Friday, March 23, 2012

Rendezvous 2012


RENDEZVOUS 2012 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Thursday, September 20

            8:00 a.m.            -            SFTA Board Meeting at SFTC (open to the public)
            2:00 – 6:00 p.m.            -            Rendezvous Registration at Santa Fe Trail Center
            5:30 p.m.            -            Opening Event at SFTC:  Dedication of Kaw marker,
                                                dinner, and program
                                                Speaker: Lonnie Burnett, Kaw Tribal Council Member
                                                Topic: “Kaw Nation and the Santa Fe Trail”
                                   

Friday, September 21

            7:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.            -            Registration at Larned Community Center
            8:00 – 8:15 a.m.            -            Welcome and Introductions at the Larned Community Center
            8:15 – 8:30 a.m.            -            Introduction to Theme – Dr. Joyce Thierer
            8:30 – 9:15 a.m.            -            Speaker:  Allan Wheeler
                                    Topic:  “ The Life of William Becknell-Founder of the Santa Fe Trail”
                                                (1st Person Portrayal)
            9:15 – 10:00 a.m.            -            Speaker:  Dr. Ann Birney
                                    Topic:  Julia Archibald Holmes (1st Person Portrayal)                                    10:00 – 10:30 a.m.            -            Coffee Break
            10:30 – 11:15 a.m.            -            Speaker:  Dr. David A. Sandoval
                                    Topic:  “Pedro Sandoval, In Defense of the Empire”
                                                (1st Person Portrayal)
            11:15 – 11:45 a.m.            -            Panel Session with the three morning speakers
                                                – Dr. Joyce Thierer, Facilitator
            11:45 – 1:15 p.m.            -             Lunch at Community Center and SFTA Membership Meeting
            1:15 p.m.            -             Depart for “On the Road” Presentations
            1:45 – 5:15 p.m.            -            Rendezvous 2012 continues at Pawnee Rock State Historic Site
                                                Speaker:  Steve Brosemer
                                                Topic:   Frederick Hawn, Deputy Surveyor for the
                                                             General Land Office (1st Person Portrayal)
                                                Speaker:  John Carson
                                                Topic:  Kit Carson (1st Person Portrayal)
                                                Speaker:  Inez Ross
                                                Topic:  Marion Sloan Russell (1st Person Portrayal)
                                                Refreshment Break – Portable Restrooms Available
            5:15 p.m.            -             Return to Larned Community Center
            6:30 p.m.            -            Dinner, Program and SFTA Hall of Fame Inductions and
                                                SFTA Awards at Community Center
                                    Speaker:  Gary L. Hicks
                                    Topic:  Alexander Majors (1st Person Portrayal)
                        There will be SFT era characters at the dinner dressed in period costume. 
                        They will be seated among the audience.  Those not already inducted into
                        the SFT Hall of Fame will be inducted that evening.

Saturday, September 22

            7:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.            -             Registration at Larned Community Center
            8:00 – 8:15 a.m.            -            Welcome and Introductions at the Larned Community Center
            8:15 – 9:00 a.m.            -            Speaker:  Dr. Hal Jackson
                                    Topic:  “James Kirker: Hero and Villian”
            9:00 – 9:45 a.m.            -            Speaker:  Dorothy Smoker
                                    Topic:  “Luz, The Land and Those Who Crossed It”
                                     (1st Person Portrayal of Maria de la Luz Beaubien Maxwell)
            9:45 – 10:15 a.m.            -            Coffee Break
            10:15 – 11:00 a.m.            -            Speaker:  Mark Berry
                                    Topic:  Wild Bill Hickok (1st Person Portrayal)
            11:00 – 11:30 a.m.            -            Panel session with three morning speakers
      Dr. Joyce Thierer, Facilitator
            11:30                        Depart for lunch at Fort Larned National Historic Site
            11:45 – 12:45 p.m.            -            Lunch at Fort Larned NHS
            1:00 p.m.             -            Depart from Fort Larned NHS for “On the Road” Presentations
            1:45 p.m.            -            Rendezvous continues at Cheyenne & Sioux Indian Village Site
                                                Speaker:  Dr. Leo Oliva
                                                Topic:  “The Hancock Expedition of 1867 and the Cheyenne and
                                                             Sioux Village on Pawnee Fork”
                                                Speaker:  Louis Kraft
                                                Topic:  “Ned Wynkoop’s Fight to Save the Cheyenne-Lakota
                                                            Village on the Pawnee Fork”
                                    Refreshment Break – Portable Restrooms Available
            4:00 p.m.            -             Depart for Fort Larned NHS
                                    Enjoy the rest of your afternoon at Fort Larned NHS
            6:00 p.m.            -            Retreat Ceremony – Fort Larned NHS
            6:15 p.m.            -            Dinner and Program in Quartermaster Storehouse
                                    Speaker:  Dr. Durwood Ball
                                    Topic:  Edwin Vose Sumner, Frontier Army Officer



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