Billings, MT will be a new and exciting venue for our Expo in 2008.  Our afterglows and banquet will be in a beautiful courtyard if weather permits.  The afterglows are always fun and exciting, but this year we plan to kick it up a notch, by auctioning off a couple of items each evening.  We will of course save the premium items for the Auction at the banquet.

This year I have purchased some art work, jewelry and jade carving to mention a few. Of course the main auction items come as donations from you.  PLEASE let me know what you will be bringing for the auction, I will  put the information in our newsletter and website so that everyone can bring their check book, cash and of course we also take credit cards.

The silent auction will be displayed outside the Trade Show for your convenience.  I was excited once again when the shipment arrived from China and I saw the items I had chosen.  I certainly hope you will find them exciting as well.

Contact Nancy Blogin with your donation items right away.
816-505-3589

Due to increased costs in sending The Letters of Invitation for your company personnel to attend the Expo, we will no longer write the invitation letters after August 1st, 2008 for this year’s event.  Furthermore, all additional letters requested after two letters have been mailed will have a fee of $50 per letter assessed.

We thank you in advance for your understanding and cooperation in this matter.

Please be sure to list all persons you wish to invite on the first letter.

SPECIAL Treat for the Ladies in
BILLINGS, MT

10AM Pick up at hotel and transport to the Yellowstone County                                               Museum located atop the Rimrocks overlooking Billings.

Following the Museum tour you will be taken back downtown for
Shopping at unique boutiques and antique stores.  You will shop at
your own pace, ending up at Paula’s Edibles for chocolates made in
western designs.  (Makes Great Gifts), if you can resist the temptation
to eat them yourself!

12:30 - Pick up and Transfer to Moss Mansion, a historic house museum with 23 rooms of elegant furnishings from the early 1900’s.  Lunch will be served in The Rose Garden.

2:00PM - Pick up and return to the hotel following lunch.

10 AM Pick up at hotel
First stop at the Western Heritage Center.  The center is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution.  The center tells the stories of the peoples of the Yellowstone River Valley.  The building is listed on the National Register of historic places.

11AM Pick up and transfer to the Yellowstone Art Museum.  Some of the exhibits change monthly, however the stories and illustrations of Will James and Charles M Russell bronze sculptures are an ongoing exhibit.  Also see Material Terrain: a sculptural exploration of landscape and place and Gifts to Montana: The legacy of Miriam Sample. Following the tour you will lunch in the courtyard of the museum.

1:00 Pick up and return to the hotel.

CONTACT NANCY BLOGIN TO BOOK THE TOURS
nlblogin@kc.rr.com or phone 816-505-3589
Limited space, so book now, or at the latest when you send your
Registration forms.

Cost $20pp each day, which includes lunch

DON’T FORGET TO ORDER THE NFA COLLECTOR FIRECRACKERS!

NFA is now going to offer you the opportunity to order the NFA collector crackers and have them delivered to PGI or NFA conventions this fall, for you to take home at that time.

The cost is $50 per case. 
Contact Kevin Lynch today for further details and to place your order.
Telephone: 513-632-5504