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World ofConcrete and the 2017 MC.A.A Annual Convention
the World of Concrete/World ofMasonry in Las Vegas. Each team consists ofa mason and mason tender building a 26-foot, 8-inch, double-wythe brickwall. The most bricks laid in one hour and counted under the quality rules wins the event.
The 22 regional winners from this past summer and fall will compete against the re�turning 2016 World Champion, Scott Tuttle of Utah, and SPEC MIX TOP CRAFTSMAN�, Darian Douthit ofOklahoma.
More than $100,000 in cash and prizes will be given away, but the champion will be awarded the title "World's Best Bricklayer" and handed the keys to drive home in the grand prize,a new Ford F-250 4x4 Super Duty Truck.
For more information on the competition, the prizes and the sponsors, visit www. specmixbricklayerSOO.com.
Closing Dinner
THE MCAA CONVENTIONwill close with a dinner on Thursday, Jan. 19 at Fogo de Chao, Las Vegas, where the newest members of the Masonry Hall of Fame will be inducted. The Masonry Hall of Fame was created by the MCAA to recognize and award those individ�uals who have dedicated their lives to the ma�
Darian Douthit, who won the title of SPEC MIX TOP CRAFTSMAN� in 2016, will return
sonry industry. This night of fellowship with
to World of Concrete in 2017 to compete against the regional winners.
fellow mason contractors is truly memorable.
Registration Combine all ofthe above with four days ofbusiness-boost�
REGISTRATION for WOC/World of Masonry and the ing benefits and opportunities to connect with the industry's MCAA Annual Convention is available online at www. top pros and visionaries, and you'll see whyWorld of Concrete masoncontractors.org/convention. Register today! is the masonry industry's flagship event. See you there! IMAS
At World of Concrete 2017, new faces will join these 2016 Masonry Hall of Fame inductees (left to right): Robert V. "Buddie" Barnes Jr., J. Gregg Borchelt, Richard Matthews, Harry E. McGraw, Ryan M.O'Brien and John J. Smith Sr.
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