Another beautiful day in Central Oregon at Fiber Connections!\u00a0 Welcome to all new arrivals and safe travels for those of you about to depart for Bend.<\/p>\n
Reminder:\u00a0 All classrooms and the convention center are open at 7:30 AM.\u00a0 Rooms are locked up as the last student and teacher leave between 4:30 and 5:00 PM.\u00a0 Today the convention center will be open until 8 PM and you can bring your looms into those classrooms.<\/strong><\/p>\n Remember to wear your conference nametag all day to all events; it\u2019s your entry identification.<\/strong><\/p>\n Wifi password:\u00a0 river<\/strong><\/p>\n Previous Days\u2019 Blogs:\u00a0 https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/\/blog\/<\/a>\u00a0 Check the blogs from earlier in the week for additional conference information.<\/strong><\/p>\n Currents <\/strong>restaurant is also offering our conference attendees a breakfast buffet special each morning for $16.\u00a0 And a lunch offering \u201cPick 2\u201d from a short menu for $12, in addition to the regular breakfast and lunch menus.<\/p>\n Take some photos <\/strong>of your workshop and the events this week and Submit them here<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and we\u2019ll share them on our conference photo page<\/a> .\u00a0\u00a0 Then everyone can see what fun you\u2019re all having this week!<\/p>\n The Alpaca Ranch Tour<\/strong> has 3 seats available in the vans leaving from the Riverhouse Convention Center entrance at 1 PM today.\u00a0 Time at the ranch will be about 1 hour, and then return to the Convention Center around 3 PM.\u00a0 Transportation is $15 per person, exact change cash.\u00a0 Please pay Ila McCallum as you enter the vans.\u00a0 Also remember we are asking for driver gratuities when you return to the Riverhouse.\u00a0 They do a great job for us and we want to thank them for their timely and friendly service.<\/p>\n Guild Booth and Vendor Booth<\/strong> move-ins begin after the booths are set up in the Exhibit Hall, lower level, Convention Center.\u00a0 We anticipate this will be approx. Noon, but it could be a little later.\u00a0 Please be patient to drive to the lower level and unload your vehicles.\u00a0 It is a tight space, but we have \u201croad monitors\u201d to direct traffic up and down the access lane on the north side of the Convention Center building.\u00a0 An alternative is to unload at the front entrance and move your items downstairs in the elevator at the end of the lobby.\u00a0 Thursday morning move-ins are also encouraged from 8 AM \u2013 Noon.\u00a0 Beginning at Noon Thursday, the Marketplace will be open to all conference attendees to shop and view the guild booths.<\/p>\n Wool Town<\/strong> conference special shopping night 5-7 PM today in downtown Bend.\u00a0 See the advertisement in your conference booklet.\u00a0 Have dinner downtown and visit Katie\u2019s wonderful shop at 115 NW Minnesota St., between Wall and Bond Sts. in the heart of downtown.\u00a0 She is offering refreshments and a special conference attendee discount.<\/p>\n Stoller Wine Raffle <\/strong>tickets are available in the Convention Center lobby \u2013 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.\u00a0 Drawings will be held this week for a lot of bottles of Stoller Chardonnay.<\/p>\n Keynote Address and Fashion Show Tickets<\/strong> are available at the registration desk for $25 each.\u00a0 Cash only for fashion show tickets.\u00a0 There are a limited number of banquet and reception tickets also available due to last minute cancellations.\u00a0 Check with the Registration Desk to get in on a super deal for these Thursday \u2013 Saturday evening events including great food and drink.<\/p>\n Drop off tea towels for the exchange 12:00 PM \u2013 8:00 PM, Convention Center Lobby, Conference attendees only.<\/p>\n Marketplace Vendor setup 12:00 PM \u2013 7:00 PM in the lower level exhibit hall.<\/p>\n Guild booth setup \u2013 12:00 PM \u2013 7:00 PM in the lower level exhibit hall.<\/p>\n Workshops and seminars schedules<\/strong> and room assignments are available below.\u00a0 You may want to download these and save to your device or print them.\u00a0 Your registration packet will also have your schedule, times, and the room assignments.<\/p>\n Schedule and room locations for all workshops<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n