EVENTS
CONVENTION
FOR THE LAST
We hope that you can join us in Las Vegas in October as we celebrate our 50 th annual convention ! As we prepare the festivities for this year , the Dream Team has scoured through the archives to determine all the locations that the Alaska CHARR Membership has visited in the past . Enjoy this walk down memory lane as we highlight past locations and themes ( tradition started in 2000 ).
50 YEARS
records .
1991
Please keep in mind that record keeping has come a long way in the last 50 years , and the team did our best to unearth the records . After an exhaustive search and outreach to our long-term members , we have to assume that the first few conventions were held in Anchorage . If you know differently , we welcome your knowledge so we can complete our
1991 – NOME 1990 – SITKA
1989 – HAINES 1988 – ANCHORAGE
1987
1992 – NOME 1993- HOMER
1994- KETCHIKAN 1995 – KODIAK
1987 – SKAGWAY 1986 – FAIRBANKS
1985 – SOLDOTNA 1984 – VALDEZ
1999
1996- HAINES 1997- SITKA 1998 – NOME
1999 – FAIRBANKS
1983 – KODIAK
1982 – DELTA JUNCTION
1981 – NOME 1980 – HOMER
1979 – SITKA
1981
2000 – HOMER
2001 – GIRDWOOD – ‘ God Bless America ’
2002 – KETCHIKAN – ‘ Singin ’ in the Rain ’
2003 – JUNEAU –
‘ Having a whale of a good time ’
1978 – CORDOVA 1977 – KETCHIKAN
1970
1976 – FAIRBANKS
1970 - *
1975 – NOME 1974 – JUNEAU
1973 – KODIAK
1971 – *
1972 – *
* After an exhaustive search , we can ’ t confirm but we believe 1970 , 71 and 72 were in Anchoage .)
2007
2004 – SITKA –
‘ Where good friends meet ’
2005 – KODIAK - ‘ Rockin ’ on the Rock ’
2006 – NOME –
‘ Going to Nome , the rush is on !’
2007 – FAIRBANKS –
‘ The Golden Heart of Hospitality ’
2008 – HAINES –
‘ Wait ‘ til we get our Haines on YOU !’
2009 – KETCHIKAN –
‘ Somewhere over the rainbird ’
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2010 – RENO – ‘ Reno 2010 ’