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WFOP Fall Conference
November 9–10, 2007
Marshfield Holiday Inn
750 South Central Ave.
Marshfield, WI 54449

Early Registration Deadline: September 20th, 2007

"Anna Ran Away" original blues, jazz, and rock & roll band will play for WFOP's First Poets' Dance, following the open mic poetry reading.

“The Mythic Place as a Source of Poetry”
University of Wisconsin—Stevens Point Professor William Clark explores the mythic dimensions and sources that inform the poems we write.

“Speaking Skills that Make Delivery as Memorable as the Poems”
a panel moderated by Joan Wiese Johannes, featuring Sue Kileen, Mariann Ritzer, Richard Roe.

Registration:
Housing Information:

All registrations and inquiries should be directed to:

WFOP Conference Coordinator
Michael Kriesel
H16550 State Hwy 52
Aniwa, WI 54408-9618

715-446-3645
Mkriesel@wausau.k12.wi.us

Printable Registration form                  .doc

Early Registration Fees due by September 20th, 2007
$53 members and family
$78 nonmembers (includes membership)

Registration deadline October 20th, 2007
$58 members and family
$83 nonmembers (includes membership)

Walk-In
$60
members

Holiday Inn & Conference Center
750 South Central Ave.
Marshfield, WI 54449
715-486-1500
www.holiday-inn.com

Rate:
$84 (WFOP group rate—make check payable to WFOP and include with registration)

After October 8th you’ll have to make your own reservation with the hotel, and the rate will be higher.

Driving directions:
From 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.
From 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.

Schedule::

Friday, November 9
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
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