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.