2013.SEP.5-7. Kansas City. IAJRC Convention

The newly-renovated 295-room Marriott Country Club Plaza hotel in Kansas City has been chosen as the 2013 IAJRC Convention venue. The hotel’s rooms have high-speed internet access/wi-fi (free for convention attendees), coffee/tea makers and all the usual facilities that you’d expect. There is a bar, two restaurants and a coffee shop, as well as a business center, fitness center and a swimming pool. All convention attendees staying at the hotel will get 50% off the hotel’s breakfast buffet (saving $8) and a free drink in the lobby lounge each day. There is also a free hotel shuttle that will take you to Country Club Plaza and pick you up again after your visit.

The Country Club Plaza is KC's premier retail, dining and entertainment area, located within old-world Spanish-style architecture. More Information on the Plaza and Kansas City can be found at www.visitkc.com.

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Think of Bennie Moten, Count Basie, Mary Lou Williams, Lester Young, Jay McShann and Charlie Parker and you think of Kansas City. During the 1920's and 30's, Kansas City was one of the major jazz cities in the world. The area around 18th and Vine was filled to the brim with clubs and speakeasies that featured the best jazz musicians around. Today, Kansas City still revels in it’s past musical heritage, and is the home of the American Jazz Museum (www.americanjazzmuseum.com) and the Marr Sound Archives (www.library.umkc.edu/marr) which is located less than a mile from the hotel and easily reached using the hotel shuttle or a taxi. The Archives are home to thousands of jazz and blues sound recordings, vintage radio programs, sheet music; original arrangements and recordings in a wide range of historic formats including LPs, 78s, 45s, cylinders, transcription discs, open-reel tapes, vintage phonographs and much more!

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Via Air: The hotel is 26 miles south of Kansas City airport. The airport Super Shuttle which drops you off and picks you up at your hotel, takes around 40 minutes and costs just $19.  A taxi costs in the region of $60, so if you are traveling alone the shuttle is your best bet.

Super Shuttle: Special for IAJRC members! Save $6 off the usual round-trip Super Shuttle service (normally $38) between Kansas city airport and the convention hotel. Book online at  http://www.supershuttle.com/ or call 1-800-BLUE VAN (258-3826) and use the code FNEKL.

Via Rail: For those who prefer to take the train, the Marriott CCP is only a short taxi ride from KC’s Union Station. Kansas City is easily accessible by rail from most major US cities.

Via Automobile: Kansas City is easily accessible by road from most parts of the US. On-site parking at the hotel is a reasonable $15 per day, with valet parking at $19 per day.

Convention Program

Those of you who have attended any of the recent Chicago, Manchester or New Orleans conventions, will know what to expect in Kansas City. If this is your first convention, then you'll find

A “Welcome Pack” upon arrival that's full of jazz goodies
3 days of Member's Presentations and Guest Speakers
Record Vendors
Listening Room
Hospitality Suite
Classic Jazz Film Presentation
Thursday Afternoon Live Jazz
Friday Afternoon Field Trip to the Marr Sound Archives, the American Jazz Museum and the Mutual Musicians Foundation (Kansas City's Local 627, African-American Musicians Union, founded in 1917)
Saturday General Membership Meeting
Saturday Night Banquet, Live Jazz and Awards
Raffle (Yes, Marc will be running it again and yes, there will be lots of valuable jazz prizes)

Convention Updates

Please check back on this page for the latest convention programming details. Presenters confirmed include: Sonny McGown ~ Trevor Tolley ~ Don Manning ~ Tom Hustad ~ Chuck Haddix ~ Mark Cantor

Just Added: Live Thursday afternoon piano jazz with Bram Wijnands

Just Added: The Saturday Night live jazz will be performed by the Vine Street Rumble - A 14-piece band that specialize in the early Kansas City jazz of Bennie Moten and Count Basie.

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Convention Rates

Convention Registration: $135

Banquet Only: $55 (for guests - includes Saturday Night Live Music, but no access to daily convention presentation or the Fridayfield trip)

Convention Registration without Banquet: $80

Non-Members - If you are not a member and wish to attend the convention, you can join the IAJRC until the end of 2013 and register for the convention at the special price of $150!

Register by mail by sending a US $ check (made payable to the IAJRC) to:

Ian Tiele
c/o IAJRC 2013 Convention
P.O. Box 524
Brookfield, IL 60513-0524
USA

Use the following form to purchase your tickets now using PayPal:

www.iajrc.org/paypal_tickets.htm

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All events will be held at the Marriott Country Club Plaza hotel, Kansas City, MO. A special IAJRC room rate of $109 will apply for any of the 9 nights between Monday, September 2 and Tuesday, September 10, as long as the rooms are booked by AUGUST 12, 2013. Please make sure to use the group code iajiaja to get your special hotel rate. 
 
Telephone bookings can be made at (001) 800-810-3708
 
Online bookings can be made at www.tinyurl.com/iajrc-kc - just complete the room reservation form on the left side of the page and enter the group code iajiaja.

Dealers

Dealer tables are just $20 per day or $50 for all 3 days. Please contact Lee Goode at 708-250-6426 (lee.goode@comcast.net) to book your tables or for more information.

Contact Information

If you have any problems with hotel reservations or you require further information about the 2013 Convention, please contactPerry Huntoon at (001) 630-357-5374 (phuntoon38@gmail.com) or Ian Tiele at (001) 708-268-7873 (ian@iajrc.org)

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The International Association of Jazz Record Collectors (IAJRC) is a worldwide organization of people interested in all styles of jazz and eras, embracing both the casual jazz listener and the serious collectors of jazz recordings, whether the collectible medium be 78s, vinyl, CDs, tapes, video, films, books or magazines.

The Association produces the IAJRC Journal, a quarterly 100-page magazine that is packed with articles, rare photographs, discographical information and CD/book/DVD reviews.

The Journal often covers musicians and topics that you won’t get to hear about in other jazz magazines.

More information on the IAJRC can be found at www.iajrc.org

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Join us for the 2013 IAJRC Convention
in Kansas City, MO
September 5th, 6th, & 7th

Marriott Country Club Plaza Hotel
4445 Main Street 
Kansas City, MO 64111
Phone: 1-800-810-3708

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