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--- 2005 ANNUAL CONFERENCE --- Don't forget -- the 39th annual ARSC Conference will be held March 30 - April 2, 2005, in Austin, Texas, the "Live Music Capital of the World." Hosted by the University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with ARSC's Texas Chapter, this conference promises to be lively, enjoyable, and memorable. Don't miss it! Save money by registering early. Full conference registration, postmarked by March 7, is $120 for ARSC members, $150 for non-members, and $60 for students. After that date, registration is $145 for ARSC members, $175 for non-members, and $75 for students. Non-members can join ARSC for just $33 -- saving $3 off the annual dues. For those wishing to sample the conference, single-day registration, postmarked by March 7, is $35 for ARSC members, $45 for non-members, and $25 for students. After that date, single day registration is $45 for ARSC members, $55 for non-members, and $30 for students. The Radisson Hotel & Suites Austin will be the conference site. The hotel, located downtown at 111 East Cesar Chavez Street, overlooks beautiful Town Lake, with more than 30 miles of hike and bike trails. ARSC has arranged a special conference rate of $129 per night, single or double. To reserve a room at the special rate, use promotional code ARSC05 online at http://www.radisson.com/austintx/ or by phone at (512) 478-9611. The special rate is good until March 7, 2005, but book as early as possible. For the complete preliminary program, registration form, and further details about the conference, visit http://arsc-audio.org/conference2005.html . If you have questions or wish to exhibit at the conference, please contact Kurt Nauck, ARSC Conference Manager, at [email protected] . ARSC is dedicated to the preservation and study of sound recordings -- in all genres of music and speech, in all formats, and from all periods. The upcoming conference will reflect this focus. Scheduled sessions include: -- A Look Back at 78-rpm Records -- Texas Music History and Collections in Austin -- More Music and Collections from Texas -- Recording Technology: Past and Future -- Recordings and Society -- Classical Music Careers and Recordings -- New Discoveries in Jazz and Literary Recordings -- Traditional Musics: Folk, Country, and Hillbilly -- Vintage Records, Blues, and Gospel -- Finding and Using Sound Recordings -- Technical Measures and Comparisons -- Technical Trials -- After the Converter: Moving Forward with Enduring Preservation of Audio in the Digital Domain. The pre-conference workshop, "The Assessment, Preservation, and Access of Audio Collections in the Digital Age: An Archival Case Study," will take place March 30, 9:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. The workshop registration fee is not included in the conference registration fee. Early workshop registration (before March 4) is $70 for ARSC members, $85 for non-members. Detailed information and the workshop registration form can be found at http://arsc-audio.org/workshop05.html . Other exciting activities are scheduled, including a tour of the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library and a reception at the Austin City Limits studio at KLRU. Don't forget to join us for the ARSC Banquet, to be held at Threadgill's World Headquarters, which has been serving home cooking since 1933. Peabody Award-winning radio producers, the Kitchen Sisters (Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva), will be the guest speakers at this event. Banquet tickets are $28 per person. Limited seating available; first come, first served. As a bonus, conference registrants are likely to find many treasures at the Austin Record Convention. Advertised to be "the largest sale of recorded music in the USA," the convention will take place at the Crockett Event Center, during the weekend of the conference. Conference attendees may also want to check out the Austin Fine Arts Festival, April 2-3, at Republic Square Park. Explore the booths and shop the artwork of 220 of the nation's top visual artists. The festival includes non-stop, eclectic, live musical performances. For a change of pace, try Spamarama, the "World-Famous Pandemonious Party of Potted Pork," April 2, at Austin's Waterloo Park. Join the three-ring circus, consisting of a Spam Cook-Off, the Spam Jam (a day-long musical event), and the not-to-be-missed Spamalympics. Anna-Maria Manuel ARSC Outreach Committee Chair
