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North Carolina State Button Society |
Calling all button collectors, quilters, sewers, antique and history buffs and those who are just curious about buttons. Don't miss the 2011 North Carolina State Button Society annual show. You'll be amazed at the tens of thousands of antique and vintage clothing buttons available from our dealers. Enjoy two full days of buttoning, programs, educational button displays, a button auction, our ever-popular raffle baskets, and more!! While you button to your heart's content, family members may enjoy some of the many activities listed below. |
What: 2011 North Carolina State Button Show Theme: "Influences of the Orient" When: Friday May 13 & Saturday May 14, 2010 Where: Holiday Inn at Greensboro Airport (See note below) 6426 Burnt Poplar Rd Greensboro, NC 27409 Hotel Reservations by Phone: (336) 668-0421 Special room rate - $85/Night (Be sure to ask for this rate) Note: Same hotel location as 2010. Hotel has recently changed owners so reservations and other information must be obtained with above phone number. There is currently no website for the hotel. Obtain driving directions through MapQuest or Google. Click here for Show Schedule (To be determined) Click here to Contact Show Manager |
Activities In and Around Greensboro |
Shopping - Replacements Limited (www.replacements.com) (25 minutes from show) and Seagrove Pottery and the Pottery Museum (www.seagrovepotteryheritage.com) (45 minutes from show) Natural Science Center of Greensboro - a dinosaur gallery, planetarium, herpetarium (snakes & amphibians), hands-on experiences and petting zoo (www.natsci.org) North Carolina Zoo - in Asheboro, about 30 minutes from the show (www.nczoo.org) Bicentennial Gardens and Greensboro Arboretum - Nature lovers will find more information for these and other sites at (www.greensborobeautiful.org). Greensboro Historical Museum - site of a Confederate hospital (www.greensborohistory.org) and Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, a Revolutionary War site (www.nps.gov/guco) Mendenhall Plantation - an early 19th century Quaker plantation, located in Jamestown about 18 miles from Greensboro. Artifacts related to the Underground Railroad (www.mendenhallplantation.org) Old Salem in Winston Salem - an 18th century Moravian village with more than 100 restored stuctures . Costumed interpreters help acquaint you with the villages' 18th century activities plus a Toy Museum with more tha 1,200 antiques toys spanning from 225 A. D. to the 1920s, a world class collection. (www.oldsalem.org) Golfing - two world-class championship golf courses at Grandover Resort (www.grandover.com), two middle of the line courses at Greensboro National Golf Club (www.greensboronatl.com), and Bryan Park (www.bryanpark.com) |