Motorcyclists to ride for orphans SaturdayBy Warren Wise (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Carolina Motorcycle Promotions will hold a "poker run" Saturday to raise money for Jenkins Orphanage in North Charleston and raffle off $1,000 in gasoline. Registration starts at 11 a.m. at Centre Pointe Bar & Grill near Tanger Outlet Mall, where the ride will start. It will end at 5:30 p.m. at Wings Etc. at North Rhett Avenue and Red Bank Road in Goose Creek. Motorcyclists will start at staggered times beginning at noon and collect playing cards from bags at five stops along the 108-mile trip. The actual route will not be disclosed until the day of the ride, said Chad Walton, one of the organizers of the event. This is the first time the group has helped the 117-year-old orphanage, but Walton said they are pleased to try to raise money for the institution. "It gives the riders something worthwhile to do on Saturday," he said. Read more in Thursday's editions of The Post and Courier. |
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Posted by Smart_Enough_2_Know_Better on August 13, 2008 at 3:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Great point- motorcyclists that ride without wearing a helmet ARE increasing the number of orphans.
Posted by letstakeawalk on August 13, 2008 at 4:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Seems like this would be an excellent opportunity for Law Enforcment to enforce the noise ordinance. Fine those riders with loud exhausts:
ARTICLE IX. NOISES
Sec. 13-127. Operation of Vehicles Generally
"It shall be unlawful for any person in the operation of a motor vehicle to cause, suffer or allow any loud, excessive or unusual noise in the operation or use of such motor vehicle upon any of the streets of the city."
Sec. 13-130
"It shall be unlawful for any person to race the engine of any motor vehicle while such vehicle is not in motion, except when necessary to do so in the course of repairing, adjusting or testing the same."
Posted by qwerty on August 13, 2008 at 9:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Interesting info, FYI
The Jenkins Orphanage was established in 1891 by Rev. Daniel J. Jenkins in Charleston, South Carolina. Jenkins was a former slave turned minister who, upon stumbling across homeless youths, decided to organize an orphanage for young African American children, the first of its kind in Charleston. The original site of this orphanage was at 20 Franklin St. in the Old Marine Hospital. This National Historic Landmark, designed by Robert Mills, served as home of the orphanage from 1895 to 1939.
The orphanage took in donations of musical instruments. Not being a musician, Jenkins hired two local Charleston musicians — P.M. "Hatsie" Logan and Francis Eugene Mikell — to tutor the boys in music. Upon its establishment, it became the first and only black instrumental group organized in South Carolina. The band's debut was on the streets of Charleston with the permission of the mayor, police chief, and Chamber of Commerce. The Jenkins Orphanage Band, wearing discarded Citadel uniforms, performed throughout the United States and even toured England raising money for the support of the orphanage. They played in inaugural parades of Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Taft. It appeared at the St. Louis Exposition and the Anglo-American Exposition in 1914. It has toured the USA from coast to coast, and has played in Paris, Berlin, Rome, London, and Vienna. Although as many as five bands were on tour during the 1920s, the band ceased to exist in the 1980s.[1]
link to video of band
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