It was great!

[WALTER]

Well I am just dragging my butt out of bed. Felt good to get more then 1-2 hrs of sleep. The show was great as Ryan said. It looks like we had about 2500 people come threw the door this year. We had about a 45% increase in table booking over last year. I did talk to a lot of breeders to see what they thought and to some sales were down but with 25 more tables booked means more animals, so over all things were good.
I would like thank everyone that signed the cards for me and Bonnie. Damn near brought a tear to my eye. Along with all the sponsors.
In the first 15 min 126 people came threw. It was quite a line up. There were a few last minute cancellations but others needed more room. I will post a table count later when I figure it out. I have some pics posted on the other site for people to look at. Have to finish unpacking everything and MUST get a pot of coffee in me.
WALTER

[sSNAKESs.com]

Congratulations Walter! :)

[McPatch]

I had a great time and met alot of people.Great job Walter

[Jaylyn]

You and Bonnie did a bang up job organizing! Thoroughly enjoyed the day!

Jaylyn

[Nett]

Walter,

What a great show:D Did about 6000.00 :D And then when I got home I found 16 baby Briz Rainbow Boas looking at me.

WOOOOOHOOOOOOO:D

What a great Day:D

[Cornelsworld]

It was a good show. Sales definiteyl weren't as good as I wanted for me, but the show, the planning, and the building were great. Walter and Bonnie, once again did a great job.

Greg


Nice to meet you McPatch, no one else from the forum stopped by though. Maybe i'll meet more of you in Calgary

[reverendsterlin]

congratz on a job well done, wish I had been able to see

[Tim_Cranwill]

I did a total 3500 km to be at that show and bought 8 snakes. Well worth it! I had a blast adn will see you all next year!

[Jaylyn]

Didn't get a chance to have a good look at your terrariums, Greg - but from what I seen and heard they looked great. I'll make sure to stop at the TARAS show.

Jaylyn

[WALTER]

I have to thank everyone that helped out. I am sorry for Jaylyn. She was helping run the mane door and every time she was going to look around our little one (Stephanie) decided to act up. SO I am very sorry that Jaylyn had to stay and collect money from people all day. Hope you see what you might have missed at the TARAS show. It will be a big one.
WALTER

[Cas]

I was only there for about an hour or so, but what I was there for was a wonderful show :) And thanks Walter for the snow corn... I envy whoever ended up with the male... wish I'd taken them both now. Ahh, the price of being tired and rushed. :p ;)

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Dawn

[Dom]

Sonded like a great show .. I'd really love to se some pics of the inside set up off all the tables to get an over all idea of the turn out!

Congrats Walter
Dom

[Jaylyn]

Walter .... I did come there to work!!! ;) And I enjoyed the day completely none the less!! :p And, hey, I HAD to save my money for all the chams at the TARAS show!

Jaylyn

[Big Mike]

I'm sorry I missed it...it sound like it went great.

See you next year.

[Cornelsworld]

I dont know if these will work. These were oics that Walter must have taken. I will post some of my own once I get them sized down and have time to post them all.

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[Cornelsworld]

It was a fair bit busier than these pics show. This was right at the start of the show I believe, maybe even before the doors open. I didn't even know there was an upstairs to take pictures from.

Greg West

[WALTER]

Your right Greg, I was just getting ready to open the doors. There were people lined up down the stairs. 126 people in the first 12-15 min of the show came threw. We had 2000 people around 2:00 pm. I was to busy to take pics of the show when it was packed.
WALTER

[Jeff_Favelle]

My sales weren't spectacular, but the show was great! It was nice to meet Walter and Cranwill and others. It was definitely hella-busy at certain times!!! Can't wait to have 3 tables for next year!! I would recommend the show to anyone! It was fantastic.

Here's a few pics of the show.





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[Jeff_Favelle]

I should have resized them, but who's got the time??


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[Kurzix]

nice photos :0 but could you have made them any bigger lol!!

[Cornelsworld]

Jeff, you should have said hi. Where was your table? I was the guy with the enclosures. Where were you?..

Greg

[Jeff_Favelle]

Were you the guy beside the guy with Leopard Geckos??

[Jeff_Favelle]

I just realized that 99.999999% of the tables had Leopard Geckos!! Ha ha. I was behind Walter, in the first square when you walk in the door. I was directly across from Strictly Reptiles and Wrappin' about Reptiles. Did you have a crazy frog cage with molding in it??

[Cornelsworld]

Heres some pics I took

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This is a cage that I sold to Krickets Unlimited at the Spring Show and Sale. I am happy to see one of my cages at someone elses table.
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Hers my cage for my beardies when they finially arrive. I can't wait till they get here, but the cage isn't totally finished yet.
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[Cornelsworld]

click on the pics. The enlarged versions worked.

Greg

[Cornelsworld]

Go to http://www.cornelsworld.com/largeimages/Shows/reddeer2002

[vanderkm]

Was a great show, even better than last year. We were breaking down the door first thing and managed to get away with only seven new additions. Thanks to Walter for putting on a fantastic show and for our special corn, to Annette for a spectacular variable kingsnake, and to Ryan and Sheila (Scales) for all the new baby corns. Such a great show since there is so much space, booths are not crowded and there is lots to see and buy.

Mary v.

[Cornelsworld]

Jeff, Yeah I was that guy. I probably saw you, but have never seen you before so I wouldn't have known. Are you going to Calgary at the end of the month? Maybe see you there.

Greg

[Jeff_Favelle]

Too bad we didn't realize who each other was! I won't be going to Calgary, but I'll be going to all the Alberta shows next year. We'll have to hook up for a few drinks or something. Get everyone together from here the night before....er.....maybe the night after, heh heh.

Good luck in Calgary if you're going buddy. Cages look great, as always! Is that Caiman yours?

[Tim_Cranwill]

That's a good idea. I drove all that way but made myself leave the show early (for fear of spending WAY TOO MUCH money!) so I didn't get to meet too many people.

In hind sight, I wish I had bought more because I get paid tomorrow anyway and it's just money.

[Cornelsworld]

Sounds like a plan. I am always willing to down a couple of beers. Maybe next time.

Greg

[Tim_Cranwill]

Does anyone know the name of the guy at the table right beside Walter? He had a bunch of corns in Zip-Lock containers. I need his name for my records.

Thanks.

[WALTER]

His name is Alfred Von Hollen. He is from Rocky Mountian House. He also runs the Zoo 4 U.

[Tim_Cranwill]

Thanks Walter.