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Hot Summer Nights
Relive the "cruising" era every summer with Hot Summer Nights. All cars, trucks and motorcycles, no matter the make or model, are invited to the Bagnell Dam Strip to participate. Show off your ride by parking on or cruising the Strip for all to see! Hot Summer Nights has grown to be one of the largest monthly "cruise-in" in Missouri. Thousands of spectators and hundreds of cruisers and auto enthusiasts from all over Missouri and surrounding states travel to the Historic Bagnell Dam Strip for the award-winning event. The whole family will enjoy all that the Strip has to offer, in addition to the Hot Summer Nights cruises.
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Vettes For Veterans
During the final cruise of Hot Summer Nights, it has become a tradition to pay special tribute to honor veterans and military men and women. This tradition began with the Lake Area Chamber of Commerce and the Wounded Warriors program. Lake of the Ozarks Corvette Club members utilized their Corvettes, as well as other local volunteers in trucks and cars, to carry a "wounded warrior' down the Strip during the finale of Hot Summer Nights. Lake of the Ozarks Corvette Club and the Hot Summer Nights committee wanted to continue honoring veterans, so the former president and current member Don Sturn worked to add it into the program. In 2014, Vettes for Veterans was created allowing Lake of the Ozarks Corvette Club members to parade Lake Area veterans of all times of services, military branches and foreign war combat to be honored during Hot Summer Nights. More than 70 men and women were recognized the first year and more than 100 were honored during last year's event, which included 61 Lake Area individuals who represent each branch of the U.S. military and include combat vets from WWII to Afghanistan.
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2016 Hot Summer Nights Finale
The final cruise of Hot Summer Nights will begin with a parade that begins around 6:10 - 6:15 that will head down Bagnell Dam Boulevard to the Strip.The Fort Leonard Wood Color Guard will join the veterans and corvettes at McDonalds and lead them to the Strip. A giant American flag will welcome the veterans to the Strip and announcer will introduce each veteran and driver to the crowd, who will be waving mini-American flags. At this year's event, KC Flight will fly over the crowd during the caravan.
Family-Friendly Events at the Lake of the Ozarks
Although the summer may be coming to an end, there are still many fun family-friendly events. If you own a condo at the Lake of the Ozarks, you can enjoy all that the Lake of the Ozarks has to offer year-round. Isla Del Sol is the Lake area's only private island condo. Our beautiful waterfront condos at the Lake of the Ozarks are close to many of these events like Hot Summer Nights. If you are interested in learning more about Isla Del Sol, visit our website at www.IslaDelSolLakeOzarks.com or call 573-552-8418.
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