ScubaFest Ohio March 14 - 16, 2014

[ScubaFest Ohio]

Make plans now to attend the 55th annual ScubaFest, March 14 - 16, 2014, which will be held at the NorthPointe Hotel and Conference Center in Lewis Center, Ohio [between Columbus and Delaware] on St. Rt. 23. The show will feature a free to attend Exhibit Hall. Tickets can be purchased in advance or on site the day of the show for the breakout sessions and Saturday evening banquet at 7 p.m. with keynote speaker Dr. Charles Ciampaglio of Wright State University whose presentation is "Will the real Megalodon please swim forward". Parking is free at the hotel. Special room rates are available until Thursday, Feb 20, 2014. Whenever you book your room, mention ScubaFest. Place a bid in the silent auction. Enter the regional underwater photo competition by March 1 which is open to residents of Ohio and the states surrounding Ohio for a chance to win a week on the Red Sea Aggressor and other great prizes. For more information regarding workshops, attendance, tickets, entering the photo competition or exhibit space, please visit www.scubafest.org. LIKE us on facebook at 'ScubaFest Ohio' for daily updates in your newsfeed. We look forward to seeing you at this year's show!

 

[Jim Lapenta]

Will be my sixth year as a vendor/presenter. Great show and even greater people from the Ohio Dive community. There is another thread announcing this here as well. http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/sh...scubafest-columbus-ohio-march-14-15-16-a.html

 

[Jim Lapenta]

Only 7 days away. Here are some of the items for the auction and door prizes that you can win:
Megalodon Shark Tooth
Morrell Shipwreck T-shirts (2)
Scuba Museum T-shirts (4)
Book: Sole Survivor by Dennis Hale
$25 Target Gift Card
Shark Dive at Greater Cleveland Aquarium
Fourth Element Xerotherm Thermal Base Layer
Discounted Admission Tickets to Newport Aquarium
White Star Quarry Season Pass (2)
Stained Glass Dive Flag Clock
Dive Flag Windchime
Glass Dive Flag Magnet (4)
Edge Mask, Snorkel, Fin Package
HOG 36" SMB and Delrin Spool
HOG ft SMB
HOG Baseball cap
Manta Nano Reel
EEZYCUT Trilobite Line Cutter
Book: A Practical Guide for the New Diver by Jim Lapenta
Edge EXP Regulator
HOG Piglet Light
4 Passes to the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium
I love this show and the people there and consider it an honor to attend and support it, and the Ohio Council

Please come on out and say Hi. I will be presenting again this year at 3 PM on Saturday. Topic is "Recreational Divers and Overheads -They Don't Mix!"