Convention in Atlanta, Georgia

Below are some more details on this year’s Vacuum Cleaner Collectors club convention. I've posted this information to the club’s Facebook page and various vacuum groups on Facebook. I also feel like it should be posted here. We still have members who are not on Facebook and Vacuumland is still the best way to reach a broad audience. Collectors on Facebook are so segregated with all the different vacuum groups and some Facebook groups even have the same name as our club. It can get confusing. Again, thank you Robert for allowing us to continue to post here.

The Vacuum Cleaners Collectors Club is hosting our annual convention in Atlanta Georgia this year June 11th through June 13th. Please check our Facebook page or website for more details. We are working on a schedule of events and have quite a few things planned such as visiting the Coca Cola museum.

Facebook group

https://www.facebook.com/VacuumCleanerCollectorsClub/

Official website

http://www.vacuumcleanercollectorsclub.org/annual-convention/

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Georgia Aquarium (Wednesday morning, optional)
Delta Flight Museum (Wednesday morning, optional)
Opening Reception (Thursday evening)
General Membership Meeting (Friday morning)
Lunch at Ken Hedrick’s home (Friday afternoon)
Cleaning Competition and Judging Contests (Friday afternoon)
Fox Theater Tour (Saturday afternoon)
Word of Coke Tour (Saturday afternoon)
Tyler Perry Studios (Saturday afternoon)
Banquet and Awards Ceremony (Saturday evening)

* We most likely will not have time to go on some of the listed tours. We are just trying to gauge what the majority of club members want to do.


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Post# 419183 1/27/2020 at 15:50 (1,548 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)
Checkrate/Likes 3 Well, info is ready for The VCCC convention , this summer, in Atlanta Georgia. Kenny Loveland has all of the important info ready . He'll be contacting you as well as having info on the website. It's going to be a great convention, no doubt. Ken has been working very hard lining up great activities, etc. So, it will come faster than you think.

Post# 419245 , Reply# 1 1/28/2020 at 14:58 (1,547 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)
Checkrate/Likes 3 *I can't wait to see the* Coca Cola Museum. I always had a fondness for all things Coca Cola.

Post# 419346 , Reply# 2 1/31/2020 at 11:41 (1,545 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)
Checkrate/Likes 2 *The dates this year are* June 11-13. Some folks get there the day before. I'll be driving this year.

Post# 419347 , Reply# 3 1/31/2020 at 12:38 (1,544 days old) by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN)
Checkrate/Likes *"I'll be driving--"* Anyone driving from the northeast to Atlanta would be welcome to make the easy detour to east TN to see my vac store clean out in person,pick and choose needed/wanted items and save packing/shipping charges.Things are starting to go out but with this much it will take most of 2020. Jimmy 423-268-4841

Post# 419348 , Reply# 4 1/31/2020 at 12:44 (1,544 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)
Checkrate/Likes *There's an idea* How much of a detour, do you guess?

Post# 419349 , Reply# 5 1/31/2020 at 12:44 (1,544 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)
Checkrate/Likes *It might be fun,* if invited, to possibly select some items.

Post# 419388 , Reply# 6 2/1/2020 at 08:52 (1,544 days old) by rugsucker (Elizabethton TN)
Checkrate/Likes *"how much of a detour--"* I am within 20 miles of the intersection of I-81 & I-26 just south of Bristol TN and east of Johnson City TN.An easy trip for any in north east or north central US on way to Atlanta. "if invited"-- Anyone interested in vintage/antique vacs and parts is welcome to call or visit.I am just starting to sort,sell and scrap.As I have said my old building WILL BE EMPTY this year! Jimmy 423-269-4841

Post# 419780 , Reply# 7 2/10/2020 at 10:37 (1,535 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)
Checkrate/Likes 3 *There will be lots of info coming up* very soon. There will be great things to do. I hope to see so many of our members at the convention. With the dates already decided, it give us all plenty of time to get time off and secure airline tickets. Getting ready........................................

Post# 419982 , Reply# 8 2/13/2020 at 15:57 (1,531 days old) by kloveland (Tulsa)
Checkrate/Likes 3 *More details on the 2020 convention* Below are some more details on this year’s Vacuum Cleaner Collectors club convention. I've posted this information to the club’s Facebook page and various vacuum groups on Facebook. I also feel like it should be posted here. We still have members who are not on Facebook and Vacuumland is still the best way to reach a broad audience. Collectors on Facebook are so segregated with all the different vacuum groups and some Facebook groups even have the same name as our club. It can get confusing. Again, thank you Robert for allowing us to continue to post here. The Vacuum Cleaners Collectors Club is hosting our annual convention in Atlanta Georgia this year June 11th through June 13th. Please check our Facebook page or website for more details. We are working on a schedule of events and have quite a few things planned such as visiting the Coca Cola museum. Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/VacuumCleanerCollectorsClub/ Official website http://www.vacuumcleanercollectorsclub.org/annual-convention/ TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Georgia Aquarium (Wednesday morning, optional) Delta Flight Museum (Wednesday morning, optional) Opening Reception (Thursday evening) General Membership Meeting (Friday morning) Lunch at Ken Hedrick’s home (Friday afternoon) Cleaning Competition and Judging Contests (Friday afternoon) Fox Theater Tour (Saturday afternoon) Word of Coke Tour (Saturday afternoon) Tyler Perry Studios (Saturday afternoon) Banquet and Awards Ceremony (Saturday evening) * We most likely will not have time to go on some of the listed tours. We are just trying to gauge what the majority of club members want to do.

Post# 420469 , Reply# 9 2/23/2020 at 13:44 (1,521 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)
Checkrate/Likes 2 *Thanks for posting all of that, Kenny* It looks like another fun-filled event. It will be great to see everyone again, as well as some new faces.

Post# 420472 , Reply# 10 2/23/2020 at 14:05 (1,521 days old) by luxz80 (England)
Checkrate/Likes 1 Sure wish I could go. If I did not have to come back here to live I would have stayed with Jimmy (rugsucker) and worked in his shop. I would have went to most of the conventions. I tried to have a get together with some collectors here but they think driving 50 miles is too far. I never really hear or read about collectors here ever meeting up. They might but I never hear about it. I gave a few machines to a collector in Plymouth hoping we would stay in touch but just as I thought I never hear from him. Good youtube channel but never emails or calls. So unfortunately I lost interest in collecting over the years and have sold off all my machines except for a Hoover 375. I hope everyone has a great time.

Post# 421059 , Reply# 11 3/4/2020 at 10:52 (1,512 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)
Checkrate/Likes 2 *Sad to enter more names in the* "In Memoriam" book. BUT.... on the good side, we just got 2 more new members. I believe we're up to 70 !!!!!!!! Great news.

Post# 421139 , Reply# 12 3/5/2020 at 13:35 (1,510 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)
Checkrate/Likes 2 *Hard to believe it will be 'upon us' soon* Even harder to believe that the NEXT one will be here in my 'neck of the woods'. I'm already slowly, gradually getting things ready fro that one. Tom Anderson has graciously offered to come to Pittston a few days in advance, to help me. Oh, the fun times we'll have. But, first. ATLANTA!!!!!!!!