Wednesday, June 18, 2025
We're Having a Ball in Kansas City
Thursday, June 5, 2025
More Information for Last-minute Reunion Deciders
More Information for Last-minute Reunion Deciders
An earlier message (reprinted below) advised last-minute reunion deciders to book their hotel rooms by calling the Hilton and asking to speak to a sales manager. You can simplify the process by calling managers directly:
Kortney Cunningham, Sales Manager, at 1-816-801-4012,
or
Kia Stuart, Group Rooms coordinator, at (816) 801-4008
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2025 Navy Musicians Association Reunion
Kansas City (MO) Airport Hilton Hotel
Wed. morning, June 18, - Sat. night, June 21
Date: June 5, 2025
To: NMA Reunion Malingerers, Stragglers, and Dawdlers
Subj: Important info for booking hotel rooms and registering for reunion
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Time is marching on-- not at a stately British pace, but at a Barnum & Bailey circus tempo. If you have not yet booked your hotel room or registered for the reunion, please note the following:
If you have not yet reserved your hotel room:
While, the block of hotel rooms reserved for us is expired, rooms are still available at our special NMA rate. To book your room, call the hotel (888) 446-6677 and ask to speak with a manager in the sales department.
If you have not yet registered for the reunion:
Do not register by mail; at his late date, snail-mail may not reach Treasurer Stephanie Rowland before she departs for Kansas City. To register for the reunion, call Stephanie at (410) 353-5967, or register at the hotel when you arrive.
I join the rest of the Board of Directors in my hopes you’ll join us at the NMA’s 30th-anniversary celebration in Kansas City.
Forward, March!
Frank Mullen III
NMA Website Manager
Important Info for Booking Hotel Rooms and Registering for Reunion
2025 Navy Musicians Association Reunion
Kansas City (MO) Airport Hilton Hotel
Wed. morning, June 18, - Sat. night, June 21
Date: June 5, 2025
To: NMA Reunion Malingerers, Stragglers, and Dawdlers
Subj: Important info for booking hotel rooms and registering for reunion
Time is marching on-- not at a stately British pace, but at a Barnum & Bailey circus tempo. If you have not yet booked your hotel room or registered for the reunion, please note the following:
To reserve your hotel room:
While the block of hotel rooms reserved for us is expired, rooms are still available at our special NMA rate. To book your room, call the hotel (888) 446-6677 and ask to speak with a manager in the sales department.
To register for the reunion:
Do not register by mail; at his late date, snail-mail may not reach Treasurer Stephanie Rowland before she departs for Kansas City. To register for the reunion, call Stephanie at (410) 353-5967, or register at the hotel when you arrive.
I hope you will see these instructions not as barriers, but as invitations. We're doing our best to get you to Kansas City for the NMA’s 30th-anniversary celebration.
Forward, March!
Frank Mullen III
NMA Website Manager
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Kansas City SitRep
30th-Anniversary Reunion of the Navy Musicians Association
Kansas City, MO Airport Hilton Hotel
June 18-21, 2025
Information at www.navymusicians.org
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Shipmates,
Over the last few weeks, I've been spreading bits and pieces of news about the 2025 Reunion. Today, I'm presenting this "Situation Report" to consolidate this information. Some of it you may have heard before, some will be new. I hope this helps to provide perspective for those who are making their reunion plans (or are still in the debating stage).Two factors prompt us to anticipate a big reunion. Firstly, our last anniversary reunion, the 20th in 2015, was a giant affair. Secondly, our most recent visit to Kansas City in 2016 was also big, due, in part, to the Midwestern location that brought many new members.
We hope that holding an anniversary reunion at such an accessible location will serve as a double-barrelled attraction. A couple of clues encourage us:
- Treasurer Stephanie Rowland has already received a substantial number of membership applications from MUs who are joining the NMA for the first time and those who are rejoining after a few years' absence. (In the NMA, we don't put AWOLs in the brig; we welcome them home.)
- Reunion Coordinator Carl Gerhard has announced that the Hilton has made a new block of rooms available at our special NMA rate.
MUs, like everyone else, keep their eyes on their wallets. But, when it comes to reunion costs this year, there's no need to tap dance around the subject, because the news is good:
- This year's nightly room rate of $119.00 is waaay below the average for association conventions in the United States. According to MeetingsNet, a major resource for the meeting-planning industry, the average price for hotel rooms at meetings and conventions this year is $169.00. (Another way to look at this: at our last visit to the same Kansas City hotel in 2016, our room rate was $115.00. After nine years of CPI inflation, our room rate is only four bucks more.)
- Parking at hotels near airports can be pricey, as the number of travelers increases demand for parking spaces. Carl has successfully negotiated our parking fees down to $5.00 per day.
- Upon check-in, members will receive free breakfast coupons for use in the hotel dining room (two per room, based on double occupancy).
These are the facts as we have them. I see it all as excellent news and hope that you, too, will find them as inviting as I do.
Hoping to see you in Kansas City,
Frank Mullen
NMA Website Manager
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Free Breakfast at the NMA Reunion
Late-breaking good news for attendees at the
30th-Anniversary Reunion of the Navy Musicians Association
Kansas City Airport Hilton Hotel
Kansas City, MO
June 18-21, 2025
Our Reunion Coordinator, Carl Gerhard, continues working with the Kansas City Airport Hilton Hotel to provide the best deal for the NMA and its members.
Carl is also negotiating a discount on the hotel's parking fees. We'll get that information to you as soon as we can.
Saturday, March 1, 2025
Register for the 2025 NMA Reunion
ATTEN-HUT!
We now have all the information you need to join us for a few days of fun, camaraderie, music and sea stories at the
June 18-21, 2025, Kansas City, MO
Info on joining the NMA, reserving your hotel room, and registering for the reunion waits for you at https://navymusicians.org
All U.S. Navy MUs, past or present, are eligible to partake in these four days of fun. If you're unfamiliar with the NMA, visit our website to learn about our association and its exciting reunions.