Convention Overview

Please review this updated convention schedule; changes made since the registration packets were sent out are noted in bold.

A copy of this schedule, including any further updates, will be included in the registration folder that you will pick up at the hotel.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6
10 am NJ Historical Society tour (sold out)
3 pm Fashion Institute of Technology tour (sold out)
7-11 pm Dover Welcome Reception (souvenir)
Artists Gallery/Odin Collection
Location: Ballrooms A&B

THURSDAY, AUGUST 7
10 am-6 pm. Raffles all day in Centennial Room (8 a.m. set up)
9 am-5 pm Workshops in Ballrooms A&B
7 -11 pm Banquet-- Fashion theme
(souvenir and goody bag distribution)
Special Guests: Jane Powell and Dick Moore
Barbara Barnett/Artists Gallery/Dress-a-Doll display/raffle
David Wolfe presentation
Location: Ballrooms C&D

FRIDAY, AUGUST 8
Raffles all day in Centennial Room
8:30 am-5 pm Competition in Ballrooms C&D
Set-up: 8:30--10:00 AM
Judging: 10:30 AM--Noon
Room locked: Noon--1:00 PM
Viewing: 1:00--3:30 PM
Take-Down/Check-out: 3:45--5:00 PM
9 am-5 pm Workshops in Ballrooms A&B
7 -11 pm Banquet-- NYC-TV theme (souvenir)
Lorna Currie Thomopoulos presentation
Location: Ballrooms C&D

SATURDAY, AUGUST 9
7-9 am Sales Room Set-up in Embassy Ballroom (ABC&D)
9 am-4:30 pm Sales Room Open
7 -11 pm Broadway Banquet (souvenir)
Fanny Gray Awards
Raffle Drawing
Location: Ballrooms C&D

SUNDAY, AUGUST 10
9-11 am Farewell Reception (souvenir)
Gene Marshall 101 with Mel Odom
2009 Convention (Deanna Williams)
Location: Ballrooms A&B