-------------------  Attendance Information - General Public

The show and the orchid sales will be held at the Chicago Botanic Garden.

The show will be open to the public from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm on the Saturday and Sunday (28 and 29).   A special hour reserved for photographers will begin at 9:00 am Sunday. Admission to the show is free, but regular CBG parking fees apply.

Here is an informal schedule which includes both general public events and registrant-only events:  Event Schedule
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CBG's Press Release
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Vendors
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It is always in good taste to pre-order plants for delivery at a show ... and it saves shipping charges. :)))

Exhibitors
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Show Booklet
pdf file, page sequenced for printing as such

-------------------  Attendance Information - Registrants

The Speakers
The headliners are Patricia Harding (the Huntleya clade), Hadley Cash (Paphiopedilums),  Dr. Eric Christenson (two lectures: Maxillaria and Orchids of Peru), and Alfredo Manrique (Phrag. kovachii).  Click here for the Speaker Schedule.
(rev. 3/11/07)

Your invitation
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The works!.  :))  Contains our greetings, a description of the show trophies, a list of the speakers, the registration form, sales table request and exhibit space request.  (The forms and some information pages are broken out and made available individually below.)

The host hotel and venue for the registrants' meetings is the Renaissance Chicago North Shore Hotel. 

And here are the group room rates for our registrants.
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Registration Form 
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 Register for the meetings, the affiliated societies breakfast and the banquet.  Print, fill out, attach remittance and mail to the Meetings Registrar per the address on the document. Lower fees in effect until 4/1/07, higher thereafter.  Food selections not available after 4/1/07.  Hint: Lower fee deadline and banquet reservation availability extended if you follow the instructions on this page. :))

Celebrate Orchids - the Banquet
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While you're in Chicago

Travel directions, sights to see,  Chicago photo gallery, public transportation, Chicago web links.  Stay an extra day or two.  Take in the sights.

-------------------  Participation Information

Volunteer Sign Up

Our shows don't happen by accident and they don't spontaneously appear as if by magic.   Help is needed on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  Please examine the list of jobs and sign up with Allison until all the quotas are reached.

IOS Show Rules
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Exhibit Space Request / Sales Table Request
doc files

Print, fill out, attach remittance (if applicable) and mail to the Meetings Registrar per the address on the document.  Sales table requests should be preceded by an email inquiry to the Show Chair (see below) to verify availability.

Plant Registration

Pre-registration by email.

IOS Entry Schedule
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This is the reference document that will tell you the proper classes in which to enter your plants, art work, exhibits, etc.   For the more common genera this should be the only reference document you'll need to register your plants. But if you are registering unusual or unfamiliar plants whose alliances you don't know, you will have to look them up to ascertain what classes they belong to.  See MAOC Class Codes next.

MAOC Class Codes by Genus
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Note -  some genera are spread over more than one class code based on flower color or hybridization.  When multiple class codes are indicated, go back to the IOS Entry Schedule above to pick the appropriate one.

Intergeneric Hybrid Makeup
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Consult this list if you are registering an obscure intergeneric hybrid and are curious as to the genera in its composition.  Just because it's fun to know these things.

-------------------  Contact

Show Chair:    
Volunteer Coordinator:    
Auction Coordinator:    
Plant Registration Coordinator:    
Meetings Registrar:    

-------------------  And bless our other coordinators :))

Banquet entertainment:  Sue Golan  Goodie bags:  Toby Green, Maurice Hardy  Hospitality:  Sherrie Reddick, Linda Juberg,  Claire Papiewski  IOS Display:  Anne Kotowski  Pins:  Beth Engle  Publications:  Loren Pollock  Publicity:  Rosalie Dixler  Raffle:  Barry Lubin  Show schedule:  Pat Kralik  Signage:  Felicia Cochran  Speakers:  Leo Schordje  Sponsors:  Luis Torres  Transportation:  help wanted!  Web information:  Tom Franczak, Dave Tribble