The Washington DC Fountain Pen Supershow

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Mark your calendars!

Announcing the Seventeenth Annual
Washington D.C. Collectible Fountain Pen Supershow
The Largest Pen Event in the World
August 7th, 8th (Preshow), 9th and 10th, ‘08

Sheraton Premiere at Tysons Corner, Virginia
Reduced Pen Show Room Rates …. Would you believe $99 (1-800-325-3535 or 1-703-448-1234)
Easy Access from National or Dulles Airports
Free Limo from Dulles

Open to the public Saturday and Sunday $7 admission

Schedule as of 05/26/08 Subject to change

Thursday, Trading Rooms open at 9am close at Midnight
Ink Testing and Evaluation Tables setup day(open 24 hrs)

Friday, Trading Rooms 110 tables. Trading Rooms open at 9am close at Midnight
Ink Testing and Evaluation Tables (open 24 hrs)
Deborah Basel CalligraphyCopperplate and Italic Workshops especially for Fountain Pen Users

Saturday, August 9: The Main Event! Open and advertised to the public -- reserved tables Admission $7

Ink Testing and Evaluation Tables (open 24 hrs)
Fountain Pen Book Author Signing Schedule
Open 9:00 Early Admission to general public with Postcard
Open 10:00 to general public in local newspaper ads
4:00 Baltimore/Washington/Richmond area joint pen club meeting.
5:00 Advertised show closing to the general public

Sunday, August 10: The Main Event! Open and Open Ink Testing and Evaluation Tables (close 5pm)
Fountain Pen Book Author Signing Schedule
10:00 Open to general public
5:00 Advertised show closing to the general public
 
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We will be there I have a bunch of new pens for the show.

Stop by our table. We will have another new sales lady there and she is a knockout.

Alan
 
How about a rendezvous time/point for IAP'ers to get together?
While some of our members will be working their tables, we could at least introduce ourselves and get a bit aquainted!

It's always fun to meet n'greet!

I think I'll be there most of the day Sunday...
 
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Myself and another local pen turner are coming up on Sunday to look around. We are going to try to get there as close to 10:00 AM as possible but it may be closer to 11:00 AM.
Look forward to seeing everyone!
 
Several of us will be there set up and will be doing dinner Saturday evening for those that hang around and have permission to be out late. :biggrin:

Mike
 
sounds good about getting together saturday night. Just have to make sure our sales lady will have a sitter. She is a little wild to go out.


alan
 
What a nice time I had at the show yesterday!!

I got to put a few new faces to familiar names, see some familiar faces, and I saw a BUNCH of pens!

My highlight of the show was seeing the Eagle-pens. Pictures and words do NOT do those pens justice!

I hope everyone that was selling at the show did good and had a good time.

Sorry I couldn't make the dinner. I played poker at a friends house and won $50 for the night! :biggrin:
 
A few of our members trying hard at work selling pens. DCBluesman, Mike of MLK (got to meet but didn't photo the lovely Mrs.), Ed the copy boy, and our mysterious Princess who threatened my life if I published her picture. Also met Alan Shaw's new sales lady. She's a real b*&^! (rhymes with itch) but cute:smile:. Great show, great pens and got to put some more faces with more screen names.
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Sure would like to see a picture of the PR Princess :) Not sure who is who. Can you let us know which person is which?

lr
 
Top picture is Lou and Mike. The one that looks like a hippie from the 60's is Lou. Mike has the short hair. Ed has the mustache and is sitting down on the job.
 
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Top picture is Lou and Mike. The one that looks like a hippie from the 60's is Lou. Mike has the short hair. Ed has the mustache and is sitting down on the job.
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There must be some mistake! I can clearly remember many months ago when Ed was giving me some excellent pointers on how to set up a display and how to make my booth more efficient, and one important point was to NOT even have any chairs in the booth!

Something about...."You can't sell sitting down!"

The only thing I can figure is the guys were rotating waiting on customers and Ed was just taking a breather!
 
Nope, think I have it figured out. If you notice he has an open what appears to be spiral bound notebook in his lap. He also appears by the smile on his face to be very pleased.

Based on this hypothesis, I believe he is sitting down as he cannot stand up and enjoy a peak at how the sales are going for the day. Also, it's hard to stand up and count all the money :)

LR
 
I really enjoyed meeting a lot of you at the show. It was fun putting faces to your names. Some of you I still haven't figured out who is who, but I met so many all in the short time I was there I will try to straighten it out.

Thank for letting me be a part of this wonderful group.

Lynn
 
Lynn, it was our pleasure.

Lillian had a very good time (it was a good day for her pain-wise) chatting with everyone and I love meeting people from the woodworking/penturning community any chance I get.

And the pups thank everyone for the doggie bag :smile:
 
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