Event Date and Time: August 7th - 9th, 2008
Event Name: PNSOBA Annual competition
Hosted by: El Korah Shrine Temple
Location: Riverside Doubletree Inn, Boise, Idaho
Web page: www.pnsoba.org
Contact Name: Ben Neff, Secretary/Treasurer, PNSOBA
Contact email: benneff@comcast.net
Contact Phone: (425) 353-0725
Other Details:

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Event Date and Time: August 7th - 9th, 2008
Event Name: Midwest Shrine Summer Session
Hosted by: Yelduz Shrine
Location: Aberdeen, SD
Contact Name: Stan "Stumpy" Cadwell, Sec/Tres, MWSOBA
Contact email: stanobstumpy@aol.com
Contact Phone: (605) 339-4599
Other Details: Oriental Band Competition will be held on Friday, August 8th, at 10:00 AM

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Event Date and Time: August 22-24, 2008
Event Name: Northeast Field Days
Hosted by: Bektash Shriners
Location: Manchester, NH
Contact Name: Walter J. Young
Contact email: ginwalt@monad.net
Contact Phone: (603) 352-4815
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Event Date and Time: September 6, 2008 10:00am
Event Name: MASOBA Stage Competition
Hosted by: MASOBA
Location: Convention Hall Virginia Beach
Contact Name: John Grumbein
Contact email: jkgrumbein@aol.com
Contact Phone: (610) 395-6578
Other Details: Business meeting and election of officers to follow competition.

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Event Date and Time: September 25th 2008
Event Name: SASOBA Jamboree
Hosted by: ACCA Oriental Band
Location: Pigeon Forge TN. Music Road Convention Center, 303 Henderson Chapel Road
Web page: Flyer available
Contact Name: President: Vince Bobrosky & Sec/Treas Harold Moore
Contact email: mlloyd32@comcast.net & moore7141@verizon.net
Contact Phone: Home (804-994-4168) Cell (804-448-4488)
Other Details: Business Meeting- 10am Banjo Room Ladies Brunch- 10am Dulcimer Room $17.00 Ticket Required Band Competition- 2pm Banjo Room. Banquet & Officers Installation- 6pm Banjo Room $30.00 Per Person Ticket Required. Ticket Dead line Aug. 15th

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Event Date and Time: October 2nd -5th, 2008
Event Name: W.A.S.O.B. World Championship Jamboree
Hosted by: Ben Ali on behalf of WASOB
Location: Sacramento, CA
Web page: www.wasob.com
Contact Name: Dave Glass
Contact email: president@wasob.com
Contact Phone: (916) 454-5335

Other Details: The registration forms, hotel information, contest rules (some variations from the ASOB contest rules) and schedule is posted on www.wasob.com
We will feature:
   Hosted Hospitality Room
   Free Pizza Night on Thursday
   Business meetings, practices and a Jam Session on Friday
   Luau – with Entertainment and Mai Tai’s on Friday Night. Wear your Hawaiian Attire
   Draggin’ Lady Degree and Mandarin Degree
   Saturday morning is the competition
   The awards banquet is that evening
   On Sunday, we will have tours of the Shriner’s Hospital to cap it all off.
 

I hope to see you all there.
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Event Date and Time: October 11, 2008 6:30pm
Event Name: Oriental Band Beefsteak Dinner
Hosted by: Salaam Shrine Oriental Band
Location: 369 Mt. Pleasant Ave, Livingston, NJ
Contact Name: Butch Elliott
Contact email: belliott12@verizon.net
Contact Phone: 908-850-6136
Other Details: All you can eat beefsteak dinner with salad, french fries, camels milk & soda. 50/50 & Dancing til ?

Event Date and Time: October 25, 2008
Event Name: Oriental Band Halloween Party
Hosted by: Melha Oriental Band
Location: Melha Shriners, Springfield, MA
Contact Name: Alan Kinsley
Contact email: alankinsley1979@yahoo.com
Contact Phone: 413-297-1721
Other Details: $25 per person for dinner and dancing late into the evening. Costumes are requested.
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Event Date and Time: February 27, 2009
Event Name: MASOBA Midwinter meeting
Hosted by: Rajah Oriental Band
Location: Inn at Reading, Reading ,PA
Contact Name: John Grumbein
Contact email: jkgrumbein@aol.com
Contact Phone: (610) 395-6578
Other Details: Rajah/Lancaster Oriental Band Past Presidents/Ladies night at 6:30 PM

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Event Date and Time: March 27th thru the 29th, 2009
Event Name: Texas Mid-Winter
Hosted by: Alzafar
Location: El Tropicano Hotel San Antonio TX
Contact Name: Jim Whitehouse
Contact email: jim.whitehouse@sbcglobal.net
Other Details: This will be a great time

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Event Date and Time: June 4th thru June 6th 2009
Event Name: TSA
Hosted by: Galveston
Location: Galveston, TX
Contact Name: Jim Whitehouse
Contact email: jim.whitehouse@sbcglobal.net
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