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Traditional Ascot Day
Celebration
To coincide
with the UK's Royal Ascot Day, the BABC Chicago and British Airways
cordially invite you to join us for the Traditional
Ascot Day at Arlington International Racecourse. This year's celebration is scheduled as follows:
When and Where
Date: Friday, June 12,
2009
Time: 2 p.m. -
7
p.m.
Directions: Arlington International
Racecourse, Governor's Room
Tickets:
BABC Member - $170.00
BABC Member Table for Eight (8) - $1,320.00
Non BABC Member -
$185.00
Non BABC Member Table for Eight (8) - $1,440.00
OR
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REGISTRATION FORM
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Special thanks to
our 2009 Official Sponsor:
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2009 Silver Sponsor: Illinois Tool Works
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Metropolitan Limousine provides
roundtrip coach transportation from the Wrigley Building, 400 N. Michigan
Ave. to Arlington International Racecourse. Bus departs 12:15 p.m.
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Whether you are entertaining
clients, making new business contacts, rewarding employees with a summer outing, or
celebrating your British heritage, Ascot Day is the summer's social event to see and at
which to be seen!
Guests who
attend Ascot Day enjoy exciting horseracing, cocktails, fine cuisine, and
networking. For this occasion, ladies wear summer outfits, as
well as beautiful hats. Men are encouraged to wear morning suits.
Women's Best Hat
Contest: Be sure to wear your finest hat for this
occasion! The winner
receives two roundtrip Club World tickets to London,. provided by
British Airways. For hat ideas visit the following milliner links
or view the Photo Galleries. This year's contest will be judged by
British milliner, Joy Scott, owner
of Joy Millinery, and
her husband Shelton Scott.
Joy Millinery
Diva Blue
Joan Pressley Hats
Bailey Tomlin
Siggi Hats
Peter
Bettley Hats
Whiteley Hat
GRAND PRIZE RAFFLE:
Raffle tickets:
1 for $50; 3 for $100; 5 for $150
During the afternoon there will be a drawing for an exciting Grand Prize,
which includes:
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Two roundtrip Club World tickets
to travel Chicago to London, provided by British Airways.
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Two night stay at the Four
Seasons in Hampshire, UK, provided by Four Seasons Hampshire.
Two night stay at the Four Seasons in Hampshire, UK., provided by
Four Seasons Hampshire |
Program:
2:00-6:30 p.m. -
Cocktails
2:30-2:45 p.m. - Welcome
3:00-4:30 p.m. - Dining
3:00-7:00 p.m. - Exciting horseracing
5:00-6:00 p.m. - Women's best hat contest, and grand prize raffle
drawing
Ascot Day is sure to be a
memorable occasion for you, your clients, and your colleagues!
Origins of Ascot
Day
Queen Anne was the founder of the Ascot course, and she is remembered by the opening race
of the four-day spectacular, the Queen Anne Stakes. The monarch, an equestrian sport fan,
was taking a carriage ride through the forest near Windsor Castle in 1711 when she came
upon a clearing that looked perfect for racing.
The area close to the village of East Cote was bought at a cost of just £558 and she
ordered it to be prepared for racing. And so the Royal racecourse played host to its
first race on 11 August that year with 'Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Click here
for more Colorful History.
Today, the centerpiece of Ascot’s year, Royal Ascot is the world’s most famous
race meeting. More than 300,000 people visit the racecourse during Royal Ascot week,
making this Europe’s most popular race meeting, and the event still continues to grow
each year. Royal Ascot is an internationally renowned sporting and social occasion, where
tradition, pageantry and style all meet in a glorious setting against the spectacular
backdrop of top class thoroughbreds and world famous jockeys competing for some of the
highest accolades in horseracing. The quality of the horseracing is simply outstanding,
with over £3 million in prize money on offer and a total of sixteen Group races,
including at least one Group One event on each of the five days.
The action on the track is matched only by the fashions on display, with a colorful array
of outfits and hats, making this one of the most sophisticated and elegant events in the
summer calendar. Click here for more details on Royal
Ascot.
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2008 BEST HAT CONTEST WINNERS
1st Place
Kathy Mintz
2nd Place
Maureen Anton
3rd Place
Carol Ann Nasser
Click the Galleries below to view photos
from Ascot Day 2008
Gallery 1
Gallery 2
Gallery 3
Gallery 4
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