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Event Schedule: (Subject to Change)
Thursday - August 20
5:00 PM—8:00 PM Plant Drop Off and Exhibitor Set Up
Friday – August 21 9:00 AM -3:00 PM Plant Registration and Exhibitor Set Up
Noon - 1:00 PM Pizza Lunch
1:15 - 2:30 PM Keynote Lecture- (Tickets Required) (Worship Center) Ross Hella Topic: Breeding Miniature Paphiopedilums
3:00 - 4:15 PM Keynote Lecture- (Tickets Required) (Worship Center) Frank Cervera Topic: Phragmipedium Section Himantopetalum; The Ecology and Taxonomy of a group of Phragmipedium Species unlike any other
5:30 – 7:30 PM Pre-View Party- Meet & Greet Dinner/ Social. Plant Sales Open to Registrants- MAOC Fundraisers open
6:30– Drawings for Friday Raffle Prizes– Mid America Orchid Congress Fundraiser
Saturday – August 22 7:30 AM- 9 AM - Orchid Ribbon Judging
9:00 AM Show Opens to the Public - 9:00 AM- 5:00 PM
9:00 AM - Noon - American Orchid Society Plant Judging (TBD)
10:00 AM - Orchid Basics Lecture–”Orchids 101” Fellowship Hall Stage (Free)
11:00 AM—Orchid Basics Lecture– “Going Beyond the Box Store” Fellowship Hall Stage (Free)
Noon- 1:30 PM Lunch (for registered participants)
1:00 PM—Orchid Basics Lecture–”Orchids 101” Fellowship Hall Stage (Free)
1:45 – 3:00 PM- Keynote Lecture- (Tickets Required) (Worship Center) Barry Woolf- Chinese Cymbidiums
3:00 PM—Orchid Basics Lecture– Culture of Some of Our Favorites” Fellowship Hall Stage (Free)
3:30 – 4:45 PM- Keynote Lecture- (Tickets Required) (Worship Center) Frank Cervera- Topic: Phragmipedium Culture– What Can Mother Nature Teach Us
5:15 Drawings for Saturday Raffle Prizes- Mid America Orchid Congress Fundraiser
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM –Mid America Orchid Congress Fundraising Live Auction (Free)
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM – Dinner, Ice Cream Social and Games (Tickets Required)
Sunday – August 23
8:00 – 9:15 AM Church Service
9:30 – 10:15 AM – Orchids of Ecuador and Colombia (Worship Center) (Free) & Show Visit
10:30 – 11:30 AM Church Service
11:30 – Noon Lunch for Congregants and Participants
Noon- Show Opens to Public
Noon -1:00 PM - MAOC Society Building Workshop – Topic: What does Your Society Need to Thrive? - (Worship Center)
12:30 PM—Orchid Basics Lecture– “Going Beyond the Box Store” Fellowship Hall Stage (Free)
1:15 – 2:15 PM—World Orchid Congress—Cheryl Erins (Free) Worship Center
3:00 PM- Show Closes |
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