Upcoming NSMCA Meetings

 NSMCA Spring 2009 Meeting – St. Louis, MO on April 24 -25, 2009

Our official NSMCA site of our Friday night social and Saturday meeting will be the:
Marriott St. Louis Airport

10700 Pear Tree Lane,

St. Louis, MO 63134

Phone:  (314) 423-9700 / Web Address:  marriott.com/STLAP

For those wishing to stay in the hotel, ask for the special NSMCA $80 per night rate. It is available ONLY through April 6, 2009, so Act now! Call 314-423-9700 to make reservations.

On Friday night Aril 24^th, there will be a social gathering with a cash bar, where you can renew old friendships, make new ones, and swap stories of great finds and those that got away. On Saturday morning April 25^th at 7:30a.m., a continental Breakfast will be available to attendees. After breakfast at about 9 a.m., our customary trade fair begins where members can buy, trade, and sell to there hearts’ content. Our regular semi-annual business meeting starts at about 10:30 a.m. followed by educational presentations, lunch, and more trade fair.PLEASE NOTE – NSMCA Spring and Fall membership meetings are Members Only events.  If you are not currently a NSMCA member, you can join of group of enthusiastic collectors and begin your active participate NOW via our website, then attend our NSMCA Spring meeting in St. Louis, MO. If you want to wait, then come early and join at the door for $35.00, either Friday night or Saturday morning.  Susan Fisher, NSMCA Vice President, will be there to welcome you and to sign you up. For more information, email us

NSMCA Fall 2009 Meeting – West Chester, OH on October 10-11, 2009

Our FALL 2009 NSMCA meeting will be held in association with the 6^th National Shaving Collectibles Meeting, just north of Cincinnati, OH at the:

Indiana Wesleyan University Conference Center
9286 Schulze Dr., West Chester, OH 45069
Phone: 513-881-3601 

This joint meeting, a NSMCA first, will bring together both experienced and new collectors of a wide variety of barbershop memorabilia in addition to Shaving Mugs and Razors, Razor Blades, Blade Banks, Barber Poles, Barbershop Furniture, Advertising, and more. We expect a large turnout and anticipate that this joint meeting will be the largest and most comprehensive barbershop memorabilia gathering ever.

Another NSMCA first is a Sunday Brunch at the home of our host, the Rosenthals, from 10:00 a.m. until noon on October 11. While there, you will see the Rosenthals’ Razor Collection.

So plan ahead NOW, for this unique opportunity to fraternize with fellow enthusiasts; buy, sell, and swap your prized barbershop memorabilia possessions; attend many presentations; and make new collector-friends.

For those wishing to stay in a nearby hotel, consider these two and be sure to ask for their special NSMCA rate:

• The Hampton Inn and Suites, located across the parking lot from our meeting location – The Indiana Wesleyan University Conference Center, has rooms at $109 plus tax for single or double occupancy. Phone: 513-341-2040
  
• The Comfort Inn and Suites, located at 5944 West Chester Rd, about ¼ mile from the Conference Center, has rooms at a special NSMCA of $89.95 plus tax for single or double occupancy. Phone: 513-645-1700
  
• Both Inns have a block of rooms reserved at a special rate for meeting attendees, a conference room available, and have a complimentary breakfast, and internet connection.For those of you arriving on early on Friday, October 9 and wish to meet informally, a conference room has been reserved at the Hampton Inn, adjacent to the Conference Center.

Stay tuned. More details, including our joint meeting agenda, will be coming soon as specifics are developed.

• Don’t forget to bring items to sell or trade! If possible, bring photographs or better yet bring digital photos of your entire barber shop memorabilia collection, so others can view them at the meeting and we can copy and upload them to our on-line NSMCA Photo Gallery for all our members to see.
  

NSMCA Spring 2010 Meeting – San Augustine, FL in April, 2010

Our Spring NSMCA meeting will be held on a Friday night and Saturday at the

Koch Antique Automobile Museum

on dates to be announced later. Dates and details for this and other meetings are already in the works. Members are encouraged to plan on visiting the nearby Lightner Museum, which has a well-known barber shop display.

More Future NSMCA Meetings

Some members have suggested additional Regional meetings and/or Special Topical meetings. The NSMCA Board of Directors is considering such meetings. At our Fall 2008 meeting, the Board approved a Regional NSMCA meeting “Out West” in the near future, under local NSMCA member sponsorship and with the potential of 15+ attendees. Please contact any NSMCA board member with your ideas concerning this meeting in the western US or with you r ideas for future Topical meetings.

Many of NSMCA members have expressed their need for more advanced notice of our Spring and Fall membership meetings. We hope that this Upcoming Meetings feature meets that need. Please send us your comments to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .