Sponsored by Hills Pet Nutrition®
7:00pm – 11:00pm
Buckeye Hall of Fame Café 1421 Olentangy Rd. Columbus, OH 43212
Dinner will be served. Transportation will be provided from hotels.
Wear your school pride for an introductory evening of Symposium fun!
All SAVMA delegates and SCAVMA Presidents/President-elects are invited.
http://www.halloffamecafes.com/buckeye/
Sponsored by Nestle Purina®
7:00 pm – 2:00am
Bar of Modern Art 583 East Broad St. Columbus, OH 43215
Dinner will be served. Transportation will be provided from hotels.
Time to see what Columbus and going to vet school in a capital city is all about. The Bar of Modern Art (BoMA) is truly one of a kind, and the perfect setting to meet and socialize with all 2009 Symposium attendees. Top 40s, country and dance music will all be served up in BoMA’s galleries, balcony and dance floor. Casual buffet dinner will be served at 7pm as well as snacks at 11pm. Two free drink tickets to each student. Valid State ID or Passport required.
http://www.barofmodernart.com/mn.asp
7:00pm – 2:00am
Arena District
Hors devourers will be served at various locations. Transportation will be provided from hotels.
Tour the many fine establishments of Columbus’ hopping Arena District. Drink specials specifically for those wearing Symposium wrist bands. Hit up the Iams Wii tournament & the Battle of the Bands at the Lodge Bar. It’s going to be a wild ride. $2 Miller beers with your Symposium Mug, $4 wells.
Bar Crawl Map
http://www.arenadistrict.com/
5:00pm – 10:30pm
Funny Bone Comedy Club 145 Easton Town Center Columbus, OH 43219
Transportation will be provided from hotels. The outing is free but dinner is not included (sponsorship pending).
For those who would rather not spend the evening gallivanting at the Bar Crawl, we will take you out to Easton Town Center for shopping and dinner followed by some unforgettable laughs at the Funny Bone Comedy Club. 7:30pm showing.
Space is limited to 100 students. You must be registered in order to RSVP and you must RSVP to reserve a spot.
To RSVP: Please email your full name, school and email to evening@savmasymposium2009.com with subject: “Funny Bone”
http://www.eastontowncenter.com/
http://www.columbusfunnybone.com/
Sponsored by Hills Pet Nutrition ®
7:00pm – 11:00pm
COSI 333 West Broad Street Columbus, OH 43215
Transportation will be provided from hotels. Dinner will be served. Cash bar.
With a view of the city over the Scioto River, a night at COSI will mark our last evening together in Columbus. We will announce the competition winners and SAVMA scholarship recipients, followed by the keynote speaker & comedian Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald.
Columbus natives SWAGG will provide musical entertainment.
http://www.cosi.org/
http://www.swagglive.com/
With a background that ranges from numerous tours as a bouncer with The Rolling Stones, The Who, and The Police, a 25-year career in veterinary medicine that saw him named “Specialist of the Year in Private Practice” in 2006, and over 20-years of performing as a professional stand-up comedian; Kevin Fitzgerald is a true renaissance man. Perhaps best known for his 10 seasons on the popular Animal Planet TV show Emergency Vets, Kevin’s passion for making people laugh is surpassed only by his unwavering dedication to all creatures great and small. He believes it is a great privilege to be in a position where he is able to pursue a dual career doing work that he truly enjoys.
In addition to his numerous appearances on Animal Planet, Kevin has appeared on The NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, The Today Show with Matt Lauer, Fox News Channel’s Geraldo-At-Large with Geraldo Rivera, The Maury Povich Show, TNN’s
Crooke and Chase, Discovery Channel’s Home Matters, and most recently CBS’s The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. He also hosts a weekly segment on CW2’s morning news show called Animal House, in which he keeps the public informed about pet and animal-related issues. His national radio appearances include The Howard Stern Show, as well as being featured on Paul Harvey’s The Rest of the Story.
In 2006, Kevin was incredibly honored by the opportunity to pay tribute to his friend and colleague, Steve Irwin (The Crocodile Hunter) at the 8th Annual Family Viewers Awards by presenting Steve’s wife Terri with a posthumous lifetime achievement award for her husband. Earlier that year Kevin had appeared as a guest on Steve’s show New Breed Vets on Animal Planet.
As a comedian, Kevin has opened for such diverse and legendary performers as Bob Hope, Diana Ross, The Temptations, and The Neville Brothers. Despite maintaining a busy practice at Alameda East Veterinary Hospital in Denver, Kevin performs to rave reviews at nearly one hundred corporate and fundraising events annually and is in very high demand as a host, guest speaker, and lecturer at universities and veterinary conferences across the country. He believes that laughter is an incredibly important part of everyday life, and that nobody could ever laugh too much.
