Meals National Convention Delta Tau Alpha Honor Society April 4 to 6, 2004

The Agricultural Institute is known for its delicious food and good hospitality. If you like good food and good conversation, you have come to the right place. We plan to provide all of your meals from Sunday lunch through Tuesday dinner. This will give you an opportunity to try some of the foods that the Agricultural Institute and North Carolina are known far and wide for perfecting. Among other delicacies, you will love the hushpuppies that Agricultural Institute / DTA alumnus, Cliff Cobb, and his father will cook for you at the Pig Pickin. We will guarantee you that you will gain several pounds during the National Convention, but you will love every minute of it!
What’s on the Menu?
	Sunday Lunch
	- Hotdogs (with chili) - Veggie Dogs - Baked Beans - Chips - Dill Pickles - Soft Drinks and Bottle Water - Ice Cream Faculty, Staff, and Administrators, including NACTA Members at NC State, will prepare a picnic lunch for us at Pullen Park, which is near our hotel. These folks donated the funds to pay for the meal, and they will provide the labor. They want to offer you a big WELCOME! Special thanks are extended to Jonathan Phillips for organizing this effort on our behalf.
Sunday Dinner
- Pig Pickin! (Eastern & Lexington Style Barbecue Pork) - Barbecue Chicken - Spring Vegetable Stir-Fry - French Fries - Slaw - Hushpuppies - Banana Pudding (made by a Chef in the Agricultural Institute!) - Sweet Tea, Soft Drinks, and Bottle Water
Dinner is sponsored by the Agricultural Institute Club. A Pig Pickin is appropriate for the National Convention, since North Carolina is proud to be number two in pork production. The Agricultural Institute has always been known for its outstanding programs in livestock management. Special thanks are extended to the Agricultural Institute Club and to Dr. Lynn Turner and Dr. John S. Russ, Club advisers, for providing this meal for us. The Agricultural Institute Club donated $1,000 to the Agricultural Institute Alumni Scholarship endowment from proceeds at a Pig Pickin in March. The Club is known far and wide for its outstanding Pig Pickins!
	Monday Breakfast
	- Eggs (every way you can imagine!) - Bacon - Sausage - Country Ham - Hash Browns - Grits - Fruit - French Toast - Pancakes - Cereal - Bagels - Homemade Biscuits - Sweet Tea, Soft Drinks, Coffee, and Water
Breakfast is courtesy of our chapter. It will be provided at the Ledo Restaurant at the hotel. All-You-Can-Eat! A tradition in the Agricultural Institute is for faculty to cook breakfast for graduating seniors during the last week of classes. Alumni comment every year at the Agricultural Institute Reunion that they remembered and enjoyed their Senior Breakfast.
Monday Lunch
- Grilled Pork and Chicken! - Fresh String Beans - Slaw - Corn Bread - Dessert - Sweet Tea, Soft Drinks, and Bottle Water Lunch is courtesy of Kyle Phillips and his family. Kyle is Chair of the National Convention Fundraising Committee. We will have lunch at the Phillips’ family tobacco warehouse in Kenansville on our way to the beach. After we arrive by charter buses, we will sit back and enjoy good food and good hospitality. Our chapter very much appreciates all that Kyle and his father, Mr. Paul Phillips, have done to make the National Convention possible! Thank you!!
DTA Inductions are big events in the Agricultural Institute. The beautiful and delicious cake pictured above was made for a recent Induction by Sandi Brickhouse. Sandi is our Parliamentarian as well as the head cook for both DTA and the Agricultural Institute Club. The families of new inductees are invited to our Inductions. At our recent Induction in January, we had over 100 people! While Dr. Russ and a couple of DTA members cooked over 60 pounds of chicken and 50 pounds of french fries for our meal, other members prepared salad, baked beans, sweet tea, and dessert. We know how to have a good time in the Agricultural Institute!
	Monday Dinner
	- Stir Fry Shrimp and Scallops - Stuffed Filet of Flounder - Fried Fish of the Day - Garden Salad - Pasta Salad - Cole Slaw - Garlic Mashed Potatoes - Green Beans - Garden Salad - Sautéed Medley of Vegetables - Rice Pilaf - Fresh Fruit Medley - Sweet Tea, Soft Drinks, Coffee, and Water - Captain’s Dessert
Dinner is courtesy of our chapter. All-You-Can-Eat! It will be provided at the Blockade Runner Resort at Wrightsville Beach. We will take charter buses from our hotel to the beach after lunch, which is about a two hour drive. After dinner, we will dance and socialize on the beach. Entertainment will be provided by a beach music band. Can you shag? We will teach you! We will return to the hotel around midnight.
Tuesday Breakfast
- Eggs (every way you can imagine!) - Bacon - Sausage - Country Ham - Hash Browns - Grits - Fruit - French Toast - Pancakes - Cereal - Bagels - Homemade Biscuits - Sweet Tea, Soft Drinks, Coffee, and Water As on Monday, breakfast is courtesy of our chapter. It will be provided at the Ledo Restaurant at the hotel. All-You-Can-Eat!
	Tuesday Lunch
	- Pizza - Soft Drinks and Bottle Water - Sweets for Dessert Lunch is courtesy of the Agricultural Institute Alumni Committee. The Agricultural Institute could not ask for more devoted alumni. We are truly a family in the Agricultural Institute! Alumni serve as guest speakers during classes, assist students in their internship and job searches, help the Agricultural Institute Club conduct educational Road Trips, as well as serve on college committees. Basically, Agricultural Institute alumni help us with about anything and everything that we ask them to do!
Pizza is the most common meal at our biweekly DTA meetings. Attendance this semester is running about 40 to 55 people per meeting, which is a good turnout. Meetings usually last about 1.5 hours. After a good meal, we conduct our DTA business. We have a guest speaker about every other meeting. A popular topic last spring was, “How to Day Trade in the Stock Market,” which was given by a DTA member who is a very successful day trader.
Tuesday Dinner (Banquet)
- Carved Honey Dijon Virginia Ham - Marinated and Grilled London Broil - Marsala Chicken with Wild Mushrooms - Gourmet Pasta Salad - Oven Roasted Potatoes - Two Seasonal Vegetables - Wild Rice Pilaf - Red Potato Salad - Ambrosia - Salad Bar - Hot Rolls - Dessert Display - Sweet Tea, Hot Tea, Soft Drinks, Coffee, and Water (with table linens, candles, and floral centerpieces)
The Banquet is our formal meal. Attire is dressy: Ties and jackets for males; Dresses or pantsuits for females. The Banquet will be held in the Washington Room at the hotel. The ceremony will include addresses by our National Officers, our National Adviser, our National Treasurer, Agricultural Institute Officers, and other dignitaries in attendance. The keynote speaker for the evening is outstanding! This year the Banquet will conclude our National Convention. We hope that you plan to be here! Please let us know if there is anything that we can do to make your visit more enjoyable and educational.

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