{"id":769,"date":"2021-09-23T08:53:56","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T15:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldkingmineghosttown.com\/?p=769"},"modified":"2021-09-23T09:00:26","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T16:00:26","slug":"jerome-jamboree-xxx-starts-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldkingmineghosttown.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/23\/jerome-jamboree-xxx-starts-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerome Jamboree XXX Starts Today!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<figure id=\"attachment_771\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-771\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-771\" src=\"https:\/\/goldkingmineghosttown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-VW-Raffle-Prize-300x254.jpg\" alt=\"2021 VW Raffle Prize\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goldkingmineghosttown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-VW-Raffle-Prize-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goldkingmineghosttown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-VW-Raffle-Prize-768x651.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goldkingmineghosttown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-VW-Raffle-Prize-567x480.jpg 567w, https:\/\/goldkingmineghosttown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-VW-Raffle-Prize.jpg 995w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-771\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2021 VW Raffle Prize!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re so excited to begin seeing and hearing the VW&#8217;s making their presence known in the Verde Valley today!\u00a0 Make plans to visit the Gold King Mine this weekend to view some amazing as well as Rare VW&#8217;s.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t forget to purchase your raffle tickets for yet another vintage restored VW giveaway!\u00a0 That&#8217;s right folks, you heard it here!\u00a0 Don&#8217;t forget that you need to be present to win at Sunday morning&#8217;s final event, the drawing of the winner&#8217;s ticket!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what Kudo&#8217;s Vyto Starinskas wrote about the event;[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<div id=\"quote-69d293a7a6071\" class=\"leap-quote double-quotes\"><style type=\"text\/css\" scoped>#quote-69d293a7a6071.single-quotes-bg, #quote-69d293a7a6071.double-quotes-bg {background-color: ;}#quote-69d293a7a6071 .quote-inner > i  {font-size: large;color: #dd9933;}#quote-69d293a7a6071 .quote-inner > div  {font-size: ;color: ;padding-right: 20px;padding-left: 20px;}<\/style><div class=\"quote-inner\"><i class=\"fa fa-quote-left\"><\/i><div>Like dinosaurs fighting off extinction, more than 200 VW buses will be seen making the pilgrimage up to the 30th annual Jerome VW Bus Jamboree from Thursday, Sept. 23, through Sunday, Sept. 26. Even though the drivers of these buses may travel in the slow lane, they are living life in the fast lane at the Arizona Bus Club\u2019s Jerome Jamboree where hundreds of vintage Volkswagens will converge at the Gold King Mine for a four-day campout and mini-convention with live music. The highlight of the event is the $1 ticket raffle to win a refurbished 1968 VW bus, valued around $40,000 this year. You can bet your sweet bippy, that\u2019s groovy. The event was canceled last year due to COVID, but a Cottonwood resident drove away with the winning VW bus in 2019 valued at $25,000. This year\u2019s raffle bus was refurbished in Phoenix and was donated by a club member who passed away a few years ago, said Joe Jacinto, events coordinator for the Arizona Bus Club. \u201cYou have to be there to win it,\u201d Jacinto explained. The drawing is Sunday at noon, but you can purchase it sometime during the event Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning. \u201cThis is the event you might be able to win a bus for a dollar,\u201d Jacinto pointed out. The winning bus was not always worth as much, explained Jacinto. The buses were once cherished by hippies and young adventurers. Now they are cherished by investors. VW buses are not produce produced anymore so they are collector\u2019s items. Buyers from as far away as Germany are buying buses and bringing them home, he said. Jacinto said the estimated market value for this year\u2019s raffle bus is around $40,000 and $45,000, if he is not mistaken, Jacinto said. But a similar bus may have been worth about $5,000 or $10,000 30 years ago. He said the proceeds of the raffle go back to the bus community for their events and the cost of buying raffle buses. The public does not need to have a bus to come to the event and the $5 entrance fee goes to buy future buses and to the community. Gates will open at 10 a.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday and people can view the air-cooled Volkswagens until the sun sets, he said. The group has purchased a new stage for live music and \u201clocals are welcome to hang out with us\u201d until 10 p.m., he said. In 2019, Jacinto said the event had almost 250 Volkswagen buses and a variety of other VW vehicles like Bugs, Things, Karmann-Ghias and Fastbacks. The buses range from the 1950s to 2003, he said. VW buses are getting harder and harder to find today, Jacinto said. 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