Media Advisory
Media Advisory: Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center Ribbon Cutting and Blessing
WHO: Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau (ACVB) and the Municipality of Anchorage
Ribbon Cutting Speakers (outside corner of F and 7th): Mayor Mark Begich; ACVB President & CEO Julie Saupe; Dena’ina Cultural Historian Aaron Leggett; Village of Eklutna Elder Alberta Stephan, and ACVB Board President Steve Silverstein (emcee) Mayor Begich and Julie Saupe will “cut the banner ribbon” on a dog sled driven by Martin Buser.
Plaque dedication (inside first floor lobby): Mayor Mark Begich, Dena’ina Cultural Historian Aaron Leggett, Village of Eklutna Elder Alberta Stephan, and Roberta Holtan, widow of Howard Holtan, the late city engineer who helped oversee the construction of the Dena’ina Center
WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008, 11 a.m.
WHERE: Corner of F Street and Seventh Avenue.
WHAT: Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau (ACVB) and the Municipality of Anchorage
The official ribbon cutting and cultural blessing for the new Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center, scheduled for 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008, followed by a thank-you plaque dedication in first floor lobby. This kicks off two, full, fun-filled days of FREE events and activities showcasing the Dena’ina Center and the Anchorage Convention District.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Nance Larsen, APR, ACVB Vice President Communications/Marketing
pr@anchorage.net, (907) 276-4118
Jenny Evans, Municipality of Anchorage, evansjk@ci.anchorage.ak.us, (907) 343-7103
Jeanette Anderson Moores, mooreswj@gci.net, (907) 229-6925
Detailed Schedule of Opening Celebration Public Events for Oct. 18 – 19, 2008, attached.
Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center Public Opening Celebration
WHAT:
What options do meeting and convention planners, trade show organizers and event managers have in Anchorage? Find out Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 18 – 19, 2008, at the Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center Public Opening Celebration.
Explore the Anchorage Convention District, anchored by the new 200,000-square-foot Dena’ina Center to the south and the William A. Egan Civic & Convention Center to the north. Enjoy two, full, fun-filled days of free, live entertainment, fashion shows, celebrities, athletes, Olympians, working Alaska Native artists, wild life demonstrations, meeting room demos, street fair, and more.
Events and activities will take place inside and outside the Dena’ina Center, along Seventh Avenue between F and G Streets, Town Square, and at the Egan Center. Includes free admission to the Oxygen & Octane EXPO, a winter outdoors adventure show featuring big winter toys for adults Oct. 17 – 19, 2008, in the Dena’ina Center Exhibition Hall, and free admission to Warren Miller films Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008, at the Egan Center.
WHEN:
Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
WHERE:
- Explore a variety of booths and vendors
- Meet Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race musher Martin Buser and canine athletes
- Meet Kirk Bros. Motor Sports Race Team with their cars
- Meet Anchorage fire fighters and paramedics with fire truck and paramedic van
- See the new Ford Flex and 2009 hybrid Ford Escape
- Oxygen & Octane EXPO
- Commemorative Dena’ina Center Cachet (stamp) for sale
- Meeting room set-up examples
- Function information about the Egan Center and Dena’ina Center
- Kid space with ACVB Critters, Big Wildlife Tattoos, and more
- Conference Leads Contest
- Wells Fargo Youth Entertainment Stage
- Shell Exploration Alaska Entertainment Stage
- Club BRRR
- Themed meeting room displays
- Alaska athletes: Alaska Wild, Alaska Dream, and local Olympians.
- BP Alaska, Alaska Cruise Assoc., Alaska Airlines Entertainment Stage
- Alaska Native artists working in various mediums
- Bird Treatment and Learning Center demonstrations
- The Asteroids, BP Alaska, Alaska Cruise Assoc., Alaska Airlines Entertainment Stage, Third Floor
- Sarahndipity, Wells Fargo Youth Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- Arctic Wind Flute Choir Ensemble, Shell Exploration Alaska Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- Youth Holiday/Winter Wear Fashion Show, BP Alaska, Alaska Cruise Assoc., Alaska Airlines Entertainment Stage, Third Floor
- Sunshine Generation of Eagle River with Janice Fulmer, Wells Fargo Youth Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- Prince William Sound – Terry Gose, Ed Koontz, Don Hartman, Chuck Renschler, Shell Exploration Alaska Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- Glacier Brass, BP Alaska, Alaska Cruise Assoc., Alaska Airlines Entertainment Stage, Third Floor
- Alaska Ice Jam – Jimmy & Woody of Denali Cooks, Shell Exploration AlaskaEntertainment Stage, Second Floor
- Jim Kerr – Juggler, Wells Fargo Youth Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- The Magic of Eric Gilliam, Wells Fargo Youth Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- Youth Holiday/Winter Wear Fashion Show, BP Alaska, Alaska Cruise Assoc., Alaska Airlines Entertainment Stage, Third Floor
- Denise Martin, Shell Exploration Alaska Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- Underground Dance Company, Wells Fargo Youth Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- Irish Dance Academy of Alaska, Wells Fargo Youth Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- Back Alley Banned, BP Alaska, Alaska Cruise Assoc., Alaska Airlines Entertainment Stage, Third Floor
- Fiddle-de-dee – Interactive music for young children, Wells Fargo Youth Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- Harp by Skookums, Shell Exploration Alaska Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- Prom & Dance Fashion Show, BP Alaska, Alaska Cruise Assoc., Alaska Airlines Entertainment Stage, Third Floor
- buzzOplex, Wells Fargo Youth Entertainment Stage, Second Floor Melissa Mitchell & Homegrown, Shell Exploration Alaska Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- H-3, BP Alaska, Alaska Cruise Assoc., Alaska Airlines Entertainment Stage, Third Floor
- Ma’o Tosi’s AK PRIDE Program, Wells Fargo Youth Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- Diane Hall, Shell Exploration Alaska Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- Bridal Fashion Show, BP Alaska, Alaska Cruise Assoc., Alaska Airlines Entertainment Stage, Third Floor
- Mr. Tim – the Music Man, Wells Fargo Youth Entertainment Stage, Second Floor Lanice & Eli, Shell
- Exploration Alaska Entertainment Stage, Dena’ina Center Second Floor
- Medicine Dream, BP Alaska, Alaska Cruise Assoc., Alaska Airlines Entertainment Stage, Third Floor
- Stars Dance Studio, Wells Fargo Youth Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- Nick Petumenos Quartet, Shell Exploration Alaska Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- Alaska Native Games Showcase, BP Alaska, Alaska Cruise Assoc., Alaska Airlines Entertainment Stage, Third Floor
- Moonlight Strings, Wells Fargo Youth Entertainment Stage, Second Floor Nick Petumenos Quartet, Shell Exploration Alaska Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- Explore a variety of booths and vendors
- Meet Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race musher Dee Dee Jonrowe and her canine athletes
- Kirk Bros. Motor Sports Race Team with their cars
- Anchorage fire fighters and paramedics with a fire truck and paramedic van
- See the new Ford Flex and 2009 hybrid Ford Escape
- Oxygen & Octane EXPO
- Meeting room set-up examples
- Function information about the Egan Center and Dena’ina Center
- Kid space with ACVB Critters, Big Wildlife Tattoos, and more
- Conference Leads Contest
- Wells Fargo Youth Entertainment Stage
- Shell Exploration Alaska Entertainment Stage
- Club BRRR
- Themed meeting room displays
- Alaska athletes: Alaska Wild, Alaska Dream, and local Olympians.
- BP Alaska, Alaska Cruise Assoc., Alaska Airlines Entertainment Stage
- Alaska Native artists working in various mediums
- Bird Treatment and Learning Center demonstrations
- 10 a.m. “Off the Grid” Ó 2006
- 12:30 p.m. “No Boundaries” Ó 2007
- 3 p.m. “Off the Grid” Ó 2006
- 5:30 p.m. “No Boundaries” Ó 2007
- Tomodachi Taiko Drummers, BP Alaska, Alaska Cruise Assoc., Alaska Airlines Entertainment Stage, Dena’ina Center Third Floor
- Westchester Music Co., Wells Fargo Youth Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- John Walsh & Richard Gelardin, Shell Exploration Alaska Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- Youth Holiday/Winter Wear Fashion Show, BP Alaska, Alaska Cruise Assoc., Alaska Airlines
- Entertainment Stage, Third Floor
- Suzuki Students of Karyn Grove, Wells Fargo Youth Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- Kevin Barnett, Shell Exploration Alaska Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- Alaska Theatre of Youth Shakespere’s “The 12th Night, BP Alaska, Alaska Cruise Assoc., Alaska Airlines Entertainment Stage, Third Floor
- buzzOplex, Wells Fargo Youth Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- The Long and Short of It, Shell Exploration Alaska Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- Alaska Theatre of Youth Shakespere’s “The 12th Night, BP Alaska, Alaska Cruise Assoc., Alaska Airlines Entertainment Stage, Third Floor
- buzzOplex, Wells Fargo Youth Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- The Long and Short of It, Shell Exploration Alaska Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- Prom & Dance Fashion Show, BP Alaska, Alaska Cruise Assoc., Alaska Airlines Entertainment Stage, Third Floor
- Big Mitch’s Vocal Students, Wells Fargo Youth Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- Troubadora – Mary LaFever lute-guitarist / Linda Marsh-Ives cellist, Shell Exploration Alaska Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- The Snapping Turtle Swing Band, BP Alaska, Alaska Cruise Assoc., Alaska Airlines Entertainment Stage, Third Floor
- Harp by Skookums, Shell Exploration Alaska Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- Ke Kia ‘IA O Hula – Alaska, Wells Fargo Youth Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- Barbara’s School of Dance, Wells Fargo Youth Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- Bridal Fashion Show, BP Alaska, Alaska Cruise Assoc., Alaska Airlines Entertainment Stage, Third Floor
- Andy Mullen, Shell Exploration Alaska Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- The Magic of Eric Gilliam, Wells Fargo Youth Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- Anchortown Circus with Meghan Holtan, Wells Fargo Youth Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- Pamyua, BP Alaska, Alaska Cruise Assoc., Alaska Airlines Entertainment Stage, Third Floor
- The Asteroids, Wells Fargo Youth Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
- Melissa “Jazzmom” Fischer, Shell Exploration Alaska Entertainment Stage, Second Floor
Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center, Seventh Avenue between F and G Streets, Town Square, William A. Egan Civic & Convention Center
CONSUMER CONTACT:
Alaska Destination Specialists, (907) 276-5550 / www.Anchorage.net/opening
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Nance Larsen, APR, ACVB Vice President Communications/Marketing
pr@anchorage.net, (907) 276-4118
Jenny Evans, Municipality of Anchorage, evansjk@ci.anchorage.ak.us, (907) 343-7103
Jeanette Anderson Moores, mooreswj@gci.net, (907) 229-6925
Schedule of Free Events – Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008
Street Fair Outside, Oct. 18, 2008
10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Experience the pedestrian-friendly corridor and connectivity of the Anchorage Convention District in a street-fair setting - Seventh Avenue between F and G Streets, and Town Square
Inside Dena’ina Center, Oct. 18, 2008
10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
First Floor:
Second Floor:
Third Floor:
Dena’ina Center – Entertainment Stages on Second and Third Floors – Oct. 18, 2008
10 – 11 a.m.
11 – Noon
Noon – 1 p.m.
Noon – 12:30 p.m.
12:30 – 1 p.m.
1 – 2 p.m.
1 – 1:30 p.m.
1:30 – 2 p.m.
2 – 3 p.m.
3 – 4 p.m.
4 – 5 p.m.
5 – 6 p.m.
6 – 7 p.m.
7 – 8 p.m.
Schedule of Free Events – Sunday, Oct. 19 2008
Street Fair Outside, Oct. 19, 2008:
- 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Experience the pedestrian-friendly corridor and connectivity of the Anchorage Convention District in a street-fair setting - Seventh Avenue between F and G Streets, and Town Square
Inside Dena’ina Center, Oct. 19, 2008:
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
First Floor:
Second Floor:
Third Floor:
Inside Egan Center, Oct. 19, 2008:
Free screenings of classic Warren Miller films with the chance to win tickets to see the new 2008 Warren Miller film “Children of Winter” at the close of each of the four classic showings. Showings are approximately 90-minutes and will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Dena’ina Center – Entertainment Stages on Second and Third Floors – Oct. 19, 2008:
10 – 11 a.m.
Noon – 1 p.m.
1 – 2 p.m.
2 – 3 p.m.
2 – 2:30 p.m.
2:30 – 3 p.m.
3 – 4 p.m.
3 – 3:30 p.m.
3:30 – 4 p.m.
4 – 5 p.m.
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