Saturday, April 5, 2014

APIC 2014 Denver National Convention Update

OVERVIEW REGISTRATION AND RESERVATIONS

We are really excited about APIC members' tremendous early response to the forthcoming APIC National Convention to be held in Denver in late July and early August. We have every reason to believe that our Denver Convention will be one the best ever. We have a packed calendar of events from Tuesday, July 29th, through Saturday, August 2. We will have two live auctions, a silent auction and the walk-in Denver rules auctions (Seattle is not a good word to use in Denver – NFL fans understand this). The bourse will be open Friday evening and well intoSaturday afternoon to attract walk-ins. There will be Chalk and Awe, the World Series of Trivia, a Buffalo Meat Dinner, a Saturday Night Entertainment Extravaganza (featuring Dixey City Limits and other great entertainment) , Denver Mint Tours, High Tea at the Brown Palace Hotel, Square Dancing, Seminars, a Presentation by a renowned Colorado History Professor, Chapter Meetings, an Old Fashioned Bull Session and Much, Much More.

The tremendous response means that our room reservations to date are months ahead of projections. Table reservations are increasing a quite a clip as well. Therefore, if you have not as yet registered for the Convention or have not yet reserved your hotel room, we encourage you to do so now.  We would not want you to miss the experience at the convention hotel, the Crowne Plaza Denver International Airport and the $99 per night rate.  Also we want to be sure that all APIC members who want bourse tables get them.

Remember also that we will have free shuttles running most of the convention week that can get you to many of the museums, shopping, restaurants, sights etc. This should make it very family vacation friendly! Come early – stay late – you’ll be glad you did!

MEMBER AUCTION – CALL FOR ITEMS

We are lucky to have Wes Berger and Hal Ottaway heading up the Members Auction. They already have some great items consigned, but we can use many more high quality items. Please contact Wes (pinsforwes@yahoo.com) or Hal (hottaway@cox.net) if you have items to consign.


EXHIBITS – CALL FOR ITEMS

We are also fortunate to have Bob Banwart heading up the Exhibits Committee. The themes we have selected for this convention will include:

Golden Age Elections of 1896 - 1912
Denver National Conventions - 1908 & 2008
Bimetallism - a national frenzy
Rocky Mountain Politicians – Presidential and Local Candidates
(Quality displays outside our Denver Convention themes will be accepted on a case by case basis.)

 If you have items to exhibit, please contact Bob ASAP (rbanwart1@hotmail.com) .

SCHEDULE

Schedule

July 26th
Saturday
Room Hopping
All Day
Sightseeing & Touring on your own
All Day
July 27th
Sunday
Room Hopping
All Day
Sightseeing & Touring on your own
All Day
July 28th
Monday
Room Hopping
All Day
Registration Opens
3-5pm
July 29th
Tuesday
Room Hopping
All Day
Registration Open
9-11am
3rd Annual Chalk and Awe
10am
High Tea Shuttles leave for Brown Palace
1:15pm
Georgetown Train Ride and Mining Tour Outing
TBD
Square Dancing Demonstration
6-7pm
2nd Annual World Series of Political Trivia
8pm
July 30th
Wednesday
Room Hopping
All Day
Registration Open
9am-5pm
Seminars
9am
Seminars
10am
Chapter Meetings
11am
Heritage Auction
12-3pm
Exhibit Setup
3-5pm
Exhibit Setup
7-9pm
President's Reception
5pm
July 31st
Thursday
Bourse/Display Setup
7-9am
Registration Open
8:30am-5pm
Bourse Open to registered APIC members only (kids free)
9am-12pm
Exhibits Open to registered APIC members only (kids free)
9am-12pm
Bourse Open to All (kids free)
12pm-4pm
Exhibits Open to All (kids free)
12pm-4pm
Denver Rules Auction (additional auctions may be held as needed)
2pm and ?
Member Auction Preview
6pm
Member Auction
7pm
Old Fashion Bull Session - Beer Provided
10pm until ?
Aug 1st
Friday
Seminars
9am
Seminars
10am
Seminars
11am
Bourse/Exhibits Open (kids free)
12-4pm
Denver Rules Auction
2pm
Bourse/Exhibits Open (kids free)
6-9pm
Denver Rules Auction
7:30pm
Happy Hour/Local Music
9pm
Aug 2nd
Saturday
Awards Breakfast
8am
Registration Opens
9:30am-2pm
Denver Rules Auction
11:30am
Bourse Open (kids free)
10am-3pm
Dinner Option #1 - Ted's Montana Grill
4:30-6pm
Dinner Option #2 - Ted's Montana Grill
6-7:30pm
Happy Half-hour

Entertainment Extravaganza featuring Dixey City Limits, other live performers and presentations
7pm-??

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