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Date
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Time
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Event
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Location
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FRIDAY SEPT 12
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Noon-9pm
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Early-Bird Registration
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Hotel Lobby
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7:00pm
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Hospitality Room Open
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Governors Parlor
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7:00pm
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Sales Room Open
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Chairmans Parlor
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7:30pm-10:00pm
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Executive Board / White Tops Meeting
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Salon B
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SATURDAY SEPT 13
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8:00am-7:00pm
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Registration
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Hotel Lobby
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8:00am-7:00pm
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Sales & Hospitality Rooms Open
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8:00am-9:45am
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1st Board of Directors Meeting
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Salon B
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10:00am-Noon
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First General Meeting
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Salon ED
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Noon-1:30pm
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Past President's Luncheon
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Fireside Room
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1:45pm-2:45pm
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"Youth in the Circus" Seminar - Bob Sugarman
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Salon E
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3:00pm-4:00pm
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"Circus Photography" Seminar - David Johnson
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Salon E
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6:30pm
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Calliope Concert - Jack Snyder
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East Parking Lot
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7:00pm-9:00pm
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Selections from the Berkshire Community College Children's Circus
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East Parking Lot under the Big Top
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SUNDAY SEPT 14
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7:30am-8:30am
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Tent & Top Officers Breakfast
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Salon A & B
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8:00am-7:00pm
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Registration
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Hotel Lobby
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8:00am-9:00am
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Protestant Church Service
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Salon E
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8:00am-9:00am
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Sales & Hospitality Rooms Open
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9:00am-9:30pm
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Board Busses for Big E
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10:00am
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Catholic Mass
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Fairgrounds
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NOON
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Dick Whitmarsh Band Concert (Open to the Public)
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Circus Bigtop
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1pm
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Big E Super Circus
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11am -2-4-8pm
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Chinese Acrobats Show
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Avenue of the States
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2:00pm -10:00pm
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Enjoy the Big E - Busses leave hourly back to the hotel
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7:00pm-10:00pm
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Sales & Hospitality Rooms Open
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MONDAY SEPT 15
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8:00am-Noon
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Registration
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Hotel Lobby
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8:00am-7:00pm
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Sales & Hospitality Rooms Open
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9:00am-11:00am
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Second Board of Directors Meeting
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Salon B
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9:00am-10:00am
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"Elephant Conservation Program" - Mary Lou Kelly
(Ringling) and "Animal Rights Updates" - Gordon McKay (OABA)
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Salon C
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10:15am-11:15am
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"The Cradle of the American Circus" Seminar - Terry
Ariano, Curator of Somers Historical Society, Somers, NY
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Salon C
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9:00am - Return
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Side Trip - Sturbridge Village & Basketville - Lunch Cost =
$49.95
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TBA
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1:00pm-5:00pm
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"A Trip Down Memory Lane" - Ward Hall, Greg Parkinson,
Bob Commerford are just a few of the many greats who will THRILL
& AMAZE you with their stories in the Circus and Amusement
Industry
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Salon ED
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TUESDAY SEPT 16 BIG E DAY
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A Day to Remember "BIG E DAY" - Busses
leave hourly for The Big E
Stroll and enjoy New England's finest Fair!!
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Hourly
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Buses from Hotel to Big E
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11:00am
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Lunch with "Struppi" - Cost $15
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Italian Pavilion
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7:00pm
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Big E Super Circus
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After Show
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GALA RECEPTION for Circus Fans and Performer - Hosted by the
Big E. Special speaker = Big E President/CEO & Convention Host
Wayne McCary.
This will include a cocktail hour - Dinner - Entertainment and
Dancing.
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TBD
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Buses back to Hotel
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WEDNESDAY SEPT 17
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8:00am-5:00pm
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Sales & Hospitality Rooms Open
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9:00-11:00am
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Second General Meeting
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Salon ED
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11:15am-12:15pm
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"Circus Ministry" Seminar - Father Jerry Hogan
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Salon C
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2:00pm-4:00pm
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CFA Auction
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Salon ABCD
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6:00pm-7:00pm
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Happy Hour
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Upper Court Yard
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7:00pm
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Closing Banquet
Special Guest Speaker Lisa DuFrense
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Banquet Hall
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"All Out & Over" "See You Down the Road
Folks" "May All Your Days Be Circus Days"
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