Postcard

Dear 2010 IMEA Exhibitor,

Be on the lookout for the 2011 Convention Postcards, they were mailed out today. Below is the information from the postcard:

2011 IMEA Convention
January 20-22, 2011
Grand Wayne Convention Center
Fort Wayne, IN


Register on line at:
http://imeamusic.org/convention/exhibits.php

August 2-16 IMEA Corporate Member Registration
August 16-January 10, 2011 Exhibitor Registration

All Exhibitors receive attendee list upon request

Dedicated exhibitor only time with an Exhibits Grand Opening Party on Thursday, January 20

Visit IMEA Exhibitor Blog http://imeaexhibits.blogspot.com/

I look forward to seeing you in Fort Wayne!

2011 Convention

I am excited to begin working on the 2011 IMEA Convention. If you have specific questions please e-mail me at exhibits@imeamusic.org

The tentative time line for the registration process is as follows:

August 2-16 IMEA Corporate sponsor registration
August 16-January 10, 2011 Exhibitor registration

2010 Convention Attendees

We had 1030 paid attendees at the 2010 convention. This does not include performers or clinicians. This may help you if you have paper work to complete that includes the number of attendees.

Post Show Survey

Thank you for being an exhibitor at the 2010 Indiana Music Educators Association Convention. Please take the post show survey.

I look forward to seeing many of you in Fort Wayne for the 2011 Convention.

Thank You

IMEA Exhibitors,

Thank you for exhibiting with the Indiana Music Educators Association. We appreciate your efforts as you help Music Educators and Music Education in Indiana. Wether you are a sheet music vendor, instrument manufacturer or distributor, college or university, fundraising company, educational materials, Musical organization, musical furniture manufacturer or a travel company your company/organization gives Music Educators the tools to become highly effective teachers.

On a personal note, I have enjoyed working with all of you. I hope we continue to work with each other as IMEA moves to Fort Wayne for the 2011 convention.

Please continue to check the imea exhibitor blog http://imeaexhibits.blogspot.com/ as I will continue to update it throughout the year.

Thank you once again.

Big Truck Parking

If you have a box truck or larger that needs to be parked, IMEA has secured a bus lot at 402 Kentucky Ave. for $20 per day. If you would like more information about this lot, please let me know.

College Fair Schedule

We have a finalized schedule for the College Fair. The All State High School students will be visiting during regular exhibit hours. Here is the schedule:

College Fair Schedule
Friday, January 22
10:00-10:30am
All State Orchestra Students
11:30-Noon
All State Vocal Jazz
1:30-2:15pm
All State Jazz Ensemble
Saturday, January 23
9:00am Future Music Educators
2:15pm All State Choir
Due to the rehearsals for the All State Choir being off site, these students will arrive at the Convention Center at 2:15. I will be taking the college brochures to them at this time. If you would like me to take any information from your college I will be happy to do so. If any college representatives would like to meet with students during this time, you are welcome to do so.

Unloading and Parking

A few details pertaining to set up for the Indiana Music Educators Convention.

Set up is from 3:00-7:pm Thursday January, 21 in Exhibit hall C

You may use the loading dock for Exhibit Hall C. It is off of west street. I have attacked a map of the loading docs for icclos. Here are the directions from their web site:

From I-70 - Take exit 79A, head north on Missouri / West Street. The tarmac area is approximately 1/8 mile past South Street on the right.
From I-65 - Take West Street, exit 114. Head south to South Street and turn left (east). Proceed one block to West / Missouri and turn left (north). The tarmac area is approximately 1/8 mile on the right. Please note that the tarmac is not directly accessible when traveling southbound on West Street. You will pass the convention center before turning on South Street.
From my experience you cannot park very long on the tarmac. You will then have to find parking in downtown Indianapolis. I have attached a parking map.

If you have any other questions please let me know, I will try to help.

Updated Exhibit Hall Layout

Indiana Music Exhibitors

We have updated the Exhibit Hall Layout. I thought you might like to see the updated layout. The concession stand will be open to attendees during breakfast and lunch. This will bring more people to the back of the exhibit hall. There will be tables for attendees to eat at in the back of the hall. I will be e-mailing soon with more information.

Thank you very much!

*if you did not get an e-mail with an updated exhibit hall layout, please let me know and I will e-mail you one.

Preregistration list

I you would like a list of the attendees who have preregistered for the 2010 IMEA Convention on January 21-23, please respond to this e-mail. I have the list and am happy to e-mail it to exhibitors who would like to send out e-mails or mailings in preparation for the convention.

We are getting closer!

James

College Fair

I am getting closer to having a schedule for the college fair. I will get it to you as soon as I have things finalized. Currently, the high school all state groups are visiting during regular exhibitor hours.

I plan to put together a pamphlet with all of the colleges and universities who are exhibiting. I will have the college/university name and web site. I can also put a brief description as well. If you would like me to include an e-mail address for admissions or information for your school I can do that as well. Please respond with a brief description and a specif e-mail for high school students to use.

Thanks you very much! I am excited about the high school kids to explore their future educational opportunities.

Exhibitor Badges

When you come to set up your booth you will receive a packet with various information in it. There will be 4 badges in the packet with the name of your company on it. You may trade these badges around to whomever is working the booth, for instance you may have 7 people working the booth but only 3 at one time. You then can trade the badges as needed. Or you may choose to write your name on the badge as you will be the only one working the booth. We may decide at some point to change the badge system and include specific names as part of the web registration process.