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Schedule for American Orchid Society (AOS) Spring Show

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Spring Show and Meeting 2005
Minneapolis/St.Paul

The Orchid Society of Minnesota
presents
Minnesota Orchid Fever
American Orchid Society (AOS) Members Meeting
  and 
Mid-America Orchid Congress Show

April 20-24, 2005

at the beautiful
Sheraton Bloomington Hotel
Bloomington, Minnesota
10 minutes to MSP Int'l Airport
Free shuttle to the Mall of America 
plus many other attractions


Show Schedule
Following is the preliminary event schedule:

  Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Set-up of Sales and Show8 AM ­ 10:00 PM
Plant Registration 12 PM ­ 6 PM
Event Registration 12 PM ­ 9 PM
AOS Trustee & Chairs Planning 2 PM ­ 4 PM
OSM Hospitality 2 PM ­ 8 PM
AOS Executive Committee 4 PM ­ 10 PM
AOS Judging Forum 8 PM ­ 10 PM
  Thursday, April 21, 2005
Set-up of Sales 8 AM ­ 4 PM
Event Registration 8 AM ­ 6 PM
AOS Chairs Breakfast 7:30 AM ­ 8:45 AM
AOS Committee Meetings 9 AM ­ 12 Noon
Ribbon Judging 9 AM ­ 12 Noon
OSM Hospitality Suite 10 AM ­ 4 PM
AOS Show Screening 12PM - 12:45PM
Judges Lunch 12:45 ­ 1:30 PM
Tour Option 2 PM ­ 4 PM
AOS Judging and Photography 1:30 PM ­ 5 PM
Show Preview Party 8 PM ­ 10 PM
  Friday, April 22, 2005
Affiliated Societies Liaison Breakfast 7:30 AM ­ 8:45 AM
Show and Sales 9 AM ­ 5 PM
Event Registration 9 AM ­ 5 PM
Alex Hirtz - "Orchid Evolution in the Neotropics" 9 AM ­ 10:15 AM
OSM Hospitality 10 AM ­ 4 PM
Trustees Meeting 10:15 AM - 3 PM
Jason Fisher - "Orchids of Japan" 10:45 AM ­ 11:45 AM
AOS Trustees Luncheon 12 Noon ­ 1:00 PM
Francisco Miranda - "Brazilian Cattleya" 1PM - 2 PM
Slipper Orchid Alliance  Lectures: 2 PM ­ 4:00 PM
Karen Muir - "Brachypetalums and their Hybrids"       Jerry Fischer - "New Developments in Phragmipedium"
AOS Executive and Chairs Meeting 3 PM to 4 PM
MAOC Executive Committee and Chairs Meeting 4 PM to 5:45 PM
Slipper Orchid Alliance Open Board Meeting 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
ODC Executive Committee 5 PM ­ 6 PM
MAOC Committee Meetings 6 PM to 7:30 PM
Pleurothallid Alliance Meeting and  Lectures: 7: PM to 10 PM
Alex Hirtz - "New Discoveries in Pleurothallids"            Will Rhodehamel - "Easily Grown Pleurothallids"
  Saturday, April 23, 2005
Judges Forum Breakfast 7:30 AM ­ 9 AM
Show and Sales 9 AM ­ 5 PM
Event Registration 9 AM ­ 3 PM
MAOC Business Meeting 9 AM ­ 11 AM
OSM Hospitality 10 AM ­ 4 PM
Tour Option - Orchids Limited 10 AM ­ 2 PM
IPA Board Meeting 11 AM to 12 PM
Bob Fuchs - "Trends in Vandaceous Intergeneric Breeding" 11 AM to 12 Noon
IPA Luncheon and General Meeting 12:15 to 2 PM
ODC Board Meeting/Annual Meeting 2 PM to 3:30 PM
IPA Lectures: 2 PM to 4 PM
Carolena Betencourt - "Paraphalaenopsis"                Russ Vernon - "How Not to Grow Phalaenopsis"
AOS Auction Preview 5 PM ­ 6 PM
AOS Auction 6 PM ­ 7:30 PM
Banquet 7:30 PM ­ 10 PM
  Sunday, April 24, 2005
Show and Sales 10 AM ­ 4 PM
Lectures for Beginners 12 PM ­ 2 PM
Breakdown 4 PM


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