Fall Frag Fest | Saturday 10/19 | Virginia Beach, VA

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The Mid-Atlantic Marine Aquarium Society (MAMAS) would like to invite you to the 2013 Fall Frag Fest located in Virginia Beach, VA on October 19, 2013 from 10am-5pm. The Fall Frag Fest is an opportunity for reef aquarists in the mid-atlantic region to come together for a day of shopping, education, conversation, contests and family fun. With over a dozen vendors from across the eastern seaboard, 2 renowned industry experts speaking and booth decoration and costume contest throughout the day, we have something for everyone. Tickets are just $5 and kids 12 and under are free.

Vendors
The Fall Frag Fest will host over a dozen vendors, including large scale, renowned aquarists to the garage hobbyist, local fish stores, as well as companies of all sizes. Details are forth coming. If you are interested in becoming a vendor, please contact our staff for pricing, details and an application form at info@mid-atlanticmas.com.

Confirmed Vendors:

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Speakers
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Throughout the day we will have 2 educational sessions. Dr. Mac from PEA has been confirmed as of 9/10. Additional details are forth coming![/font]

Sponsors
If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please contact our staff for details and an application form at info@mid-atlanticmas.com.

Contests
We will be hosting several contest throughout the day starting with a best vendor booth decoration contest. Attendees can vote for their favorite booth and the winner will get their booth fee for free. Winner swill be announced at the close of the festival. We will also be hosting a costume contest for the kid 12 and under. Our vendors will vote for their favorite costume of the days. We'll also have candy to giveaway as well as contests and giveaways. Please contact our staff for more details at info@mid-atlanticmas.com.

Volunteers
MAMAS is searching for volunteers in an effort to staff the event. Volunteers will be asked to work for half of the day in exchange for free admission to the festival, a chance to shop and hear from one of out speakers. If you are interested in being a volunteer, please contact our staff for details and an application form at info@mid-atlanticmas.com.
 
As of this evening we're 100% confirmed with our last 3 vendors, Joe Knows Reefs, Headie Corals and the one and only Steve Tyree. Steve will also be speaking at the event. We've also gained some sponsors today. A big thank you to Drs Foster and Smith as well as Premium Aquatics! Tickets to the event will also be going on sale this week to ensure we get you out of town reefers inside!
 
Mrbee, hope you don't mind, but I'm going to post all of the vendors here in list format. They are listed in the diagram in the first post, but some people might miss that. I left out actual websites.

This is a stellar lineup of vendors and speakers, especially for such a small event and a low entrance fee ($5).

The confirmed speakers: Steve Tyree (Reeffarmers) and Dr. Mac (Pacific East Aquaculture).

The complete list of confirmed vendors:

Steve Tyree - reeffarmers
Jason Fox - jasonfoxsignaturecorals
Pacific East Aquaculture - pacificeastaquaculture
Joe Knows Reefs - joeknowsreefs
Zoanthids.com - zoanthids
Aquaholics - aquaholicsinc (relatively local business)
Exotic Reef Creations - exoticreefcreations
Aznnutty's Saltwater Connections (no website?)
Aquacare - aquacareonline (local business)
Atlantic Sea Farms - atlanticseafarms (local business)
HeadieCorals - headiecorals (local business)
AJMReefLED - ajmreefled (local business)
VAquatics - vaquatics (local business)
ReefDynamics - reefdynamics-va (local business)
ReefDeepAquatics.com - reefdeepaquatics
 
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We've managed to secured a handful of rooms at the Country Inn at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront for our out of town guests. Ask for the MAMAS Group rate which should be $74.99 before taxes and fees. Please note that we've learned there is another event happening that weekend and rooms are filling up. You can book now and cancel up to 72hrs before your stay with no charge. If you are thinking about coming and staying you should jump on this asap and then shop around if you want to. Contact 1-800-830-5222 or 1-757-437-9100 for reservations.

More information about the hotel can be found here: http://www.countryinns.com/virginia-beach-hotel-va-23451/vavabch
 
We'll be throwing several social contests next weekend. If you don't have Twitter, Instagram or Facebook, sign up to participate. If you have a smart phone, it might be worth it just to win a few prizes. #mamas2013
 
I know many of you are not social media nuts. However, we have 6 contests going starting today and Saturday. If you aren't on these outlets it would be worth spending 5mins to signing up for an account and having a chance at winning some of the prizes we have. www.mid-atlanticmas.com/contests.php
 
Remember that if you got tickets in advance you can download a digital copy to you iphone or android passport -or- print the emailed pdf. The QR code on the ticket is for us to scan you in at the door. Also, if you haven't submitted a photos on any of our social channels with the tag MAMAS2013. It's worth spending 10mins to sign up for and add a picture to. There are only a handful of entires so the chances of winning are really good! More info: www.mid-atlanticmas.com/contests

Thanks and we'll see you tomorrow!
 
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