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Sun City All Stars
Come to the
Valley of the Sun
The NACCC’s Annual Meeting and Conference for 2011 will be held at the
lovely Doubletree Paradise Valley Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz., June 18-21.
Located in the heart of Scottsdale, this 22-acre hotel and conference facility is
conveniently close to world-class shopping, dining, golf and Old Town Scottsdale, and
just 20 minutes from Sky Harbor International Airport.
The evening before the meeting starts, join us for an optional trip to Chase
Field to see inter-league play between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Chicago
White Sox. We’ll travel by bus to the ballpark in downtown Phoenix and proceed
to our reserved seats with plenty of time to buy your peanuts and Cracker Jack.
Saturday evening we’ll be treated to a mariachi band. Fuego Del Sol is a group
of experienced and talented young people from the area who play with the passion
and dedication it takes to perform Mexico’s most cherished style of music.
Sunday’s communion service will be held at the Congregational Church of Sun
City. Buses will take us to where members of the church will be waiting to welcome
everybody to their place of worship. Afterward, enjoy their hospitality and get to
know some of the members of this fine church.
Sunday evening there’s an optional trip to the Desert Botanical Gardens, a short
distance from the resort. If there is only one thing you have time to see, it should
be this diamond in the desert, the only botanical garden in the world devoted to
desert plants.
Bring your dancing shoes because Monday evening’s entertainment is provided
by the Sun City All Stars. This big band has been entertaining people of the area
for over 20 years. Perhaps you remember listening to them in Costa Mesa. This
time we’ll not just listen, but dance to their music as well.
Our closing banquet will be held a short distance away at the Pinnacle Peak
Patio Steakhouse. Tucked away in the foothills of the McDowell Mountains, the
restaurant has been in operation since 1957. Pinnacle Peak has a “no necktie”
policy. It is strictly enforced by the servers who will cut off your tie and pin it to
the ceiling if you are so bold as to wear one into the restaurant. You’ll find that over
a quarter of a million ties have been collected. If you want to be a part of history
and decor, wear a tie you no longer want. We’ll have our own room where there
will be a band playing and we’ll even have line dancing. But be sure to wander
through the whole restaurant to take in its rustic charm.
Trips are being offered, too. Wrap up your visit to Arizona by joining fellow
Congregationalists on one of the tours being offered by Bell Travel, owned by
Butch Bowman, a member of the Congregational Church of Sun City.
—Randy and Nancy Asendorf, Co-chairs, 2011 Annual Meeting Host Committee
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