Day 5 and we’re still upright!  That’s a win in my book – hope you’re having fun, learning a lot, and visiting with friends.  That’s what a fiber arts conference is all about.

Remember to wear your conference nametag all day to all events; it’s your entry identification.  Please remember to bring your banquet ticket if you purchased one a la carte, and also your meal ticket if you have a vegetarian meal or any meal with dietary restrictions.  The server will collect those and bring you the right dinner!

Important Notice:  Please vacate all Cascade classrooms right at 4 PM today and tomorrow to allow the Convention Center staff to convert these rooms into our ballroom for the evening events.

Wifi password:  River

Previous Days’ Blogs:  https://anwgconference.org/archive/2023//blog/  Check the blogs from earlier in the week for additional conference information.

This morning we have the ANWG Annual Membership Meeting 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM, Cascade G, ANWG Reps given priority.

Registration is open today 8 AM – 6 PM, as is the Info Desk in the lobby.

Seminars run today 9 AM-Noon and 1-4 PM.  Maps are on the website.  Schedule and room locations for all Friday-Saturday seminars

Book signing by Linda Kubik will occur this morning in the Marketplace from 9-11 AM.

Demonstrations will be taking place all day in the Cascade Garden, outside at the south end of the Convention Center.

Win a $50 gift certificate to Eugene Textile Center! The first person to find someone with a nametag pouch that exactly matches their own will win a $50 gift certificate to ETC (sharing is strongly encouraged). If you think you have a winner, wearers of the twin pouches should see Sue Walsh at the Registration Desk on Friday from 8 AM-6 PM. If the prize isn’t claimed by then, it will be awarded at random to a conference attendee. Good luck!

HGA-COE Weaving Applicant Meeting is in Cascade G, 12:00 –12:45 PM today.

The Marketplace is open to the public today as well as all of you from 9 AM – 6 PM.  Guild booths are in this same exhibit hall, lower level of the Convention Center.  Come and see them, shop, and sit and knit or spin.  We have a wide variety of vendors for your shopping pleasure – take advantage of it!  Shop, shop, shop – No sales tax in Oregon!!

Deschutes rooms are open from 9-6 PM today and contain all the show exhibits:  Juried Show, Instructors Show, Open Show, and Conference Colors Exhibit.  This large room is located behind the restaurant in the main hotel bldg. at the opposite end from the hotel lobby.  The entries in these shows are stunning.  Talk about inspiration, you will find something you just love and want to weave/spin/felt in this room.

Drop off your tea towel at the exchange booth in the Convention Center lobby between Noon-5 PM.

Tonight is our Banquet in the Convention Center Ballroom 6:00 PM, no-host bar 5:00 – 7:30 PM. Remember to wear your nametag and bring your meal ticket if you have dietary restrictions or a vegetarian meal.  Requires admission through a conference package purchase or an a la carte ticket. Keynote Speaker Jeanne Carver, Shaniko Wool Company – 7:30 PM. Requires admission through a conference package purchase or an a la carte ticket.

Take some photos of your class and the events this week and Submit them here and we’ll share them on our conference photo page .   Then everyone can see what fun you’re all having this week!

Stoller Wine Raffle tickets are available in the Convention Center lobby – put your name and cell phone # on the back of one ticket, drop it in the Hot Pink box, and keep the other half of the ticket.  Drawings will be held this week for a lot of bottles of Stoller Chardonnay.

Thursday Wine Winners! Pick up your bottle at the Info Desk in the lobby.

Sharon Allen (OR)
Patty Beckmann
Marya Bolyanatz
Mary Davis
Margaret Marcusen
Jeanne Miller
Stephanie Peterson
Dean Potter

Thursday Door Prize Winners!  Pick up your certificate at the Registration Desk in the lobby.

Mina Ossiander
Leonidas Lucey
Leslie Verts
Catherine Christo
Judith Rees
Cheryl Siard

Door prizes will be drawn again on today.  Winners are posted on the easel in the lobby near the Tea Towel Exchange.  Check and see if your name is up there!