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---2005 ANNUAL CONFERENCE--- ARSC proudly announces its 39th annual conference, to be held in the "Live Music Capital of the World," Austin, Texas, March 30 - April 2, 2005. Hosted by the University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with ARSC's Texas Chapter, this conference promises to be lively, enjoyable, and memorable -- one you won't want to miss! 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, visit www.radisson.com/austintx/ or call (512) 478-9611 and use promotional code ARSC05. The special rate is good until March 7, 2005, but book as early as possible. For further details about the conference, visit http://arsc-audio.org/conference2005.html. The conference registration form and complete program will be added in early January. 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. Among the vast array of talks, topics will include: -- music producers and sellers in Austin -- music history and collections in Austin and Texas -- recording technology -- classical, folk, country and gospel music -- copyright issues -- digital preservation. 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. Workshop registration is not included in the conference registration fee. Early registration (before March 4) is $70 for ARSC members, $85 for non-members. Detailed information and the registration form can be found at http://arsc-audio.org/workshop05.html. Other exciting activities are being scheduled. The conference will include tours of the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library and the Austin City Limits studio at KLRU. Don't forget to join us for the ARSC Banquet, to be held at the world headquarters of Threadgill's, 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. 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. If you have questions or wish to exhibit at the conference, please contact Kurt Nauck, ARSC Conference Manager, at na...@78rpm.com. Anna-Maria Manuel ARSC Outreach Committee Chair
