more details about set up:
you can’t begin setting up until 5pm on Friday however you’re welcome to drop materials off inside the hall anytime after noon on Friday. Anything dropped off will need to be kept off to the side (near the “Spirit of America” layout location would be optimal) until 5pm to allow vehicles to drive in and out of the hall, but if you have sections of the layout that can be put together off to the side and then moved into position then you’ll likely have the opportunity to do that well before 5:00 on Friday.
Set-up on Friday evening goes until 7:30pm and then we reopen for setup on Saturday morning at 7:30am, so you’ll have 2-1/2 hours on Friday evening and another 2-1/2 hours on Saturday morning to work on setting up the layout.
This is tight. We’re going to be a well oiled machine and will make use of any hands that can make it, I’m sure. Ask your friends to come out. In the past, we’ve taken hours of detail placing and such. I’d recommend anyone who can’t pack their display “box ready” to bring something flat to build on off to the side and then get someone to help you carry it over and slid off onto the display table. pre-staging is our only other tool here to make the deadline. as the scouts say, BE PREPARED.