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2019 USS Jallao Reunion – Detailed Agenda
(Joel Parris – cell: 256-577-6968; Joan Parris – cell: 256-394-0388)
Wednesday, March 13 – Welcome!
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1:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. | Hospitality Room Open:
Registration Fellowship |
First floor of Hotel –“The Wheeler Room” – Across hall from the breakfast area | ||
Hotel Check-in | Hotel Lobby | |||
6:00 p.m. until ?? | Dinner | Hospitality Room:
Barbecue Sandwiches, etc. |
Prepaid with your “Registration” | |
Early Arrival?? | Consider a visit to Alabama Music Hall of Fame – open 9 – 5 | By car (on Hwy. 72 across from hotel) | $8 |
Thursday, March 14 – Sight-Seeing and Memorial Service
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7:30 a.m. | Hospitality Room opens:
Bring your hotel breakfast |
Hospitality Room | ||
9:00 a.m. | OPTIONAL Event:
Bus Tour of Downtown Tuscumbia |
· Bus Tour of Tuscumbia
· Tour “The Winston Home” · Drop off at Ivy Green (Birthplace of Helen Keller) OR · Drop off at Tuscumbia Railroad Depot Museum · OR stay on bus & enjoy the ride |
Tuscumbia Bus (at front door of Hotel) | $5 – Ivy Green
$2 – Tuscumbia Railroad Depot Museum (Bus cost this morning compliments of donation from Dave & Janet Rocheville) |
11:30 a.m. | OPTIONAL Lunch: Claunch Café and walking around Spring Park | Spring Park, Tuscumbia
Claunch Café – semiprivate group seating reserved on the enclosed “front porch” |
Tuscumbia Bus | Reasonable lunch prices – on your own $$ |
12:45 p.m.
And 1:00 p.m. |
To Florence for MEMORIAL SERVICE and sight-seeing:
· Wilson Dam Lock Tour (1:30) · Memorial Service at Veterans’ Park (3:00) Group Picture· The Marriott 360 Grille/Rennaisance Tower for views and desserts or wine (4:00) · Wreath Service @ the Tennessee River @ McFarland Park (5:30) |
Bus Pickup at Hotel – 12:45 (for those not on the morning tour)
And Bus pickup at Claunch Café – 1:00
Note: need photo ID and comfortable shoes for Wilson Dam Lock tour. The Army Corps of Engineers’ rules say “no high-heel or open-heel shoes (tennis shoes recommended).” |
Tuscumbia Bus | You prepaid (“Memorial Services,” including your prepaid dessert or wine at the 360 Grille/ Renaissance Tower)
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6:45 p.m. | OPTIONAL Dinner: Coach’s Steakhouse (7:00) | Downtown Tuscumbia Coach’s 200 S. Main Street, Tuscumbia– semiprivate group seating reserved for us | Carpool | Reasonable dinner prices – on your own $$ |
8:30 – 10:00 | Hospitality Room open |
Friday, March 15 – Optional Sight-Seeing with the Group or Sight See on Your Own
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7:30 a.m. | Hospitality Room opens:
Bring your hotel breakfast |
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9:30 | OPTIONAL:
Sight-seeing carpools
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Tour one of these:
· Belle Mont Mansion · Muscle Shoals Sound Studio Museum · Alabama Music Hall of Fame |
· Joel – leads carpool to Belle Mont (opens at 10:00), 1569 Cook Lane, Tuscumbia
· Joan – leads carpool to Muscle Shoals Sound Studio (opens at 10:00) 3614 Jackson Highway, Sheffield · Ala. Music Hall of Fame (opens at 9:00) – across highway from Hotel |
· Belle Mont – $5
· Muscle Shoals Sound Studio Museum – $13 · Ala. Music Hall of Fame – $8
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11:30
To 2:30 |
OPTIONAL:
Rattlesnake Saloon: have lunch in a “saloon” or outside under a natural, historic, huge rock bluff used as a native Indian shelter – under the bluff GROUP PICTURE |
Rattlesnake Saloon
(a 25 minute drive – 17 miles through the Colbert County countryside)
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Tuscumbia Bus | Rattlesnake Saloon – Reasonable lunch prices – on your own $$ |
2:30
to 7:30
5:30 to 7:00
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Sight-seeing (riding tour): · City of Sheffield & Riverfront Park · Indian Mound Museum in Florence (some may not want to go in the museum but will opt to stay on the bus or get out and walk around) · University of North Alabama in Florence (Lion Habitat for two African Lion mascots, historic buildings) – Light walking involved (or some may choose to stay on the bus) · Bus Tour of Downtown Florence (riding only/occasional stop) · Court St. · Wood Ave. · Walnut Ave. Historic District · Rosenbaum Home (a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house) · W. C. Handy Home · Pope’s Tavern · Dinner in groups or individually at your choice of restaurant in downtown Florence |
2:30 stop at Hotel for pickup of others who did not go to Rattlesnake Saloon and let off anyone who doesn’t want to go on the afternoon tour
5:30 – 7:00 Dinner on your own at any downtown Florence restaurant on Court Street: 1) Jimmy John’s (sandwich shop) – 101 N. Court St. 2) ***City Hardware (American cuisine) – 105 N. Court St. 3) **Pie Factory (pizza & more) – 106 N. Court St. 4) ***Ricatoni’s (Italian) – 107 N. Court St. 5) On the Rocks – 110 N. Court St. 6) Odette (Fine dining) – 120 N. Court St. 7) **Rosie’s Cantina (Mexican) – 302 N. Court St. 8) FloBama (casual food w/local music) – 311 N. Court St. 9) *306 Barbecue – 322 Court St. 10) Subway (sandwich shop) – 401 N. Court St. |
Tuscumbia Bus
5:30 – Bus can take any who do not want to stay in Florence for dinner back to the hotel and will come back to Florence later to pick the others up at 7:00 after dinner.
After dinner, Bus pick up around 7:00 p.m. at the brick covered crosswalks in the center of each block on Court Street. |
Indian Mound Museum – $5 (open until 4:00 p.m.)
Dinner – on your own $$ (variety of prices at the restaurant of your choice) |
7:30 – 10:00 | Hospitality Room Open |
Saturday, March 16 – Crew Meeting, Sight-Seeing, Banquet
The boat ride that was scheduled for Saturday afternoon has been cancelled due to high, fast-moving water in our Tennessee River and in the marina area where we were to board. Recently, we experienced record flooding and it is not safe to be out on the water.
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7:30 a.m. | Hospitality Room opens:
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8:30 a.m. | Crew Meeting (wives included):
* Plans for 2021 Reunion * Finances * The Jallao Reunion 50/50 Lottery drawing takes place this morning! |
Hospitality Room | ||
9:30 a.m. | Guest Speaker (wives included):
Mason Matthews (Athens, Alabama) Topic: “My Grandfather, Skipper Matthews” (World War I Vet) (a proud adult grandson’s view of his grandfather’s U.S. Navy Submarine Service legacy) |
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10:30 a.m. | Break and lunch on your own | Car | ||
12:30 p.m.
to 4:30 p.m. |
OPTIONAL SIGHT SEEING:
(Sheffield and Florence)
BOAT RIDE ON THE TENNESSEE RIVER (PICKWICK LAKE) OR BUS HOP OFF & ON TOURS
AND (for all) Rosenbaum Home Museum
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1:00 – Boat Ride begins at Florence Marina
OR Bus Hop Off & On Tour Options (choose 2): · Muscle Shoals Sound Studio Museum CANCELLED
· Pope’s Tavern · Or…just come along for the free ride and views! AND · 3:00 or so – Rosenbaum Home Museum (a “Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home with Usonian architecture) (some may choose not to go in museum but will stay on bus or walk around) |
Tuscumbia Bus | Costs:
· Muscle Shoals Sound Studio Museum – $13
· Rosenbaum Home – $5
· W. C. Handy Home – $5
· Pope’s Tavern – $5 |
6:10 | Bus pickup at hotel for banquet in downtown Sheffield
Group Pictureduring cocktail time |
The Logan Room
6:30 – Cocktail time 7:00 – Banquet begins 8:00 – Entertainment 9:30 – Bus to Hotel |
Tuscumbia Bus
Catered by: Chef Alan Phillips from “The Red Clay Table” restaurant, Sheffield |
You prepaid (“Banquet”)
Entertainment: Music by Thomas Martin & Friends |
Until 10:00 or later ?? | Hospitality Room open after banquet | Pack up your memorabilia |
Sunday, March 17 – Goodbye! See you in 2021!
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7:30 a.m. | Hospitality Room opens:
Bring your hotel breakfast |
Hospitality Room |
10:00 a.m. | Deadline for clearing out your memorabilia. Hospitality Room closes. | Hospitality Room |
11:00 | Hotel Checkout Time | Hotel Lobby |