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SAVE THE DATE!

Saturday February 15, 2020

$46 per person

Dinner/Dance/Unlimited Presenter’s Sessions

Unlimited Presentations Only:   $20 per person

 Sutlers/ Federal Rebels/ 50-50 Raffle/ 32nd Anniversary Cake/73rd OVI Brass Band
 

New Location! Upscale & Luxurious 

Sheraton Suites 1989 Front Street Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 44221

REGISTRATION IS OPEN!

The Committee would like to thank all of you for attending the 31st Anniversary of the ORMB at the McKinley Grand Hotel, Canton, Ohio, on February 16, 2019, and making the Ball successful and memorable.

The Ohio Regimental Military Ball Committee cordially invites you to our 32nd Annual Ball to be held at the beautiful Sheraton Suites, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.  This new venue will enhance our Ball in addition to the new Presenters and Topics, Cuisine & Sutlers.  We look forward to your attendance in the celebration of the Blue & Gray!

Presenter Topics & Sutler Information have been added.  Please scroll to end of web site for Registration Options

 

Location

Sheraton Suites Cuyahoga Falls

Ball Schedule

9:00 am – 3:30 pm

12:00 – 1:00 pm

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

 5:00 pm

6:15 pm

7:30 pm

10:00 pm

Unlimited Conferences included in Ball Ticket  – WITHOUT BALL TICKET $20 pp

Lunch/Pre-ordered Pasta & Salad Bar Buffet CASCADE area Sheraton Suites

Group Waltz Dance Lessons Ballroom

Individual, private Waltz lessons at Ballroom. (Appointment needed, details below)

Socializing & Shopping 

Dinner Begins

Dance Begins with the Grand March 

Afterglow begins

Dinner Menu

Dinner Entrée Options:

   Sirloin Steak (6 ounces) with roasted mushroom sauce

Cranberry Chicken Stuffed with walnuts in pan sauce and fennel slaw

          Scrod with Lemon Wine Butter Sauce

Asian Vegetarian Stir Fry with Fresh Selection of Vegetables & Sticky Rice

All Entrées include:

Garden Salad, Rolls, Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Chef’s Medley of Vegetables,

Dessert

Chocolate or Vanilla Mousse

32nd Anniversary Cake 

Coffee and Tea Station

Breakfast (optional)

Hotel Check-ins will receive $4 off coupon each for Saturday & Sunday Breakfast Buffet

Other restaurant options:

  • Beaus on the River Restaurant: 7:00am – 11:am (closed)
  • Sheraton Lounge: 11:00am – 1:00 am

Lunch (optional)

Sheraton is offering a Pasta and Salad Bar Buffet for Attendees 11:30 – 12:30 Cascade Area.   

$18.00 per person which includes tax and gratuity. 

You MUST register for this in order to reserve a luncheon, and this option will be in your Registration form. Otherwise, please note the following hours when the Sheraton will have lunch available.  

Accommodations

Sheraton Suites Cuyahoga Falls

Room Rate: $110 plus tax (15.25%)

Deadline for Special Room Rate: 1/27/2020

Conferences

Conference Presenters & Topics Under “Presenters”

Unlimited Conferences offer Guests different Topic choices scheduled either morning or afternoon

Attendees with  BALL TICKETS (Dinner & Dance) FREE unlimited conferences  

Otherwise $20 per person unlimited Conferences

Room 1

Photography – Michael Rhodes

Remembering Arlington – Mary Anna Custis Lee – Maryann O’Neal

$10 To a Better Appearance – Janet Fortino

Lives of President & Mrs. Davis – David Walker & Dr. Holly Ray

Recreate a Civil War Style with Beads & Bugles (fee) – Kristen Mrozek

Conversation with the Lincolns – Robert & Barbara Brugler

History of the American Flags & Governor Francis H. Pierpont History – Art & Pam Dodd

Music – John Huffman

Room 2

General Samuel Cooper – John Spaziana

Railroads during the Civil War and Amassa Stone Industrialist Tragedy – Maryanne Chevraux as Mrs. Stone

The Second Battle of Lake Erie – Ed Keyse as Commander John C. Carter

Spiritualism – Melissa Strobel

Songbird of the Civil War – Diana Vitrosko

Harriet Tubman – Allison Smith

Spy of the Cumberland – Valerie Hamil

Waste Not, Want Not, A Victorian Woman’s Art & Crafts with leftovers around the home – Lynne Bury

Lives of President & Mrs. Davis Part II – David Walker & Dr. Holly Ray

Ballroom Etiquette – John Rys 

Sutlers

Octagon Ladies’ Repository

Amazon Dry Goods

Patty Roosa – Elizabeth II

Mandy Kallal – Jewelry for Reenactors

Janet Fortino

Keely Hopkins

Kimberly Lynch – Dressmaker’s Shop

Kristen Mrozek – The Victorian Needle

 

Attire

Gentlemen: 1860s Period Military Uniforms, 1860s Evening Formal Wear or Modern Formal Wear

Ladies: 1860s Ball Gowns or Modest, Modern Evening Formal Wear

Musicians

73rd OVI Brass Band for Dancing 

Federal Rebels for Entertainment

Dance Caller: Katie Humphries
Set #1: Grand March, Waltz, Gay Gordon, Gallopade, Rustic Steel
Set #2: Waltz, The Cheat, Northumberland, Circle Mixer, Virginia Reel, Spanish Dance
Set #3: Pattycake Polka, Gothic Dance, Lancers 1, Soldiers Joy, Last Waltz

Free Dance Practice

Ballroom Opens at 1:00 pm

Dance Lessons

2:30 – 3:30 Group Waltz Lessons No Sign Up necessary

3:30 – 4:30 Individual, Private Waltz Lessons at 15-minute interval – please

Email Carol for Appointment:  carltonmt@hotmail.com 

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Photography Sitting

Michael Rhodes Photographer will be available throughout the day.  

Appointment preferred

440-666-8588

9 AM – 5 PM

http://www.michaelrhodesphotography.com

Send Message to info@michaelrhodesphotography.com

Ball Gown Seamstresses

Elizabeth Rock

Octagon Ladies Repository

Sara Crow

CivilWarLady.net by Joy Melcher

Patty Roosa – Elizabeth II

Sara McKee – Handstitch buttonholes, men’s clothing, basic ladies’ underpinnings

Lisa Maxwell – You’re Never Out of Style Victorian Bustle Dresses, Edwardian, and Civil War

Erin’s Sewing Creations – erinseidla@gmail.com

330-310-6458

330-855-4251

330-356-0904

712-310-9383

330-671-6637

330-844-3490

                                                                     330-764-4628

Dance Mixer

If you would like us to locate Dance Partners, please indicate if you wish a Male Partner or a Female Partner on the Registrations Form!                         Otherwise leave blank

Miscellaneous

Cash Bar in Sheraton Lounge 

No outside food or alcohol permitted at our Event per State Law:

Breakout Presenter Rooms, Ballrooms and at the Afterglow Snacks available

Registration

$46 Per Person

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

ON-LINE & MAIL-IN REGISTRATION DEADLINE FEBRUARY 7, 2020

 

Price Includes Dinner, Dance, Dessert & Unlimited Conferences

Unlimited Conferences offer Guests different choices scheduled either morning or afternoon 

at different times compared to years past

Click here to pay online

Click for mail in registration

Contact

If you have any questions, just contact us!

Ted E. Dudra  330-896-9063

dudrated@aol.com

Darcy Miller 330-550-0285