Program:
OBS! ~~ Book senest 15 marts 2024 ~~
Preferred registration date around March 15th, but we try to be flexible with later registration.
by Sune Frederiksen
It is a pleasure for me to play the role as convention chair once again for the Rebild National Park Society’s annual meeting. This time it will take place in Greater Cincinnati that has a foot both in Southern Ohio and Northern Kentucky.
Cincinnati is a tremendous city with much to offer, and we’ll take participants on an unforgettable tour.
Hotel information: We have contracted with the attractive Embassy Suites on the River that has an amazing view towards the Cincinnati skyline, the Ohio River and the sports stadiums. The hotel offers a significant and plentiful breakfast and late afternoon happy hour, which are included in the price. The room price per night is $156 – $176 + tax. Includes breakfast and happy hour. Parking will be discounted 50%. The hotel is located in Covington and only 25 min from the airport. Hotel Website Here
Arrival to Cincinnati: The airport is called Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati International Airport (CVG) and is a major hop. Arrivals from all major airports in the US and from London, UK. For many of you, it may be tempting to go on a lovely road trip. Chicago is only four hours away, Atlanta seven, Detroit three, Louisville two, and San Diego three days.
Schedule and Rates – Click Here for Online Registration
Click Here for Special Hotel Room Rate $156 U.S.
Tuesday, April 2: Arrival Day for pre-tour participants
Arrival to Embassy Suites RiverCenter, Covington, KY
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM: Meet, greet and cheer at the bar for early birds.
Wednesday, April 3: 8:30 AM – Full Day to Dayton, Ohio
8:30 AM: Full day tour to
– US Air Force National Museum, Dayton, Ohio.
– Greater Cincinnati Outlets, lunch on your own.
– Jungle Jim’s International Market.
3:00 PM: Registration open
5:30 PM: Happy Hour open at hotel.
6:30 PM: Meet and greet event at Molly Malone’s (10 min walk from hotel).
Thursday, April 4:
9:00 AM: Rebild Board meets at the Stagg Room
9:00 AM: Chapter presidents meet at the Captain’s View Room.
11:00 AM: Rebild Board and chapter presidents meet briefly at Captain’s View Room.
11:30 AM: Book signing and small talk with author Anna Eckhoff at Captain’s View.
Morning is open for other activities as well, such as Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden or Cincinnati Center Museum, if you’re not involved in meetings.
1:00 PM: Half-day tour to The Underground Railroad Freedom Center and Fountain Square, downtown Cincinnati. Lunch on your own, and return to hotel by trolley on your own.
5:00 PM: Registration open.
5:30 PM- 7:00 PM: Happy Hour..
6:30 PM: Potential sponsored reception for Rebild participants.
7:30 PM: Dinner on your own.
Friday, April 5:
10:30 AM, 10:45 AM, 11:00 AM: Leaving hotel by trolley, three groups for Newport. Short walk to BB Riverboats.
11:45 AM: Last chance to board riverboat. Lunch included.
3:30 PM: Walk from BB Riverboats to Newport Aquarium. On you own. Enjoy the levee views, shopping and restaurants. Potential supper at Hoffbrauhaus. Find your own way back to hotel via trolley or foot (20 min brisk walk).
6:00 PM: Baseball at The Great American Ball Park, The Reds vs The NY Mets. Buy your own tickets online, or take a chance at the gate. Arrange your own transportation.
Dinner on your own.
Saturday, April 6:
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM: Annual meeting in the Roebling Room.
Afterwards the new board meets.
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM: DAHS (Danish American Heritage Society’s spring meeting) in the Stagg Room.
For people, who do not participate in meetings this an opportunity to go exploring on your own.
5:30 PM : Happy hour
6:30 PM -11:00 PM: Reception, “Dinner, Dance and Danes”, including speeches, silent auction, singing and valuable fellowship.
Registration Fee (Required) – $75
Package – Pre-tour and activities from April 2-6: $445
POST TOUR – Sunday, April 7 – Wednesday, April 10
Sunday, April 7:
9:30 AM: Post-tour, Leave hotel.
11:30 PM: Muhammad Ali Center, Louisville, box lunch.
3:00 PM: My Old Kentucky Home, Bardstown
6:00 PM: Dinner at Old Talbott Inn, order off menu card (you pay your own meal).
8:00 PM: Enjoy the Oldest Bourbon Bar in the World.
9:30 PM: Stay overnight at Hampton Inn, Bardstown
Monday, April 8:
9:00 AM: Leave Bardstown.
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM: Solar Eclipse in Louisville.
2:30 PM –ish: Leave for Berea. If time allows, stop at Kentucky Artisan Center.
4:00 PM: Check-in at Red Roof Inn.
5:30 PM: Visit The Frederiksen’s for a meal and joy.
8:30 PM –ish: Back to Red Roof Inn.
Tuesday, April 9:
8:00 AM: Continental breakfast at Red Roof Inn
9:00 AM: Leave Berea for Stallion Show at Ashford Stud, Versailles.
10:45 AM: Stallion Show.
12:30 PM: Visit Woodford Reserve – 70 min tour and tasting.
3:00 PM: Head back to Covington, happy hour, dinner on your own.
Wednesday, April 10:
Post-tour people leave. Option to go to the thoroughbred races at Keeneland Race Track, Lexington. Contact Sune Frederiksen directly.
POST TOUR PRICE – $745 (Includes 3 nights hotel)
Package: Pre-tour, Post-tour and activities April; 2-10: $1,175
~ All numbers and events are subject to change
Important information
IF you want to sign up for the post-tour, we need registrations no later than March 10. The reason is that a visit to the Toyota Manufacturing Plant demands that we can provide its security department with proper ID and current address of all individual participants.
IF you want to participate in the program from April 3-6, or selected events (the gala dinner and dance or the Freedom Center visit for example), the deadline for registration is March 15.
I do, however, believe that we can register participants a little later, if it is absolutely necessary and not inconvenient).
Post-tour hotel info
If you decide to sign up for the post-tour, you have to pay the full amount $765. However, in order to show flexibility and serve our participants the best way possible from a financial point of view, we can make sure the bus swings by CVG (Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati Int’l Airport) on out way back from the tour and attempt to be at 5 PM on Tuesday, April 9, so you can catch a flight out and spend one less night at Embassy Suites RiverCenter. If you choose that option, you will receive a full refund, for not using the hotel, before you leave.
There may be participants, who will bring their own cars and who will choose not to stay at the hotel on April 9. They will receive a refund as well.
