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Wednesday, April 13 2005

VAF Board meeting - Marriott University Park (all day)

6.00pm Evening Reception/Opening Plenary - Arizona Historical Society

Thursday, April 14 2005

Tour of Southern Arizona

San Xavier del Bac Mission Church

Canoa Ranch

San Jose de Tumacacori Mission Church – Lunch

Patagonia

Empire Ranch - Dinner


Friday, April 15 2005

Morning Tour - Tucson’s Early Neighborhoods (revolving shuttles)

Barrio Historico Walking Tour

El Presidio Walking Tour

Lunch at Cushing Street Bar & Grill

Afternoon Optional Tours

Bisbee, Arizona (100 maximum capacity)

Tucson’s Twentieth-Century Residential Neighborhoods (50 maximum capacity)

Tumamoc Hill and University Indian Ruin, Tucson (25 maximum capacity)

Saturday, April 16 2005

8.30 - 10.00am
Papers Session I - Marriott University Park
10.15 - 11.45am
Papers Session II - Marriott University Park
12.00 - 1.00pm
Education and Preservation Roundtable Discussions - Marriott University Park
(box lunches available)
1.15 - 2.45pm
Papers Session III - Marriott University Park
3.00 - 5.00pm
Presidential Plenary - Marriott University Park
5.30 - 11.30pm
Conference Banquet and Annual Meeting - Tucson Museum of Art Plaza

Sunday, April 17 2005

7.30am - 10.00 am : Optional Mariachi Mass – St. Augustine Cathedral

8.00am - 7.00pm : Optional Tour: Mission Churches of Sonora Mexico (50 maximum capacity)
All day tour and includes lunch; passport or birth certificate required

San Ignacio de Cabórca

San Pedro y San Pablo de Tubutama

San Antonio de Oquitoa

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