FYI: For further information visit website, or contact Joel, not me. -- Leo

>Joel Epstein
>SkisOkay@...
>Tel (857) 233-4939
>
>
>Skate Boston
>2008: <http://www.skate-boston.net/>http://www.skate-boston.net/
>
>· Registration ($65 fee; $55
>discounted rate for Skate Patrol) goes up by $10
>after July 10. Fee includes Saturday dinner at
>Cambridge Brewing Company + catered lunches and sag wagon water.
>Active
>registration:
><http://www.active.com/page/Event_Details.htm?event_id=1568227&assetId=cb70c576\
-b982-4a7e-972c-8a07c9a6ae62>http://www.active.com/page/Event_Details.htm?event_\
id=1568227&assetId=cb70c576-b982-4a7e-972c-8a07c9a6ae62
>
>· Hotel is the Royal Sonesta on the
>Cambridge side of the Charles River. Hotel rate
>is $151 per night if pre-paid on the Royal Sonesta website.
><https://reservations.synxis.com/opbe/rez.aspx?flashOk=1&lang=1&hotel=12050&cha\
in=5157&arrive=8/1/2008&depart=8/3/2008&adult=1&group=85V8ML>https://reservation\
s.synxis.com/opbe/rez.aspx?flashOk=1&lang=1&hotel=12050&chain=5157&arrive=8/1/20\
08&depart=8/3/2008&adult=1&group=85V8ML
>
>
>Skate Boston 2008 – August 1, 2 and 3!
>
>Some many good things - Find your reason to come:
>
>· New meet up location – Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge
>· This hotel has a big POOL – indoor and outdoor
>· Shopping across the street at Cambridgeside Galleria – over 120
>stores and restaurants
>· Take the T (Boston's subway) to/from the airport right to the hotel
>and all around.
>· Take an extended vacation at the hotel – spa services and an awesome
>restaurant and don't forget the views
>· Boston voted most `European' city by Conte Naste
>· Win a pair of Rollerblade skates
>· Two full lunches – Saturday and Sunday – included with registration
>· Stay at the hotel, and they have shuttle vans to Faneuil Hall other
>areas.
>· Full sit down dinner Saturday night – at the Cambridge Brewing
>Company – which of course means beer is involved. Yes, included in the
>registration fee.
>· Meet up with old friends – make new ones at the dinner.
>· We are part of the Rollerblade Event Network
>· Win a gift certificate to an Eddy Matzger skate farm event
>· Sag wagon on all skates fully stocked with water, snacks and treats.
>On those hot summer days, this is a life-saver!
>· You really want to see the Big Dig. And if you don't know what that
>is, then you definitely need to come to Boston.
>· NSP patrolled skates with a leader and a sweep.
>· Raffle with cool stuff
>· Last year skaters said `This is the Best Skater Food!'
>· Check out our great sponsors – Rollerblade, Zephyr Tours, Boston
>Derby Dames, Road ID, Centre Ski and Bike, Eddy Matzger Skate Farm,
>Red Sox Foundation, and many more
>· And most important – Great skating. Boston offers lots of historic
>and scenic sites, and your skate leaders find all of them.
>
>The hotel group rate ends July 10th! Book now to get your room
>Hope to see you all at this great event. Register now at
>www.skate-Boston.net to reserve your place at New England's premier
>weekend skating festival.
>
>Julie Reker
>Director, Skate Boston 2008
>
>ps. Btw, the rate at the hotel is only $151 a night if you pre-pay
>directly on their website.


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