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Preceptor Alpha Sigma Attends Convention 2009 in Los Alamos!

Convention 2009 in Los Alamos looks like it was a blast.  You can tell by the smiles!  Thanks to Dollie Lowery of Preceptor Alpha Sigma for sending in these photos. 

 

 

 

 

More Los Alamos Convention Photos!

Thanks to Vera Butts of Laureate Alpha Sigma for sending these photos in:

Saturday forums: Shirley LeMaire, Mary Gilliland, Mary Gorenz, Joy Domina

 

Saturday Evening 40's Glamour Night: Joy Domina's motel door

 

Center pieces for all the tables

 

Orchestra

 

Georgia Munoz, Bonnie Morrow, Toni Tabor

 

Vera Butts with Clark Gable poster

Preceptor Iota as Rosie the Riviters at the Los Alamos Convention

Isn't this the cutest picture?  Thanks to Mary Elliot of Preceptor Iota for sharing.

 

This picture was featured in the Los Alamos Monitor: "BETA BABES   The lovely ladies of Beta Sigma Phi's Preceptor Iota from Albuquerque added to a '40s theme dinner by showing up in costume for the statewide convention, which kicked off at Fuller Lodge Friday.  The more than 200 delegation -of-dames has been two years in the making." 

To read more click here: Local Sorority Attracts Major Convention

 

Los Alamos Convention as reported by Bonnie Morrow

 Thanks to Bonnie Morrow of Laureate Alpha for her wonderful report on Convention in Los Alamos this year.  It sounds like it was a grand time!

Registration occurred at the  Fuller Lodge.  It is a wonderful historic lodge that housed some of the first workers at Los Alamos along with a school, cantina, cafeteria and so many others things.  It was a hub of different activities and made from huge logs that the builder hand picked (and there were thousands of logs used to build it).  The theme for that evening was 1940's attire and many of the girls came as factory workers.  We enjoyed a barbecue that night and they had live music in the beautiful park across the street. 

 

On Saturday morning we had the opening ritual, raffle sales and the guest speaker was unable to attend due to illness.  She was a long time Beta Sigma Phi from Los Alamos and she became ill on Friday night.  The Los Alamos girls did a really cute and funny forum relating to the 1940's and what was expected of women in those times.  The forums had a lot of wonderful history of Los Alamos and it's beginnings.  Lunch was served and then we were given a ration card and map to take around town to get stamped for a drawing on Sunday.  The winner of the drawing got her money for convention back.  It was fun and a good way to see the town.  They had a wonderful trolley with a great driver.  We could flag him down and he would take us where we wanted to go....free of charge.  It was a good way to see things and learn a little more about the town.  Everyone was so wonderful, helpful, and friendly.  The Los Alamos gals did a great job!

 

Saturday night was a dinner and a wonderful band that played at the convention hotel (Best Western Hilltop House Hotel).  The dress was glamour dress.  So many ladies had wonderful dresses from the period...borrowed from friends and family.  Others dressed the part in wonderful glamorous dresses and hats. Everyone seems to have a great time and the Los Alamos chapters where wonderful hostess.  They made sure that one of them sat at the different tables and all of them were so willing to help at any time of the day....or night! 

 

Sunday morning was "dress Sunday best".  We had the awards, raffle drawings, passing of the torch and skits for 2010.  Hobbs will host that and the big change is that it will take place September 24, 25, &26th.  They are opening a new casino, hotels and race track and they want that available for us plus the facilities to have our convention in.  Las Cruces wants to bid for 2011 and will do so next year. 

 

I believe that the final attendance was 214.  Los Alamos is a small town and they didn't have any really large place to have that many but they did a great job with what they had and I think that everyone enjoyed it.  I know that I did!

 

--Bonnie Morrow-Laureate Alpha

 

Glamour night:

 

 

 

"Dress Sunday Best"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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