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Convention Hotel Rooms and Scholarships
Have you reserved your hotel room at the Flamingo Resort for the convention? Only a few "double" rooms are left in our block at the lower convention room rates ($139). Once these are snapped up, only Suites ($199 per night) and Executive King ($169 per night) rooms...
Some Convention News
Are you a mandola or mandocello player but don't want to cart your instrument to Santa Rosa? There will be at least one mandola and mandocello available to be borrowed for use in the en masse orchestra. We know that the airlines can make large instrument transport...
Convention Room Shares
Are you looking for a room-mate to share the expense of a hotel room? Provide your name to Carol Ginsburg at [email protected] and she will try to match you with other individuals who are also looking for a room-mate.
Ivers Mandolin Orchestra
This picture was take in 1921, probably in Adams, Massachusetts, and shows my great-grandfather Joseph Ivers (center), great-grandmother Mary Ivers (center holding the Gibson F-4), and several other relatives including my grandfather, and several great-aunts. One of...
Toledo Mandolin Group
Photo taken on Vance Street in Toledo, OH, 1907 The mandolin player is Mr. Dobek, the uke player's identity is unknown (Editor: I believe it's actually a classical guitar.). Four of the others are my uncles on my mom's side of the family. The rest are their buddies...
Unidentified Group
This picture was given to Dave Betts by Antonina Nigrelli as a Christmas present (2008). Do you know anyone in this picture? (received 12/2008)