ANNOUNCING OUR 2020 GET-TOGETHER:

“A SILVER SALUTE!”

--THE 25^th ANNUAL CAS COLLECTORS CONVENTION--

We’ve got plenty to celebrate -- and we’ll be doing all that celebrating next August 22^nd! That’s when CAS Collectors will welcome one and all to Madison’s Howard Johnson Plaza for our 2020 Convention. The theme: “A Silver Salute! The 25^th Annual CAS Collectors Convention”.

Looking back on our Club’s stellar history, we’ll celebrate the all the joy that CAS has brought to collectors over the years, and continues to bring to us today. Our newsletters in the coming year will focus on many “blasts from the past” (“How did our Club get started?” “Where do our members hail from?” “What are some favorite Convention memories?”, and much more.) We’re kicking off the remembrances in this issue with “What were the past Convention themes and Commemoratives?”

Fun, excitement, and plenty of memories will be waiting for you in Madison, when the whole gang gets together! This is your ideal opportunity to revel in the history of CAS Collectors, and the beautiful Ceramic Arts Studio creations which brighten so many hearts and homes. There’ll be colorful party décor. . . take-home trinkets. . . and stupendous centerpieces. Plus, think of all the “On Display” possibilities (to be announced in our Spring newsletter)! In short, “A Silver Salute!” will include everything that makes our gatherings so unforgettable. (Including, of course, all your friends, and lots and lots of CAS!)

In the twinkling of an eye, you’ll be whisked on a trip down memory lane, as balloons, posters, and plenty of crepe paper, transform the Redwood Room of the Howard Johnson Plaza into a fantastic and unforgettable destination!

Here are the details:

THE DATE, THE TIME, THE PLACE: Saturday, August 22^nd, 2020 at the Howard Johnson Plaza in Madison. The fun gets underway at 6 pm, once again in the Howard Johnson’s spacious Redwood Room. As always, the CAS Collectors Convention is scheduled in conjunction with the Wisconsin Pottery Association Show & Sale, held during the day at Madison’s Alliant Energy Center.

THE SCHEDULE: All the good things you’ve come to expect: the opportunity to mix and mingle with your CAS Collectors friends and Studio personnel. . .the ever-popular “On Display Contest”. . .a Silent Auction. . .the Raffle. . .our delicious Banquet. . .the Annual Meeting. . .lots of Prizes. . . and our highly-anticipated Club Auction, called by Shawn and David Slotten. And, oh yes – the unveiling of our top-secret 2020 Convention Commemorative, presented to each attendee!

THE COST: Some prices may have skyrocketed, but not the price of your Convention registration. It’s still just $60 per person, for all the good times you can handle!

THE NEXT STEP: Well, to register, of course! To help you get a head start on your calendar planning, an advance registration form is enclosed with this newsletter. Why not send it in today, while you’re thinking of it, and be entered in our “Earliest Earlybird Contest”? All registrations postmarked by June 30, 2020 will be entered in this drawing for a terrific CAS prize, to be awarded at the Convention.

Ger ready for the time of your life, August 22^nd, 2020, as folks from far and near gather for “A Silver Salute! The 25^th Annual CAS Collectors Convention”. It just won’t be a party without you!