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17th Annual International Sea-Bean Symposium
and Beachcombers' Festival
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October 12-13, 2012 Cocoa Beach Public Library 550 North Brevard Avenue Cocoa Beach, Florida 32931 |
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2012 Symposium Slide Show
Symposium Video - by David McRee
Visit his website at: Blog The Beach - Florida beaches in words, pictures and video
Lodging in Cocoa Beach and the vicinity of the Symposium
Download, print and distribute the Symposium 2012 Flyer!
Flyer by Nan Rhodes of www.BeachBeans.com
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Beachcomb, Deacon Ritterbush Some information about her: |
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Symposium Speakers and their Biographies Hover over the images to see titles of their presentations. Click the images to view their biographies. |
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 Margie Mitchell |
 David McRee |
 Deacon Ritterbush |
 Curtis Ebbesmeyer |
 Blair & Dawn Witherington |
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| Friday, Oct. 12 | 11:00-11:45 | Margie Mitchell | Basic Beachcombing and Sea-Beans |
| 2:00-3:00 | David McRee | Beach Survival Guide | |
| 4:00-5:00 | Deacon Ritterbush | Everything You've Always Wanted to Know about Sea Glass | |
| Saturday, Oct. 13 | 11:30-12:00 | Curtis Ebbesmeyer | Plastic, Garbage Patches and Tsunamis |
| 1:00-2:00 | Blair & Dawn Witherington | Drifters from Our Upstream Gulf: sea-beans, oil and other drifters | |
| 7:45-8:45 | Deacon Ritterbush | Beachcombing as a Portal to History | |
Schedule of Events  |
Odd Bean Contest Judging at 4:30 pm, Saturday, Oct. 13th 
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Lego® Toy Alert |
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The 2012 Symposium T-Shirt Design by Dawn Witherington
Click the image for larger view of the T-shirt
This Sea-Bean Symposium includes displays on sea-beans and other beach "stuff",
as well as presentations, identification sessions, door prizes, sea-bean jewelry,
Books: Sea-Beans from the Tropics and The Little Book of Sea-Beans and Florida's Living Beaches, and
Cathie Katz's The Nature of Florida's ... series
Events: the Bean-a-Thon contest, odd bean contest, raffles, door prizes and much more!
Displays and sales tables also onsite from Krieger Publishing Company,
www.BeachBeans.com and www.FloridaBeachBasics.com
Check out last year's (2011) symposium!
To prepare for your visit to the symposium and Florida's beaches, check out this
one page Simple Guide to Florida Sea-Beans
or the online Sea-Bean ID Guide
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