Sunday October 15th

Tour Chicago, the Windy City

Time: 8:00 am-8:00 pm

Cost: $30

We will leave the Hilton at 8:00 am and travel via coach bus to Chicago and spend the day at the heart of the Windy City.  Continental breakfast will be served en route.  The coach will travel continuously between the museum campus, Navy Pier and the shopping centers on the Miracle Mile throughout the day.  You will be able to experience it all without the hassle of taxis. Visit the museum campus which includes the Shedd Aquarium, the Adler Planetarium and the Field Museum.  The “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharoahs” exhibit, which includes 50 artifacts that were buried with King Tut, will be on display at the Field Museum on the day we visit.  This special exhibit requires advance ticket purchase.  You can purchase these tickets online now . Tickets for the exhibit are $31 each with timed entry at 30 minute intervals.  If you purchase a ticket, select 10:30 am or later on October 15^th, 2006.   

Navy Pier offers a variety of shops, restaurants and entertainment.  You may also wish to enjoy the skyline from the water.  There are several cruise lines available throughout the day including a brunch cruise, architectural cruises and more. We will board the bus at about 6:00 pm at Navy Pier to return to Milwaukee. Arrival at the Hilton will be around 8:00 p.m.

Monday  October 16th

Tour of Milwaukee

Time: 9:00 am-3:00 pm

Cost:  $32

Travel via coach bus to some of the sites that made Milwaukee famous.  We will take a one-hour tour of  Harley-Davidson at 9:45 am.  We will head to Friday’s Front Row Sports Grill inside Miller Park, Home of the Milwaukee Brewers, for a lunch buffet overlooking the Brewer’s playing field.  Our final stop is Miller Brewing Company where we will take a one hour walking guided tour with beer sampling at the end of the tour.  We will return to the Hilton around 3:00 pm.

Monday Night  October 16th

President’s Reception

Time: 5:30-8:30

Cost:  $20

Join President Rick Warsinskey at Historic Turner Hall to experience a Taste of Milwaukee.  Meet new members and get reacquainted with old friends.  It wouldn’t be authentic without the polka band.

Tuesday Morning October 17^th

Welcome Breakfast

Time:  7:30-9:00

Cost:  $24

Tuesday Night October 17th

German Restaurant

Time:  6:00 pm

Cost: $34

Join us for dinner at Mader’s German Restaurant for two of Milwaukee’s dining traditions—German Food and Fish Fry on Old World Third Street. Dinner is a buffet complete with coffee, tea and dessert

Wednesday Night October 18^th

Banquet and Live Entertainment

Time: 6:00-11:30

Cost: $55

Right at the hotel,  we will have a piano player during the cocktail hour which begins at 6:00 as well as light appetizers and cash bar.  There will be a choice of three entrees. (See the registration form.)

Dinner and awards begin at 7:00.  There will be live entertainment in the form of the "Do Wop Daddies" from 8:30-11:30. 

Thursday October 19th

Lake Michigan Attractions
Time:  12:30-??

Cost:  $20

Travel less than a mile east to the lakefront of Lake Michigan.  Plan to dine lakeside at the "Coast" restaurant one of Milwaukee’s fine seafood restaurants tucked between the Milwaukee Art Museum and Pier Wisconsin. After lunch, you are free to explore the countless attractions of the lakefront.  The Milwaukee Art Museum features the first Santiago Calatrava-designed building in the United States which features a 90-foot high glass-walled reception hall enclosed by the Burke Brise Soleil, a sunscreen that can be raised or lowered creating a unique moving sculpture.  The museum is open until 7:00 pm on Thursday evenings. 

Pier Wisconsin, which opens this summer, features an aquarium, the Discovery World museum and a living history of the Great Lakes. 

(Please note that there are separate admission charges to the Milwaukee Art Museum and to Pier Wisconsin.)

You can explore the Milwaukee’s beautiful lakefront by following the winding paths that follow the sandy beach.  Bicycle, roller blade and kite rentals are available as well as pontoon boats at the lagoon.  You are free to return to the hotel at your own pace.  

Other opportunities as you make your way back to the hotel include the Edelweiss Boat Cruises that dock on the Milwaukee River at Old World Third Street and Juneau.  From 2:00-3:00 p.m., there is a sightseeing tour along the Milwaukee River and harbor and the shoreline of Lake Michigan.  Tickets are $10.  Too early??  From 5:30-7:00 p.m., the Edelweiss offers a Happy Hour Cruise which includes pizza buffet and beer. Tickets are $15.