HLCCA Conference 2010
Fiesta and HLC Collectors in Nashville, TN
Competitive Exhibits Show and Sale Seminars on a Variety
of Topics
Awards Banquet Door Prizes/Giveaways Conference
Exclusives
Join the Homer Laughlin China Collectors Association for
Conference 2010
in Nashville, TN, where hundreds of enthusiastic people, all
dedicated to
collecting the best in American dinnerware, will meet to
study, buy, sell,
discuss, and network about Homer Laughlin pottery.
Register Here
July 15-18, 2010
Millennium Maxwell House Hotel - Nashville
2025 Rosa L. Parks Boulevard, Nashville, TN 37228
Registrants must make their own hotel reservations by June
14, 2010:
Call Mon. - Fri. 8am-5pm (central time)
1-800-457-4460; request the HLCCA room rate.
(Room rates are $109 + tax per night for single or double
occupancy.
The hotel will also extend this same rate 3 days before and
after
the Conference dates, in case the attendees wish to stay
for a longer vacation.
Preliminary Schedule
Thursday, July 15, 2010
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Conference Registration
(lobby)
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Welcoming Mixer (Cash
Bar)
& Conference
Registration
(Crown Ballroom)
Friday, July 16, 2010
8:00am - 9:00am Conference Registration (Grand
Ballroom East)
9:00am - 10:30am
Continental Breakfast
and Seminar: TBA
(Grand Ballroom East)
10:45am - 12:00noon Seminar: TBA (Grand Ballroom East)
1:45am - 3:30pm Seminar: Come On Over To My
Place:
Collectors Show and
Tell, presented by Daphne Durham
(Grand Ballroom East)
3:45pm - 5:00pm
Seminar: Conversation
with Dave Conley,
HLC Director of Retail
Sales and Marketing
(Grand Ballroom East)
5:30pm -
til
Local Tourism Events
Saturday, July 17, 2010
6:00am - 9:00am
Show & Sale Dealer Booth Set-Up (Grand Ballroom East)
7:00am - 9:00am
Conference Registration (Grand Ballroom East)
7:00am - 9:00am
Exhibits Set-Up (International Rm)
7:00am - 9:00am
Set-up Exhibits for Floral Arrangements and
Tablescape Competition
(International Rm)
9:00am - 2:00pm
Show & Sale (Open
to Conference registrants)
(Grand Ballroom East)
9:15am - 10:00am Exhibit
Judging (International Rm)
10:00am - 2:00pm
Show & Sale (Open
to the Public, $5 donation)
(Grand Ballroom East)
10:00am - 2:00pm
Exhibits (International
Rm)
10:00am - 2:00pm
Floral Arrangements and
Tablescape Competitions
(International Rm)
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Exhibits breakdown
(International Rm)
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Pre-Banquet Cocktail
Hour (Crown Ballroom)
7:00pm - 11:00pm
Annual Awards Banquet,
Vintage Costume Contest,
and
HLCCA Auction (Crown Ballroom)
Sunday, July 18, 2010
9:00am - 11:00am
Breakfast (Crown
Ballroom)
10:00am - 12:00pm
HLCCA Business Meeting
(Crown Ballroom)
General Travel Information:
Millennium Maxwell House Hotel - Nashville
2025 Rosa L. Parks Boulevard, Nashville, TN 37228
Tel: 615-259-4343
Toll free reservations: 1-800-457-4460
(request the HLCCA rate)
Location:
5 minutes from downtown:
Free Hotel Parking,
Free Airport Transportation,
Free Hotel Local Attraction Shuttle, the Millennium
Maxwell House -
Nashville exemplifies the Southern tradition of
gracious hospitality.
Shopping, 2nd Avenue Entertainment District,
restaurants, Country Music
Hall of Fame and Ryman Auditorium are just a few
attractions 5 minutes
from the hotel.
Driving Directions:
NORTH - Louisville, Bowling Green, KY, Springfield, TN -
Madison, TN
(Rivergate) Opryland/Briley Parkway
I-65 South (toward Huntsville). Exit #85 Rosa L. Parks
Boulevard
the ramp will be two lanes - stay in the left lane and
bear right
the hotel is left at the first light.
NORTHWEST - St. Louis, MO - Clarksville, TN
I-24 East to I-65 South (towards Huntsville). Exit #85
Rosa L. Parks
Boulevard the ramp will be two lanes stay in the
left lane and bear right
the hotel is left at the first light.
SOUTH - Birmingham, AL - Lewisburg, Franklin, Brentwood,
TN, Cool Springs
I-65 North (toward Louisville). You will then take Exit
#85 Rosa L. Parks
Boulevard - at the top of the ramp you will turn left at
the light onto
Rosa. L. Parks Boulevard - the hotel is located about 1
1/2 blocks on the left.
SOUTHEAST - Atlanta, GA, Chattanooga, Murfreesboro, TN
Stay I-24 West to Nashville. The interstate will fork
take the right fork exit 211 Clarksville the
interstate will fork again
take the left fork to I-65 South to Huntsville - first
exit will be #85 Rosa L.
Parks Boulevard Exit at the top of the ramp you will
turn left at the light onto
Rosa L. Parks Boulevard the hotel is located about 1
1/2 blocks on the left.
EAST - Asheville, NC, Knoxville, Crookeville, Mt.
Juliet, Lebanon, TN -
Nashville Airport Hermitage, Crossville, West
End/Downtown area
I-40 West to I-65 (toward Louisville). Interstate will
fork again
take the left fork I-65 South to Huntsville take the first
Exit #85
Rosa L. Parks Boulevard. At the top of the ramp you will
turn right
at the light onto Rosa L. Parks Boulevard the hotel is
located about
1 1/2 blocks on the left.
WEST - Little Rock, AR, Memphis, Jackson, Bellevue,
Belle Meade,
Paris, TN
I-40 East to I-65 North (toward Louisville). From I-65
you will take
Exit #85 Rosa L. Parks Boulevard. At the top of the ramp
you will turn left
at the light onto Rosa L. Parks Boulevard the hotel is
located
about 1 1/2 blocks on the left.
Neighborhood Attractions:
Adventure Science Center
800 Fort Negley Blvd.
Country Music Hall of Fame &
Museum, 222 Fifth Ave. South
Fort Nashborough
170 First Ave. North, on ground of Riverfront Park
Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum
301 Sixth Ave. South
Frist Center for the Visual Arts
919 Broadway
Ryman Auditorium
116 Fifth Ave. North
Grand Ole Opry & Museum
2802 Opryland Dr.
Belmont Mansion
1900 Belmont Blvd.
Centennial Park
2600 West End Ave.
The Parthenon
2600 West End Ave, on grounds of Centennial Park
Belle Meade Plantation
5025 Harding Rd.
