Upcoming Events of the National Carousel Association

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2007 Convention - Seattle, Washington

The 2007 NCA Convention will be held September 12-16 in the Seattle, Washington area.

WESTERN WASHINGTON & NORTHEWEST OREGON
NORTHWEST CAROUSEL ADVENTURE

Contact: Tom Allen (email) 511 Lakeside Ave. South, Seattle, WA 98144

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Important note about hotel 1-800 registration:
Please disregard The Holiday Inn 800 number. Instead, call the hotel direct at 425-226 7700.

You are invited to attend the 35th annual convention of the National Carousel Association headquartered at the Holiday Inn Select at 1 Grady Way, Renton, WA 98057 (Seattle suburb). Your itinerary will also include an overnight stay at the Holiday Inn Downtown/Convention Center, Portland, Oregon on Thursday September 13th. This will be the second NCA convention in the Northwest but our itinerary will be quite different from the 1995 convention. We will see 7 carousels, a very large museum collection and the Mt St Helens visitor center.
~~1917 PTC #43 wagon mounted portable carousel at the Western Washington Fairgrounds
~~2006 Community Carousel carved by the Washington Antique Carousel Society for the
Pt Defiance Zoo, Tacoma, WA
~~1921 Parker 72 horse 4-row Park Machine at Jansen Beach Mall, Portland, OR
~~1911 Herschell-Spillman menagerie carousel at Oaks Park Amusement Park, Portland, OR
~~ Part of the collection from the Museum of International Carousel Art, Hood River, OR
~~1900 Herschell-Spillman track machine at Cleveland Park in Bickleton, WA
~~1906 Parker portable machine at Enchanted Village, Federal Way, WA
~~1918 PTC #45 in it’s new home at Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, WA

We will also go to the Mt St Helens - Johnston Ridge Observatory center for an amazing encounter with nature. http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/04mshnvm/attractions/johnston-ridge.shtml

~We will be visiting 2 incredible zoos with time to visit an African savannah, a tropical rainforest, as well as polar bears, beluga whales and walruses.
~Friday night’s dinner will be a BBQ at the Cleveland Park Rodeo grounds prepared by the ladies of Bickleton, Washington.
~We will enjoy a concert on the famous Wurlitzer pipe organ at the Oaks Park Skating Rink
~A trip to the Perron Family “barn” to see the amazing collection that will soon be back in the International Museum of Carousel Art at it’s new location in Dee, Oregon.

Wednesday night dinner will include guest speakers and a panel discussion. The Roundabout Faire will be set up Wednesday night prior and after dinner and Saturday night prior to our banquet.

Convention Schedule

The schedule for the activities at the 2007 convention is:

• Wednesday, September 12
  
  • Pre-Trips
  • City tour or Boeing Plant Tour
  • Dinner and program (Seattle Area)
• Thursday, September 13
  
  • Puyallup Fair (Washington)
  • Point Defiance Zoo (Washington)
  • Mt. St. Helens (Washington)
  • Jantzen Beach (Oregon)
  • Dinner on your own
• Friday, September 14
  
  • Oaks Park (Oregon)
  • International Museum of Carousel Art Collection (Oregon)
  • Bickleton (Washington)
  • Dinner (Washington)
• Saturday, September 15
  
  • Enchanted Village (Washington)
  • Woodland Park Zoo (Washington)
  • Dinner & Auction (Seattle Area)
• Sunday, September 16
  • Meeting (Seattle Area)
  • Post Convention Tours (on own)
    • Private Collection Tours
    • Seattle / Bainbridge Island / Redmond