2016 Conference

[RobertLC]

(04-11-2016 02:18 PM)L Verge Wrote:  

(04-11-2016 10:37 AM)Miss_Bellatrix Wrote:  Is the conference around the same time next year? I know dates probably have not been set yet but I'm considering going. I'd like to tie it into a week long trip to DC.

Right now, I'm hoping for the first weekend in April - if I can beat the brides to that date. Our conference center is a prime bridal reception spot also, and you have to be quick to beat bridezillas to those venues!

The second and third weekends of April are Palm Sunday and Easter, so if we can't get the first weekend, we'll have to push it back into March.

Laurie,

Next year, 2017, is the second time this century that weekend dates of Easter match the 1865 weekend dates of Easter and, of course, the dates associated with the Lincoln assassination. The other was 2006.

The Census Bureau et al. report that 1876 was the only other occurrence of that specific sequence of dates in the 19th century. There were four such in the 20th century: 1911, 1922, 1933, and 1995.

The Easter sequence associated with April 16 sometimes runs on an eleven-year cycle, but not always.

Just thought I’d add a bit of trivia.

Bob