Sanford Sound Hosted The 27th Annual Show N’ Shine

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SANFORD, ME (08.01.23) – The 27th Annual Sanford Sound Show N’ Shine filled the grounds surrounding the company’s retail location on Sunday, July 30st.

“This year’s Show-n-Shine was the third at our new location and the weather was absolutely perfect. Last year we were mobbed. This year was even busier and the largest ever for our Annual Show N’ Shine as we had nearly 170 cars registered. It seemed almost every square foot of our property was filled with Show-n-Shine cars and activities” Owner Jack Bogard related.

Attendees lined up Sunday morning to register their vehicles for the show.

Tents were set up for demos with JL Audio, Memphis Audio and Rockford Fosgate. The Sanford Sound RZR was loaded with Memphis PowerSports products. Bill French was on site representing JL Audio while Chad Boone demoed the RZR under the Memphis tent. Byran Case manned the Rockford Fosgate booth and all handed out brochures and giveaways plus spent time with attendees.

Jack Bogard and his wife by the Memphis Audio tent by the Sanford Sound van that’s loaded with Memphis Audio gear. Jack is wearing a large Memphis Audio Gold Medallion around his neck.
The grounds for the Show N Shine ran along a main road that added to the visibility.

“This year we set up vendor row and attendees spent time visiting all of the 13 brands that we spotlight at Sanford Sound. It was super to see the tents with JL Audio, Memphis Audio and Rockford Fosgate busy. Local business owners said they had never seen Route 4 so busy on Sunday” Bogard offered.

A number of area businesses were on site showing their products that 12volt enthusiasts could utilize. Vehicle restoration, lift modifications, stickers and more were offered. Food trucks were on site and the lemonade stand reported selling over 300 refreshments.

Miss New Hampshire 2023 was on site at the Show N Shine. Ashley in real life is Jack Bogard’s daughter who will head to Vegas for this year’s Miss America Pageant.
Classics are becoming a larger part of the Show N Shine each year.

“We also had several clubs attend the Show N’ Shine in big numbers. Team Conflicted had 13cars on site and won the car club top award. Also, we had a number of cars with out of state license plates… including Connecticut, Vermont, New York and Rhode Island” Bogard added.

There was an amazing number of custom trophies created for the 21 classes and set up for all to see before the awards presentation.

This amazing ‘62 Corvette won the Best Classic award. The 62 year old owner was actually driving down the street and saw the show and wheeled in to spent the day with his wife having fun.
There was a wide range of vehicles on the event grounds.

Bogard concluded “A really big thing for us at a Sanford Sound Show-n-Shine event is seeing all the happy, smiling faces. Members of the crowd were showing their rides and checking out other’s rides.The level of customization of the vehicles in the show this year was amazing. Long term this will lead to residual business for us at Sanford Sound. A huge shout out to all, especially family and staff who participated in, and contributed to, the very successful 27th Annual Sanford Sound Show-n-Shine”

Amazing trophies were prepared for the 21 car show classes.
Attendees at the Show N Shine event checked out a wide range of exhibits.

Sanford, ME is a town of just over 20,000. Sanford Sound is a responsible business member of the community and had an officer on site to help with the increased traffic for the event which packed Route 4 on Sunday afternoon.

Visit sanfordsound.com for more.