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The ICGA 2007 convention was held at the Radisson Hotel, airport, Indianapolis, IN, on July 17 - 21, 2007. The Tuesday Early Bird get together was a wonderful Italian pasta surprise. The servers kept the dishes full throughout the meal. Thanks, ICGA!

Wednesday, July 18, 2007, was a full day of activities starting with Fred Stone’s breakfast seminar. Good job, Fred! The first Board meeting was at 9:00 a.m. followed by registration. A different kind of seminar was presented at 2:00 p.m. This featured three couples and was titled “Carnival Glass with Your Spouse.” Brian Pitman questioned each of the couples individually and together about their motivations in collecting. It ran the gamut from high emotions to a nose bleed! The evening special was the Ice Cream Party with very good ice cream and toppings. Along with this activity Ramsey Gross and Hailey Van Natta talked about their collections. Ramsey showed glass that she owns plus some that her brother, Ryan, owns. Hailey was a bit bashful, but cute. We liked this new feature.

Thursday’s breakfast seminar was presented by Janet Knechtel who always does a nice job. Registration started at 10:00 a.m. and the luncheon business meeting was at noon. The afternoon seminar was another unique one featuring Jim Seeck, Jack Targonski, Bruce Hill, and Tom Mordini talking about “The Business of Carnival Glass.” Again, Brian Pitman asked leading questions and one or more of the panelists responded. This was a very enlightening seminar.

Friday, July 20, 2007, started with another breakfast seminar, this one by Rocky Van  Vatta. (It was good to have Rocky talk and get to know him a little better.) A Board meeting followed and then another seminar at 11:00 a.m. featuring Aaron Hurst who talked on “Carnival Glass Across Different Social Backgrounds.” Aaron showed us beautiful glass and was a very entertaining speaker. The Seeck auction preview was at 3:00 p.m. and the banquet followed at 7:00 p.m. The buffet food was very good, especially the dessert table!

Lee Markley presented the awards which were as follows:

Membership - Don and Barb Chamberlain
Distance - Richard and Barbara Thorne

Displays:
Fifth place - Stacy and Des Wills
Fourth place - Reg and Linda Dunham
Third place - Gale Eichhorst
Second place - Larry and Mary Helen Yung, Sr.
First place - Roger and Cathy Dunham

Don Chamberlain presented awards to the Scavenger Hunt winners. The winners were: Ramsey Gross, Hailey Van Natta, and Loretta Nielsen.

Brian thanked everyone who took part in the convention and helped make it a success, and made announcements. Eunice Booker installed the newly elected officers.

We eagerly awaited the banquet talk by Emmett and Dorothy Morgan from Texas. They had a wonderful display of glass and told about purchasing each piece and from whom it was purchased. It was a different approach and very interesting. Thanks, Emmett and Dorothy.

This, basically, closed the convention. But it wasn’t really over yet. Saturday everyone was up early, but not for a breakfast seminar. They were up to go to the Seeck Auction which would start at 9:30 a.m.  For a complete auction report you can click here.

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