Happy Thanksgiving - The Holiday Season is Upon Us!
The Beaumont Sales Team is Ready to Go to Work for You!
The CVB has a dedicated, professional staff that is committed to ensuring that visitors and groups have an amazing Beaumont experience. Our staff is eager to assist in making your meeting a success. Please give us a call (409) 880-3749 or at (800) 392-4401 for assistance or with any questions you may have.
Freddie Nixon, Director of Sales, fnixon@ci.beaumont.tx.us
Rebecca Woodland, Convention Sales Manager, rwoodland@ci.beaumont.tx.us
Pat Eason, Servicing Coordinator, peason@ci.beaumont.tx.us
FREE SERVICES AVAILABLE:
Preplanning Assistance -- Online RFP, customized proposals, presentation to board, delegation and selection committees, site inspections of convention facilities and hotels.
Registration Assistance -- Pre/On-site registration assistance, adhesive name badges or pre-printed pin-on name badges for delegates, ribbons with appropriate designations, pin-on or stick-on name badges with appropriate ribbons, use of typewriters & label makers.
Promotional Materials -- Materials to enhance the bid presentation, area attraction brochures, maps and informational pieces, plastic convention bags, welcome banner, Beaumont CVB amenity items and local products, gift packages.
Special Arrangements -- Arrange for local dignitaries to offer official welcome, centralized housing, coordinate spouse/youth activities, arrange entertainment and private party facilities, coordinate shuttle transportation.
Beaumont Destination Training - November 16, 2006
 The Beaumont Convention & Visitors Bureau invites you, to participate in Beaumont's FREE Destination Training Program.
This training is designed to better prepare your sales staff and front line personnel to better assist your guests/customers about things to see and do in Beaumont. The program will also provide insight on how the Beaumont CVB promotes our area to the tourism, sports and meetings markets.
At the conclusion of the program, each participant will receive a Beaumont Resource Manual which will be updated periodically. Participants will also receive a certificate of completion at the end of the training course.
This is a free program, but space is limited to 30 persons per class. Call 880-3749 to RSVP for the November 16 Destination Training Session!
Beaumont Fun for Everyone!
Beaumont's Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum is gushing with tremendous news this November 4 at 2:30pm. In celebration of Beaumont's heritage, the earth will tremble, people will cheer and the Lucas Gusher will explode hundreds of feet into the sky. The viewing is free to the general public. Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum is located on Hwy. 69 at University Drive in Beaumont. For more information, call (409)835-0823 or visit the website at www.spindletop.org. Join the celebration! Spindletop Museum is exploding with fun.
 The Beaumont Community Players present Boots, Bluegrass & Country - Benefit for Beaumont Community Players Building Fund featuring "Tastes Like Chicken" with Terry Bourdier, Blue Broussard, Tom Broussard, Gerald Flatten & Ray Ward
at the Harvest Club. For more information, call Paula Bothe at (409) 839-4475 or visit www.beaumontcommunityplayers.com.
The Fire Museum grounds will be full of Hot Rods, Street Rods, Muscle Cars,  Antique and Classic Cars, Mustangs, Trucks and Vettes for every car enthusiast to relish. Treat yourself to the food vendors that will be serving everything from pork-a-bobs to hamburgers and funnel cakes.
The Fire Museum will also be open on Saturday for the public to tour. The mission of the Fire Museum of Texas is to preserve, collect and exhibit the history of the fire service and to provide visitors with knowledge of life-saving fire safety facts. It is the official state museum housed in Beaumont’s historic 1927 Old Central Fire Station. The Fire Museum has a unique collection of “hot” antique fire apparatus, memorabilia and interactive displays. For more information, call the Fire Museum of Texas at (409) 880-3927.
The Symphony of Southeast Texas presents Vocalist Cassandra Black at the Jefferson Theatre at 7:30pm. Call (409) 892-2257 or visit www.sost.org for more information.
The Beaumont Civic Center hosts Laughing Out Loud Comedy Show featuring Sommore / Lavell Crawford / Ali. For more information visit www.beaumont-tx-complex.com or call (409) 838-3435.
Name: Ford Park Arena
Event Address: 5115 IH-10 South
Location: Beaumont, TX
Phone: (409) 866-9075
Admission: FREE with ticket
McFaddin-Ward House Celebrates November
November 5, 2006 - Mamie McFaddin-Ward Birthday Open House
November 9, 2006 - Collections Lecture at the McFaddin-Ward House
November 16, 2006 - Afternoon Pastimes at the McFaddin-Ward House 3:45-5:15pm
Lamar University November Events
November 7, 2006 -Lamarissimo - Jazz Band- 7:30pm - 9pm
Lamarissimo - Jazz Band performs at the Jefferson Theatre. Call Dr. Harry Bulow at (409) 880-8144 for more information.
Nov. 10-12, 2006 - 7th Annual Spindletop Lamar University Film Festival 
Mingle with the stars at Spinfest: The Spindletop Film Festival is a great way to meet Hollywood insiders and professionals involved in all aspects of filmmaking, from directors to composers, and animators to cinematographers. The film festival is held at Lamar University in Beaumont. Call (409) 880-8490 for more information.
Nov. 16-21, 2006 - An Evening with Woody Allen - 8pm
Three one-act plays by Woody Allen performed at the Lamar University's Studio Theatre. This production is rated PG-13. Call (409) 880-2250 for more information.
Holiday Events
 Shop at the Beaumont Art League's 2nd Annual 'The Best Little Picture Show in Texas' on November 6, 11 & 18 from 10am to 6pm. Browse for unique Christmas gifts, most under $100, among booths that are decorated for the holidays. An exhibition and sale of small paintings, jewelry, pottery, sculpture, and photography from local artist will be available. For more information contact the Beaumont Art League at (409) 833-4179 or visit the website at www.beaumontartleague.org.
Meet up with everybody for the holidays at Crockett Street's Thanksfest on Wednesday November 23, 2006. An outdoor stage and festivities in the street make for one exciting holiday season at Crockett Street. For more information call (409) 832-2944 or visit www.crockettstreet.com.
Festivities include a Thursday Holiday Happy Hour with Early Bird shopping, cocktails & raffles galore, our annual Holiday Luncheon with style show, and no child should miss the Gingerbread House Workshop! Activities are held at the Beaumont Civic Center. We include our community with performances by local school choirs, dance academy's and various other groups throughout the weekend! Contact: Janci Kimball ~ 2006 Market Chair at jib@ih2000.net or (409) 832-0873.
 The Beaumont Community Players perform Sights, Sounds and Spirit of Christmas. Step back from the holiday rush into a celebration of the holiday season. Bring your family and join BCP as they remember all the traditions, songs and familiar stories of Christmas. Call (409) 842-4664 for more information.
 December 2, 2006 - A Winter Wonderland - Stars Over Beaumont Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting Join Beaumont's museums in celebrating the Christmas season on December 2, 2006. Every year in Beaumont's Museum District a large Christmas tree is adorned and lighted. Along with the tree lighting, a parade and family activities promise an exciting day of holiday celebration for the whole family. For more information, call (409) 880-3716.
A Season of Giving
The Southeast Texas Regional Planning Commission is facilitating a Regional Give2TheTroops campaign to  ensure those defending our freedom have a nicer holiday. Give2TheTroops is a national program supporting the physical, moral and spiritual health of America’s armed forces in combat zones around the world through letters and care packages. Goodies collected by SETRPC will be sent to Texans serving oversees just in time for the holidays! Contributions are tax deductible.
You can drop your collected items no later than November 2, 2006 at SETRPC Monday – Friday between 8:00am-12:00pm and 1:00pm-5:00pm. Or drop in and drop off your goodies at our designated Care Packaging event on Thursday, November 2, 2006 at 10:00am.
Pilot Club of Beaumont is pleased to present “Circumstantial Evidence” in downtown Beaumont at Hotel Beaumont. When Brown Industries, manufacturers of airsickness bags, goes bankrupt, the employees get upset. They’re involved in a deadly caper. As a private detective your job is to get to the bottom of it. For more information call (409) 835-5246.
Money goes to fund the Pilot Club’s community based work of promoting the awareness and prevention of brain-related disorders, and improving the lives of those affected by such disorders.
 The 13th Annual Girls' Haven Gumbo Cook-off and Festival at the Crockett Street Entertainment District in downtown Beaumont. The cook-off, live music and carnival like games will be from 11am - 6pm. There are awards for the best gumbo in three categories: seafood, poultry and combination. There is also a People's Choice Award. Call (409) 832-6223 for more information.
“Pour Les Enfants”, is Garth House’s main fundraiser each year. It is a fun evening of gourmet dining provided by The Chef’s Association, live, and silent auctions with all proceeds used to run the programs on a daily basis. Garth House mission is to, “ lessen the trauma to child victims of severe physical and sexual abuse during the investigative, prosecutorial, and healing processes”. Garth House provides the child victim a safe environment to tell their story. This years Co-Chairmen are Christopher Plaunty and Sheila Umphrey. For tickets, contact Marion Tanner, Garth House –838-9084.
Beaumont, Texas With A Little Something Extra!
Call the Beaumont CVB at 800-392-4401 or (409) 880-3749 for more information about Beaumont events, museums, hotels and restaurants. Book a hotel room online at www.beaumontcvb.com.
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