Orlando MBSI Convention
By Jody Kravitz
Here's my best shot at re-typing a copy of the MBSI International Convention invitation. Not included in the "official" invitation is exactly what is going to be at "the mart". Mike Ames is planning on bringing a Mills "Violano Virtuoso" a "nickeldeon-style" machine which plays a piano and a violin from a paper roll. This is being brought to demonstrate a MIDI interface and a collection of old and new arrangements played from 3.5" floppies. There will probably be other "surprises" we don't know about yet.
I've run this through the spell checker, but there are probably still some typos in what follows. My apologies for any inaccuracies.
Jody
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1995 Musical Box Society International Annual Meeting
October 18-22, 1995 Clarion Plaza Hotel Orlando, Florida
Registration Information
Registration forms should be mailed to: Mark & Millie Cohn, Registrars
MBSI Orlando Meeting
2824 Cleveland St.
Hollywood, FL 33020-2929
Questions can be addressed to the Cohns by telephone or FAX: (305) 925-6459
o Please send checks in U.S. Funds for International Postal Money Order only,
made out to: "1995 MBSI Meeting". Your registration will be acknowledged
by return mail if received before Sept 15, 1995. All registration materials
can be picked up at the registration desk in the hotel.
o Refunds or cancellations are guaranteed only if the Registrar receives the
request by September 1, 1995 and will cover the basic registration amount
only, unless your optional tours can be filled by other members. Please be
assured that full refunds will be arranged if at all possible.
o In the event of a tour being filled before your registration is received,
the refund will be issued at the registration desk. We will try to fill
any tours that have cancellations at the registration desk.
[ Information on the Clarion Hotel was to be entered here but the
[ hotel is already sold out. However, the room rate was to be $61 and
[ was to be good for a week before and after the convention. It may
[ still be possible to get this rate for non-convention dates close
[ to the convention
o The town & Country shuttle from the Orlando International Airport to
the Clarion Hotel costs $11.00 per person each way.
o The rental car business in Orlando is very competitive, and the rates are
low compared to many other cities. There will be maps available for those who
prefer to drive themselves.
[ The Quality Inn (800-999-8585) and Peabody (800-732-2639) are the
[ "backup" hotels. See more about this, in the next article.
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1995 Musical Box Society International Annual Meeting
October 18-22, 1995 Clarion Plaza Hotel Orlando, Florida
Schedule of Events
Tuesday, October 17
8:00am - 5:00pm Museum Committee Meeting
7:00pm - 9:00pm Registration open
Wednesday, October 18
8:00am - 5:00pm Trustee Meeting and various committee meetings
7:00am - 9:00am Registration open
8:00am - 5:30pm Optional Tour, Jacksonville - St. Augustine - All Day
(lunch Included)
8:00am - 11:00am Optional Tour, Titusville Cylinder Box Collection -
Total time - 3 hours
8:00am - 1:15pm Optional Tour, Tampa Collection. Total time - 4 1/2 hours
Lunch - on your own except for Jacksonville - St. Augustine Tour participants
5:00pm - 9:00pm Optional Tour, Circus Memories - Band Organ Collection and
Rally, Barbecue Dinner, Entertainment
5:00pm - 11:00pm Hospitality Room Open
Dinner on your own for people not on Circus Memories Tour
6:00pm - 9:00pm Registration open
7:00pm - 8:00pm Trustees Reception for 1st Convention Members - poolside
8:00pm - 10:30pm Welcome Social - Poolside. No-host bar
Thursday, October 19
* 7:30am - 8:30am Welcome Breakfast, Announcements
7:00am - 9:00am Registration open
8:00am - 5:30pm Optional Tour, Jacksonville - St. Augustine - All Day
(lunch Included)
8:00am - 5:30pm Optional Tour, Tampa Collection. Last bus at 12:45 pm
Total time - 4 1/2 hours
11:30am - 3:00pm Optional Tour, Titusville, last bus at 3:00 pm -
3 hours total time
Lunch on your own except for Jacksonville - St. Augustine Tour participants
9:00am - 9:00pm Exhibition open, guides giving continuous demonstrations
5:00am - 9:00pm Optional Tour, Circus Memories - Band Organ Collection and
Rally, Barbecue Dinner, Entertainment
Hospitality Room Open
Dinner on your own except for Circus Memories Tour participants
Friday, October 20
7:00am - 9:00am Registration open
8:00am - 12:00pm Workshops
12:00pm - 1:00pm Lunch on your own
1:00pm - 5:00pm Workshops
* 6:00am - Awards dinner, immediately followed by the Business meeting
8:45pm approx Speaker Dr. Jan Jaap Haspels, Director-Curator of the
National Museum, Utrecht, Holland
Saturday, October 21
7:00am - 8:30am Mart Set up
8:30am - 11:30am Mart open
11:30am - 12:30pm Mart tear down and setup up for Public Mart
Lunch on your own
12:30pm - 3:30pm Public Exhibition and Mart - Admitted by tickets or name
badge
3:00pm Immediate Mart Tear Down
6:00pm - 7:00pm Social hour. Photographs taken at entry to Ballroom
* 7:00pm - 10:00pm Musical Memories Banquet and entertainment
Sunday October 22
9:00am - Throughout the day - Open Houses. Provide your own transportation.
* Meals designated with this mark are included in the registration fee.
"On your way home" stops will be listed as well
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[Keynote Address Box]
Dr. Jan Jaap Haspels
Director - Curator,
National Museum, Utrecht, Holland
will speak Friday Evening:
"Renaissance and Baroque Musical Boxes"
[Workshops Box]
Workshops
An outstanding selection of interesting and informative workshops on a variety of subjects, with speakers from several countries.
Each workshop will be scheduled twice.
Wolfgang Brommer: Waldkirch Organ Builders
Robert Gellerman: The Free Reed in Mechanical Musical Instruments
Jan Jaap Haspels: Programming Music for a Musical Clock
Charlie Hind: The Creation of a New Music Box
Murakami Kazou: Music Boxes in Japan Today
Kevin Kline: Musical Collections: A Legal Point of View
Bob Lloyd: History & Collecting Phonographs
Frank Metzger: Little Secrets, Conundrums, and Surprises
Stefan Mueller: Automaticed Production of Musical Movements at Reuge
Jere & Steve Ryder: "Monkey Business"
David Salmanowitz: Black Musical Collectibles
Charles Walker: Specialized Tools for Music Box Restoration
[children welcome box]
Children Welcome!!!
The Southeast Chapter encourages you to bring
your family and make a vacation of this Meeting. We
will make very effort to make this event educational
and FUN! Members will be able to purchase special
tickets for the banquet for your spouse and children
who don't wish to register for the entire meeting. The
banquet entertainment will be enjoyable for children.
There will be a designated area of the banquet hall
for families, but anyone who wishes may choose that
area also. The $61 room rate is guaranteed 1
week before and after the meeting, so you can extend
your stay to "see the sights." Orlando is an ideal
vacation spot! All this and MUSICAL MEMORIES too.
[ample free parking box]
There is a special desk in the Clarion Hotel
which can provide tickets and transportation
to all area Tourist Attractions and Shopping.
We will be making discount tickets available
wherever possible.
There is ample FREE parking for large
vehicles in a designated area of the parking lot.
[bring your band organ box]
BRING YOUR BAND ORGAN for the Rally at
Hall's Wednesday and Thursday evening and for
a public exhibit Saturday in the hotel parking area.
[special airline rates box]
We have special airline rates through Delta and
Continental airlines - 5% to 45% discounts,
connecting overseas with SAS. We also have
special discount rental car rates. Please call All
Seasons Travel Professionals at 1-800-282-2737
to make your reservations. Be sure to ask for the
Musical Box Society discounts. You may FAX
requests to 1-813-894-0030.
[handicapped accessible box]
The Clarion Hotel is fully accessible to the handicapped. However, we need to know early if you are disabled and need special services for any activities.
[register early box]
Register Now!. We will draw one name from the first 100 registrations received. This lucky registrant will receive their hotel room FREE for 4 days. Registrations will be accepted at the regular rate until September 15, 1995. After that date, registration cost will be an additional $10.00. So plan your trip, make your hotel reservation: (we have reserved a room block of 200 rooms at the $61 rate, so reserve early,) and SEND YOUR REGISTRATION NOW. |
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