Off-Site Activities
FORT
SMITH CONVENTION ACTIVITY PLANNER
Here
is a complete itinerary for your organization's activities
for the three days your conference/convention is held at
our Fort
Smith Convention Center.
(Note: sample schedule is based on an 11 a.m. arrival. Earlier
or later arrival times might affect part of the first day
activities. Third day schedule can be expanded.)
FIRST
DAY
11:00 a.m. - 5 p.m. Registration.
Volunteers with information about sites and Fort Smith attractions.
1:00
p.m. - 5 p.m. Golf Tournament
On local courses, OR Pre-conference/convention block for
business/education seminars.
2:00
p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Optional Spouse Tours Might include
the following activities:
- Tour Miss
Laura's Visitor Center, the only former bordello on
the National Register of Historic Places.
- Ride a trolley
bus for a tour of Fort Smith's Belle Grove Historic
District.
- Shopping
in Fort Smith downtown, mall, or neighboring Van Buren's
historic Main Street.
- Train ride
into scenic Boston mountains.
- Cherokee Nation Bingo in neighboring Roland, Oklahoma.
6:00
p.m. - 9 p.m. Opening Reception. Optional sites include
the Convention Center, local hotels, or outside (weather
permitting.) Informal, first-night dinner consisting of
fish, barbecue or chicken. Festivities might include Western
hats for all visitors, a Grand Entry by wagon for VIP's,
a mock gun-battle by desperados, or mock hanging for selected
few and pardon by Fort Smith mayor. Plenty of music.
SECOND
DAY
8:00
a.m. - 9 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
9:00
a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Session I - Business/education seminars
10:45
a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Break
11
a.m. - 12 Noon.
Session II - Business/education seminars
12
Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
(On property or catered), Speaker
1:30
p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Break
1:45
p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Session III - Business/education seminars
1:30
p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Optional Spouse Tours. (see Day One options)
2:45
p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Session IV - Business/education seminars
3:45
p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Break
4:00
p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Session V - Business/education seminars
6:30
p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Evening Reception near banquet area
7:30
p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Banquet, installation/awards, and program. Optional is performance
featuring the Miss Laura's Players in "Medicine Show on
Hangin' Day." (Performance can be included in special Dinner
Theatre presentation during banquet)
9:30
p.m. - ?
Free time, hospitality suites, or visit downtown Fort Smith
clubs
THIRD
DAY
8:00
a.m.- 9:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast or early Brunch
9:00
a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Session VI - Business/education seminars
11:00
a.m. Convention/conference close
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