Show
Chair Message
Dear Alaskan Malamute
Enthusiasts,
The 2006 National &
Regional Specialty shows will be here before you know it!
The Southern Area
encompasses many states and each has their own gift to offer of Southern
Hospitality. Tennessee is known as the Volunteer State! We welcome the AMCA,
its members and guests from far and away to beautiful East Tennessee where
Knoxville will be our hosting city!!
This year, our show will be
in the spacious new Knoxville Convention Center. We will have over 49,000 square feet in the
exhibit hall, and 5 meeting rooms for our seminars.
Our host hotel is located
next door at the Holiday Inn Select (865-522-2800). When booking your room
please use the code AMC to get in the group block’s room rate. You
will need to put a deposit to hold your room in the amount of 1 night’s stay
($99 + tax).
This deposit is refundable
if you cancel your reservation before October 5, 2006. After October 5, 2006
the group block room rate will close and deposits become nonrefundable. They
can be transferred to someone else if you are unable to attend. Please
contact me
as soon as possible if
you need to transfer your deposit to someone else.
If you have ANY difficulty
in procuring your room, please let me know and I’ll help you work it out.
If you are arriving early,
please be aware that this is a football weekend (we take our University of
Tennessee Football very seriously!!) The host hotel rooms will be over $200
for the Friday and Saturday before our Specialty week begins. Check in time
will be 4 PM (EST) on Sunday November 5, 2006.
We will not be able to get
into the Convention Center until 7 AM Sunday morning and we need to let the
show committee and superintendent prepare the Convention Center for our
arrival. I would ask that anyone arriving Sunday morning to please give us
until 10 AM to prepare the convention center for your arrival.
RV people will be able to
park at the Poplar Street lot after the football game is over and the
parking lot empties of the attendees on Saturday evening (November 4). Until
we know what the game time is, I can’t give an estimate as to when that will
be. We hope to have electric power from the utility service, but if not, a
generator will be on site.
Everyone may want to plan
on attending the Tennessee Valley Kennel Club shows being held at Chilhowee
Park. Those dates are November 4 & 5, 2006. The show superintendent is
MB-F, Inc. Our
travelers with RVs can enjoy full hookups at Chilhowee Park, and the TVKC
will be making arrangements with area motels for accommodations. The Show
Chair is making special arrangements to accommodate a large entry! There is
the possibility of 4 majors in the week for Alaskan Malamutes making it
worth the trip here!!
The host hotel and
convention center is located next to the beautifully renovated 1982 World’s
Fair Park. There are plenty of walking trails throughout the park. Many of
the trails connect to Knoxville Greenways. There are also emergency phones
along these paths for safety. Located within an hour’s drive is the Great
Smokey Mountain National Park, or Big South Fork Recreational Area.
On behalf of the 2006
National Show Committee, The Southern Area members, Tina Sanderford, my
co-chair, and I, we welcome you to Knoxville, Tennessee in November 2006.
Hope to see ya’ll soon!!!
DruAnne B. Martin
2006 National Specialty Show Chairperson
Tina Sanderford
2006 National
Specialty Show Co-Chairperson |
