Charleston, South Carolina Arriving in Charleston early or staying on after the Convention? We will have a book at the Registration Desk with lists of Charleston attractions you can visit. In addition, we will have maps available for members to take walking tours of Charleston.
THINGS TO DO AND SEE • The South Carolina Aquarium. www.scaquarium.org • Haunted Harbor Ghost and Pirate Tour. www.SandlapperTours.com • American Military Museum. www.americanmilitarymuseum.org • The Citadel Museum. • The North Charleston & American LaFrance Fire Museum. www.legacyofheroes.org. Located across the street from the Embassy Suites. • Old City Market. Market St. between Meeting and East Bay Streets. • Ten Charleston area golf courses. • Charleston Riverdogs Baseball. New York Yankees Class A team. www.riverdogs.com • King Street in Charleston is known for its many antique stores. • Citadel Mall - www.citadelmall.net. Located 15 minutes from the hotel. • Tanger Outlet Mall. www.tangeroutlet.com. Located across the street from the hotel. • I-Max Theater.
GETTING TO CHARLESTON Charleston is easily reached from anywhere in the country by auto, plane, or train. Our Convention Hotel, The Embassy Suites Hotel / Convention Center is located approximately two miles from the Charleston Airport. A free shuttle bus is available from the airport to the hotel and back.
THE CONVENTION HOTEL The 2011 TTOS Convention Hotel is the Embassy Suites Hotel Airport / Convention Center. The hotel address is 5055 International Blvd., North Charleston, SC 29418. The telephone and fax numbers are 843747-1882, and 843-725-1300 respectively. The hotel room rate is $149.00 per night with up to four guests to a room. Each guest room is a two-room suite with approximately 530 square feet. The following is included in the hotel room rate. • Business Center (24 hours) with complimentary internet
• Complimentary Parking for hotel guests • Complimentary Cooked to Order Breakfast • Complimentary Evening Manager’s Reception with Hors d’ Oeuvres and beverages • Complimentary Fitness Center • Complimentary airport pick-up and drop-off • Complimentary Tanger Outlet Shuttle Guestroom Amenities: • King or two double beds • Queen sofa sleeper • Two televisions with remote controls • Two telephones with voicemail • Dining room table with four chairs • Iron and ironing board • Hair dryer • Mini refrigerator • Wet bar / Microwave oven • Coffee maker with complimentary coffee • Work station • Individual air and heating controls • Available high speed wireless internet Other Hotel Services: • • • • • • • •
Full Service Restaurant – Palm Tree Grille Full Service Lounge – Falls Lounge Gift Shop Room Service Concierge Service Laundry / Dry Cleaning Service Wireless / High Speed internet Indoor heated pool, whirlpool, sauna and sun deck • 11 Passenger Shuttle to Downtown Charleston available for a nominal fee • ATM
THE TRADING HALL The trading hall is located in the Ballroom B & C of the Convention Center; it is a huge, spacious hall that is well lit.
TRADING TABLE INFORMATION Please note the deadline for signing up for trading tables is July 10, 2011. Trading tables are eight feet long, and thirty inches deep (8’ X 30”). Trading tables are $30.00 each. Please remember to bring covers for your merchandise. Members wishing to have tables with a friend need to attach a note to their registration forms. TTOS will do its best to accommodate member’s wishes when making table assignments. If there are extra trading tables available at the start of the convention, they will be sold to members on a first come, first served basis. There is a $40.00 fee for electricity drops to selling tables.
SET-UP FOR SELLERS is: THURSDAY August 11, 2011 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm FRIDAY August 12, 2011 7:00 am to 9:00 am
SET-UP FOR LAYOUTS IS: THURSDAY August 11, 2011 8:00 am to 5:00 pm The trading hall is open to members only on Friday at 9:00 am and Saturday after the membership meeting. The general public will be allowed to enter the trading hall from 12:00 am to 3:00 pm on Friday, and 11:00 am to 2:00 pm on Saturday. When the trading hall closes on Saturday at 2:00 pm, sellers will have until 3:30 pm to clear the hall to allow the hotel staff to reset the hall. Once the TTOS staff closes the trading and exhibit halls no one is allowed inside until the next morning. TTOS and the hotel will provide security for the halls during the overnight hours.
AUCTIONS & RAFFLES There will be raffles and a lot auction in the trading hall. The lot auction begins at 3 pm on Friday in the trading hall after the table sales close for the day. There is a $10.00 per lot fee for merchandise placed in the auction. All items in the auction are sold AS-IS. Absentee bid sheets will be available for the lot auction. We will have raffle on Friday and another one on Saturday for TTOS members and the members of the public attending our event. There will be a children’s raffle for kids under the age of 12 drawn on Friday and Saturday.
WELCOME PARTY
LAYOUTS & DISPLAYS
Ballroom A in the Convention Center is the location of our famous Welcome Party on Thursday night August 11th.
The layouts and displays will be located inside the trading hall (Ballroom B).
The Welcome Party includes hot and cold Hors d’ Oeuvres, No-Host bar, and Silent Auction. We encourage members to purchase Welcome Party tickets at the early buy price of $40.00 each with their registration. Welcome Party tickets will be available at the door subject to availability at $45.00 each. The highlight of the Welcome Party is the Silent Auction, where members can bid on all sorts of toy train merchandise. Traditionally, the Silent Auction offered merchandise from the TTOS archives as well as merchandise donated by members and the TTOS Divisions. A few years ago, we started including some premium items and pre and postwar trains to spice up the event. For 2011 we will continue to add premium and prewar and postwar items to the Silent Auction for our members enjoyment.
SUPER RAFFLE In 2008 TTOS introduced a new type of raffle we call the “Super Raffle.” The Super Raffle featured three exciting high dollar prizes and proved to be a hit with our members. For our 2011 TTOS Convention we are pleased to announce we are continuing the Super Raffle. Tickets for the Super Raffle are $10.00 each, which gives the buyer two chances to win. Members may purchase as many tickets as they desire for more chances to win a prize. We will sell a maximum of 1000 Super Raffle tickets. We sell Super Raffle tickets only at the convention to TTOS members registered to attend the convention. The winning tickets will be drawn at the Saturday night banquet, and the winner need not be present to win.
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IMPORTANT TOUR INFORMATION 1. Tours tend to sell out early and/or have limited seating. We suggest registering early so you get the tours you want. 2. All transportation and admission fees are included in tour prices. 3. Meals NOT included, except where indicated in tour description. 4. Tours that do not reach 85 percent of capacity are subject to cancellation. 5. The deadline for tour refunds is July 10, 2011. 6. The deadline for convention refunds is July 10, 2011. 7. All tours will depart from the Embassy Suites Hotel. Be at the bus at least 20 minutes prior to departure. 8. NO REFUNDS IF YOU MISS THE BUS. 9. Most important: Relax and have a good time.
TOUR: 1T
TUESDAY, AUGUST 09, 2011 PATRIOTS POINT & FORT SUMTER $ 95.00 per person DEPARTURE: 9:00 AM • RETURN: 4:00 PM
Our first tour will be Patriots Point, the world’s largest naval and maritime museum. You will visit the World War 2 era Essex class aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, known as the “Fighting Lady.” The tour docents aboard the Yorktown are U.S. military veterans. In addition to the aircraft and other exhibits on the Yorktown, you
will visit the Medal of Honor Museum, dedicated to recipients of the United States highest military honor, the Congressional Medal of Honor. Your visit to Patriots Point also includes one of the last diesel submarines, the USS Clamagore, and the Vietnam Naval Support Base with its Sea Cobra and Huey helicopters, and a river patrol boat also known as a “Pibber.” You will enjoy a delicious hot lunch in the CPO Mess aboard the Yorktown before boarding the General Beauregard for your tour of Fort Sumter. Upon arrival at Fort Sumter, where the Civil War began, a ranger from the National Park Service will give you an informative introduction before you tour this famous bastion and its marvelous museum and gift shop.
TOUR: 2T
TUESDAY, AUGUST 09, 2011 CHARLESTON AREA MODEL RAILROAD CLUB AND “BEST FRIEND OF CHARLESTON” MUSEUM TOUR
$15.00 per person DEPARTURE: 6:00 PM • RETURN: 9:30 PM Charleston Area Model Railroad Club is located in a 40 foot by 40 foot store in the Citadel Mall with multiple layouts in the following gauges: O, S, HO, and N. The “Best Friend of Charleston” Museum is located next door. The “Best Friend of Charleston” was the first steam
locomotive in the United States to establish regularly scheduled passenger service. A docent will share her knowledge and show the replicas and historical documents that are on display.
TTOS CHARLESTON CONVENTION TOURS FOR 2011 TOUR: 1W
TOUR: 1TH
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2011
THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 2011
RAILROADING TOURS
CHARLESTON TEA PLANTATION AND IRVIN HOUSE VINEYARDS / FIREFLY DISTILLERY
$125.00 per person DEPARTURE: 7:00 AM • RETURN: 7:30 PM You will travel via motor coach to the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, North Carolina. The museum is located on the grounds of the Southern Railway’s Spencer Shops, and includes one of the largest roundhouses ever constructed, and one of the few remaining in the United States. You will be able to tour the museum exhibits, tour the 37-stall roundhouse filled with railroad equipment, take a train ride around the museum, and ride the 100-foot turntable. After lunch, you will board the coach to travel to Columbia, South Carolina to visit a toy train club, the Associated Model Railroad Club of Columbia, and a couple of home layouts. This will be a long, action-packed day! You will receive a box lunch at the railroad museum, in addition to drinks and snacks during the day on the coach. We will show videos during the trip, and have four raffles during the day for guests.
The coach will stop for dinner in Columbia either before or after the layout visit depending on the time of arrival in Columbia. Since you will be on your own for dinner, the meal stop will be in a location that offers both sit-down and fast food dining options.
$115.00 per person DEPARTURE: 11:00 AM • RETURN: 6:00 PM
As you cross beautiful marshlands and travel lovely live oak canopied roads, you will be treated to the history of the large plantations that once occupied these islands and stories of the unique culture and language of the sea island black people who worked these plantations. One of the highlights of this tour will be a stop at the Charleston Tea Plantation, the only tea plantation in the United States. Over 100 years ago, tea planters brought their finest plants from China, India, and Ceylon to the South Carolina Low Country. Now the descendants of those very plants are growing strong at the nation’s only tea plantation, nestled on a serene sea island near the historic city of Charleston. At the tea plantation, you will take a narrated tour of the tea field, tour the tea factory, and visit the gift shop where you will be treated to a sample of this delicious tea. Next, you will travel to the Firefly Distillery located at the Irvin House Vineyards. As you enter the gates at Irvin House, you will be enchanted with the neat rows of muscadine vines so lovingly planted by the Irvin family. They bear fruit that is not only delicious but also excellent for your health. Upon arrival, your hosts will introduce you to the muscadine and the process used for making their wonderful wines. After you have had the chance to soak up this great country farm atmosphere you will be treated to tastes of the wine and the delicious Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka, which originated on this plantation. What a wonderful way to spend the afternoon in the Deep South! Note: A bag lunch is included at the Tea Plantation with Chicken Salad Sandwich, Chips, a Cookie and a soft drink or bottled water. There will be additional bottled water on the coach.
2012 TTOS NATIONAL CONVENTION: SANTA CLARA, CA
TTOS CHARLESTON CONVENTION TOURS FOR 2011 TOUR: 2F
TOUR: 1S
FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 2011
SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 2011
CARRIAGE AND DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON TOUR
MAGNOLIA GARDENS AND DRAYTON HALL PLANTATIONS
$55.00 per person DEPARTURE: 8:30 AM • RETURN: 2:30 PM
$105.00 per person DEPARTURE: 9:00 AM • RETURN: 3:00 PM
Guests will depart from the Embassy Suites Hotel at 8:30 am and travel by motor coach to the downtown Charleston area for a narrated horse drawn carriage
Visit two of the most beautiful plantations in the Low Country, both of which were owned by members of the Drayton family. Your first stop will be at Magnolia Gardens, one of the most beautiful and romantic gardens in the western hemisphere and the ancestral home of the Drayton family for generations. Carved from a cypress swamp by the Rev. John Drayton in the early 19th century Magnolia Gardens is considered one of the most beautiful gardens in the world. As you stroll her lush pathways, the unique Magnolia Gardens will surely enchant you. After touring the gardens, board the Nature Train that will take you into part of the Audubon Swamp Garden, home to
ride through the historic downtown area. After the carriage ride, our convention guests will have free time to explore Charleston and grab a meal in one the many fine eating establishments that Charleston has to offer. After your day in Charleston, the motor coach will return you to the hotel.
TOUR: 1F
FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 2011 HOME LAYOUT TOURS $30.00 per person DEPARTURE TOUR A: 3:00 PM DEPARTURE TOUR B: 5:30 PM RETURN: 10:30 PM The Friday night home layout tours are always a TTOS Convention favorite. This year you will visit multiple layouts in the Charleston or Columbia areas. Note: At press time for this brochure, complete layout descriptions were not available. Please view the layout descriptions on the TTOS web site www.ttos.org as they become available.
scores of water loving creatures and traversed by boardwalks, dikes, and bridges designed to put the visitor in close contact with the garden inhabitants. You may even see an alligator and will have the opportunity to view the abundant bird population of the Low Country. Our second stop of the day is Drayton Hall Plantation (circa 1738), considered the finest Georgian Palladian plantation house in the South. Drayton Hall was a working plantation where for generations the Drayton family also met for parties. Your interpreter will bring this marvelous house and its family to life for you. A delicious box lunch is included at Magnolia Pavilion.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
The deadline for all tour refunds and convention refunds is July 10, 2011.
DATE / TIME
MONDAY, AUGUST 08, 2011 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
TUESDAY, AUGUST 09, 2011 8:00 9:00 4:00 4:00 6:00 9:30
am - 9:00 am am pm - 5:00 pm pm pm pm
LOCATION MEETING ROOM 1
Registration Desk Open
MEETING ROOM 1 HOTEL MEETING ROOM 1 HOTEL HOTEL HOTEL
Registration Desk Open Patriots Point / Fort Sumter Tour Departs Registration Desk Open Tour Returns Charleston Model RR Club Tour Departs Tour Returns
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2011 6:00 7:00 2:00 7:30
am - 7:00 am am pm - 5:00 pm pm
THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 2011 7:00 am - 11:00 pm 11:00 am - 4:00 pm 11:00 am 12:00 pm - 4:59 pm 6:00 pm 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 2011 7:00 am - 9:00 am 7:00 am - 2:00 pm 8:30 am 9:00 am - 12:00 pm 12:00 pm 2:30 pm 3:00 pm 3:00 pm -5:00 pm 3:00 pm 5:30 pm 10:30 pm
SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 2011 8:30 am - 9:30 am 8:30 am - 2:00 pm 9:00 am 9:30 am 11:00 am - 2:00 pm 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm 3:00 pm 6:00 pm -7:00 pm 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
EVENT
MEETING ROOM 1 HOTEL MEETING ROOM 1 HOTEL
Registration Desk Open Railroading Tour Departs Registration Desk Open Railroading Tour Returns
MEETING ROOM 3 MEETING ROOM 1 HOTEL BALLROOM B HOTEL BALLROOM A
National B.O.D. Breakfast/Meeting Registration Desk Open Tea Plantation / Firefly Tour Departs Unloading and Setup Tea Plantation / Firefly Tour Returns Welcome Party & Silent Auction
BALLROOM B MEETING ROOM 1 HOTEL BALLROOM B BALLROOM B HOTEL BALLROOM B BALLROOM B HOTEL HOTEL HOTEL
Unloading and Setup Registration Desk Open Carriage & Downtown Charleston Tour Depart Trading Hall Open – Members Only Trading Hall Open to Public Carriage & Downtown Charleston Tour Return Trading Hall Closed Lot Auction Home Layout Tour A Departs Home Layout Tour B Departs Home Layout Tours Return
BALLROOM B MEETING ROOM 1 HOTEL BALLROOM B BALLROOM B BALLROOM B HOTEL BALLROOM A BALLROOM A
General Membership Meeting Registration Desk Open – Banquet Sign-up Magnolia Gardens Drayton Hall Tour Departs Trading Hall Open (AFTER MEETING) Trading Hall Open to Public Move out of Exhibit Hall Magnolia Gardens Drayton Hall Tour Returns No Host Cocktails & Silent Auction Banquet, Live Auction, Super Raffle Drawing
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T.T.O.S. 2011 CHARLESTON CONVENTION REGISTRATION FORM PLEASE PRINT – PRINT YOUR NAME AS YOU WANT IT ON YOUR BADGE
Name ____________________________________________________________________________________ T.T.O.S.# _________________ Street Address_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ City ________________________________________________________________ State _________ Zip/Postal Code ________________________ Email address _____________________________________________________ Phone _______________________________________ Spouse/Significant Other included with member’s registration _______________________________________________________________________ Children _______________, _______________, age’s ____, ____ (Children 21 years or older must register separately and be a member of TTOS) Only TTOS members may attend the convention and have trading tables, non-members please add $35 membership $ ______________ Registration fees must be received in the TTOS National Office by July 10, 2011. REGISTRATION (includes member, spouse, and member children ............................................................................................................ (After July 10, you must register in Charleston at the convention registration desk)
$45.00
$ ___________
Trading Tables ( 8’ X 30in.) (2 trading days: member and public) .........................................................................................Qty _____ @ $30.00 ea $ __________ Tables are sold on a first come first served basis. Indicate if you wish your table(s) next to a friend. Electricity drops are $40.00 per drop ..............�
Qty _____ @ $40.00ea $ __________
WELCOME PARTY - Pre-registered ....................
Qty _____ @ $40.00 ea $ ____________
WELCOME PARTY - At the door (subject to availability) .......................................................................................................... Qty _____ @ $45.00 ea $ ____________ Banquet, Saturday August 13, 2011 (Please mark quantity of each meal desired and total cost.) Adult Dinners: Salad, Main Course, and Dessert Oven Roasted Salmon ......................................�
Qty _____ @ $52.00ea $ __________
Filet Mignon .........................................................�
Qty _____ @ $60.00ea $ __________
Marinated Pork Loin ..........................................�
Qty _____ @ $52.00ea $ __________
Pecan Encrusted Chicken Breast...................�
Qty _____ @ $52.00ea $ __________
Children’s Dinner (14 years old and under) Chicken Fingers, Fries, and Dessert .............�
Qty _____ @ $12.00ea $ __________
TOURS: The deadline for tour refunds is July 10, 2011. The deadline for convention refunds is July 10, 2011. Tour 1T
Tues., Aug. 9
Patriots Point and Fort Sumter .................................................................................................. Qty ____ @ $ 95.00 ea $ ________ Includes LUNCH in CPO mess. Tentative menu - Herb Chicken, rice, vegetable, salad and dessert
Tour 2T
Tues., Aug. 9
Charleston Mdl RR Club & Best Friend of Charleston ........................................................ Qty ____ @ $ 15.00 ea $ ________
Tour 1W
Wed., Aug.10
Railroading Tours ............................................................................................................................ Qty ____ @ $125.00 ea $ _______ Includes boxed LUNCH - Chips, cookie, drink, & Sandwich Ham Turkey Roast Beef
Tour 1TH
Thurs. Aug.11
Charleston Tea Plantation & Firefly Distillery ........................................................................ Qty ____ @ $115.00 ea $ _______ Includes boxed LUNCH - Chips, cookie, drink, & Shrimp Salad OR Sandwich Pimento Cheese Turkey
Tour 1F
Friday, Aug.12
Carriage and Downtown Charleston Tour ............................................................................. Qty ____ @ $ 55.00 ea $ ________
Tour 2F
Friday, Aug.12
Home Layout Tours Specify Tour A or B .................................................................................. Qty ____ @ $30.00 ea $ ________
Tour 1S
Sat., Aug.13
Magnolia Gardens and Drayton Hall Plantation.................................................................. Qty ____ @ $105.00 ea $ _______ Includes boxed LUNCH - Chicken Salad, pasta salad, pickle, cookie, and drink
[ ] Check here if you are willing to contribute 1 or 2 hours helping the staff and your fellow club members and we will contact you. TOTAL ENCLOSED (Make your check payable to 2011 TTOS National Convention) .......................................... $______________ VISA,MC,AMX or DISC #___________________________________________ EXP.Date _____________ Verification Code ________ If your name on the credit card and/or the credit card billing address differs from the name and/or address above, please write the card information here: _________________________________________________________________________________ Confirmations will be sent only to those that include a self-addressed stamped envelope. Please DO NOT send cash. Make your check or money order payable to 2011 TTOS National Convention and return to: 2011 TTOS NATIONAL CONVENTION. P.O. Box 6710 Fullerton, CA 92834-6710
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