Another beautiful day in Central Oregon at Fiber Connections!  Welcome to all new arrivals and safe travels for those of you about to depart for Bend.

Reminder:  All classrooms and the convention center are open at 7:30 AM.  Rooms are locked up as the last student and teacher leave between 4:30 and 5:00 PM.  Today the convention center will be open until 8 PM and you can bring your looms into those classrooms.

Remember to wear your conference nametag all day to all events; it’s your entry identification.

Wifi password:  river

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

Currents restaurant is also offering our conference attendees a breakfast buffet special each morning for $16.  And a lunch offering “Pick 2” from a short menu for $12, in addition to the regular breakfast and lunch menus.

Take some photos of your workshop 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!

The Alpaca Ranch Tour has 3 seats available in the vans leaving from the Riverhouse Convention Center entrance at 1 PM today.  Time at the ranch will be about 1 hour, and then return to the Convention Center around 3 PM.  Transportation is $15 per person, exact change cash.  Please pay Ila McCallum as you enter the vans.  Also remember we are asking for driver gratuities when you return to the Riverhouse.  They do a great job for us and we want to thank them for their timely and friendly service.

Guild Booth and Vendor Booth move-ins begin after the booths are set up in the Exhibit Hall, lower level, Convention Center.  We anticipate this will be approx. Noon, but it could be a little later.  Please be patient to drive to the lower level and unload your vehicles.  It is a tight space, but we have “road monitors” to direct traffic up and down the access lane on the north side of the Convention Center building.  An alternative is to unload at the front entrance and move your items downstairs in the elevator at the end of the lobby.  Thursday morning move-ins are also encouraged from 8 AM – Noon.  Beginning at Noon Thursday, the Marketplace will be open to all conference attendees to shop and view the guild booths.

Wool Town conference special shopping night 5-7 PM today in downtown Bend.  See the advertisement in your conference booklet.  Have dinner downtown and visit Katie’s wonderful shop at 115 NW Minnesota St., between Wall and Bond Sts. in the heart of downtown.  She is offering refreshments and a special conference attendee discount.

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.

Keynote Address and Fashion Show Tickets are available at the registration desk for $25 each.  Cash only for fashion show tickets.  There are a limited number of banquet and reception tickets also available due to last minute cancellations.  Check with the Registration Desk to get in on a super deal for these Thursday – Saturday evening events including great food and drink.

Drop off tea towels for the exchange 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Convention Center Lobby, Conference attendees only.

Marketplace Vendor setup 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM in the lower level exhibit hall.

Guild booth setup – 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM in the lower level exhibit hall.

Workshops and seminars schedules and room assignments are available below.  You may want to download these and save to your device or print them.  Your registration packet will also have your schedule, times, and the room assignments.

Schedule and room locations for all workshops

Schedule and room locations for all Friday-Saturday seminars

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

Sara Alvarado
Jean Cockelreas
Tina Cowles
Patty Crane
Barb Harrison
Ed Lomas
Kathy O’Hern
Sheryl Small

Tuesday Winners

Ilze Tomsevics
Allison Harding
Tina Butler
Debbie Ellis
Marty Lemke
Mimi Dillman
Terry Olson
Claudia Gahagan

Have a great day! The Registration desk will be open today from 8 AM – 8 PM.  The Info desk will be open all week 8 AM – 6 PM; both are in the Convention Center lobby.