{"id":343,"date":"2012-12-21T13:25:06","date_gmt":"2012-12-21T20:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=343"},"modified":"2012-12-21T13:25:06","modified_gmt":"2012-12-21T20:25:06","slug":"are-you-roadie-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/21\/are-you-roadie-material\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Roadie Material?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[\n\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-to-california\/are-you-roadie-material\/attachment\/vendor-floor-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-346\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-346\" alt=\"vendor floor 2\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vendor-floor-2-300x185.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Any big undertaking requires many people working together to insure an optimal experience and Road to California is no different. After all, there are only so many members of the Reese family to go around and there are so many tasks that need to be attended to during \u201cThe Best in the West\u201d Quilters\u2019 Conference.\u00a0 While there are a few paid employees outside of the Reese family, a majority of the service given during the week-long event is provided by our wonderful volunteers, affectionately known as <i>Roadies.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p><i>Roadies <\/i>volunteer a minimum of two hours per shift during the course of the quilt show. Their contributions include setting up the quilt displays prior to the show\u2019s opening, closing down the exhibits each evening of the show, and the most important need: serving as white glove hosts throughout the event. In order to qualify for a <i>Roadie <\/i>position, an individual needs to be 18 years of age, in good physical health, and be able to stand and walk for two hours at a time. These requirements are necessary for Road to California\u2019s insurance requirements.<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-to-california\/are-you-roadie-material\/attachment\/white-glove\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-347\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-347\" alt=\"white glove\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/white-glove-300x193.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Because our <i>Roadies <\/i>are so essential to the success of Road to California, gratitude is shown not only in hugs and words of appreciation, but with some additional perks as well. Depending on the amount of time served, <i>Roadies <\/i>can receive <i>Multi Day Admission<\/i> tickets, a <i>Special Event or Lecture Ticket, <\/i>or <i>Priority Registration <\/i>when enrolling online for the 2014Class Sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps the most fun honor for being a <i>Roadie <\/i>is receiving a coveted \u201cRoadie Pin\u201d with specially designed bars for each year served.\u00a0 When you see a <i>Roadie <\/i>wearing the Road to California pin adorned with collector bars, you know that they have volunteered a minimum of four hours to the quilt show in a particular year.\u00a0 During Road to California\u2019s tenure, over 700 pins have been given out to wonderful men and women for their dedicated volunteer service. Many of our volunteers help out year after year. Not only do they enjoy the \u201cfree stuff,\u201d but they report they like meeting other like-minded quilters, meeting the quilt designers, and learning about the quilts and the techniques used for the quilts they lovingly attend to.<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-to-california\/are-you-roadie-material\/attachment\/roadie-pins\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-352\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-352\" alt=\"Roadie pins\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Roadie-pins.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"255\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>We are always looking for additional volunteers to assist with the event. If you would be interested in serving at the 2013 Road to California, please fill out the volunteer form located on our web site: http:\/\/www.road2ca.com\/volunteer.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Simply put: Road to California loves its\u2019 <i>Roadies.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,22,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-behind-the-scenes","category-blog","category-road-to-california"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}