2009 Appleton, WI Convention		International Association of Torch Clubs, Inc. Annual Convention – Lancaster, Pennsylvania Touch the Past, Celebrate the Future June 26 – 29, 2008 Registration Form for Torch 2008 Click for printable form 1.     Contact Information Title: _____ Last Name: ______________________ First Name: ______________________ M.I. ____ Torch Club Affiliation: ________________________________________________________________ Profession: __________________________________________________________________________ Guest Name: _________________________________________________________________________ Name(s) Desired on Convention Badge (if different from above): ____________________________________________________________________________________ Address: ____________________________________________________________________________ City/State/ZIP: _______________________________________________________________________ Home Phone: ________________________ Work Phone: ____________________________________ E-mail: _____________________________________________________________________________ Special Needs (e.g., vegetarian meals): ____________________________________________________ A confirmation of registration including menu selections will be sent to each registrant. Additional Comments: _________________________________________________________________ 2.     Tour Information - Please rank your choice of tours each day (1=first choice, 2=second choice).                                             Register early for the best tour selection. Friday, June 27, 2008 – The National Watch & Clock Museum –Visit a Smithsonian-quality museum, home of over 12,000 clocks and watches from all over the world including German musical clocks and the monumental Engle clock with 48 moving figures. Other clocks range from sundials to today’s atomic clock, plus two special exhibits at all times. See ancient water and sand clocks, military and automobile clocks, and three centuries of outstanding pocket watches. Then on to Wheatland, a National Historic Landmark, home of our 15th President, James Buchanan. Step onto the grounds of Wheatland and experience the private world of a president who struggled to calm a divided nation on the brink of civil war. It’s a fine example of Federal architecture built in 1828 and served as Buchanan’s presidential campaign headquarters. Most of his furniture is displayed as it was in his lifetime. For more information, go to: www.wheatland.org Friday, June 27, 2008 - Historic Lancaster Walking Tour – Walk the streets where George Washington, Ben Franklin and Thomas Paine once walked. This easy walking tour is led by costumed guides who tell facts, stories and anecdotes about many points of architectural and historical interest. Included is the Lancaster Quilt and Textile Museum, highlighting a world famous collection of more than 80 genuine Amish quilts, some more than 100 years old. Also featured are visits to the Lancaster Cultural History Museum, and Central Market, the oldest, freshest, most colorful farmers’ market in the U.S., where you will see, and want to buy, Amish crafts and all sorts of delectable foods. For more information, go to: www.downtownlancaster.com Saturday, June 28, 2008 – Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania –Get a nostalgic glimpse of railroading’s glorious past. Sit in an engineer’s seat, explore a caboose, experience a turn-of-the-century passenger station and enjoy Pennsylvania’s premier museum of railroading exhibiting a world-class collection of more than 100 historically significant locomotives and railcars, from mammoth steam engines to quaint Victorian coaches. Then cross the village road to the Strasburg Railroad, for a 45-minute excursion through Amish farm country from Strasburg to Paradise on a rolling antique, chartered in 1832 to carry milk, mail, and coal. While you’re relaxing, a trainman shovels half a ton of coal into the engine’s firebox to propel the 185-ton iron horse down the steel rails. For more information, go to: www.rrmuseumpa.org and www.strasburgrailroad.com. Saturday, June 28, 2008 - The Amish of Lancaster County –See the Amish countryside on this custom-designed tour led by a Mennonite guide. The tour includes a visit to an Amish-owned business and begins with the 30 minute acclaimed dramatic three-screen feature presentation, Who Are the Amish? It seeks to answer questions including the differences between Amish and Mennonites and has been called “the most sensitive presentation of Amish life” by National Geographic Traveler. The New York Times praised it for its “lush” photographs and “intelligent” narration. For more information, go to: http://www.padutchcountry.com/our_world/the_amish.asp 3.     Payment Registration Fee: $_____________ Number of Persons: _________ Total: $___________________ Please print out and complete one registration form for each person attending the convention. A couple submits two forms, which may be mailed together. Registration fee (U.S. Dollars): $310 per person if mailed by February 1, 2008 $330 per person if mailed by May 15, 2008 $350 per person if paid after May 15, 2008 The registration fee includes Thursday’s dinner at the Eden Resort Inn and Conference Center, followed by Torch Paper #1. Also included are your choice of tours Friday and Saturday with box lunches, and Friday’s dinner at the Eden Resort Inn followed by a professional Equity production of the musical Brigadoon at the Fulton Theatre. It also includes Saturday’s dinner at The Hamilton Club with the Paxton Award speaker. There are also Torch papers on Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings. Please make your check payable to Lancaster Torch Club with the notation, Convention, 2008. Mail completed forms with your check to: John Roger Stemen 71 West Frederick Street Millersville, PA 17551 5.     Hotel: Please make hotel reservations directly with the Eden Resort Inn and Conference Center before May 24, 2008. Daily rates: $119 + tax, standard king or double. When making reservations, please mention IATC Convention 2008. A block of rooms will be saved until May 24, 2008, after which reservations may be made on a space available basis. Eden Resort Inn and Conference Center 222 Eden Road Lancaster, PA 17601-4216 www.edenresort.com or toll free: 888-477-7726 ANY QUESTIONS? E-mail: meredith.rousseau@gmail.com Meredith C. Rousseau. 648 N. Pine St., Lancaster, PA 17603 Telephone: (717) 299-6569 We suggest that you copy this form for your convenience. Thank you. Touch the Past, Celebrate the Future Copyright © 1998-2007. All rights reserved. Website designed and hosted by Information Analytics.