Daily Convention Schedule
Sunday
May 30, 2021
CONVENTION OPENS
- Noon CDT
- Registrants may log in for first time
LIVE Event Via Zoom
- 3 pm CDT: AVSA Board of Director’s Meeting
Viewable beginning at Noon CDT:
- Presentation 1: “How to Zoom” by Julie Mavity Hudson
- Bingo Instructions
- Scavenger Hunt Instructions
- Form to add names to Lest We Forget memorial list
- Application forms for new AVSA Director and Officers
Monday
May 31, 2021
FEATURED EVENTS New at Noon CDT
- NEW INTRODUCTION GALLERY
- SILENT AUCTION OPENS (closes at noon Saturday)
- SCAVENGER HUNT
LIVE Events Via Zoom
- 6–8 pm CDT: Cocktail Hour Get-Together #1
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- special guests Ralph & Olive Ma Robinson, The Violet Barn
- 9–11 pm CDT: Cocktail Hour Get-Together #2
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- special guest Sandra Skalski, Beginner’s Columnist
NEW Viewable beginning at noon CDT:
- Welcome Video from the President of AVSA
- Presentation 2: “Basics of Growing African Violets” by Sandra Skalski
Tuesday
June 1, 2021
FEATURED EVENTS in Progress
- NEW INTRODUCTION GALLERY
- SILENT AUCTION
- SCAVENGER HUNT
LIVE Event Via Zoom
- 7–8 pm CDT: BINGO!!!
NEW Viewable beginning at noon CDT:
- Presentation 3: “Spectacular Streptocarpus” by Terri Vicenzi
- Tour 1: The Violet Barn, Naples, NY
Wednesday
June 2, 2021
FEATURED EVENTS in Progress
- NEW INTRODUCTION GALLERY
- SILENT AUCTION
- SCAVENGER HUNT
LIVE Events Via Zoom
- 6–8 pm CDT: Cocktail Hour Get-Together #3
- special guest Dr. Jeff Smith, Research Chair, columnist
- 9–11 pm CDT: Cocktail Hour Get-Together #4
- special guest Ken Muzalewski, hybridizer of Hunter’s
NEW Viewable beginning at noon CDT:
- Presentation 4: “Science of Flowering” by Dr. Jeff Smith
- Tour 2: Dom Fialki (House of Violets), Moscow, Russia
Thursday
June 3, 2021
FEATURED EVENTS
New
- SHOWROOM Opens at noon CDT
- SALESROOM Opens at 3 pm CDT
In Progress
- NEW INTRODUCTION GALLERY
- SILENT AUCTION
- SCAVENGER HUNT
LIVE Events Via Zoom
- 6–8 pm CDT: Cocktail Hour Get-Together #5
- special guest Dianne Duggan, artist, presenter
- 9–11 pm CDT: Cocktail Hour Get-Together #6
- special guest Kathy Hajner, Hajner’s Hybrids
New Viewable beginning at noon CDT:
- Presentation 5: “New Blossom & Leaf Artwork” by Dianne Duggan
- Tour 3: Nevsky Dom Fialki, St. Petersburg, Russia
Friday
June 4, 2021
FEATURED EVENTS in Progress
- SHOWROOM
- SALESROOM
- NEW INTRODUCTION GALLERY
- SILENT AUCTION
- SCAVENGER HUNT
LIVE Event Via Zoom
- 7–8 pm CDT: LIVE AUCTION
New Viewable beginning at noon CDT:
- Presentation 6: “75th Anniversary” by Rich Follett
- Tour 4: Attractions at 2022 AVSA Convention, Little Rock, Arkansas
Saturday
June 5, 2021
FEATURED EVENTS in Progress
- SHOWROOM
- SALESROOM
- NEW INTRODUCTION GALLERY
- SILENT AUCTION (closes at noon today)
- SCAVENGER HUNT (entry form due by midnight)
LIVE Events Via Zoom
- 10 am CDT: Shows and Judges Breakfast
- 3 pm CDT: Annual Membership Meeting/Open Forum
- 4:15 pm CDT: AVSA Board of Director’s Meeting
- 7 pm CDT: Society Awards and Installation Officers & Directors
New Viewable beginning at noon CDT:
- Cyber Convention Closing Acknowledgements Video
- Official Documents
- Lest We Forget – memorial list of those lost in previous year
- Courtesy Resolution, thanking deserving individuals
Sunday
June 6, 2021
FEATURED EVENTS in Progress
- SHOWROOM Opens at noon CDT
- SALESROOM Opens at 3 PM CDT
- NEW INTRODUCTION GALLERY
LIVE Event Via Zoom
- 2 pm CDT: AVSA Standing Committee Meetings
- Committee chairs will schedule meetings during this time period
- Attendance by invitation only
New Viewable beginning at noon CDT:
- SCAVENGER HUNT Winner
