CTARS Marine Conference - 4/19/09

[hans1976]

The Connecticut Area Reef Society will be hosting another great conference on Sunday April 19, 2009. The speakers include Steven Pro, Christine Williams (she will be giving a great talk on Sea Horses) and an afternoon with Anthony Calfo. This will be followed by a raffle and coral auction. You should register early as the rates will be going up.

This will be at The Mohegan Sun Casino - right off I-95. We hope to see you there !!!!

CTARS 2009 Conference

 

[hans1976]

The April 19th Conference is fast approaching – CTARS Conference . We have a couple of updates.

The first, we only have about 25 tickets left to have lunch with the speakers. Tickets are still only $35. We also have general admission tickets for $10 (they will be going up March 1).

We have several vendors lined up – Ice Cap , Puppy Center of West Hartford , Magic Pets of Wethersfield, a company that makes Unique Eco-Friendly Reef Displays - SeaZen, SeaChem and PFO lighting (with more to come).

We encourage you to check the website often.

 

[hans1976]

How would you like to win one of these? An AquaC EV-120 skimmer, or maybe an AquaC Nano Remora? Not looking for a skimmer, what about one of the new Reeflo Blackfin pumps? What, you are looking for lights – how about TEK T5 Light Fixture or maybe you just need an Ice Cap 660 ballast. All set on equipment, but are looking for corals? Maybe some of the famous Fin & Feather Acans or maybe one of the ORA Red Planets, or maybe one of those “Joe the Coralâ€

 

[hans1976]

2 week warning....tiket prices are set to go up in 2 weeks

 

[hans1976]

Exciting Conference news !!! Last year we sold out, so this year we planned for 25% more reefers. And again, we sold out. So we have been working the casino and they have been able to get us a bigger room – we are going to be in the Grand ballroom. Last year we had 4 vendors and you asked for more, so we have 14 this year. We have Ice Cap, Reading Tree publications, Reeflo Pumps, Seazen, Boston Aqua Farms, Coral Reef Aquarium, Puppy Center, Sera, CTMarineLife, Fishy Business, Fin & Feather, Reef Nutrition, Northern Reef Aquatics and Magic Pet.

We also had sold out of lunch – and again, we got a bigger room. So if you bought a general admission ticket and would like to upgrade to a lunch ticket, send me a note and we will bill you the difference. And what is for lunch? Start with, Tossed Garden Salad Bowl with Assorted Dressings, Home Style Potato Salad, Creamy Coleslaw, Pasta Salad and Marinated Grilled Vegetables. For Entree's - Chicken Parmesan, Fried Scallops & Pot Roast with Garden Vegetables Meatloaf with Mushroom Gravy Accompanied with Two Fresh Seasonal Vegetables and Chef’s Selection of Potato or Rice, Cheddar Cheese Biscuits and Cornbread. For dessert - Hot Fruit Cobbler, Double Layer Chocolate Cake, Pineapple Upside Down Cake, Assorted Cookies and Fresh Fruit Salad.

We have added Randy Reed to our speaker list. His talk is called “Feeding your Reefâ€

 

[hans1976]

Time is running out to buy your April 19th conference tickets. You only have until April 12th. After that, you will have to wait till the day of the conference and you will only be able to buy the $20 general admission tickets that day.

In case you have not seen, the lunch menu is:
Start with: Tossed Garden Salad Bowl with Assorted Dressings, Home Style Potato Salad, Creamy Coleslaw, Pasta Salad and Marinated Grilled Vegetables

For Entree's:
Chicken Parmesan, Fried Scallops & Pot Roast with Garden Vegetables Meatloaf with Mushroom Gravy
Accompanied with Two Fresh Seasonal Vegetables and Chef’s Selection of Potato or Rice, Cheddar Cheese Biscuits and Cornbread

For dessert:
Hot Fruit Cobbler, Double Layer Chocolate Cake, Pineapple Upside Down Cake, Assorted Cookies and Fresh Fruit Salad

We already have both record attendance and record number of vendors. It should be a good day. You don't have to be a CTARS member - there will be people here from Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Long Island, Mass and even California.

For all the details, go to Conference signup.