At our Saturday September, 19th meeting at 8to8 Cigar Shop, we had 24 regular members in attendance. We also had one guest who later that night became a new member of our “Merry Band”!!
MEETING SCHEDULE:
October 17th: “Pizza Night”!! at 8to8 Cigar Shop 6:30-10:00 P.M.
November 14th: Regular meeting at 8to8 Cigar Shop 6:30-10:00 P.M.
December 12th: “Christmas Party”!!! This is NOT a regular meeting this month. Wives, girlfriends and “significant others” are all invited to attend!!! There will be food and drink (non-alcoholic), for everyone who attends, along with a raffle and other GREAT prizes!! This is a great time to get together with our members before the holidays-way better than stomping through some “packed-to-the-rafters” shopping mall !!! 6:30-10:oo P.M.
January 16th: Regular meeting at 8to8 Cigar Shop 6:30-10:00 P.M.
2016 HOTEL RESERVATIONS:
Since Pheasant Run is tearing down 175+ rooms that won’t be replaced, THE TIME TO MAKE YOU ROOM RESERVATIONS IS NOW!!!! Here Is the 2016 code that you’ll need, or you can call Pheasant Run direct at 1 (630) 584-6300.
https://bookings.ihotelier.com/bookings.jsp?groupID=1350331&hotelID=2932
Rooms are being reserved much faster than they were last year, and as of this writing we are already up to more than 500 room nights. Don’t procrastinate!! If you do, you MAY NOT get a room…
OLD BUSINESS: None stated.
NEW BUSINESS: The Dunhill “Trunk Show” at Iwan Ries & Co. will be early this year. The date is Friday, November 20th and starts at 9 A.M.
SHOW REPORT:
We will have a CPCC table at both the New Orleans and Las Vegas shows. We hand out registration forms for our upcoming 2016 show at our table for the Pheasant Run show. Drop by and see us if your interested in reserving a table at our show.
TOBACCO BLENDING SEMINAR:
This seminar will take place on Thursday, April 28th, 2016 from 9 A.M. until 4 P.M. in the afternoon with a 1 hour break for lunch at 12 noon.
The cost of this seminar has YET TO BE DETERMINED unfortunately, because we are still working out how much the “raw materials” (tobacco leaf) are going to run.
The seminar will also be limited to 32 people at his point. Registration will begin in either February or March of 2016.
I’ll keep you posted as more information becomes available…
OTHER INTERESTS:
A new show is in the works to take place from August 18th-21st at Split Rock PA. The show is being created by Russ Ouellette, Master Blender at pipesandcigars.com . Contact Russ for more info…
Hope to see you at our October “Pizza Night” meeting!!
Tom Dinelli
CPCC Secretary