Events

FRIDAY ~ OCTOBER 2, 2026

Registration 10:30am – 5:00pm
Hotel Lobby – Pick up your convention information, including shirts that have been ordered

Ways & Means Beta Boutique – Iroquois Room – Main Lobby Level
10:30am – Room available for Beta Boutique table set up
11:00am – 12:30pm- Beta Boutique open for chapters to sell or raffle items

Lunch Buffet – Glimmerglass Dining Room-Main Lobby Level
12:00pm – 2:00pm – open seating
1:30pm – 4:30pm- Beta Boutique open for chapters to sell or raffle items

SELFIE PHOTOS – A backdrop screen will be available all weekend for photo opportunities!

Cocktail Hour – 5:30pm – 6:30pm – Veranda

Dinner – 6:30pm – assigned seating, business casual – Glimmerglass Dining Room-Main Lobby Level

• Opening Ceremony
• Welcome
• Memorial for sisters 2025-2026
• Dinner
• Trivia at the tables while dining

Live music downstairs at the Hawkeye Grill – Lower Lobby Level 
Socialize out on the lawn at the lakeside outdoor firepit

SATURDAY ~ OCTOBER 3, 2026

Breakfast Buffet – 7:00am – 10:00am – open seating – Glimmerglass Dining Room-Main Lobby Level

Beta Boutique – Iroquois Room – Main Lobby Level

• 8:00am – 12:00pm- Beta Boutique open for chapters to sell or raffle items
• 12:00pm – 1:00pm- BOUTIQUE CLOSED AND LOCKED FOR LUNCH BREAK
• 1:00pm – 4:00pm- Beta Boutique open for chapters to sell or raffle items. Winners of raffles to be announced at dinner.  Centerpiece winners will be drawn at end of meal.

SELFIE PHOTOS – A backdrop screen will be available all weekend for photo opportunities!

Forums  9:00am – 12:00pm – Ballroom-Main Lobby Level
See Fairy Tale Forums page for descriptions and times.

Lunch Buffet – 12:00pm – 2:00pm – open seating – Glimmerglass Dining Room – Main Lobby Level

Day Trips – 1:00pm – 4:00pm – Self exploration of village, museums, etc. – see Fairy Tale Adventures.

Cocktail Hour – 5:00pm-6:00pm – cash bar – Veranda

Dinner – 6:00pm – assigned seating – Glimmerglass Dining Room-Main Lobby Level

Let your Fairy Tales Come True!

Dress as your favorite individual or group fairy tale character!

Announcement of raffle winners

Drawing for centerpiece winners

Evening Entertainment – Ballroom-Main Lobby level – until 10:00pm

DJ Patrick DelRosario and Karaoke

SUNDAY ~ OCTOBER 4, 2026

Breakfast Buffet – 7:00am – 10:00am – open seating – Dining Room-Main Lobby Level

Closing:

• 10:00am – Ballroom – Main Lobby Level – Welcome and Introduction of Guest Speaker
• 10:15am – Guest Speaker Erin Hamlin, Olympic Medalist
• 10:45am – Xi Delta Iota – Speech and thank you to participants

Bids for future conventions

Closing Ritual

Checkout by 12:00pm.  You may check out of your room prior to the closing events.