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Be sure to dress for the event! We will be awarding prizes for the best themed dressed! We will have food stations set up in the same ballroom along with tall stand tables and shorter tables with chairs around the room. We hope everyone comes with large hats and mint juleps on their minds! 5. The Football/Entertainment Debate. We have people on both sides of this topic. Some people love the sports speakers and some people do not. While we were at Point Clear, we opted to have singing artists. However, since coming back to Sandestin and the space being limited, we opted to

go back to Sports Speakers. There is an old saying “You can’t please everyone” and it is never truer than when it comes to “Entertainment.” We are going to try to come up with a compromise which means some of you will be happy some of the time but not everyone will be happy all of the time. For 2018 we have contracted former Alabama Linebacker great, Cornelius Bennett. (Don’t forget to wear your team colors!) However, we are looking at a comedian for 2019 and possibly 2020! If you have any suggestions, now is the time to get those in. We are trying to book entertainment over a year out. So please, if you have suggestions on comedians or other music acts or sports

speakers you would like to see, the only way we get those is through the Association Office. Call or email jbrown@alabamagrocers.org with your suggestions. We hope you can see from the above that your Association does listen to your concerns and works tirelessly to make sure you have the best experience at our convention! Please go ahead and mark down the dates July 29 through August 1 at Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort and plan to be with us!

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