9 am - ? — 1st Board of Directors Meeting (Board Room-Salon)
9 am - 1:30 pm — Holland Without a Passport (optional $65) This tour will depart the hotel at 9 am and arrive a short 35-minutes later at Windmill Island Gardens (windmillisland.org) where we will have a guided tour of the gardens and the 249-year old Dutch windmill, then proceed to Nelis' Village for the complete Dutch experience. (dutchvillage.com). Box lunch included.
9 am - 8 pm— Bull/Hospitality Rooms Open (closed during general session) Goodie bag pick-up in Hospitality Room
Noon - 1:30— Past President's Luncheon (Board Room)
2 - 3:30 — First General Session (Grand Centennial Ballroom)
4 - 5 pm — Seminar #1 - Grand River Ballroom Gary Payne will follow his excellent seminar at the Las Vegas convention with an up-date and new information and material to better direct our response to the challenges of the animal activists.
Dinner on your own
8 - 10 pm — KooKoo Club Special Entertainment: Circle City Sidewalk Stompers Clown Band (watch video below) and Birthday Party for PT Barnum - snacks & cash bar (Grand River Ballroom)
September 19 - Sundayrevisions in bright blue
8-9am— Catholic Mass with Fr. Notter, CFA Chaplin
9-10 am — CFA Church Service (Grand River Ballroom) Interfaith service by Bob & Becky Brunton Musical Ministry
4:30 — Depart for Gerald Ford Museum Reception private showing and beverages & lite buffet
8 pm — Return to Hotel
September 20 - Monday
9 am - 1:30 pm — Hospitality Room open (registration available)
9 am - 2 pm— Bull Room Closing at 2pm.
9 am - 10 am — Seminar #2
John Ringling North II will respond to attendees questions with this totally unique opportunity for a Q&Q session with the descendant of the Ringling circus founders, and the owner of the Kelly Miller Circus (Grand Centennial Ballroom)
10 am -10:30 am— Break (coffee, etc furnished)
10 am - 2:30 — Auction Items on Display (Grand River Ballroom)
10:30 am - 12 noon— 2nd General Session (Grand Centennial Ballroom)
Noon - 1:30 — Lunch on your own
1:30 - 2:15 pm — Seminar #3
Jamie MacVicar will share his insights and experiences as an advance man for RBBB and the 17 years of trials he experienced in publishing his recently released book: "The Advance Man." (Grand Centennial Ballroom)
2:30 - 4:30 pm— Auction (Grand River Ballroom)
6:30 pm — Cocktail Reception (Grand Concourse or Ballroom)
Cash bar 6:30 - 9 pm.
7:30 pm— Closing Banquet SpeakerSteve Smith. Not only a sought after motivational speaker, but one who brings to us his life-long experience as a performing clown for RBBB, including Director of the RBBB Clown College, plus his years programming performances for RBBB and the Big Apple, and more currently the world's largest cruise liner. (Grand Centennial Ballroom)
September 21 - Tuesday
8:30 - 10 am — 2nd Board of Directors Meeting (Continental breakfast)
9 am - noon — Hospitality Rooms open (Hospitality area with coffee & donuts)
10 - 11:30 am — Circus Preservation Board Meeting
11 am— Hotel Check Out
9:30 - 4 pm - Optional tour of the Meyer May House and Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park CANCELED.
