Posted by Jerry (RED) Klauss on 1/19/2005, 8:52 am, in reply to "Hello, It's been a while." --Previous Message--
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HI KEV. hope everything is OK. Congrats on Wedding and Graduation .My Wife Jeanne ran the Novelty stand and Peter and I did your Sound System.Good Luck w/ your Announcing Jobs, You sure put life into the Demo. Derby.
Jerry.
: Hello, everybody, the fans, drivers
: and everyone who were associated
: with the great Freeport Speedway of
: the 70s and 80s.
:
: I was the last track announcer at
: that fabled insitution.
:
: A lot has happened since then. I
: have done PA work for the New York
: Islanders. For 14 years, announced
: the New York Police/Fireman Hockey
: game at both Madison Square Garden
: and Nassau Coliseum.
:
: I got married at age 44, my wife put
: me through college and now I PA/DJ
: announce big-time college basketball
: for my alma-mater, Iona College and
: coach Jeff Ruland.
:
: I have announced football at Giants
: Stadium and this April, I will begin
: my 15th year as the Ring Announcer
: for the Golden Gloves Boxing at
: Madison Square Garden.
:
: Don Campi who owned Freeport
: Speedway gave me my first truly
: professional sport announcing job.
: It gave me experience to handle
: crowds.
: My description of the
: backward-forward demolition derby I
: guess, became my trademark.
:
: I work at Cablevision's News 12
: Westchester, besides announcing
: sports I own my own announcing
: business.
:
: It all started at Freeport Speedway.
: I miss it so much, and I hope you'll
: drop me a line to see who
: everybody's doing.
:
: God bless,
: Kevin Van Meter
: Track Announcer, Freeport Speedway
: 1976-1984 (The track closing)
:
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