It's on. And the first group planning meeting of club members on Saturday, May 30, kicked it off: a national gathering of Jag people for the JCNA general meeting and this first "International Jaguar Festival." The two sessions are scheduled for the end of March and first of April 2016 and are expected to draw more than 400 people. The Festival will attract an amazing collection of cars for the Concours d'Elegance, rally, tour, and slalom.

In fact, for weeks president Robert Bronstein, Dennis Eynon, and Phil Parker have been hard at work lining up the venue and developing the complicated plan for getting this big event together.

At the planning meeting, the member group got an overview briefing and a list of some of the major pieces needed to pull it together, including an extensive "spouses" program.

The planning group will meet monthly until the event at this same spot, Marv's Garage in Scottsdale Air Park, the car storage operation owned by JCCA Vice President Rosemary Price.