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Austin Hosts Live American Chopper Show and Weekend Biker Event.


Radisson Town Lake is Official Hotel Sponsor

AUSTIN, Texas -- Auditorium Shores is the place to be for bike lovers this weekend as the Orange County Choppers Orange County Choppers (OCC) is a custom motorcycle manufacturer founded by Paul Teutul, Sr. and Paul Teutul, Jr. in 1999. The company is featured on American Chopper  roll into Austin as part of their OCC OCC

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 in America 2006 Tour.

"We love Austin, and we have a huge fan base in Texas," says Paul Teutul Paul Teutul may refer to:
  • Paul Teutul, Sr., founder of Orange County Choppers.
  • Paul Teutul, Jr., his son.
, Sr., star of the popular TV show American Chopper. Event organizers expect Austin to be the largest stop on this four-city tour.

"Radisson Hotel and Suites Town Lake looks forward to hosting the crew and visitors to the event. Biker fans already know us because we're host to hundreds of bikers every year during the Republic of Texas Biker Rally," says Radisson GM Tom Schurr. "Thanks to our proximity to Auditorium Shores, it will be easy for event-goers to move between the event and the Radisson."

The hotel has special packages for the weekend-long event. For info on the Radisson's special OCC weekend rate, call 512-478-9611 or visit www.radisson.com/occ_austin.

The event lasts all weekend long and includes:

* Live show from Auditorium shores (Stars Paul Sr., Paulie and Mikey along with the OCC crew will build a bike on stage and give it away to a fan at the end of the weekend);

* Amazing bike displays at Auditorium shores and at the Radisson Hotel and Suites on Town Lake (including well-known bikes from the show such as the Fire bike The Fire Bike was a motorcycle built by Orange County Choppers on the American reality television show American Chopper. It was put together by everyone at OCC, the project holding more emotional weight with its ties to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It was, as Paul Teutul Sr.  and the POW/MIA bike);

* Charity Ride on Saturday, Oct. 28th;

* Live performances by the OCC Band, Van Wilks, and Dale Watson.

Gov. Rick Perry will be on hand to auction off a Harley Davidson Motorcycle signed by 17 Congressional Medal of Honor Congressional Medal of Honor
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The highest U.S. military decoration, awarded in the name of Congress to members of the armed forces for gallantry and bravery beyond the call of duty in action against an enemy.

Noun 1.
 recipients. Proceeds will benefit Freedom's Angles (non-profit charitable foundation which benefits America's military and their families) as well as a building project at the Brooke Army Medical Center Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio is part of the United States Army Health Services Command. It is a University of Texas Health Science Center and USUHS teaching hospital and contains the Army Burn Center.  for returning veterans who were severely burned in Iraq.

For more info on the event, visit the OCC in America website at http://occinamerica.com/austin/activities.html

The Radisson Hotel & Suites Austin is located downtown on Town Lake, next to the Congress Avenue bridge The Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge (formerly Congress Avenue Bridge) runs over the Colorado River, at Lady Bird Lake (formerly Town Lake) in Austin, Texas. The bridge is currently home to the world's largest urban bat colony,[1]  and is walking distance to businesses, the Convention Center, Austin's Warehouse and 6th Street Entertainment Districts and other points of interest. In addition to the full-service Starbucks, the hotel hosts its own TGI TGI Tribunal de Grande Instance
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 Friday's Town Lake.

The Radisson Hotel and Suites Austin offers upscale accommodations in a unique downtown/lakeside setting. The 413 room hotel features 99 two-room suites and 314 renovated guest rooms, many with views of Town Lake. Whether you need to hold a small executive meeting or a function for 600 people, the Radisson Hotel and Suites Austin has flexible meeting space. Sure to meet your event needs. For reservations visit http://www.radisson.com/austintx/ or call toll free (800) 333-3333.
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