Convention Sites

[tld221]

I wish there was a link I could've posted like Sen, but alas.

I noticed no one (so far) has listed a conference in NYC. We have! I don't see us doing it ever again, sadly. How I'd love to be a host city!

A smattering of our Boules over the years. The gaps are the ones I couldn't find or remember.

2014 - Washington, DC (OK, DMV area - counting the days down!)
2012 - New Orleans
2010 - Palm Springs, CA
2008 - Detroit, MI
2006 - Dallas, TX (I think it was moved there from NOLA post-Katrina)
2004 - Memphis, TN
2002 - Miami
1998 - Las Vegas, NV
1996 - Houston, TX
1988 - St. Louis, MO
1984 - San Antonio, TX
1980 - Oklahoma City, OK
1978 - New Orleans
1974 - Los Angeles
1972 - Indianapolis, Indiana (Golden 50th Anniversary)
1965 - New York City
1963 - Denver
1961 - Philadelphia
1951 - Los Angeles
1938 - Houston, TX
1936 - Frankfort, KY
1935 - Richmond, VA
1934 - St. Louis, MO
1933 - Chicago (no 1932 Boule)
1931 - New York City
1930 - Gary, IN
1927 - Louisville, KY
1925 - Indianapolis, IN

No Boules hosted between 1941-44 due to WWII.

[WhiteRose1912]

Originally Posted by tld221

I noticed no one (so far) hasn't listed a conference in NYC. We have! I don't see us doing it ever again, sadly. How I'd love to be a host city!

Interesting! I assume it would be cost prohibitive at this point? Syracuse and Buffalo get love, at least.

[nyapbp]

Today's Pi Phi blog has a post about the cancelled 1917 convention, Pi Phi's 50th anniversary convention. It was cancelled because of WWI. Many, if not almost all, fraternity and sorority conventions were cancelled during World War II. Some organizations put the funds towards "war work."

I, for one, am fascinated by the old hotels which were host to fraternity and sorority conventions. Someone mentioned French Lick. NPC met at the French Lick hotel as did Kappa Kappa Gamma at its Centennial in 1970. It is not the easiest place to get to. (I am reading Herman B Well's book and he talks about the railroad that took people to French Lick.) Kappa Alpha Theta had an early 1900s convention at West Baden Springs Hotel, which is on property adjoining the French Lick Hotel.

Chi Omega had a series of conventions at the Greenbrier, decades worth as I recall.

Pi Phi's Centennial Convention in 1967 took place at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago. It was the site of the 1936 convention. The story I've heard is the hotel cashed our check in 1967 and promptly closed. It was torn down shortly thereafter.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by tld221

I noticed no one (so far) hasn't listed a conference in NYC. We have! I don't see us doing it ever again, sadly. How I'd love to be a host city!

I think I'm confused - did you mean no one has listed a conference in NYC?

I'm still waiting for us to have a convention in Boston.....

ETA: I asked around, and as expected, we didn't have a convention between 1939 and 1946 due to WWII.

[tld221]

Originally Posted by WhiteRose1912

Interesting! I assume it would be cost prohibitive at this point? Syracuse and Buffalo get love, at least.

Super cost-prohibitive. Many Sorors plan Boule attendance as vacation time - from work, but also as a trip with their families. Cost for the membership (specifically travelling to NYC) AND the organization is considered (though I'm sure this is considered for ANY conference).

Also, though the NE Region has the largest membership, I don't see NYC as a high-membership area for our organization.

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

I think I'm confused - did you mean no one has listed a conference in NYC?

Yes, that. LOL

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by tld221

I wish there was a link I could've posted like Sen, but alas.

I noticed no one (so far) has listed a conference in NYC. We have! I don't see us doing it ever again, sadly. How I'd love to be a host city!

A smattering of our Boules over the years. The gaps are the ones I couldn't find or remember.

2014 - Washington, DC (OK, DMV area - counting the days down!)
2012 - New Orleans
2010 - Palm Springs, CA
2008 - Detroit, MI
2006 - Dallas, TX (I think it was moved there from NOLA post-Katrina)
2004 - Memphis, TN
2002 - Miami
1998 - Las Vegas, NV
1996 - Houston, TX
1988 - St. Louis, MO
1984 - San Antonio, TX
1980 - Oklahoma City, OK
1978 - New Orleans
1974 - Los Angeles
1972 - Indianapolis, Indiana (Golden 50th Anniversary)
1965 - New York City
1963 - Denver
1961 - Philadelphia
1951 - Los Angeles
1938 - Houston, TX
1936 - Frankfort, KY
1935 - Richmond, VA
1934 - St. Louis, MO
1933 - Chicago (no 1932 Boule)
1931 - New York City
1930 - Gary, IN
1927 - Louisville, KY
1925 - Indianapolis, IN

No Boules hosted between 1941-44 due to WWII.

AOII's centennial convention in 1997 was in NYC since we were founded there. Marriott Marquis. 😉

[gatordeltapgh]

Here's our list. I love the conventions in Meadville, Pa. I can't even imagine where they might have stayed! I also have no idea what was happening in 1935 but that's how sites are listed on our website.

1891 Greencastle, Indiana
1893 Albion, Michigan
1894 Evanston, Illinois
1896 Meadville, Pennsylvania
1897 Greencastle, Indiana
1898 Albion, Michigan
1900 Boston, Massachusetts
1902 Evanston, Illinois
1904 Meadville, Pennsylvania
1906 Greencastle, Indiana
1908 Champaign, Illinois
1910 Detroit, Michigan
1912 Madison, Wisconsin
1915 Long Beach, California
1919 Chicago, Illinois
1922 Colorado Springs, Colorado
1924 Swampscott, Massachusetts
1926 Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada
1928 Mackinac Island, Michigan
1930 Del Monte, California
1935 Greencastle, Indiana
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Washington D. C.
1937 Glacier National Park, Montana
1939 Siegniory Club, Montebello, Quebec, Canada
1941 Pasadena, California
1943 Chicago, Illinois
1947 Quebec, Canada
1949 Pasadena, California
1951 Roanoke, Virginia
1953 Banff, Alberta, Canada
1955 White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
1957 Pasadena, California
1960 French Lick, Indiana
1962 Bal Harbour, Miami Beach, Florida
1964 Colorado Springs, Colorado
1966 Portsmouth, New Hampshire
1968 Dallas, Texas
1970 Portland, Oregon
1972 Chicago, Illinois
1974 Atlanta, Georgia
1976 Minneapolis, Minnesota
1978 Scottsdale, Arizona
1980 New Orleans, Louisiana
1983 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1985 Indianapolis, Indiana
1988 Palm Desert, California
1990 Tarpon Springs, Florida
1992 St. Louis, Missouri
1994 Dallas, Texas
1996 San Diego, California
1998 Norfolk, Virginia
2000 Indianapolis, Indiana
2002 Denver, Colorado
2004 Orlando, Florida
2006 Chicago, Illinois
2008 Scottsdale, Arizona
2010 Washington D.C.
2012 St. Louis, Missouri
2014 Palm Desert, California

[WhiteRose1912]

Originally Posted by gatordeltapgh

Here's our list. I love the conventions in Meadville, Pa. I can't even imagine where they might have stayed! I also have no idea what was happening in 1935 but that's how sites are listed on our website.

1935 Greencastle, Indiana
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Washington D. C.

Okay, I'm dying to know.

[nyapbp]

Originally Posted by WhiteRose1912

Okay, I'm dying to know.

"Delta Chapter in Meadville, PA was hostess for the Fourth National Convention, April 8-10, 1896. The delegates convened in the fraternity room....The social features were a reception and musicale at the home of Mrs. Walter Harper, receptions by Kappa Alpha Theta and Kappa Kappa Gamma in their fraternity rooms and a banquet at the Commercial Hotel."
1929 History

[SoCalGirl]

Sigma Kappa
2016 - Chicago
2014 - Las Vegas / Henderson, NV
2012 - Woodlands, TX (Houston vicinity)
2010 - Disney World
2008 - Palm Springs / Indian Wells, CA
2006 - Washington DC / Crystal City, VA
2004 - Cincinnati, OH
2002 - Phoenix / Scottsdale, AZ
2000 - Marco Island, FL
1998 - Washington DC ????

[tld221]

What's with White Sulphur Springs, WV? Is Chi Omega's HQ there or something?

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by tld221

What's with White Sulphur Springs, WV? Is Chi Omega's HQ there or something?

The Greenbrier, "America's Resort," is in White Sulphur Springs, WV. No, it was never Chi Omega's HQ, but it was truly like our "home away from home," hosting 21 Conventions. It's still a magnificent place!