Wedding Festivals Time Again

Hey-Lo,

I hope everyone reading this is having a great New Year so far.

As I am sitting here typing this and burning 100's of demo DVDs, I am amazed that it is already Wedding Festival time again. It seems like yesterday that I was hobbling around from what I like to call "The Wedding Festival Full Body Workout". If you could see all the work, both physical, administrative, and mental for that matter, you would drop your gym membership and do this instead. It is not only fun, but you get to hang with the coolest crew of people that I know. Marc and Colleen have a huge crew of people that put each and every show together. There might be 10 of them moving all the pipe and drape elements, another crew is setting up the couture areas, bridal theater or the stage at some of the venues. Basically it is a well oiled machine, which is a product of close to 20 years of experience producing these wedding shows.

Another aspect about the Wedding Festivals that I like is getting to see old friends in the business again. It's kinda like walking into your favorite local pub. You will see people there and are usually greeted with a smile. You will see some that you have worked a wedding with and can remember funny stories with them.

Also, I can't wait...again...to see the booth that Kismet Photography is going to have. Curtis and Emily are very artistic, well duh if you have ever taken the time to look at their photos you would already know this...but to see their booth is kinda like waiting for the store fronts at Christmas time. There have been times where I actually thought about hiring them to build my booth.

Also, I am looking forward to seeing our good friends Chris and Alyssa from Cinematic Impressions. We don't get to hang out the way we used to because we are both always booked, busy, or editing. I guess that is a good thing but I still miss getting to whoop up on Chris playing X-Box games head on. (well if you know us then you already know that Chris actually whips up on me...big time. I am lucky to get a shot off during a game.)

If you are coming to the show, stop by and say hi, we will be along the back wall.

Saturday, from 10:00 until 3:00 at the Hyatt in downtown Greenville will be the first one of the season.

Peace,

Mike