NSM Folies Bergere exhibit opening and LVTGG member gathering

The glamour, the glitz, feathers, rhinestones, tuxes and tiaras! You are cordially invited to join us this Saturday, June 11 from 2-5 PM to mingle with Las Vegas glitterati and fellow LVTGG members, and relive the showgirl glory days at the opening reception and panel discussion of the Nevada State Museum’s new Les Folies Bergere Exhibit.

The reception begins at 2 PM and the panel discussion ends at 4 PM. Afterwards, LVTGG members will have an informal non-hosted gathering at the Springs Cafe until 5 PM.

Please RSVP to Sander Smiles via email and print this page with the flier below for entry into the museum and reception. Hope to see you there!

NSM Folies Bergere Exhibit Opening flier June 11, 2016

Hammargren Open House 2015 – Oct 31 & Nov 1

 

We’re never sure if it will be the last time ever – so if you can make it – Go!

See the flyer below and entertainment schedule.

This is not hosted by the LVTGG, go on your own, bring friends and family.

Note there is a $15 per person (12+) suggested donation.

Hammargren's Nevada Day 2015

 

Entertainment – Provided by SUNDAR & LIGHTNING ENT. Las Vegas, USA.
Sundar: talent scout/producer/director/emcee (
702) 785-3005
 
Saturday, Oct. 31st 2015 – 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM

From
12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m. – The Dummkopfs

 Open Mic. for Celebrity Guest Artists with Music Director Marc Love

 MC’s: Marc Love & Little J. Gambino (Comedian, BMI Ent. & Ambassador of Peace)

   Sunday, Nov. 1st 2015 – 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM

“Tribute Artists & Impersonators Variety Show”

 * SUNDAR: MC

* Marc Love: Music Director, Tribute to Lee Greenwood, Righteous Brothers and Hall & Oates with
Mark Maynard

* Mark Maynard: (Formerly with “Legends in Concert”) Tribute to Frankie Valli, Righteous Brothers
and Hall & Oates with Marc Love

* Donnie Fox: Tribute to Roy Orbison and John Lennon

* Doug Price: Sax, “Dueling Fiddle” with Kevin Gardner Rose

* Kevin Gardner Rose: Tribute to Charlie Daniels & “Dueling Fiddle” with Doug Price

* Yohon Harbin: (Formerly lead singer with The Legendary “Drifters”) Tribute to “Isley Brothers” and
duet with Dana Lara

* Dana Lara: Tribute to Etta James and duet with Yohon Harbin

* Surprise Guest Singers!

& PAIGE POOLE AS ELVIS !! 

Certified Professional Las Vegas Tour Guide Training

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UPDATE: The 2015 CPTG class has ended and was a great success. Congratulations to the 9 guild members who successfully completed the program and have attained their CPTG certification!

If you are interested in taking the training class in the future, please send us a message and we will notify you when the next class is scheduled. Most likely it will be in the spring of 2016.

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The Las Vegas Tourist Guides Guild (LVTGG), a professional association of tour guides and travel companies promoting the integrity of tour guiding in Nevada, invites Las Vegas guides and other interested persons to register for the guild’s Certified Professional Las Vegas Tour Guide (CPTG) training program which will begin March 15, 2015.

The eight session CPTG program provides in-depth focus and training on information and skills relevant to Las Vegas tour guides. Participants receive the valuable added benefit of sessions held in stimulating locations such as the Nevada State Museum Las Vegas, the Mormon Fort, and on-site in Downtown Las Vegas and the Strip, as well as a number of special guest speakers and trainers throughout the program.

Most classes will be held on consecutive Sunday afternoons, with a few exceptions for holidays and site visits. Classes are beginning Sunday, March 15, and will culminate with a final examination. Those who successfully complete the course will receive certification from the LVTGG as being a “Certified Professional Las Vegas Guide.”

Topics include:

  • Practical Guiding Skills and Information
  • Geology and Flora & Fauna
  • Native Americans, Explorers, Pioneers, and Miners
  • The genesis and evolution of Las Vegas, including:

– The Mormon Fort and Helen Stewart
– Downtown and the Railroad
– Hoover Dam, the military, and the Atomic Age
– The Strip, from its origins to today
– Matrimony, Gaming, the Mob, Corporations, and Mega-Resorts

  • Regional locations and attractions
  • Meet & Greet and Event Protocols
  • And more!

For a limited time the CPTG program is being offered for just $50 for current members of the LVTGG. This special offer is available only through March 1 has been extended! LVTGG membership is a requirement of the training program, and annual LVTGG membership is $40.

Registration and payments can be completed on the guild’s website.

For more information, please visit www.lvtgg.com/cptg, or contact the Education Chair, Jerry Perkins, at training@lvtgg.com.

The Las Vegas Tourist Guides Guild is a membership organization of tour professionals and members of the travel and tour industry who live and work in the Las Vegas area. The Guild advocates for the advancement of Las Vegas tour guides and tourism, and provides a liaison between tour guides, employers, and the community. In addition, through training and familiarization visits, the Guild strives to improve the local tour industry and ensure quality service for Las Vegas area visitors.

Rediscover Nevada Museums

NV Museums

 

Everyone is invited to Rediscover Nevada Museums with free entrance on Saturday July 20, 2013!

Three local museums are included in the promotion:

  • Nevada State Museum, at Springs Preserve, Las Vegas
  • Lost City Museum, Overton
  • Railroad Museum, Boulder City

The other participating museums are:

  • Railroad Museum, Carson City
  • Nevada Historical Society, Reno
  • Nevada State Museum, Carson City
  • East Ely Depot Museum, Ely

For more information, visit http://museums.nevadaculture.org/

Thanks to LVTGG member Char Cruze for calling our attention to this great promo!

Neon Museum – July 2013 Members Meet & Greet

This Tuesday, July 2, 2013!

What’s as hot as the chrome bumper of a cherry red 1955 T-Bird reflecting the mid-day July sun onto the curvy white walls of an iconic mid-Mod piece of Vegas architectural history?

 

1955 Ford Thunderbird

 

If you answered “The Neon Museum and Boneyard” – you’re right on the money! Since the recent opening of its visitor center in the relocated lobby of the former La Concha Motel, a visit to the Neon Museum has been at the top of many locals’ and visitors’ wish lists. Stay hip daddy-O and be in-the-know about this fabulous attraction!

So, with no further ado, the LVTGG cordially its members to the Las Vegas Tourist Guide Guild’s July 2013 Meet & Greet for a private evening tour of the Neon Museum and Boneyard.

This is going to be one groovy visit, and space is limited to the first 20 respondents. At last last count, we’re almost full – so RSVP now to thanksbabs@gmail.com!

We would like to thank a friend of the LVTGG, Dawn Merritt,  for extending complimentary admission to Las Vegas Tour Guide Guild members.

Where: Neon Museum & Boneyard, 770 Las Vegas Boulevard North, Las Vegas, NV 89101, (702) 387-6366

When: Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Time & Place: 6:45 PM, for a 7:00 PM tour. Meet at the La Concha Visitor’s Center.

Parking:  Park in the lot on McWilliams Avenue, behind the Neon Boneyard Park. It is after Bonanza Road and before Cashman Center.

In case of last minute changes or questions, call Babs at 702 370 6961.

The tour will be over by 8:00 PM and those wishing to continue socializing will meet up downtown, location tba.

Rules of Engagement:

Photos can be taken for personal use only (no fine art or commercial use, no professional blogs or websites, absolutely no stock photography) and the museum asks that a release be signed complying with those requirements. No video cameras or videotaping is allowed.

NO backpacks, camera bags, tripods, or any type of additional camera equipment are allowed on tours. The Boneyard is full of broken glass and rusty metal so we ask that everyone stick with the group for personal safety and the safety of their collection. They reserve the right to ask individuals to leave if they refuse to follow guidelines.

The museum reserves the right to cancel tours due to construction or extreme weather conditions (this includes winds over 25mph). If this happens, we will e-mail you.

If you are a journalist, please contact media at 702-387-6366 with any questions.  Separate photo use arrangements are necessary for journalistic purposes, and they are happy to provide complimentary stock photos.

Web: www.neonmuseum.org

 

About the Neon Museum:

The Neon Museum and Boneyard is a non-profit group comprised of its collection of restored, vintage Vegas neon signs and  its world-famous “boneyard” of non-restored vintage Vegas neon signs.

The Neon Museum officially “opened” with the installation of its first refurbished sign, the Hacienda Horse and Rider, at the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Fremont Street.

Today, the Neon Museum’s refurbished signs are displayed and can be viewed in downtown Las Veags as public art and visited on a self-guided tour twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Signs are located on Las Vegas Boulevard North, Fremont Street, and 3rd Street. The gallery includes, among others, The Flame Restaurant, Chief Court Motel, Andy Anderson, The Silver Slipper, Binion’s Horseshoe, The Red Barn, Nevada Motel and Dot’s Flowers, the Landmark and 5th Street liquors.

Most of the Museum’s signs are exhibited in “The Boneyard” where they serve as inspiration to fascinated artists, students, historians and designers.  The Boneyard is home to some of the most treasured and world-famous signs of Las Vegas – Caesars Palace, Binions Horseshoe, the Golden Nugget  and the Stardust. The two-acre campus which includes the Neon Boneyard houses more than 150 historic signs. As part of guided tours, the signs are available to be viewed at ground level and up close. Each has been donated or loaned by individuals, businesses and sign companies such as the Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO).

The Neon Museum visitors’ center is located inside the historic La Concha Motel lobby.  This distinctive shell-shaped building was designed by acclaimed architect Paul Revere Williams. The curvilinear La Concha Motel lobby is a striking example of Mid-Century modern design characterized by Atomic- and Space Age shapes and motifs. Originally constructed in 1961 on Las Vegas Boulevard South (next to the Riviera Hotel), the La Concha lobby was saved from demolition in 2005 and moved in 2006 to its current location to serve as the museum’s Visitors’ Center. References to many of the lobby’s original interior design elements have been included in the newly refurbished facility, with two of the motel’s original signs – the mosaic lobby sign and a section of the main roadside sign – restored and illuminated as part of the museum’s rehabilitation efforts. Administrative, educational, research and event facilities are housed inside a new addition located behind the main lobby.

Off to the Mob Museum We Go!

Las Vegas Tour Guide Guild to tour Mob Museum

Once again, the Las Vegas Tourist Guides Guild is having another great  “invite only” networking event for our member’s and prospective members. This one is at the Mob Museum.  (National Museum of Organized Crime & Law Enforcement)

This is a great opportunity to explore it for free with your fellow tour professionals. See it, live it, explore it and discuss it with the rest of us. Don’t worry, there will be plenty of time for roaming on your own.

If you give tours in and around Las Vegas, you really need to see this museum.  Heck, you should see it even if not in the business.  Its beautiful, interactive and very informative.

“LOCATED IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS, THE MOB MUSEUM SHOWCASES BOTH SIDES OF THE NOTORIOUS BATTLE BETWEEN ORGANIZED CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. WITH HIGH-TECH THEATER PRESENTATIONS, ICONIC ONE-OF-A-KIND ARTIFACTS, AND INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS, YOU CAN FINALLY DISCOVER THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.”

The Details

The LVTGG Board of Directors looks forward to your joining our mixer as we intermingle to exchange information, and updates on the state of the tourist guide professional. Its Industry only, Invite only, so please rsvp to thanksbabs@gmail.com, by March 27,  so we can add your’s and your guests name to our list. It is required to be on the list to gain free entry into the museum for our no cost admission fee.

Those who arrives without a reservation , will pay the $8 discounted rate.  (still a Great Deal) We encourage you to bring other prospective members for the Las Vegas Tourist Guides Guild to our second yearly gathering. Spouses or family are invited but will have to pay the $8 discounted rate.

Plan at least three hours to see it all. 

And for those interested in joining us for a quick repast & beverage after discovering the museum we can stroll south on 3rd through the Lady Luck reconstruction to the MOB BAR (Formerly SideBar) next to Triple George and Hogs and Heifers

Not yet a Las Vegas Tourist Guides Guild member? Now is the time to join LVTGG; membership has its benefits, print out an application today, the $25 membership is the best industry investment for tourist guides and related professionals. 2012 LVTGG Application

 

Where: Las Vegas Museum of Law Enforcement and Organized Crime
When: April 1, 2012
Time: 2:00 PM

Address: 300 Stewart Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89101
Phone: 702-229-2734

Web: info@themobmuseum.org

See you there,

Babs Daitch
President
Las Vegas Tourist Guides Guild