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2011 CHEF Conference-Photos

The conference is held at the St. Charles Convention Center in Missouri, but the hotel that is attached is called the “Embassy Suites.”  In this picture you can see the lobby and breakfast area from 6 stories up.

 

 

 

 

Noah & Mom heading down to breakfast the first morning...

A few of the attendees in the convention center

Eating pizza the evening of the first day

 

One of the booths at the vendor hall

 

There were a lot of other young men going to Mr. Potter’s sessions

I’m not sure why but I found this picture of a headless listener very funny.

 

Photo Shoot before the Ball:

The ladies with their hoop skirts

In a lot of the Civil War-era photos the subjects aren’t smiling so we took a few photos without smiling either

Some filmmakers at the conference were filming a scene with a Civil War dance so we all volunteered for a few hours to be in front of the camera.  I’ll post a link to the film on this blog whenever it becomes available.

We got to know the Mays family a lot better at this conference and my brothers and I spent most of our time with their son, Nate.

Eating a fabulous made-to-order breakfast with the Mays family

I sold this clock to Nate, but he only paid me with Confederate money.

  During the last evening of the conference there was a Civil War ball (hence all of the lessons we had taken for the past few months.)  There were a lot more people there for the ball and also in costume than I had ever imagined.  I am not a very good guesser but there were probably 300 dancers on the floor.

  The video I got from the ball isn’t as good as the footage I’ve filmed at the dance lessons, but I’ll post a few videos from the ball whenever I have the time.

Hanging Out with the LaMottes @ Embassy Suites

    We arrived at the St. Charles Convention Center a day early and helped the vendors get their booths set up.  We had a fun time with some of the other boys who were also working and got a good game of Dutch Blitz going with them.  Playing Dutch Blitz is a tradition of our family;  we always play a game at the CHEF Conference.

   One reason why I really enjoyed this year’s conference is because the LaMottes attended the conference with us for their first time.  We also knew a lot of the attendees from the dance lessons we’d taken.