{"id":7202,"date":"2020-01-17T22:27:51","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T06:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.road2ca.com\/blog\/?p=7202"},"modified":"2020-01-17T22:27:52","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T06:27:52","slug":"fun-facts-for-25-years-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/17\/fun-facts-for-25-years-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Facts for 25 Years- Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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What a history Road to California has!! We\u2019ve uncovered 25\nFun Facts that have made Road to California the premier Quilters Conference and\nShowcase that it is today\u201425 years after it all began.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a rundown of the first half\nof these fun facts:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fun Fact #1: \u00a0Carolyn Reese<\/strong> <\/a>purchased Road to California in 1991. At the time, it was a small quilt conference located in Anaheim, California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fun Fact #2: \u00a0Road to California is a family owned and operated<\/a><\/strong> show. Carolyn Reese, her three sons with their spouses, and later, her grandchildren, have all participated in different roles throughout the years. From handling technology, logistics, and vendor support, to passing out programs, manning the Road Booth and helping instructors, everyone has had a job to do. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Carolyn Reese with her 3 sons, Mike, Darrell, and David <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Fun Fact #3:\n When Carolyn bought the show, she moved\nit to Ontario, California<\/strong>. The first location for the show was at the\nOntario Marriott Hotel (which today is the Gateway Hotel) located across the\nstreet from where the Ontario Convention Center stands today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fun Fact #4:\n The first version of the Reese Road to\nCalifornia was a weekend conference<\/strong> held in October for Southern\nCalifornia residents only<\/strong>. There were 3 teachers offering workshops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fun Fact #5:\n Wearable Art<\/strong> was introduced at Road\nin 1993. For several years, fashion shows were part of the conference.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fun Fact #6:\n  The date for Road was changed from October\nto January<\/strong> so that it wouldn\u2019t conflict with AQA\u2019s Houston show. Due to the\nchange, Road was not held in 1995.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fun Fact #7:\n  In\n1996, Road to California moved to the Ontario Airport Hilton<\/strong> and partnered\nwith the Southern California Council of Quilt Guilds and their event, \u201cCrossroads.\u201d\nIt was the first time a juried and judged quilt show was offered, giving away $5,000\nin cash prizes<\/strong>. Besides showcasing over 200 quilts, doll making<\/strong> was\nalso on display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fun Fact #8: \u00a0The judges for the first quilt contest were John Flynn, Paula Needlestrom and Anita Shackleford. <\/strong>John Flynn<\/a> will be one of the judges for Road 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fun Fact #9:\n Also, in 1996, vendors<\/strong> were invited\nfor the first time.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fun Fact #10: Road to California moved to its permanent home at the newly opened Ontario Convention Center<\/a> <\/strong>in 1997. Road was the Convention Center\u2019s first patron. Today, it is their biggest event. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fun Fact #11:\nThe physical footprint of Road\u2019s entire show for the first year at the\nConvention Center was the same size as today\u2019s vendor tent<\/strong>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fun Fact #12: Road\u2019s original logo<\/strong> was hand drawn. Today, Road has two computer generated designs: The California poppy and the newest logo which will be introduced at the Anniversary Show. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Continue\nreading more fun facts in our next blog post\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What a history Road to California has!! We\u2019ve uncovered 25 Fun Facts that have made Road to California the premier Quilters Conference and Showcase that it is today\u201425 years after it all began. Here is a rundown of the first half of these fun facts:   Fun Fact #1: \u00a0Carolyn Reese purchased Road to California […]<\/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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"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\/7202","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=7202"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7208,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7202\/revisions\/7208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}