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Newsletter - January 2012
Co-Presidents Linda DeWitt and Brenda Pritchett along with Co-Vice-Presidents Cheryl and Meryl Hollar wel-comed us to the Ozark Mountains for the 77th annual convention of the Interna-tional Twins Association. This was our first time to visit Branson and our officers planned a show-filled time. For those arriving in Branson early, a tour around town and on the water was provided by a Ride The Ducks excursion on Thursday. The day was a little warmer than usual, but all had a fun time quacking about town.
Holiday Hills Golf Course hosted a group of golfers Friday morning for the Double Trouble Golf Tournament.
On Friday afternoon, 69 people took in the Todd Oliver and Friends show. Royce & Boyce Peeples were invited to the stage to be a part of the show. All re-ports were that it was very funny. Friday evening we gathered in the con-vention center and received a welcome from the mayor of Branson. Afterwards, a group of 130 boarded buses and attended the show SIX. We ate dinner in the bal-cony and then enjoyed incredible enter-tainment. Everyone expected top notch singing, which we got, but the side-splitting comedy was a bonus. Saturday morning, a group of nearly 90 attended the 12 Irish Tenors performance. Reviews were very good as all enjoyed the vocal performance. The first part of Saturday evening was spent at Dolly Pardon’s Dixie Stampede. We enjoyed dinner and the North versus South competition following. From there, we traveled over to the Acrobats of China show. We saw incredible acrobatic feats for nearly 2 hours. Sunday morning included our Gospel Time with singing and an inspirational message. Sandy Meyer led candle lighting in memory of our lost twins. Co-Presidents Linda DeWitt and
Brenda Pritchett conducted the Sunday morning business meeting. Sandy Meyer was elected President for 2012! Jean Kelly and Joyce Peterson were elected Co-Vice Presidents. Cary, Chris, and Charles Clark will serve the second of three years as Co-Secretary-Treasurers. We look for-ward to a return visit to the Twin Cities for the 2012 ITA convention. For our 2013 convention, we will head west to Las Ve-gas, Nevada for another first time stop. On Sunday evening, we enjoyed a din-ner, dance, and talent show. We appreci-ate those who performed for us. During dinner, a Silent Auction with all donated items was held. We had a great response in both the number of items and the bid-ding. We also held our traditional 50-50 drawing and had a rather nice pot to split. This year’s Royalty were Queens Cath-erine Olinger & Kathleen Jessie and Kings Ralph & Lindsey Cunningham. We danced to tunes played by Travel Tunes. Monday morning found many of us eating breakfast, buying pictures, and say-ing our farewells in & around the hotel. We all enjoyed our time in Branson and missed those of you that were unable to make it. We hope to see you in the Twin Cities in 2012!
2011 Convention - Branson, Missouri Most Alike Ladies 69-72
Pauline & Paulette Fahnestock, Illinois
Most Alike Men 49-60 Cory & Chad Johnson, Missouri
Most Alike Ladies 80-89 Louise Victa & Lois Norton, Arizona
Most Alike Ladies 73-79 Kathleen Jessie & Catherine Olinger,
Tennessee
Most Alike Men 70-80 Bill & Jim Taylor, Florida
Most Conventions Glad Werner, Ohio
1946-2011
www.intltwins.org email: [email protected]
Most Alike Triplets Cary, Chris & Charles Clark, Oklahoma
Most Alike Ladies 66-68 Bertha Miller & Barbara Bontrager,
Indiana
Most Alike Ladies 63-65 Sharon Smity & Karen Buskirk,
Ohio
Most Alike Ladies 50-52 Debbie Zawacki & Donna Hyson,
Most Alike Ladies 53-62 Lindy Miller & Cindy Hockensmith,
California
Most Unalike Ladies Wonna Cornelson & Donna Elam,
Oklahoma
Youngest Averielle & Ashtyn Jones, Missouri
Oldest Men Dan & Don Butler, Missouri
Most Alike Boys 1-7 Rodney & Michael Carlson, Oklahoma
Most Alike Girls 11-15 Katie & Jamie Cook, Missouri
Most Alike Ladies 44-49 Lisa Musgrave & Linda Richardson,
Tennessee
Correspondence Corner Duo Sharleen Dow & Sharon Kilbourne 4459 Hillside St. Gladwin, MI 48624 Sharleen: 989-426-1942 Sharon: 989-488-0551
ITA Phone #: 405-225-8829
Sandy Meyer 8724 Valley View Place Chanhassen, MN 55317 Phone # 952-270-1157 [email protected]
President
Jean Kelly H: 507-896-2375 C: 507-459-2369
Co-Vice-Presidents
Cary Clark [email protected] C: 405-922-1298 Chris Clark [email protected] C: 405-850-3725 Charles Clark [email protected] C: 405-250-1460
Co-Secretary/Treasurers
Sandy Meyer 8724 Valley View Place Chanhassen, MN 55317 Phone # 952-270-1157
ITA Surviving Twin Contact
Email: [email protected]
2012 ITA Convention Schedule Minneapolis, Minnesota
August 31 — September 3
Friday, Aug 31st Golf Tournament details TBD 8:00am Mini Golf Tourney @ Mall of Americat — $15 11:00am Open Ceremonies & Silent Auction — $35 6:00pm Minnesota State Fair Theme and Food Speed Twinning (our version of Speed Dating) Twin BINGO and other Games & Prizes Saturday, Sept 1st Canterbury Park Race Track — $25 noon (lunch on your own at the race track) Dinner Cruise on the Mississippi — $50 6:00pm Sunday, Sept 2nd Continental Breakfast — $20 7:30am Gospel Hour 8:30am Business Meeting 9:30am Group picture 10:45am Box Lunch — $20 for your convenience 11:30am Twin Judging Contest 1:00pm “Fire & Ice” Dinner and Dance — $55 7:00pm -Midnight Monday, Sept 3rd Farewell Gathering - breakfast on your own 8:00am
** Times and Prices subject to change **
Sandy Meyer, Jean Kelly and Joyce Peterson are very excited that you will be coming to the TWIN CITIES of Minneapolis/St. Paul. We have a great ITA Convention planned for you with lots of vari-ety for all ages and interests! The Twin Cities is a beautiful place with lots of wonderful things to do (State Fair, Renaissance Festi-val, Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, Mall of America with Sea Life Minnesota, Nickelodeon Universe, Water Park of America, IKEA, City Tour) so plan on arriving a couple of days early or stay a cou-ple of days after the convention ends.
* Activities must be paid for by August 1 * • The Saturday Dinner Cruise has a maximum capacity of 145
so register early so you won’t be disappointed! • Book your hotel now. Minneapolis Airport Marriott (See Details Below) • MSP airport is 5 minutes from the hotel with free shuttle service • Silent Auction will be held FRIDAY NIGHT this year.
Turn your items in at registration as soon as you arrive and no later than 5 PM Friday night.
• Pre-pay for your activities a little each month with final payment due by August 1. See Payment Options on page 3.
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—— 2012 Hotel Information —— Minneapolis Airport Marriot
2020 American Blvd East Bloomington MN 55425 Reservations phone: 1.800.228.9290 Local phone: 952.854.7441 * Use the Group Name & Event Date to book by phone.
Group Reservation Information: Group Name: International Twins Association Group Rate: $99.00 + tax per night—per room website: www.intltwins.org Click on Convention Info The group rate is available Aug 29th — Sept 5th ** Book by August 1st to reserve your room! **
2011-2012 Officers
Joyce Peterson C: 507-272-6516 [email protected]
Oldest Lady Edna Deardeuff, Missouri
$ Payment Options $ Would you like to spread out payment of the yearly convention fee? Last year several mem-bers took advantage of this option and we’d like to extend it this year as well. Members can make multiple, smaller payments either by cash or check. Simply mail partial payments to the address on the Membership Form and we’ll keep track throughout the year for you. Make your final payment by August 1st and you’re all set!
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On behalf of your 2011 ITA officers, Sheryl & Meryl, Cary, Chris & Charles, we would like to thank everyone who joined us in Branson, MO for the 2011 convention! We want to say how much we appreciated Sheryl & Meryl, especially for their work on the gospel hour & the excellent job getting the news media to cover our conven-tion! We want to say thank you to the Clarks for working to provide detailed financial reporting, PayPal, registra-tion, the ITA website & so much more they do and to their families (Janet, Debbie, Linda & Dakota) for all they do for ITA all year long. We had such a great team of officers & family support! We also want to thank our hubbies Jeff & David, our sons Jason & Austin who are always there to support us, pitch in & participate where needed. We hope everyone enjoyed the beautiful Hilton, activities & the many shows we attended (Ride the Ducks, Todd Oliver & Friends, SIX, 12 Irish Tenors, Dixie Stampede & Acrobats of China). One of the highlights was the wel-come by Branson Mayor, Raeanne Presley, who acknowledge our long time member Glad Werner. We want to thank everyone for the Silent Auction donations; we had a record of over 90 items! We want to recognize some who assisted behind the scenes, Glad, Marilyn, Nadine & Marlene, Jeanette & Geneva and Leland. We also want to thank Sandy, our gospel twin friend Millie, Ray, Marijane & Nancy. We hope you enjoyed the research groups from Pur-due University and Mount Sinai School of Medicine and want to thank you on their behalf for participating in their studies. As always, when you have to keep your letter short & sweet, we say thank you to everyone not mentioned by name for your help. It is YOU, the ITA members that make our convention so special each year & we want to say THANK YOU for coming and making Branson so much fun! Hope to see you all in Minneapolis in 2012! ~ Linda & Brenda, ITA Co-Presidents 2011