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Latest DLV 2018 updates
Latest numbers
Limited availability on DLV Flamingo rooms
Planning updates
Activity Highlights
Activity Highlight - Monday night at Bahama Breeze
Summary schedule
Administrivia
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Latest DLV 2018 updates:

Welcome to all who have recently registered or joined our mailing list.
We're looking forward to seeing you in person in LV in just a few short
months. If there's anything you need, please let us know. Just reply to
this mailing.

If you need to register for the event, you may do so on line here:

https://divalas.vegas/cgi-bin/dlv/aip.cgi

There's no charge to register and it takes only a couple of minutes.
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If you just joined our mailing list, you can catch up on the back issues
on line here:

viewforum.php?f=4
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Latest numbers:

The number 100 is the one we usually hold our breath for, and we broke
the 100 mark earlier this week.

As of this writing we have have 105 individuals registered to attend.
This figure includes 14 SOs as of this time.

We have people coming from all over the Lower 48 as well as Hawaii,
Canada, New Zealand, Europe and South America, making DLV 2018 a truly
international event!

We'll continue to provide updates on where the numbers stand in most of
the general mailings.
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Limited availability on DLV Flamingo rooms:

Cami is reporting that our allocated block of special-rate rooms at the
Flamingo is filling up. When these are gone, there will be no more at
these rates!

If you wish to stay at the Flamingo (our primary suggested hotel for DLV
2018) and take advantage of our special rates, you will need to act soon
or you will miss out.

Our negotiated DLV rate is $55 per night for weekday nights covering the
span from April 11 through April 25. This is a discount of 37% from the
regular rates and 22% from currently-available (December 29) web special
rates.

Please see note on the web page below regarding weekend rates!

To book your room using the special rates, please do one of the
following:

1. Phone 888-373-9855 (toll-free within US) and book your room using the
code SFDIV8. Please note that the reservationist taking your call will
not be aware of the nature of our group.

2. Visit the URL https://aws.passkey.com/go/SFDIV8 and book your room on
line.

Further information about our suggested hotels for DLV 2018 (including
notes on weekend rates, which have been changing frequently) appears on
the web here:

https://divalas.vegas/dlv2018/2018hotels.html
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Planning updates:

Our volunteers have been very busy over the past couple of weeks, and
deserve a big round of applause for working hard to fill in and round
out our schedule with activities meant for you to enjoy.

Remember that at Diva Las Vegas, everything is optional! You can do as
much as you want or as little as you want. You don't pay for what you
don't want to do or for what you don't want to eat.

Many activities have been added to our schedule since our last mailing.
The summary schedule appears below. Please remember not to use these
working summary schedules as final accurate DLV schedules! Many changes
will be occurring between now and DLV week.
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On Sunday evening of DLV week we'll have multiple happy hour and dining
options plus a Burlesque Revue at the Artiface in the Arts District.

On Monday at 1:00pm we'll feature Lunch With Wendy and Michelle, better
known as the Creative Wigs Ladies, for an informal lunch, learn, and
libations session. This will be held at the Yardhouse in the Linq
complex, an easy walk from most of our suggested hotels.

Monday evening, of course, is our big opening bash, and an Activity
Highlight on this appears below.

Tuesday will be our traditional Eating Out Night with various happy hour
and dining options, followed by the Jennifer Lopez concert and the Big
Lift Bar Crawl, which will be a "chaperoned" trip to several imbibing
establishments in Las Vegas.

On Wednesday we'll offer several daytime options including an informal
social at Transcending The Gender Box, a recently-opened TG center in
Las Vegas, plus the 2018 edition of the DLV Tennis Tournament and the
Luv Ur Look Luncheon at Bahama Breeze.

We'll have a new twist on evening activities on Wednesday with the DLV
Treasure Hunt. Stay tuned for details on this one!

Thursday will feature Pistol and Rifle Shooting in the morning and
Topgolf (indoor golf, which was a HIT at DLV 2017!) in the afternoon.

Thursday evening will be our second major bash of the week at the Off
The Strip Bistro in the Linq complex, followed by our annual Limousine
Tour, which will depart from the Linq this year.

On Friday afternoon we'll have High Tea at the Four Seasons.
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But wait! There's more!

Most mornings will begin with Katie's Koffee Korner at the Flamingo, an
informal coffee and rolls session open to all.

Around noon on the days when we don't have a featured luncheon activity
we'll have our Lunch With series, with Ginger, Aejaie, or perhaps an
alternate host(ess).

Some afternoons will feature an all-invited Afternoon Social. See
schedules for specific days and times.

Each evening we'll have our traditional Late Night Dancing, but this
year we'll be adding an option for those who would rather just chat and
socialize rather than dance or listen to loud music. This will be held
just steps away from the noise and celebration of the dance floor. As
always, all DLVers are encouraged to participate.

Other activities are in the works, and we'll be summarizing and
featuring these as plans develop.
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Activity Highlights:

Between now and right before our big event, we will regularly feature
brief write-ups of our planned activities - Activity Highlights.

These will be made available in a few locations, including the DLV
Discussion Forum, which is on line here:

viewforum.php?f=2

Activity Highlights will first appear in the Forum and marked as
"sticky" so they always appear toward the top, until we run short of
"real estate" on that first screen. They will also appear in a separate
Activity Highlight section on the web here:

viewforum.php?f=16

You can also read them if you are subscribed to the email version of the
DLV Discussion Forum, and you can also read them on the DLVEGAS Yahoo
group.

We'll also be featuring some (not all) of the Activity Highlights in
most of these general mailings.

This mailing includes the Activity Highlight for our opening Monday
evening at Bahama Breeze immediately below.
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Activity Highlight - Monday night at Bahama Breeze:

On Monday evening of DLV week we'll feature one of our two major
gatherings that we have planned for DLV 2018.

This will happen at the Bahama Breeze, a conveniently-located mainstream
restaurant which features Caribbean and American cuisine, burgers,
sandwiches, salads, soups, appetizers, and desserts. Dining at Bahama
Breeze is moderately-priced and drinks, both plain and very fancy, are
reasonable.

Bahama Breeze has been very gracious in serving our group from their
full unlimited menu and offering separate checks.

We'll have Happy Hour at 6:00pm, followed by dinner, and then segue into
our Welcome Meet and Greet. Light entertainment and some special treats
will be provided.

We'll also be doing our "official" yearly group photo during the Meet
And Greet. Posing for this is optional. The group photos from past years
are some of the most-viewed items on our web page!

We suggest classy dress for Monday evening. Anything from non-grungy
casual to dressy to formal, boymode or girlmode, will be fine. No
costumes or slutty/fetish outfits please.

Bahama Breeze is an easy drive or an inexpensive taxi ride from most of
our suggested hotels. Free self and valet parking is available. Please
don't be shy of valet parking, the staff knows our group well and you
will be treated as the lady (or gentleman) that you are.

Maps and driving directions will be included in the Final Attendee
Information, which will be coming out about a week before DLV.

Following the Bahama Breeze we'll adjourn to Paris for Late Night
Dancing and Late Night Socializing.

We wish to thank Delaney for her efforts in spearheading the Bahama
Breeze evening this year!
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Summary schedule:

Diva Las Vegas 2018 schedule
Tentative and subject to change
All times Pacific Daylight Time
PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS AS THE FINAL
AND ACCURATE DIVA LAS VEGAS SCHEDULE.

Sunday, April 15:
12:00am: Lunch With Ginger
2:00pm: On-site DLV check-in
3:00pm: Afternoon Social
5:00pm: Happy Hour options
5:00pm: Virgil's Happy Hour
6:00pm: Dining options
6:00pm: Cornish Pasty option
6:00pm: Virgil's BBQ option
8:00pm: Burlesque Revue
10:30pm: Late Nite Dancing and Socializing

Monday, April 16:
8:00am: Katie's Kozy Koffee Korner
11:00am: Bare Minerals Makeup Sessions
1:00pm: Lunch with Wendy and Michelle
3:00pm: On-site DLV check-in
5:00pm: New attendee Welcome and Orientation
6:00pm: Welcome Happy Hour
7:00pm: Dinner
8:30pm: Welcome Meet and Greet
9:00pm: Official Group Photo
10:30pm: Late Nite Dancing and Socializing

Tuesday, April 17:
8:00am: Katie's Kozy Koffee Korner
9:00am: Diva Las Vegas Invitational Golf
11:00am: Bare Minerals Makeup Sessions
12:00am: Lunch With Aejaie
2:00pm: On-site DLV check-in
5:00pm: Happy Hour options
5:00pm: Ruth's Chris option
5:00pm: Carmine's option
5:00pm: Giordano option
6:00pm: Dining options
6:00pm: Ruth's Chris option
6:00pm: Carmine's option
6:00pm: Giordano option
9:00pm: Evening activity options
9:00pm: Big Lift Bar Crawl
9:00pm: Jennifer Lopez concert
10:30pm: Late Nite Dancing and Socializing

Wednesday, April 18:
8:00am: Katie's Kozy Koffee Korner
10:00am: Social at Transcending
10:00am: DLV Tennis Tournament
12:00am: Luv Ur Look Luncheon
5:00pm: Happy hour options
5:00pm: Michelle's choice
5:00pm: Ricardo's option
6:00pm: Dining options
6:00pm: Ricardo's option
6:00pm: Michelle's choice
8:30pm: DLV Treasure Hunt
10:30pm: Late Nite Dancing and Socializing

Thursday, April 19:
8:00am: Katie's Kozy Koffee Korner
9:00am: Pistol and Rifle Shooting
12:00am: Lunch With Ginger
2:00pm: Topgolf
6:00pm: Happy Hour
7:00pm: Farewell Dinner
9:30pm: Limousine Tour
10:30pm: Late Nite Dancing

Friday, April 20:
12:00am: Lunch Without Ginger
2:00pm: High Tea
3:00pm: Afternoon Social
10:30pm: Late Nite Dancing
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Administrivia:

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Diva Las Vegas 2018
Sunday, April 15 - Friday, April 20
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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