Austin Hafla 2018 is just around the corner. Registration ended August 1st, but if you missed the deadline, send us your Registration information by PDF or phone this week along with a photo of your payment and we will add you to our 'official' list. We want everyone to join us this September.
Email austinhafla2018@gmail.com or phone Bill and Judy Walker at (512) 402-1666 or David and Vicki Jessich at (512) 263-8727.
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Check out our very full schedule of activities, note that the dinners plus two full buffet breakfasts are included in your registration fee, and come prepared to share a wonderful time with your extended Aramco family.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
- Registration & Signups: Banquet seating, Group Photos
12:00 noon -- 6:00 pm ( Gone to Texas )
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
- Registration & Signups
9:00 am -- 4:00 pm ( Lost Pines Foyer ) - Exhibits / Hospitality
10:00 am -- 5:00 pm ( Lost Pines Foyer ) - Aramco ExPats Tutorial
10:00 am -- 11:00 am ( Austin Colony ) - 'Island of Allah' Video
11:30 am -- 12:30 pm ( Austin Colony ) - "Welcome to Austin" presentation: history on the humorous side
2:00 pm -- 2:45 pm ( Austin Colony ) - Line Dance Class
3:00 pm -- 3:45 pm ( Little Colony ) - Ecumenical Service
4:00 pm -- 5:00 pm ( Austin Colony ) - Line Dance Class
3 -- 3:45 pm & 5:15 -- 6:00 pm ( Little Colony ) - Ecumenical Service
4:00 pm -- 5:00 pm ( Austin Colony ) - Social Hour
6:00 pm -- 7:00 pm ( Lost Pines Foyer ) - Trails End Chuckwagon Buffet
7:00 pm -- 10:00 pm ( Lost Pines Ballroom ) - Western evening featuring The Pearl Snaps Band
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
- Breakfast Buffet
6:00 am -- 10:00 am ( Firewheel Cafe ) - Golf Tournament
8:00 am -- 1:00 pm ( Wolfdancer Golf Club ) - Guided Bird Watch Walk ( limit 20 )
8:00 am -- 10:30 am ( Meet @ Capital Boardroom ) - KSA Reunion 2019, Ali Baluchi
9:00 am -- 10:00 am ( Austin Colony ) - Registration & Signups
10:00 am -- 12:00 noon ( Lost Pines Foyer ) - Exhibits / Hospitality
10:00 am -- 5:00 pm ( Lost Pines Foyer ) - Trap Shooting Tournament
TBA both am & pm ( Renegade Trailhead ) - Art Class : alcohol inks ( Jo Watts )
9:30 am -- 12:00 noon ( Gone to Texas ) - Aramco ExPats Tutorial
10:00 am -- 11:00 am ( Austin Colony ) - History of Aramco Scuba Diving
11:00 am -- 12:00 noon ( Austin Colony ) - Mercer Marketplace 365
12 -- 1:00 pm & 3 -- 4:00 pm ( Austin Colony ) - Bridge Tournament
1:00 pm -- 3:30 pm ( Navarro y Bangs ) - Group Photography
2:00 pm -- 5:00 pm ( Lost Pines Foyer ) - Johnnie Merritt: My Aramco Journey, 1948-1970
2:00 pm -- 2:30 pm ( Austin Colony ) - Ithra Oral History Project 2016: 'Friendships That Built a Nation'
2:30 pm -- 2:45 pm ( Austin Colony ) - Formal Photography
6:00 pm -- 9:00 pm ( Lost Pines Foyer ) - Reception, Hosted by ASC
6:00 pm -- 7:00 pm ( Lost Pines Foyer ) - Gala Banquet, Hosted by ASC
7:00 pm -- 10:30 pm ( Lost Pines Ballroom ) - Featuring the Keynote Address followed by the classic music of the VIX Vintage Band
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
- Breakfast Buffet
6:00 am -- 10:00 am ( Firewheel Cafe ) - Duck Tour ( 1/2 day )
9:00 am -- 1:00 pm ( Meet in Lobby @ 8:45 ) - Capitol and LBJ Library tour
9:00 am -- 3:00 pm ( Meet in Lobby @ 8:45 ) - Art Class : silk painting ( Jo Watts )
9:30 am -- 5:00 pm ( Gone to Texas ) - Exhibits / Hospitality
10:00 am -- 5:00 pm ( Lost Pines Foyer ) - Cryoablation talk ( Helen Streaker )
3:00 pm -- 4:00 pm ( Navarro y Bangs ) - Photo: Everyone & Longhorns
5:30 pm -- 5:45 pm ( Riversong Lawn ) - Social Hour
6:00 pm -- 7:00 pm ( Lost Pines Foyer ) - Middle Eastern Buffet
7:00 pm -- 10:00 pm ( Lost Pines Ballroom ) - 'Oldies' evening featuring the Groove Knight Band
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
- Hafla Souvenir Shopping
9:00 am -- 12:00 noon ( Capital Boardroom )
Happy trails to you until we meet again . . . Safe travels . . . See you at 'Hafla 2020'