1964 V.F.W. Nationals Slated For Cleveland

DCN June 5, 1963 issue

Are you one of the units who just plan for the present, or do you PLAN AHEAD? We in the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. realize, that some of the Eastern corps will be unable to attend the Seattle Convention because of the tremendous cost, and while a few will come for which we are grateful, many will stay home and plan for 1964.

The 1964 V.F.W. Nationals convention will be held in Cleveland, Ohio, and the tentative dates are set for August 21 to 28. The contest dates will be from August 23rd to 26th inclusive.

Tentative plans are also being made to hold a New York World's Fair contest on Saturday, August 29th, at Flushing Meadow Park, New York Worlds Fair Grounds.

At the present time, this will strictly be a Junior Drum and Bugle Corps show, with $3000 in prize money awards.

Since coming from New York City recently, thru the New York Convention and Visitor's Bureau, this office has received letters from the many New York Hotels, offering group rates for this contest, which are very reasonable - from $2.50 per person per day (two - three or four persons in a room). We hope to have a master list made up of those hotels in time for the Seattle convention.

V.F.W. rules will apply to this contest which will be held on a planned V.F.W. day at the Fair, with one exception - the size of the contest field. The arena is smaller than a football field, and the dimensions are 110' x 270'. So plan ahead - if you will come to Cleveland in 1964, why not plan a few days at the New York World's Fair and also inter into this contest.

This advance information is for the purpose of advising contest directors in the New York area of the dates, so that they can plan their contests on dates which will not conflict with the above and give the units in that area an opportunity of entering this contest if they so desire.

More information will be forthcoming on this matter.

Sincerely,
A.J. Schlechta
Contest Supervisor