OUR 2022 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

2:00pm-4:00pm    Trolley tour of Pontiac sites with Don Schlosser (first come, first served)

                                 (Trolley pickup and drop off behind Illinois Route 66 Museum)

2:00pm-?                Self-guided downtown Pontiac walking tour with tour map

7:00pm-9:00pm    Hot dog roast behind Old City Hall (110 W. Howard Street)

9:00pm-?                Meet at Bob & Ringo's Tavern (221 W. Madison Street)

AT THE EAGLE PERFORMING ARTS & CONFERENCE CENTER (319 N. PLUM STREET)

8:00am-9:00am       CHECK-IN, NETWORKING, DONUTS & COFFEE/TEA

9:00am-9:15am    WELCOME

9:15am-10:15am    KEYNOTE SPEAKER – Stephanie Stuckey - "Roadside Revival:  

                                    Bring Back Stuckey's"

10:15am-11:15am    Ron & Becky Metzger - "Route 66 Motorheads Bar & Grill, Museum &                                          Entertainment Complex" (former Stuckey's)

11:15am-11:30am     BREAK

11:30am-12:30pm     Bill Thomas - "Update on Road Ahead Partnership" AND 

                                     Casey Claypool - "Update on Illinois Route 66 Scenic Byway"

12:30pm-1:45pm     LUNCH ON OWN

1:45pm-2:45pm     John Wille - "A History of the Illinois Route 66 Museum & Hall of Fame" AND 

                                    Ed Long - "Livingston County War Museum"

2:45pm-3:45pm        Tim & Penny Dye - "Pontiac-Oakland Museum" AND 

                                     Jane & Ben Diaz - "Pontiac Art Scene"

3:45pm-3:50pm     ANNOUNCEMENTS

3:50pm-5:30pm     Visit Museums/Downtown

7:00pm - 9:30pm       Eagle Performing Arts & Conference Center

Showing of movie "Grandview U.S.A." starring Jamie Lee Curtis, C. Thomas Howell, and Patrick Swayze - partially filmed in Pontiac! 97 minutes, rated R

Panel discussion following movie

9:30pm-10:30pm        Comedy Show featuring Terri Ryburn - Eagle Performing Arts & Conf. Center

After Show                   Meet at Bob & Ringo's, 223 W. Madison Street

AT THE EAGLE PERFORMING ARTS & CONFERENCE CENTER (319 N. PLUM STREET)

8:00am-9:00am       CHECK-IN, NETWORKING, DONUTS & COFFEE/TEA

9:00am-10:45am     David Clark 2021 video presentation "Chicago's Route 66 Connection"

Panel discussion "Remembrances of David Clark" - Moderators Geoff Ladd & Cheryl Eichar Jett with guests "Lulu" Bagdon, Steve Clem, Jim Hinckley, & Ron Warnick  (this panel serves as the 2022 roadie panel)

10:45am-11:00am      BREAK

11:00am-12:00pm      LaWanda Henry Matson - "State Trooper Chester Henry & the Illinois State Police (100th Anniversary)"

12:00pm-1:30pm        LUNCH ON OWN

1:30pm-2:30pm          Panel Discusion - "Pontiac and Route 66 -- Past, Present, Future"  

2:30pm-3:30pm      Jax Welborn - "Route 66:  Hometown U.S.A."

3:30pm-3:45pm      BREAK

3:45pm-4:45pm      Jim Hinckley - "Cooperative Partnerships and Community Transformation"

4:45pm-5:00pm      Closing Ceremony and Announcement of 2023 Host City

                                      Drawing for prizes

5:00PM-7:00PM          DINNER ON OWN

SATURDAY EVENING AT THE EAGLE PERFORMING ARTS & CONFERENCE CENTER

7:00pm-7:15pm      Debyjo Ericksen & Ron Romero - "Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Route 66"

7:15pm-8:45pm          Singer-guitarist Tim Dial plays '50s - '90s music

8:45pm - ?                    Meet at Bob & Ringo's Tavern (221 W. Madison Street)

9:00am-10:45am        Pay-your-own breakfast -- Pontiac Family Kitchen, 904 W. Custer Ave.

11:00 am-2:30pm      "Preservation Showcase Tour" with John Weiss - tour starts inside the museum. Car caravan tour goes to Odell, Dwight, and Gardner with stops win between. There is an optional pay-your-own lunch at the Old Route 66 Family Restaurant in Dwight after the tour. REGISTER SEPARATELY FOR THIS TOUR -- $10 OF EACH $20 TICKET GOES TO ILLINOIS ROUTE 66 PRESERVATION PROJECTS!