2014 NCMCA Annual Convention

Words: Shelly Joyner, Barry Herndon, David CannadyThe 2014 NCMCA Convention is just a few weeks away! Take a few moments to complete the convention registration forms to ensure that you and your guests don’t miss the fellowship and fun this spring at The Homestead. Mark the dates: Thursday, April 24 to Sunday, April 27, 2014.

Make your room reservations direct with The Homestead using the registration form or the hotel website. Hotel reservations and deposits are handled directly with the hotel and must be made before March 24, 2014 to ensure that you receive our special NCMCA convention room rates, subject to room block availability. Click here for on-line room reservations.

Fill out and return the NCMCA convention form to the NCMCA office. (Note: “ala carte” registration is not available in 2014.) Credit card payments are not accepted, however, members in good standing may request to be invoiced. (Spouse or guest attending as a member company representative should register at the “member/representative” rate.)

Golfers should complete the separate golf registration form and include it with their NCMCA convention registration along with golf fees included in the total registration fee. Practice rounds are Friday and the EZG Manufacturing golf tournament is Saturday.

Celebrating our 40th year, the 2014 NCMCA Convention gets underway Thursday evening with an early-bird social featuring musician David Cannady. Friday morning, Adams, an Oldcastle company presents our education session, this year featuring a panel of some of the nation’s most influential and successful masonry contractors on the topic of Masonry Contracting; Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Headed. Shooting Friday afternoon! The Friday evening President’s Reception is an opportunity to meet old friends and to make new ones, and will feature a special Central Piedmont Chapter Gun Raffle for multiple guns.

Saturday morning is the Annual Business Meeting when we elect new officers for the 2014-2016 term. Your Convention features a special Saturday Spouse Event Chef ’s VIP Tour of The Homestead world-famous kitchens, Gourmet Safari, hosted by NCMCA First Lady Shelly Joyner. (Children are discouraged from attending the 2014 spouse event.) The Annual NCMCA Convention Golf Tournament, sponsored by EZG Manufacturing, is Saturday afternoon, featuring an EZG Mud Hog MH-9 Mixer hole-in-one-prize valued at $5,295. Saturday eve- ning, President Joyner passes the gavel as we enjoy the CEMEX closing banquet and dance the night away with Barry Herndon & The Party Nuts.

Maximize the benefit of your investment in NCMCA! Participate in the 2014 North Carolina Masonry Contractors Association Annual Convention!
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