66th Annual General Meeting Schedule of Events
San Antonio, Texas
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
9 am - 5:00 pm - Registration 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm - Board Meeting 6:00 pm - 8pm - Opening Cocktail Reception 7:00 pm - Entertainment: Pistol Packing Paula 8:00 pm - Midnight - Hospitality Suite Menger Hotel
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
8:00 - 9:00 am - Continued Registration 9:00 am - Opening Ceremony - Mayor (2) CII President (3) Welcome-Host 9:30 am - 10:30 am - Seminar TBD 10:00 am - 3:00 pm - Spouse/Partner Tour: Witte Museum 10:30 am - 11:00 am - Break 11:00 am - 12:00 pm - Seminar - CII Panel - International Ethics 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm - Lunch (On Your Own) 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm - Seminar Betsy Cooper - Forensic Artist 5:00 pm -9:00 pm – Cocktail Cruise / Private Dining on Riverwalk 9:30 pm - Midnight - Hospitality Suite
Thursday, September 10, 2020
9:00 am - 11:45 pm - Annual General Meeting & Elections 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm - Awards Luncheon 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm – All Group Tour Buckhorn Museum & Texas Ranger Museum Dinner: Alamo (across from the Menger Hotel) - Guided Tour of Alamo - 5:45 pm - 6:30 pm - Cocktails 6:30 pm - 7:00 pm - Dinner 7:15 pm - 10:00 pm including Charity Auction The Alamo
Friday, September 11, 2020
9:00 am - 10:00 am - Seminar - Kelly Riddle - How to Write a Book and Use it for Marketing 10:00 am - 11:30 am - Seminar - Cynthia Hetherington 10:00 am - 2:00 pm - Spouse/Partner Tour: Institute of Texas Culture and Market Square 11:30 am - 12:30 pm (Lunch On Your Own) 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm - Seminar TBD 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm - Seminar TBD Dinner: 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm - Formal Gala, Swearing In, Entertainment
Saturday, September 12, 2020 Optional Tour Gruene Winery and Historical Gruene District
The Menger Hotel
Just nineteen years after the fall of the Alamo, in 1855,
German businessman William Menger opened a brewery on the site of the battleground, thereby introducing beer to Texas. When he realized his guests needed a place to
sleep, he and his wife, Mary, expanded into an elaborate two-story, 50-room hotel. Opening with much fanfare in 204 Alamo Plaza 1859, decked out with wrought-iron balconies and a San Antonio,TX 78205 stained-glass-roofed Victorian lobby, the Menger Hotel Phone: 210-223-4361 was an overnight success, ushering in a new era of https://www.mengerhotel.com/ sophistication on the Texas frontier. A three-story addition was quickly added to meet the demand. Through the years the Menger Hotel has hosted some of
the most prominent leaders in U.S. history, including a roster of U.S. Presidents and Texas titans of industry, commerce and politics. Exorbitant cattle sales and oil deals were sealed over handshakes and shots of rye at the bar. And it was at this same bar that Theodore Roosevelt recruited his famous Rough Riders cavalry brigade.
SPECIAL DINNER/EVENTS Welcome Cocktail Entertainment: Pistol Packing Paula: Pistol Packing Paula is a well-known stunt person and is the only woman in the U.S. who twirls real guns professionally. She twirls two .45 Cimarron revolvers and twirls them into her fancy custom- made holster by Alfonso of Hollywood. Her one-woman show includes gun twirling, cracking bullwhips made by Simon Martin and then she caps it off with a foot-stomping wild west dance that puts a showgirl to shame Her performances, both live and on television, have been enjoyed around the world. Paula also performs around the country portraying Annie Oakley in special events and Wild West Shows.
Wednesday Cocktail Cruise and Private Dining on the Riverwalk: Cocktail Cruise:
Private Riverwalk barges seating 25 people per barge will include narrated tour while gently cruising the downtown area of the San Antonio river while sipping cocktails and enjoying the company of your fellow CII members and guests. The tour will start at 5:00pm and last until 6:00pm where we will be dropped off at Paesano’s restaurant on the banks of the Riverwalk.
Private Dinner – Paesano’s Italian Restaurant
After the cocktail cruise, we will enjoy a private 2nd story dining experience while overlooking the Riverwalk. Fine Italian dining at Paesano’s Resturant: https://www.paesanosriverwalk.com/
Thursday – Private Tour and Dining at the Alamo The Alamo, one of 5 Missions became the center of the Texas Revolution when 200 men were surrounded by the advancing Mexican Army. Although overcome by the much larger Mexican Army, the battle cry, “Remember the Alamo” propelled Texas into Independence and Statehood. CII members and guest will get to enjoy a private tour of the Alamo followed by cocktails on the grounds of the Alamo.
Following the private tour of the Alamo and cocktails we will enjoy dinner in the “Alamo Hall” private banquet area within the grounds of the Alamo. Enjoy mariachi musicians during cocktails followed by a DJ after dinner.
SPOUSE/PARTNER & GROUP TOURS
Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020 – Witte Museum (https://www.wittemuseum.org/) The Witte Museum won the Silver Award for Best Scenography for a permanent collection of the International Design & Communications Awards (IDCA).
Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020 – Buckhorn Saloon & Texas Ranger Museum (http://buckhornmuseum.com/)
Friday, Sept. 11, 2020 – Institute of Texas Culture and Market Square http://www.texancultures.com/ and https://www.marketsquaresa.com/Explore-Shop
Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020 – Optional Winery Tour & Historical Gruene
Arriving in Texas in the mid 1840s, German farmers became the first settlers of what is now known as Gruene, Texas. Gruene itself has been added to the National Register of Historic Places, and many of the buildings have been awarded a Texas medallion from the Texas Historical Commission. It has also been recognized by the Texas travel industry as a premiere attraction for visitors. The main focus of Gruene is, and continues to be, bona fide Texas. Everything from the wares they sell to the music they play speaks to the authenticity of Gruene and providing its guests with an experience that has the signature seal of the Lone Star State.