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the North: Interstate 39/51 South to Exit 192 toward Wausau/Abbotsford. Turn right onto State Hwy 29 West. Turn left onto State Hwy 97 South to Marshfield. Stay straight when Hwy 97 ends and becomes Business Hwy 13 South (South Central Ave) approx 1 mile. Holiday Inn is on the right. |
From
the East: State Hwy 10 West through Stevens Point to Marshfield. Turn right onto State Hwy 13 North (Veterans Parkway) approx 3 miles. Turn left onto Business Highway 13 South (South Central Ave) approx 1 mile. Holiday Inn is on the right. |
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the South: Interstate 39/51 North to Exit 158B toward Stevens Point. Turn right onto State Hwy 10 West. Follow Hwy 10 thru Stevens Point to Marshfield. Turn right onto State Hwy 13 North (Veterans Parkway) approx 3 miles. Turn left onto Business Hwy 13 South (South Central Ave) approx 1 mile. Holiday Inn is on the right. |
From
the West: State Hwy 29 East to Abbotsford. Exit 132. Turn left onto State Hwy 13 South to Marshfield. Turn right onto Business Hwy 13 South (South Central Ave) approx 1 mile. Holiday Inn is on the right. |
Friday,
November 9 |
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4:00
pm |
Registration Opens |
6:30 |
Board Meeting |
7:00 |
Open Mic Reading (Longer poems welcome!) |
8:30–11 |
Poets' Dance, in the Holiday Inn Ballroom. The band is Anna Ran Away: Bruce Dethlefsen, Bill Orth, Rudy Winther, and Greg and Carol Wright will play original blues, jazz, and rock & roll! |
Saturday,
November 10 |
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7:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
8:00 |
Registration |
9:00 |
Welcome/Business meeting |
10:00 |
Break |
10:15 |
Roll Call Poems (24 line limit, please!) |
11:30 |
Book Festival (books for sale by Wisconsin poets!) |
12:00 |
Lunch and Awards |
1:00 |
Roll Call Poems (Continued) and Triad Contest |
2:00 |
Speaker: William Clark—The Mythic Place As A Source Of Poetry |
3:00 |
Panel: Speaking Skills that Make Delivery as Memorable as the Poems |