Everything You Need to Know
RETREAT AGENDA
Monday, April 15, 2019
Noon-3pm: Check-in – The Lobby of Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum
3:00pm Welcome & Introductions – The Woodward Theatre
3:30pm Keynote
5:00pm Reception + Event: A History of Bourbon & Bluegrass featuring the Whiskey Professor, Bernie Lubbers
(for those not wanting to participate in a bourbon tasting, we will have a tea tasting).
6:30pm Dinner
7:30pm Retreat Topic Selection
8:00pm Activity
9-11:30pm Jamming & Socializing – The Woodward Stage, The Exhibit Area (Pickers Corner and Festival Stage), & The Lobby
11:30pm-? Late Night Jamming – Hampton Inn Meeting Room
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
7:15am Yoga with Lucy Weberling – Hampton Inn
8:00am Breakfast at the Hampton Inn & Suites
9:15 am Work Session – The Gallery Room at the Bluegrass Hall of Fame
Noon Lunch
1:30 pm Session – The Gallery Room
4:45 pm Afternoon Networking Break
6:30 pm Moonlite BBQ (not included in registration fee)
After dinner Picking Party
Wednesday April 17, 2019
7:15 am Yoga with Lucy Weberling – Hampton Inn
8:00 am Breakfast at the Hampton Inn & Suites
9:15 am Session – The Gallery Room
10:15 am Retreat Wrap Up – Closing Activity – Class Photo
11:00 am Check Out
REGISTRATION
Registration is only for the 2019 Leadership Bluegrass Retreat event. You will book your lodging separately. (See below.)
Most events at the retreat take place at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum.
Registration includes:
- Monday dinner
- Tuesday lunch
- Workshops
- Bluegrass & Bourbon history lesson and tasting
- Tour of the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum
- Use of BMHoF&M facilities
- Non-alcoholic beverages (coffee, tea, soda, water).
Registration (required) is $100.
LODGING
You will need to book your lodging separately.Our retreat hotel is the Hampton Inn and Suites/Downtown
401 W. 2nd St.
Owensboro, KY
website
270-685-2005Our block rate is $118/night Sunday-Wednesday.
Ask for the “Leadership Bluegrass Alumni Group (IBMA)” block. (We’re pretty sure “Leadership Bluegrass” will suffice.)
If you run into issues regarding our hotel block, please reach out to Laurie Greenberg or Lucy Weberling. (Their email addresses are in the LBG retreat emails.)
Breakfast is included at the hotel Tuesday and Wednesday.NEED A ROOMMATE?
Use this Leadership Bluegrass Roommate Finder to share what nights you’re looking for a retreat roommate. Note: be sure to bookmark the Roommate Finder for easy future reference.
