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JANUARY 10-14, 2024

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We’d love for you to join us at the 24th Annual
Original Texas Bead Retreat



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We will have a new
Color Challenge for 2024



Details coming in November
​Cash prizes, as always



The Original Texas Bead Retreat
Celebrating 24 years! A gathering of friends, old and new, who share a passion for the art of beading. We're the original Texas Bead Retreat. Since the beginning TBR has been an informal get-together to bead, visit and share knowledge. Bring a project to work on, take short classes from other participants who volunteer to share their knowledge freely, or simply chill out and absorb the great bead energy. 

Our goal: To be unstructured and creative and -- most of all -- to have fun!

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Join us for the
Texas Bead Retreat, Hilton Garden Inn,
Temple, Texas


You'll meet new people, savor the passion for beads that we all share and renew your creative spirit. The event begins with an optional early bird Thursday start.  Regular retreat activities begin on Friday.

Open beading space is provided in the large ballroom with classes and meals in separate rooms.

Retreat Cost and Registration

Registration Fee of $250 includes Mix & Mingle Social with Heavy Hors d'Oeuvres, Dessert Station, and Cash Bar on Friday evening, box lunch on Saturday, meeting room fees, and classes.  Does not include lodging. Breakfast is available in the hotel dining room and is included in the price of your hotel room.

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Host Hotel is the Hilton Garden Inn.  Rooms are available at a discounted rate of $115, including daily breakfast for one. There's a $5 breakfast charge per each additional person sharing the room.  Be sure to ask for the special Texas Bead Retreat rate and book between Sept. 15 and Dec. 15.
HiltonHilton Garden Inn
1749 Scott Boulevard
Temple, Texas  76504
254-773-0200 

www.temple.gardeninn.com

King, Double or Junior Suite, $115 plus tax, per night.
If booking 2 or more to a room, add $5 per person for breakfast.
Handicap rooms available but in limited supply so please book early.
To receive the special reduced rate of $115
you must use the code TBR and book between Sept. 15 and Dec. 15.

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Classes
All classes are taught by fellow beaders who volunteer their time to teach us new projects. Classes are usually about two hours.

Everyone can sign up for three classes. But since the spirit of the retreat is to share our knowledge with each other, we all pass on what we learned to our tablemates. So you'll spend the weekend learning a variety of projects from bead weaving to metal work.  Check out last year's classes by clicking the link in the navigation bar.

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Lori Clarida, of Wild Beads in Arlington, Texas, brings a wide variety of beads and supplies to fill your beady whims and needs.
It's like having our very own personal bead shop!



Sponsor
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Grand Prize - a pair of Craft Optics Magnifying Telescopes! 



Hosted by 
​Beth Dewey, Colette Chapman, Penny Round



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