Registration

Registration  hours are  Monday September 1^st through  Friday September 5^th,  8:00AM to 5:00PM.   Saturday September 6^th, 8:00AM till Noon.  Registration will be at The Hilton Ft. Worth Hotel on the second floor.

Click here for  your Registration Form

Golf Tournament
Plan an playing this Labor Day “Best Ball” scramble to start the week in style.  The tournament will be at the Texas Star Golf Course, one of the premier courses in the area (check it out at “http://www.texasstargolf.com”.  Cost is $85.00 per person and includes lunch, cart, as well as range balls.  Lunch starts around 11:00 AM and the tournament starts “shotgun” style at about 1:00 PM.  Spouses and friends are welcome.  Our scramble format will maximize the fun and minimize the pressure for golfers and duffers of all levels.  We’ll get player levels or handicaps to have fairly matched teams. Don’t miss this chance to join your shipmates on Monday for a fun time and tee off the start of a great Convention Week.

Contact shipmate Rich Nelson at nelson.rb@verizon.net if you have any questions.
 

Baseball Special
The Texas Rangers baseball team has offered group rate tickets to their game against the Seattle Mariners
on Monday Night, September 1st. Cost is $20.00 per person, which includes transportation . We
will be recognized on the Jumbotron screen and may have one of our members selected to throw in the
first pitch. Transportation will leave from the Ft.Worth Hilton at 5:00PM
To take advantage of this special event please click here, print out and fill in the form.  Mail it in with your registration.

Raffles

• 50-50
• Crocheted American Flag  Picture
• Americana Quilt. Picture

Tickets will be sold during the convention in the registration area – 2^nd floor of the Hilton Ft. Worth.  Drawings will be held Saturday evening September 6^th at the banquet.  You do not have to be present to win.

Welcome Aboard Party

Wednesday September 3^rd from 6 to 10:00PM.  Will be held in the Historic Ft. Worth Stockyards at Stockyard Station private dining room.  Up and down Stockyards Station's narrow streets you'll find storefronts from the late 1800s, which were renovated for tourism in the 1970s. Stores are full of Western memorabilia including paintings, leather goods, books, glassware and hundreds of other treasures.  Through the middle of it all runs the Tarantula Train, which shuttles passengers on a nostalgic round trip to and from the nearby city of Grapevine.

·        Cost is $25.00 per person.

·        Dress –casual.  Wear your jeans and boots.

·        Round-trip transportation from the Hilton Ft. Worth hotel.  Twenty-minute bus trip.

·        Buffet banquet of Beef Brisket, Sausage, Potato Salad, Cole Slaw, Beans, Dinner Roll, and dessert.

·        Entertainment.  Back by popular demand, the Dallas Cheerleader on stilts.

·        Cash Bar

Convention Banquet

Saturday September 6^th, 5:30 to 11:30PM.  Will be held at the Ft. Worth Convention Center, main ballroom.   Three blocks from the Hilton Ft. Worth.

·        Cost is $55.00 per person which includes dinner, entertainment, and round-trip transportation from the Hilton Ft. Worth hotel.

·        Dress – Men SubVet vest or coat and tie.  Ladies, semi-formal.

·        Social hour begins at 5:30PM.

·        Dinner served at 6:30PM.  Catered by the nationally renowned Reata Restaurant. 

       Field Green Salad, 5-oz Pepper-Crusted Tenderloin with Port Wine and Grilled Chicken with Lemon Caper Sauce, Chipotle Mashed Potatoes, Vegetable Medley, assorted Pecan Biscuits and Jalapeno Corn Bread.  Desert is Strawberry Martini with Chocolate garnish topped with Brownie.

·        Keynote by Rear Admiral Mark Kenny  http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio.asp?bioID=167

·        Awards and drawings.

·        Live music for your dancing enjoyment.

·        Check back on this website for seating assignment selection 

The Hospitality Room is on the 2^nd Floor of the Hilton Ft. Worth adjacent to the vendor’s room.   Hours of operation  are 7:00AM till Midnight, September 1^st to September 6th.   Coffee will be available starting at 7:00AM.   A cash bar will be open from Noon till Midnight.  For your enjoyment, cards, dominoes, dice, and other table games will be available. 

Memorial Service   Friday September 5^th.  2:30 pm - 4:30 pm  

A Memorial Service in remembrance of Shipmates who gave their lives in service to our country will be held at the Fort Worth Convention Center Arena, which is a one-block walk from the Hilton Hotel. The Service will include a “Tolling of the Boats” ceremony. The speaker for the service is Captain Mark S. Ginda, a native of Kansas City, Missouri, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1982. Click for Captain Ginda's Biography

Holland Club Buffet Breakfast   Wednesday September 3rd  8:00AM to 10:00AM

Held at the Ft. Worth Convention Center which is three blocks from the Hilton Ft. Worth..   

• Cost: $18.00 
• Speaker: John McMichael MMCM(SS) Ret. John served  30 years on four diesel electric boats and seven nukes.  He served back-to-back COB tours, first on the Haddo SSN 604 and then on Gurnard SSN 662.  John has been curator for the USS Cavalla in Galveston, TX for the past seven years and has been involved with the restoration for the past eight years.  http://www.cavalla.org/

Ladies Luncheon  "Dolphins & Denim" Thursday September 4^th,  Noon to 2:00PM.  Held at the Hilton Ft. Worth.

• Cost:  $25.00.
• Dress: casual; wear your denim if you wish!! 
• The Ladies Lunch will be served, and before we finish our dessert, the dance teacher will begin talking about and demonstrating the fundamentals of popular line dances.  Once most of the dishes have been cleared from the tables, those in attendance who want to follow along are more than welcome to use the space close to their table to try out the steps for themselves.  Complimentary gift and door prizes.

Men's Luncheon  Thursday September 4^th  Noon to 2:00PM    Held at the Hilton Ft. Worth.

• Cost: $25.00
• Dress: casual
• Speaker: Cdr. Andy Groome   Commander Andy Groome joined the South African Navy in 1977.  After Naval College he served in his first ship, the SAS Windhoek.  While serving on the anti-submarine warfare frigate SAS President Steyn, Cdr. Groome had the opportunity to visit a submarine at sea.  That was all it took!  In 1995 he took command of a Daphne Class submarine SAS Emily Hobhouse.  Cdr. Groome took an early retirement in 1999 and now lives in Rainbow, Texas with his wife Laura and three children. Cdr. Groome became a US citizen in September, 2004.

Base Commanders Buffet Breakfast Meeting    Friday September 5^th   8:00AM.  Held at Hilton Ft. Worth.

• Cost: $25.00

Submarine Film Fest Saturday  September 6^th   1:00PM to 4:00PM.  Held at Hilton Ft. Worth.

• Cost: $10.00
• Sponsored by Submarine Memorabilia for the USSVI Charitable Foundation.. 
• Join your shipmates to watch submarine movies.

Texas Hold'em Tournament  Tuesday September 2^nd  7:00PM.  Held at Hilton Ft. Worth.

• Cost: $15.00
• Try your luck at the most popular card game around and enjoy the fellowship of other submariners and registered guests.

Farewell Breakfast Buffet  Sunday September 7^th   8:00AM to 10:00AM.  Held at Hilton Ft. Worth.
       Cost: $20.00 Each