Conclave Recap

Sigma Phi Epsilon
49th Biennial Conclave
August 10th-14th, 2005
Nashville, Tennessee

August 10th-14th 2005 / Brothers Madden and Mitrano set off for SigEp's 49th biennial Conclave in Nashville.
The 4 days consisted of legislation, workshops, celebratory dinners, awards ceremonies, and fun nights in downtown Nashville.
Highlights include winning the Benjamin Hobson Frayser Award (granted to us by The Journal in recognition of an oustanding alumni newsletter), hearing a phenomenal speech from Erik Weihenmeyer, the first blind man to hike Mt. Everest, attending a luncheon for the country's strongest chapters, watching DJ $crilla perform the SigEp Anthem at the Grand Ole Opry, and enjoying the Alumni Awards Dinner on the last night.
Check out some pictures of the hotel and the final Alumni Awards Dinner:

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Taken from the elevator of the Nashville Renaissance Hotel.
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The hotel was located right in downtown Nashville.
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Outside the dining room...
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Into the banquet. The banners of Conclaves past hang from the ceiling.
(This conclave's banner was auctioned off towards the end of the ceremony. The winning bid was $20,000.)
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Getting seated...
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We wait standing for everyone to find their place.
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The faces of the Founding Fathers.
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Hungry
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The SigEp choir sings "Rum" to kick things off.
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They asked that the crowd join them.
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At first glance of the hanging banners, we thought we were at the wrong conference. We soon
realized that the banners indeed represented our fraternity colors of purple, red, and gold.
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The dining room setup was quite impressive.
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The two tables at the front of the room represented the old and the new. On the left sat the
newly elected Board of Directors, and on the right sat the Board of the past two years.
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Newly elected Grand President the Hon. Archie Yeatts, Richmond '64
His inaugural address was hilarious.
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Following the dinner, we had the honor of meeting the GP himself.
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We ran into our former Regional Director, Jason Wortham.
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Scott McClellan, Texas '90, President Bush's White House Press Secretary,
received the Sigma Phi Epsilon Citation earlier that evening.
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We also ran into Jesse Horstmann, our new Regional Director, as well as our
District Governor Brian Tahmoush.
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Chris Minnis, Headquarters Director of Operations, on the left.
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'The Fittest Man in the World' Honorary SigEp Rod Raymond
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Re-elected Grand Treasurer Christopher L. Bittman, Colorado '85
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As we were leaving the dining room, we spotted Judge Mitch Crane, who was awarded the
Order of the Golden Heart, SigEp's highest honor, that evening.
We then left the dining room to go enjoy our last night in Nashville.
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