The 31st Shiflet & Dickson St Patty’s Party and Dealer Show Was One of the Best

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GASTONIA, NC (03.23.23) – The weekend event kicked off Saturday night with a St Patty’s Day Party featuring live music along with food and refreshments in the company’s facility in Gastonia. The Honky Tonk Duo, Gary Fletcher and Bobby Davis, played a set of country tunes as dealers enjoyed their tunes with plenty of refreshments. Plumbing issues did call for many to get creative.

David Holland

Sunday was the Dealer Show day with over two dozen brands represented in the showroom. There were over 200 delicious steak sandwiches from Chris Christoper’s grille and refreshments enjoyed as the show was in progress.

The Honky Tonk Duo Gary Fletcher and Bobby Davis playing at the St Patty’s Party.

Shiflet & Dickson’s VP and GM David Holland stated “This was one of our best shows in our 31 dealer show history. Many dealers told us they had not been able to go to a show in recent years to see the newest 12volt products. With DK Electronics motorcycle and DB Drive Jeep our customers heard what these brands sounded like in a real world setting.”

The showroom on Sunday afternoon.
Dan Klynstra demos the DK Electronics Harley loaded with Xpert-Euphoria gear.

Allison Parker, showing the MAXPRO Film line in the showroom, related “I had really meaning conversations with over 15 dealers about the upcoming window tint season. The green motorcycle outside during demos was so loud it set of my car alarm.” That green motorcyle was the DK Electronics Harley that Dan Klynstra loaded with Xpert-Euphoria products. The DB Drive Jeep added to the action outside.

Jeff Falk shows PowerBass OE Direct Fit speakers flanked by Joe Zelano (L) and Eric Parker from Elite Audio in Spartanburg SC.
Jason Proios demos a new Nakamichi receiver in this image from Mike Colundjia-MC Marketing.

Continuing Holland offered “We had trainings with certain vendors as well as having reps on the show floor to answer questions. We thank Lori Boyer-KICKER, Steve Cote-JVC, Jeff Falk-PowerBass, Phil Maeda-Rydeen, Dallas Lovelace-Metra brands, Allison Parker-MAXPRO Film, Ernie Welch-DB Drive brands, Dennis Montgomery-Tech Marketing and Mike Colundjia-MC Marketing-LinksWell and Nakamichi.

12volt brands to be showcased include Kicker, JVC Mobile, CRUX, Metra, DB Drive, Roadview, Jensen, AudioControl, Polk Audio, PowerBass, Nakamichi, Audio Enhancers, SD Lighting, XPERT, Maximum Power, Planet Audio, MAXPRO FILM, Rydeen and SoundStream.

Phil Maeda (2nd R) rolled the Rydeen demo van in from LA. David Maxon, Dennis Montgomery-Tech Marketing and David Holland are pictured (LtoR).
On Tuesday David Holland working to get dealer orders ready to ship in the Shiflet warehouse.

Concluding Holland stated “Our show was like having over 100 of our large family mmembers come into our facility for a large get together. We also had many of our vendors that offered us special discounts before and after the show to make our dealers more profitable on their sales floors. It was terrific to see all of our extended family members this past weekend..and we look forward to a super 2023.

On Monday and Tuesday, following the show, the Shiflet & Dickson team was busy pulling and shipping show orders. In fact on Tuesday there were 65 UPS shipments along with 2 freight trucks filled with pallets headed to dealers.”

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