at Zfest 2012 Coming Home Greenville, there will be a shirt on display so you can see what they will look like when you order your shirt. They will be available for sale all weekend.
We will also be taking orders for the 2012 ZSCCA logo polo at a cost of $65.00. |
| All Day | Raffle tickets will be on sale all day for a chance to win your Zfest 2012 Embassy Suites Hotel 3 night stay to be paid for by ZSCCA.
Tickets will be on sale on line when you register at ZFest.com, the ZSCCA registration check-in desk, or from a ZSCCA Representative for $10.00 each, 3 for $20.00 or 10 for $50.00.
The drawing will be held Saturday evening during the final banquet. |
| 2:00 PM 6:00 PM | Silent Auction Starts for Make-A-Wish |
| BMW Zentrum Panoramic Photo Raffle Tickets | Raffle tickets go on sale at 2:00 PM, at the registration check-in desk, for the front row center 5 slots for the Panoramic 2012 ZFest Greenville Coming Home Photo on Saturday at 10:00 AM. This is too help support Make-A-Wish Foundation of South Carolina. So buy a ticket or many tickets as this is going for a good cause. |
| Vendors | We are working on a great list of vendors that will be attending the ZFest 2012 Coming Home Greenville, Thursday through Saturday to offer there services and expertise for each of the attendees as in the past Homecomings. They will be in the Embassy Suites Parking lot from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM and Paid attendees have first service over non paid attendees.
If you have suggestions on a vendor you would like to see there please send us and email and let us know. |
| 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM | ZSCCA Sweet Sixteen Cocktail Party will be from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM for registered ZFest attendee's with there ZFest ID and Hotel Room Key. For Non registered Hotel guest but ZFest attendee's there is a cost of $10 / person charge per person. |
| All Evening | Dinner is on your own after the cocktail party with old and new friends and other ZSCCA club members at your favorite local area restaurants or at the Embassy Suites Hotel. The ZFest team is working with local restaurants to have them provide discount coupons or 2 for 1 dinners. If you need recommendation's please see one of the ZSCCA registration staff. |
| 7:30 PM Evening Cruise to Falls Park | There will be an evening cruise for all that is interested to Reedy River Falls Park in downtown Greenville at 7:00 PM following the ZSCCA cocktail party. It will form in the street side parking lot. This is a great place and a way for us to showcase Greenville and what it has to offer.
There will also be beach music by a group to be announced from 7:00 to 10:30 PM.
A must see in Greenville in the evening. |
| 08/31/2012 | All Day | Day 2 ZFest 2012 Greenville Coming Home Sweet Sixteen. |
| 8:00 AM to 9:00AM First Time Attendee's Breakfast | There will be a First Time Attendee Welcome meeting at 8:00 AM till 9:00 in a room to be announced. Please make sure when you register for ZFest 2012 to let us know if this is your first time so we can let you know where the meeting will be held.
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| Breakfast 6:00 AM to 9:00 AM | For all attendee's breakfast is from 6:00 AM to 9:00 AM. |
| ZFest 2012 Tee Shirts and Polo's | ZFest 2012 Coming Home Greenville tee shirts will be available for sale at Registration table, The cost of the shirt is $22.00. If we sell out of the shirts we have at Zfest 2012 Coming Home Greenville, there will be a shirt on display so you can see what they will look like when you order your shirt. They will be available for sale all weekend. ZFest 2012 Polo's are also available for order at the registration desk at $65.00 each. |
| 8:30 Am to 12:00 Am Registration | For those folks arriving Friday, registration will reopen Friday morning from 8:30 AM till 12:00 Am in the Lobby Atrium to pick up your registration packet or get information on activities occurring during the weekend. If you arrive after 12:00 AM you will need to contact David Weeks , ZFest Coordinator, to get your registration packet at 864-414-7911 or me paged at the front desk. |
| 8:30 AM to 7:00 PM | Raffle tickets will be on sale for a chance to win your Embassy Suites Hotel 3 night stay to be paid for.
Tickets will be on sale at the ZSCCA registration desk or from a ZSCCA Representative for $10.00 each, 3 for $20.00 or 10 for $50.00. |
| ICar Tours | ICAR tours, TBA |
| BMW Zentrum Panoramic Photo Raffle Tickets | Raffle tickets will be on sale all day Friday , available at the registration check-in desk from 8:30 Am till 11:00 AM, and then from a ZSCCA ZFest Staff member till 7:00 PM. This is for the front row center 5 slots for the Panoramic 2012 ZFest Greenville Coming Home Photo on Saturday at the BMW factory in front of the Zentrum at 10:00 AM. This is too help support Make-A-Wish Foundation of South Carolina. So buy a ticket or many tickets as this is going for a good cause. |
| Vendors | Vendors will be on site from 9:00 am till 5:00 PM |
| 9:00 AM Seat Bushing Clinic | Al Mancuso will be holding the Seat Bushing Clinic at the Embassy Suites parking lot on Friday morning August 31, 2012. The cost of the clinic is $TBD per seat, all money will go to Make-A-Wish. The tools you will needed are : Blanket or Towel, 16mm Socket, 13mm Socket, Ratchet & Extensions, T25 & T50 Torx Bites, and 100 Grit Sand Paper. |
| All Day Drives | Several Area Drives will be posted on a sign up board in the lobby. This is to assist new attendee's and groups wishing to get together for a specific drive. These drives are at your at your leisure and by your own group. |
| BMW: The Zentrum Museum & Plant Tour | BMW Plant has set up for special Plant Tours for our Zfest 2012 Coming Home Greenville group.
The Plant Tour times are as follows:
Friday Morning Tours: 8:45, 8:55, 9:05, and 9:15.
Friday Afternoon Tours: 1:00, 1:10, 1:20 and 1:30.
When you check in at registration please let us know if you are interested in a Plant Tour and Time slot. The tickets are a First Come First Serve on the time slots. Please be on site and ready for the tour 15 minutes before your tour time!!
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| Plant Tours Must Attire !! | You Must Have Closed Shoes to take the plant tour, No Exceptions!!
No slips on, strapped on shoes etc. Tennis shoes is a good example of the shoes you will need!! or to make it simple any closed shoe that laces up. |
| 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM | The BMW CCA Foundation would like to invite the participants to our open house on August 31, 2012. We are putting together a selection of all the Z cars that will be on display outside our office. Come by between 10am and 3pm to visit the Foundation and see our great BMW memorabilia and literature collection. We are looking forward to having the ZFest people in town.
http://www.bmwccafoundation.org/ |
| Lunch | Lunch Friday is on your own or with old and new friends attending ZFest 2012 or while you are on a great cruise in the area. If you need suggestions on where to do lunch please ask a ZFest 2012 staff member or the front desk. |
| 8:00 AM Area Rep Meeting | Chris Wootten will be holding an Area Rep meeting 4:pm Friday, August 31, 2012 at one of the meeting rooms at the Embassy Suites Hotel. Room TBD and Area Rep's will be advised. |
| 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM | Managers Cocktail 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM for Hotel registered ZFest guest.
Non-Hotel ZFest attendees there will be a $10 / person charge per night. |
| 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM | Buffet Dinner will be served inside the banquet room starting at 6:00PM to 7:30PM. |
| 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM | Dance to follow dinner 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM with a Open Cash Bar. The Ashby Stokes Band will entertain us with an evening of fun and great music. Drawing for the Front Row 5 Slots will be done during the dance. You must be present to win.!! |
| After 3 PM | Car wash is available in the parking lot of the Embassy Suite Hotel daily after 2 PM till. Please help keep the area clean. |
| 09/01/2012 | All Day | Day 3 ZFest 2011 Greenville Coming Home Sweet Sixteen. |
| Morning | Breakfast till 6:00 AM to 9:00 AM your leisure.
If you wish to make the Panoramic Photo you will need to eat early so you can get your car lined up for the photo at 10:00 AM. Staging starts at 8:30 AM. |
| All day till Drawing at Banquet 7:00 PM | Final Day for Raffle tickets for a chance to win your Embassy Suites Hotel 3 night stay to be paid for. Tickets will be on sale at the ZSCCA Dinner registration desk or from a ZSCCA Representative for $10.00 each, 3 for $20.00 or 10 for $50.00. Drawing will be held during the Saturday night banquet. |
| Vendors | Vendors will be on site in the Embassy Suites Parking Lot from 12:00 am till 5:00 PM. |
| For The Ladies 9:00 AM till 5:00 PM | For the Ladies - Essential Bodywear !!
Location and Room Number in the Embassy Suite Hotel, ( In Side ) TBA. |
| 10:00 AM Panoramic Photo At the BMW Zentrum | AT 10:00 AM Saturday the Panoramic ZFest 2012 Car photo will be taken. Please start staging at 8:30 AM.
There will be a raffle for the 5 Center front row slots to help raise money for Make-A-Wish Foundation. Buy your tickets when you register on Thursday and Friday during the day as the drawing will be Friday evening at the dance.. |
| 11.00 AM to 1:30 PM Lunch in Greer | Following the Panoramic Photo the city of Greer SC has graciously open its doors to welcome the ZFest 2012 group to come and have lunch down town at several of there wonderful restaurants. The city has also in our honor closed a street, just for the ZFest 2012 group, so that we may park our cars down town all together and display them as we are doing lunch.
The menu's are open and each of us are on our own for lunch. |
| All Day | Several Area Drives to choose from to be driven at your at your leisure. Check the sign up board if you wish to go with a group. |
| 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM | ConcourZ in the Embassy Suite Parking Lot |
| All Day | Car wash is available in the parking lot of the Embassy Suite Hotel daily after 3 PM. Please help keep the area clean. |
| 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM | Managers Cocktail 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM for Hotel registered ZFest guest.
Non-Hotel ZFest attendees there will be a $10 / person charge per night. |
| 6:30 PM | Final Banquet and Awards Ceremony , Presentation of funds raised for Make-A-Wish presentation 6:30 PM till. There will also be a 50/50 drawing. |
| 7:00 PM Till | Open Cash Bar |
| 09/02/2012 | All Day | Day 4 The Final ZFest 2012 Greenville Coming Home Sweet Sixteen. |
| 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM | Breakfast 6:00 AM till 10:00 AM your leisure if not doing the Sunday drive. |
| 10:00 AM Brunch / Lunch Cruise | ***** Sunday Cruise This Is A Must Register If you Plan To Go!! ********
Sunday at 10:00 AM there will be a Closing Cruise from the Embassy Suites Hotel to Brevard North Carolina drive ending with lunch / brunch at the Hob Nob Restaurant. Please let David Weeks know ASAP or no later then August 1, 2011 if you will be attending by sending an email to dgw1750@yahoo.com so I can get a head count to let the restaurant know how many to expect for the outing. |