Im not quite up to speed yet on replying to inquiries on arachne.com not sure when Im replying privately and when to the whole group. This is a response to Devons query re things to do in Iowa.
Some years ago (Not long before the great Iowa floods) I did a lace program at the National Czech and Slovak Museum in Cedar Rapids and was very impressed with the museum. Trusting that it is still as wonderful as it was then, I do hope DSLG plans a free day field trip there and if that is not possible that many visitors with spouses in tow will consider that for a side trip. LOTS to see and do in Iowa and of course it is an easy trip from Chicago as well. Looking forward to that convention! EMK Begin forwarded message: > From: dmt11h...@aol.com > Subject: Re: [lace] 2015 IOLI convention July 27 - Aug 2 > Date: January 10, 2014 at 4:00:19 PM CST > To: ekure...@gmail.com > > > Devon > > -----Original Message----- > From: Elizabeth Kurella <ekure...@gmail.com> > To: dmt11home <dmt11h...@aol.com> > Sent: Fri, Jan 10, 2014 2:30 pm > Subject: Re: [lace] 2015 IOLI convention July 27 - Aug 2 > > Do check out Cedar Rapids dont know if Quaker Oaks still does tours there, > but there used to be a significant presence (pre-flood, economic shifts, etc.) > > This might be a bit esoteric, but the National Czech and Slovak Museum in Cedar > Rapids is quite nice. http://www.ncsml.org my Slovak heritage requires I > point that out. You ight enjoy it as well great collection of costume. > Perhaps the IOLI group will plan a field trip. > > Amana colonies are nice > > And just driving around the boonies in Iowa can be quite interesting. I > remember many years ago hearing the most bizarre noise while driving through > farm country. My companion and I decided we had to check it out. It was two > bulls in a field crashing it out head to head. Didnt think farmers put two in > the same field, but who knew! > > And of course Chicago is an easy drive. > > EMK > > > > > On Jan 10, 2014, at 12:57 PM, dmt11h...@aol.com wrote: > > > Dear Lin, > > > > I am looking forward to the Sacramento convention and think that it will be a > > great deal of fun. The location, just where our Gold Rush started is very > > interesting historically, and that theme will yield very interesting entries > > in its contest. I can't wait to get my Bulletin and find out who the teachers > > will be and the details of the trips! I already know that there will be some > > very interesting exhibits. > > > > However I am also glad that an effort is being made to acquaint us with the > > details of the 2015 convention in Coralville, IA. Usually conventions are > > planned many years in advance, as the Sacramento one has been and there is > > chatter and chit- chat for several years as people familiarize themselves with > > the location and make determinations about whether they want to go. In the > > case of the 2015 convention, there was a serious fear that no one would step > > forward to host the convention. In fact some groups who might have been > > interested in hosting found that all the potential hotels were booked up two > > years in advance, and instead chose to ask for years farther out. So, it was a > > tremendous relief when the Doris Southard group stepped up to the plate and > > heroically offered to put on a convention with a very short lead time. Not > > only do they have to put everything in place super quick, but there hasn't > > been the usual opportunity for consciousness of the location to evolve within > > the group. So this is rather an exceptional situation where the normal process > > has already been disrupted. > > > > I don't know about other people, but my vacation time and money are in such > > short supply that I am usually thinking several years in advance about it. I > > confess, I don't know much about Iowa, and I would like to know more. I have > > never taken a vacation in Iowa before. What is there to do? What is there to > > see? What is the hotel going to be like? What special things are going to > > happen there? How do I present the idea of vacationing in Iowa to my spouse > > who also gets to weigh in on decisions? Although initially cool to the idea of > > vacationing in Sacramento, he has researched the area and identified > > activities that he enjoys. Now we are both looking forward to it with (almost) > > equal enthusiasm. At this point I need to know what activities might be > > available to him in Iowa. > > > > I would like to know as much as possible about the Iowa convention and as soon > > as possible. It would be a real shame if the Coralville Convention were to be > > poorly attended because they did not have enough lead time to acquaint the > > lace community with what it had to offer. > > > > Devon > > > > - > > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
