Sandra Stillwell Presents: Sophisticated Lady
August 16th - 19th, 2018
SOLD OUT
Accepting names for wait-list only
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Absentee packages:
A limited number of absentee packages are available. Absentees have first option on pre-orders after convention, before opening sales to the general public. Please email dls6643@aol.com for more info.
Registration and Fees:
· Registration
fee for "Sophisticated Lady" is $525 for attendees who book within
our room block and pay in full by cash, check/money order by July 1st. Payments
can be worked out on request. After July 1st, a $50 additional fee
applies.
· Registration fee for those not staying at the host hotel is
$675.
· A
$30 fee will be added to payments other than cash/check. Please contact me
first, before selecting a different method for payments.
· A
$150 cancellation fee applies to all cancellations prior to June 15th. After
June 15th, no refunds will be issued.
Your "Sophisticated Lady" registration fee will
include:
- An exclusive
collection of fashions designed for your 16" Sophisticated
Lady - with the
perfect twist of elegance, glamour, and fun you've come to expect from
Sandra Stillwell Presents!
- Thursday evening
opening reception
- Three breakfast
presentations
- One lunch
- Two dinners
- Table gifts
- Interesting
programs and speakers
- Movie breaks,
surprises, raffles, and lots of fashionable dolly fun!!
- A very special
curator presentation and behind the scenes tour of the phenomenal fashion
archives at the fascinating Western Reserve History Center, featuring
garments worn by the crème de la crème of Cleveland area society through
the years, designed by both master couturiers and more
"privately" held, equally talented designers -- plus a fun
selection of still more fashions on exhibition! We will also have a guided
tour of the other interesting and diverse collections featured at the museum,
including their beautiful automobile collection, after which we can treat
the "child" in all of us with a delightful ride on an original,
1900's carousel!
But there's still more!!
You'll have first opportunity to purchase or
pre-order exclusive, small edition fashions from the Sandra
Stillwell Presents: Sophisticated Lady convention
collection! Designed to fit our favorite 16 inch "star", some
of these fashions may fit other doll bodies -- so if there are any
"special" dolls you want them to fit, please feel free to bring a fit
model with you!
You'll not want to miss a minute of all the fun and surprises
we have planned, so please do plan to attend all the functions....however, if
you have to miss one, please be sure to let either myself, Michael Basala,
or Sherlyn Lovell know. We will do our best to keep any gifts or table gifts
for you, but please understand this is not guaranteed.
Also -- Timely delivery of fashions is not guaranteed....
Though we make every attempt to have the souvenir fashions available
at convention, we are dependent not only on shipping, but also on factories
meeting deadlines and customs passing deliveries through without hold up. In
the event that any of the souvenirs are not delivered in time so that we can
present them at convention, they will be mailed as soon as possible. I very
much appreciate your understanding where this is concerned.
Hotel
Information:
Our host hotel is the Airport Crowne Plaza,
7230 Engle Rd, Middleburg Heights, Ohio 44130.
Our special group rate of only $119 includes
breakfast in the restaurant on days that we do not have a convention
breakfast function!
Beginning March 15th, Hotel reservations may be
made by calling the on site Group Rooms Coordinator at 440-243-4040 and asking for the Sandra Stillwell Presents
group rate.
There are a limited number of rooms with safes, as well as one at
the front desk. If a safe in your room is important to you, please specify this
when making your reservation and, though not guaranteed, the hotel will do
their best to accommodate your request.
In order for you to enjoy all of what Cleveland
has to offer, our group rate has been extended 3 days prior and 3 days
after convention, based on availability. If you need additional nights
other than these, please be sure to contact me! There are SO many fun things to
experience in the Cleveland area -- and we have great tours planned -- so
you'll want to come early and stay over, if possible!
The cut off date for reservations is July 25th -- however, our room block is limited, so I strongly
suggest you make hotel reservations as quickly as possible!
The room block is being closely monitored
and room types added as necessary. If you
have any issues with the registration process, please don't hesitate to
contact me -- I'll do my best to handle it for you.
Please remember that, in order to keep costs down, it is VERY
important to stay at the hotel and book within our group block before,
during, and after convention, as your room booking helps defray room rental and
food and beverage costs, among other things. Your
cooperation with this is crucial, and much appreciated!
If you plan to join us but are not yet ready to make room
reservations, it would be a big help to know what days you are planning to be
there so we will have an idea how many guests to expect each day.
Airport
and transportation:
The Crowne Plaza offers complimentary parking and airport
shuttle --
The hotel has 3 shuttle vans for 24/7 transportation to and from
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, only minutes away. However --
the shuttles serve many hotel guests, so please be sure to notify the hotel of
your flight schedule and transportation needs in advance.
When available, the shuttles also offer transportation within a 5
mile radius of the hotel, which is conveniently located with several nearby
eateries, K Mart across the street, and a Walgreens pharmacy within a
mile.
Convention
"Helper" Donations:
A little known fact about conventions is that registration fees
never fully cover expenses, so we'll once again have "helper"
drawings to assist in offsetting extra costs!
Dolls, fashions, accessories, repaints, dolly "spa" days
or gift certificates... donations of all types and sizes are welcomed and
greatly appreciated -- including "people" prizes your fellow
collectors will personally enjoy!
We've had such phenomenal raffle tables the past few years -- and
SO much fun drawing for all the "loot" -- let's make it our goal to
continue the tradition and have a repeat performance this year!
If you'd like to contribute to the fun -- and help convention at
the same time -- please email me!
Table
seating, table gifts and special meal needs:
If you have friends you would like to sit with, please submit your
request to me asap. Though we make every effort to honor seating requests,
please understand that we cannot always do so.
We realize that table gifts are a long time tradition enjoyed by
many -- but they can also be a burden for some. We do not want
to interfere with any of your fun, so table gifts will be
left to the discretion of each individual attendee and/or table -- but
please give any such goodies in the fun spirit which they are intended and
understand that not everyone will reciprocate.
This year, we will most likely seat nine guests to a table -- and
may increase the number to ten as needed. If
you are doing table gifts, please plan for ten -- you can give
any extras to friends who aren't seated with you, or donate them to be used as
door prizes!
Please let me know if you have any special food requirements and
the hotel will do their best to accommodate them -- also, it's a good idea to
follow up right before convention to be sure your special needs have been
addressed.
Optional
Tours:
There are so many great things to see and do in the Cleveland area
that we're still narrowing down possibilities!
We will definitely be doing not to be missed tours Thursday and
Sunday, and on Wednesday, if there is enough interest.
Please take a look at the possibilities below and let me know
which interest you most.....
Kent State will feature three small - medium specialized theme
fashion exhibits, including Katherine Hepburn's personal collection of Stage
and film costumes and ephemera.
The museum archives houses a phenomenal collection of vintage
couture fashions, and the special collections library is home to Pauline
Trigere's design sketches, spanning almost forty years.
Built in 1912 - 1915 for F.A. Sieberling, the co-founder of the
Goodyear Tire company, the Stan Hywet estate includes a historic Tudor Revival
Manor House and collections, the Corbin Conservatory and breathtaking gardens,
among other buildings.
A not to be missed experience, the Rock N Roll Hall of fame offers
something for every music lover -- no matter your preferred era! Take a trip
down memory lane with memorabilia of Cleveland's Alan Freed and the birth of
Rock N Roll and learn the histories of the bands and entertainers
whose specialized sounds skyrocketed them to fame as the genre exploded.
Whether you swoon to the sounds of Elvis or rock to the lads from
Liverpool...groove to the San Francisco beat or melt to the harmonies of
Motown tunes...whether you come alive to the rockin' tunes of Bon Jovi or the
smooth moves of Boy Bands -- whether you love dreamy crooners or bad boy heavy
metal bands -- you're bound to see and hear something that will have you
dancin' in the aisles and singin' along with the tunes!
A Christmas Story House and Museum --http://www.achristmasstoryhouse.com/, http://www.achristmasstoryhouse.com/filming-locations/higbees/
A fun experience for lovers of the "A Christmas
Story" movie is the original movie house and a museum with original props
and memorabilia from the beloved 1983 holiday classic, partially filmed inside
Cleveland's Higbees department store.
Severance Hall -- https://www.clevelandorchestra.com/About/Orchestra-Archives/from-the-archives/2016-02-05-Severance-Hall-85/
Home to the Cleveland Orchestra, Severance Hall opened in 1931.
Regarded by many as one of the world's most beautiful concert halls, the
historic building has the romantic but sad legacy of being built as a tribute
to a lost love.
Something for the sports lover and/or husbands in the group -- the
38,000 sq ft Football Hall of Fame, built in 1963, is a tribute to
"America's Favorite Sport" and coaches, players and teams that have
contributed to it's history.
I'll be making several more visits to Cleveland to check out tour
options, so if there is anything you'd like to see or do in the area, now is
the time to let me know!
In closing -- I want to thank you all, once again, for your
ongoing support and enthusiasm for Sandra Stillwell Presents conventions and
fashions!
I know there are many other fun events planned throughout the year
that make a demand on dolly dollars and valuable time -- and am truly honored
that you are willing to spend yours to be with us!
I look forward to seeing you this August in Cleveland for our
celebration of friendships, dolls, and fashion-- it's going to be a ROCKIN GOOD
TIME!!
Sincerely,
Sandra
502 377-5153 (It's often easier to reach me by phone!)
