The Western Shrine Association President Ray St. John P.P. of Ballut Abyad Shriners invites you to attend the WSA meeting for 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada hosted by Ballut Abyad Shriners Wednesday thru Saturday (April 11, 12, 13, and 14, 2018) Our Headquarters Hotel is The Golden Nugget downtown on Fremont Street Schedule of Activities and Unit/Club Competitions Clown Competition (Per Participant) (Saturday Afternoon) $30.00 There are other Competitions that have no cost to participate (see page 5) See Page 2 for times of Activities WSA Registration $120.00 includes Registration fee & hospitality room Hill Billy Degrees (Thursday) Ladies Luncheon (Friday) All Competitions Presidents Banquet, Caribbean attire with Fez (Saturday Evening) Jesters Lunch You can register online at www.westernshrine.org/product/wsa online See Page 3 for Mail in Registration Housing Information for the Golden Nugget Dates: April 11th to April 14th, 2018 Carson Tower King $79.00/night* Carson Tower Double 104.00/night* * The cut off date for housing is March 12, 2018 * See Housing page (page 4) for full details 1 P age
WSA 2018 Schedule Wednesday, April 11, 2018 6:00 pm 8:00 pm Registration Desk open 6:00 pm 8:00 pm Hospitality Suite open Thursday, April 12, 2018 9:00 am 6:00 pm Registration 11:30 am 1:00 pm Jester Lunch (off premises) 3:00 pm Midnight Hospitality Suite open Evening Time TBA Hill Billy Degrees Friday, April 13, 2018 8:00 am 10:00 am Registration 9:00 am 12 Noon WSA Business Meeting 11:30 am 1:00 pm Ladies Lunch 12:00 noon Men s lunch on your own 1:30 pm 3:00 pm Imperial Program 4:00 pm Home Brew Competition (Hospitality Room) 5:00 pm Cocktail Party & Night Shirt Competition Dinner on your own Counterparts, P.P., classes etc. 8:00 pm Midnight Hospitality Suite open Saturday, April 14, 2018 8:00 am 10:00am Registration 10:00 am 11:00 am Motor Corp Competition (Clark County Government Center) 11:00 am 12 Noon Clown Competition 5:30 pm 6:30 pm Social before Presidents Dinner (Caribbean attire) No host Bar 6:30 pm 9:00 pm Presidents Dinner (Caribbean attire) w/ Fez 9:00 pm Midnight Hospitality Suite open WSA Registered Participants Receive: Access to WSA activities designed to show Shriners young and old what being a Shriner is all about. They call the Shrine the playground of Masonry, think of WSA convention as your personal Big Playground in Las Vegas. If you don t have fun, it is your own fault. Access to the spacious hospitality suite on the upper floor of the hotel. This suite will be the WSA Hospitality Room. Registered WSA attendees have access to free beverages and snacks during the convention. This is just another place to relax and make new and renew friendships. The hours are listed in the schedule of events. Once again, if you don t visit you will be missing a fun place to mix with fellow Shriners and their Ladies. Business Meeting: All Temples in good standing with WSA are automatically a member, this includes all the Nobility of that temple (there are no dues cards for this). All Nobles are welcome to attend the business meeting to understand what is going on with WSA and interface and learn from the Imperial Presentation that have an impact on our fraternity. Western Shrine Association's member Temples: Aahmes, Al Malaikah, Aloha, Anezeh, Asiya, Ballut Abyad, Ben Ali, El Bekal, El Zaribah, Kerak, Sabbar, Tehran and Zelzah. 2 P age
2018 WSA Registration Form Name Lady Address City/State Phone ( ) Cell ( ) E-mail: Shrine Temple Title 2018 WSA Activities # of Tickets Per Ticket Total Registration fee (Nobles only) No fee for Ladies $120.00 Hill Billy Degrees (Thursday) Men s Degree $35.00 / Ladies Degree $20.00 Ladies Luncheon (Friday) Home Brew Competition (Friday Afternoon) Cocktail Party w/ a Night Shirt Competition (Friday Evening) Prize for the best Male Night Shirt, best Female Night Shirt & best Couples Night Shirt (Lets Have Fun With This) Motor Corp Competition (Saturday Morning) Clown Competition (Per Participant) (Saturday Afternoon) Presidents Banquet, Caribbean attire with Fez (Saturday Evening) Jesters Lunch off premises Total Enclosed $35.00 $20.00 $45.00 $30.00 $50.00 each $45.00 Mail in Form and Check to: Assisted Rabban, Chris Leitch, Ballut Abyad Shrine, 6600 Zuni SE, Albuq. NM 87108 3 P age
Our Headquarters Hotel is The Golden Nugget downtown on Fremont Street All guests may make their reservations by calling the Golden Nugget Reservations Department directly CALL FOR YOUR RESERVATION 800 331 5731 (toll free) To obtain the WSA special group rate, the WSA guests need to identify themselves as being with Western Shrine Association. DO NOT USE WSA may not find the room block! The Golden Nugget requires a first night's deposit of room and tax, per room, to guarantee individual reservations. The Hotel accepts all major credit cards for the deposit and the credit card will be charged for the stipulated room and tax at time of reservation, Guests may cancel individual reservations up to 72 hours prior to arrival without penalty. Cancellations received inside of 72 hours of arrival will forfeit first night room and tax deposit. All guests will be required to provide either a credit card imprint or cash deposit upon check in. The Golden Nugget WSA Group room rates (Group code: GSWSA18) Dates: April 11th to April 14th, 2018 Carson Tower King $79.00/night* Carson Tower Double $104.00/night* *All rates quoted do not include current 13% applicable state and local tax, (subject to change as dictated by the City of Las Vegas.) *RESORT FEE: A daily resort fee of $15.00, plus applicable 13% tax will be added to each guest room account which entitles each guest to the following items (Resort Fee and taxes subject to change): Access to the fitness center for two people daily; does not include wet areas inside of the spa (a value of $20 per person/per day) In room internet access; up to two (2) devices per day (a value of $14.99 per day) Printing of boarding passes at Front Desk or Box Office Only Free parking Two (2) Free Bottled Waters per day Complimentary RJ Newspapers in the Tower Lobbies from 6:00 am 10:00 am RESERVATION CUT OFF DATE is March 12, 2018 The "cut off date" for accepting reservations into this group block is March 12, 2018. Reservation requests and/or name/date change requests received after 5:00 p.m. local time at Hotel on the cut off date will be accepted based on rate and/or category availability. EARLY DEPARTURE FEE: The Hotel understands that guests may need to depart prior to the scheduled departure date. The guest will have up to the time of check in to amend their departure date without penalty. After this time, should the guest depart earlier than indicated there will be a $50.00 early departure fee. This charge will be posted to the individual's account as an incidental charge unless otherwise specified on billing instructions. The Hotel will inform guests upon check In of this fee. 4 P age
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