Mid West Glass Bash Feb 13-15 09

[Libby L.]

Here it is!! If you want to experience glass in one of the best studios in the US. here is your chance. Following is the link and some info. PM me if you have any questions.
https://thirddegree.allregistrations.com/Programs.aspx/MidwestGlassBash

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT one of our featured artist is..............Anastasia!!!!!



All experienced glass artists are welcome to join the fun and learning for this weekend celebration of glass art. Experience glass in one of the top facilities in the country!

60 spots open.

Several internationally recognized artists will be in attendence, along with many others, who will lead intensive workshops on:

Lampworking/torchworking
Kilnforming
Blowing
PMC
Electroforming
Coldworking


Also available: vendor expo, Valentine social event, and open torch time each night.

Price includes:

Breakfasts
Lunches
T-shirt
5 Workshops
Valentine Event Admission
Expo Admission

[caspertorch]

OMG! you guys! I am so FREAKING excited about this I could puke!
bwah ahaha ahah ahaha hah!

[villa design]

*stands away from Becky* No puke on me please. :lol:

[caspertorch]

will you at least hold my hair Melissa!??!!? bwah ahah hahahah!

[villa design]

Not even that. ;)

[caspertorch]

Figures.

[caspertorch]

Libby just confirmed that Michael Mangiafico has confirmed as well!
WHOO HOO!!!!

Class lists will be out shortly on the 3rd degree website... www.stlglass.com

[ltsexpressions]

damn! glad I paid my deposit last night and told J that we WERE going to STL for Val Weekend....

told him he could go play at the zoo or the brewery or whatever while I'm playing with the big hot stuff, then hoping we can sneak hubbies into the evening part on the 14th somehow (paying extra for that part?)

woooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhooooooooooooooooooo

u tol' me it would b good Beck, and u were spot on as usual!!!

[caspertorch]

no need to sneak! Hubby's and significant others openly welcomed for the evening events.

[caspertorch]

Carl is going to plan some "manly" outtings... lol for the husbands. I'm sure the brewery tour will be in there - though it'll be under "new management". I'm sure the schlafly's tap room will be in there somewhere as well. He likes guns -- so maybe a shooting range as well... lol

[jjglass]

Doh, I'm going to have to beat you if the "manly" things are being done while I'm doing the "girlie" things :P

[ammaws]

My deposit is in--The time has been taken off at work--I am ready!!!

[ptbeads]

Ack! I always miss the fun stuff! :pout:
I have a motorcycle rally that weekend. Figures.....I'm going to sulk in a corner now.

[Miss Kate]

My deposit is in--The time has been taken off at work--I am ready!!!


Yay Jan!

[caspertorch]

Doh, I'm going to have to beat you if the "manly" things are being done while I'm doing the "girlie" things :P

DOH!:-\"

I think I what I meant was - " significant otherly" things... lol :grin:

[caspertorch]

Ack! I always miss the fun stuff! :pout:
I have a motorcycle rally that weekend. Figures.....I'm going to sulk in a corner now.

motorcycles in FEB!?!?!? now THATS gonna be freaking COLD unles your heading WAAAAAY south... lol -

we'll miss you YET again Dianna!:cry:

[CreditRiverArtGlass]

Holy Crap!!! Are you kidding me? This sounds fantastic, Libby. I'm so glad I stumbled across this thread... it's the first I've heard about it. (that's what I get for not THINKING in a while)

Gotta go register.

Don't know if I can handle you guys twice a year, though. :wink:

Fantastic.

Now I gotta figure out where to crash. :-D

[caspertorch]

whoo hoo!!!

now that the gathering is over... let's get crazy about it!!!

Class list coming soon!!!

[caspertorch]

Julie? If this is the first you've heard about it... maybe I need to PERSONALLY contact all of the MoBeRe's via pm eh?

Is it February yet? LOL

[CreditRiverArtGlass]

Julie? If this is the first you've heard about it... maybe I need to PERSONALLY contact all of the MoBeRe's via pm eh?

Is it February yet? LOL

February is going to come up quickly, I have a feeling. This is fantastic.

Yes, this was the first I had heard about this... not alot of LE time these days. A MoBeRe group PM would be a good idea, I would think.

[duallypilot]

I just booked a room at the Hampton we stayed at in January for Stacy and I that weekend - We'll be down late Thursday night. Figured being Val weekend - we needed to book early so I'm not trying to squeeze the 5th wheel in Becky and Carl's driveway.

[CreditRiverArtGlass]

You read my mind... about staying in a hotel... didn't even think about the Valentine weekend thing. Wonder if rooms will be more expensive that weekend? Darn.

Anyway...I just sent this off to Libby & thought I would post it here, too...

I was talking to Miss Kate about staying @ her place during "the experience" & then started thinking... this is what I wrote to her:

I was just thinking about my experience w/ the Gathering last year & driving home each night, missing out on late night fun... wishing I was staying @ the hotel where most people were booked & how exhausting it was, getting up each morning early to drive into Minneapolis.

& w/ Glass Stock... my whole family WAS going to come, we were going to make it a several week road trip, but w/ gas prices, we decided not to do it, so I'm flying out... but even if they were going to be there, camping down the highway, I was going to stay @ the hotel where most of the Glass Stock peeps were staying so I wouldn't miss out on any of the late night fun.

So, this makes me think about this (the Glass Experience)... will there be lots of out of towners & will they be staying @ a centralized hotel near Third Degree? (too early to know at this point, I'm sure) ... would even local people want to shack up w/ a group of people so they could stay nearby & not miss out on "whatever". Guess it depends on how early & how late it goes... they're serving breakfast & it'll probably go really late w/ open torch or something like that in the evening... just might make sense to stay nearby. Putting 4 to a room would be fairly inexpensive...

So.... wondering if it would make sense to have a suggested list of local hotels for out of towners... give people an opportunity to hook up w/ others for roommates (on LE?), etc... Would be cool for local peeps to stay down there, too... like I said about my Gathering experience. It could be a blast, to all be in one place, like the retreat. :-D

Whatcha think?

[caspertorch]

yes we have 3 hotels we are negotiating with for group rates.

one is closer to the venue but a tad more pricey but still very reasonable and the other two are with in a 15 minute drive and would be cheaper - one has a shuttle service even.

We should have a final prices and hotel code for you to use within a few weeks.
Breakfast will be at 3rd degree every morning and yes there will be open torch sessions every night as well...

[caspertorch]

Heck - I might even ship the kids out and get a room with Carl - I mean -- it IS V weekend afterall...

hmmmm something to think about for me. lol

[KristiB]

Hey Becky :lol:

I was looking forward to meeting you at GS and was bummed when you couldn't come :(

Throwing an event like GS in your own back yard has got to be so much easier than traveling halfway across the US !!:lol: Looks fun :D

I don't think I"ve ever been to St. Louis....

[duallypilot]

The Hampton we're staying at is only 5 minutes from Becky and Carl's and 20 from the third degree. Thursday's room was pricey but then dropped 50 bucks for the weekend. If Nori and Jerry from Retro Glass Tools make it down, then we'll more in likely split it again like we did in January. I'd be looking at rooms now to reserve (you can always cancel) and get summer rates before Labor Day

Just my 2 cents worth.... can I have my change now.... lol

[ltsexpressions]

I'll give you some change buddy.....

(sorry dear... I couldn't resist!)

[Miss Kate]

Becky - are you working on getting us group tatoo & piercing rates too? :lol:

[Jami]

I love the hotel idea. I think an important factor would be which one had a bar.
:lol:

[jjglass]

Becky - are you working on getting us group tatoo & piercing rates too? :lol:

Hmmmm I need a new Tat :)

[caspertorch]

Hey Becky :lol:

I was looking forward to meeting you at GS and was bummed when you couldn't come :(

Throwing an event like GS in your own back yard has got to be so much easier than traveling halfway across the US !!:lol: Looks fun :D

I don't think I"ve ever been to St. Louis....

*I* was so bummed to have to back out of GS. It was just not a good economy year for the hubby and I to make it happen you know? RATS! It STILL makes me sad... anyway...

this event is gonna be a BLAST but totally unlike GlassStock I'm sure. Hopefully next year I'll get another chance to do GlassStock! I hope I hope I hope!

I think from Oregon - you just head East until you hit Minnesota then turn south... lol

[caspertorch]

The Hampton we're staying at is only 5 minutes from Becky and Carl's and 20 from the third degree. Thursday's room was pricey but then dropped 50 bucks for the weekend. If Nori and Jerry from Retro Glass Tools make it down, then we'll more in likely split it again like we did in January. I'd be looking at rooms now to reserve (you can always cancel) and get summer rates before Labor Day

Just my 2 cents worth.... can I have my change now.... lol

Two of the hotels I am looking at are closer to me - bcuz the business district at Westport usually has cheaper rates for the weekends.
I am waiting on hearing back from the hotels for group rates.
Hopefully by Monday we'll know something.

Never can start too early Super J!
Goodonya!

[caspertorch]

Becky - are you working on getting us group tatoo & piercing rates too? :lol:

Iron age IS just down the road! We all got 50% off our nose piercings at the lake - I think I could work a deal... lol:lol::love:

[caspertorch]

I love the hotel idea. I think an important factor would be which one had a bar.
:lol:

I would NEVER consider putting my friends up in a hotel WITHOUT a BAR!
I DO have standards you know Jami! LOL:waving:

[CreditRiverArtGlass]

Cool Becky!! Thanks for working that out for us. It just makes sense... the hotel thing. Those are going to be LONG days... fun, fun, fun... but can you imagine having to drive home... 20 minutes, 30 minutes, whatever... each night ... late because you stayed for open torch... or maybe you leave early& miss out on open torch (like I did @ the Gathering, bummer) because you're wiped & know you have a drive ahead of you??? ... then getting up @ the crack of dawn to get yourself ready (& maybe take care of your kids, feed the dog, etc??) & back to Third Degree early for breakfast (which I suppose you could skip) each morning?

As far as location goes... I'd vote for the closer the better. :-D Even if it's a little bit more $$, splitting a double queen room w/ 4 others would make it really reasonable. Mallory & I stayed about 10 miles away from the Bead & Button Show in June because I had hotel points I could use by the airport... but darn-it, it would've been really nice to be able to just walk across the street to the hotel that the majority of people were staying in... and it wasn't even about missing out on what everyone else might've been doing... but we were just so wiped by the end of the day.... & we were just shopping!! :wink:

Either way... whatever gets worked out, Becky & Libby, I'm along for the ride. This is gonna be awesome.

:-D

[infernoglassbeads]

I sooooo want to go to this! I have to talk to the DH! We haven't taken a vacation in 2 years, so maybe I can talk him into it!

[villa design]

Come on down Rachel!!! :)

[jjglass]

I have my hotel booked, I'm rocking and rollin at the Courtyard downtown.

[Miss Kate]

I think we all need to be as close to 3rd degree as possible - like 5 minutes away! Otherwise, I know I'd just drive on home.

[caspertorch]

Thanks for piping in with your preferences... totally makes sense!
Will be working on shoring all this up today!
Feb can NOT get here fast enough - FOR SURE!!!! lol

[Steph'sBeadCorner]

Finally, I signed up! Whoohoo...

[caspertorch]

whoo hoo Steph!!!!!!!

[pking]

It's ABOUT TIME Steph!

[jeannekimber]

I could sure use info on accomodations in St. Louis. Would be interested in sharing a room (female) someplace close to the factory. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks. Jeanne