Cool badge. So are you going to make one for each of us???
;) 

David~
Bad news! I just got off the phone with the owner of A Blast and found out that the laser company we were going to share booth space has broken things off. They have decided not to support sandcarving saying that sandcarving does not support laser engraving. I don't agree in the least bit. I guess that is why I am where I am an not the president of a big corporation.

We are not going to Vegas now, so we are going to miss meeting you and all the great members of this forum, and the party at the Beach. Not to mention the cool badges that Epilog is making. Any way I could still get one of those cool badges? We are hoping that next year we will either be attending the show as members of ARA for our shop or possibly as vendors with A Blast.

Thanks and I hope you have a great show!

Now that we've decided who's coming to ARA Las Vegas, we're into the who's paid up for the Beach Party phase of the operation. :-) 

Here are some of the people we can look forward to meeting at the show:

Peter & Kathy Vasic (Engraving Services Co.)**
Harvey & Dee Lentchner (Accent on Engraving)**
David Lavaneri (DGL Engraving)**
Mick Eminger & Kevin EuBanks (Cactus Equipment)*
Cody & Janna Stewart & Tom Fouse (Eternity Creations)**
Joe & Toni Hayes (Graphics Galore Inc.)**
Ed & Sharon Holley (Victor Valley Trophy Co.)**
Jeff & Lisa Higginbotham (TrophyUSA)*
A J Palik (Photon Graphics)
Rolf & Leslie (Mountain Memories)**
Roy Brewer, Jeanette Brewer & Randy Allen (Engraving Concepts)**
Mike Mackenzie & Treavor Hertel (CEM)*
Bruce and Packy Larson (Magic Router)*
Chuck Burke (American Pacific Awards)*
Larry & Sandy Herman (Century Badge & Engraving, Inc.)
Rob Simpson (PlayAll Awards & Engraving)**
John & Alexa Montgomery (Lakeshore Engraving)
Greg Bencsik & Debbie Koehler (Bux-Mont Awards)*
Zona & Steve Hudkins (Zona's Engraved Creations)**
Garry & Kris (AAA Awards & Embroidery)
Diane & Rob Bosworth (ACCESS Business Solutions, Inc.)
Rebecca Leedy & John Feeman (YNH Laser Graphics Company)
Dave & Lynn Loda (Big Sky Awards)*
Anna & Laszlo Varga (A & L Engraving)*
Todd & Jolynne Welter (Oregon Awards & Engraving)**
Ed & Dyanna Mana (PromoCreation, Inc.)**
Joyce & Mike Mayer (Abbott Trophies)
Rebecca & Don Lyon (LaserCraft Engraving)
Brett Halle (Comet Technologies)**
Chris Tegard (Treasured Creations)**
Gary & Linda Shoemake (When Spirits Dance, LLC)*
Rick & Virginia Hindsley (Thumbs UP Gifts & Awards)*
Paul & Mary Whitehill (Bison Coatings)*
Rich & Lois Neely (RN Coatings)*
David & Lori Vernon (Lip Chip Solutions, Inc.)*
Gary Nelson (A to Z Engraving)
Patty Tingstad (PD Images)*
John Stangle & David Burks (Creative Awards)
Tom & Denise Geenen (Gulf Coast Laser Graphics)**
Kurt Hsu (The Engraving Wiz)

* = Those planning to attend the Thursday evening get-together.
** = Prepaid.

= UPDATE =

Thank you for prepaying. It's making things much easier for me. :-) 

Here are some of the people we can look forward to meeting at the show:

Peter & Kathy Vasic (Engraving Services Co.)**
Harvey & Dee Lentchner (Accent on Engraving)**
David Lavaneri (DGL Engraving)**
Mick Eminger & Kevin EuBanks (Cactus Equipment)**
Cody & Janna Stewart & Tom Fouse (Eternity Creations)**
Joe & Toni Hayes (Graphics Galore Inc.)**
Ed & Sharon Holley (Victor Valley Trophy Co.)**
Jeff & Lisa Higginbotham (TrophyUSA)*
A J Palik (Photon Graphics)
Rolf & Leslie (Mountain Memories)**
Roy Brewer, Jeanette Brewer & Randy Allen (Engraving Concepts)**
Mike Mackenzie & Treavor Hertel (CEM)*
Bruce and Packy Larson (Magic Router)*
Chuck Burke (American Pacific Awards)*
Larry & Sandy Herman (Century Badge & Engraving, Inc.)
Rob Simpson (PlayAll Awards & Engraving)**
John & Alexa Montgomery (Lakeshore Engraving)
Greg Bencsik & Debbie Koehler (Bux-Mont Awards)**
Zona & Steve Hudkins (Zona's Engraved Creations)**
Garry & Kris (AAA Awards & Embroidery)
Diane & Rob Bosworth (ACCESS Business Solutions, Inc.)
Rebecca Leedy & John Feeman (YNH Laser Graphics Company)
Dave & Lynn Loda (Big Sky Awards)**
Anna & Laszlo Varga (A & L Engraving)*
Todd & Jolynne Welter (Oregon Awards & Engraving)**
Ed & Dyanna Mana (PromoCreation, Inc.)**
Joyce & Mike Mayer (Abbott Trophies)
Rebecca & Don Lyon (LaserCraft Engraving)
Brett Halle (Comet Technologies)**
Chris Tegard (Treasured Creations)**
Gary & Linda Shoemake (When Spirits Dance, LLC)*
Rick & Virginia Hindsley (Thumbs UP Gifts & Awards)*
Paul & Mary Whitehill (Bison Coatings)*
Rich & Lois Neely (RN Coatings)*
David & Lori Vernon (Lip Chip Solutions, Inc.)*
Gary Nelson (A to Z Engraving)
Patty Tingstad (PD Images)*
John Stangle & David Burks (Creative Awards)
Tom & Denise Geenen (Gulf Coast Laser Graphics)**
Kurt Hsu (The Engraving Wiz)
Carl Drake (Personal Designs & Images) **

* = Those planning to attend the Thursday evening get-together.
** = Prepaid.

We've hit the minimum (40 person) mark for our contract with The Beach.

Thank you for making this happen, in record time.

We'll still need to collect from those who haven't "ponied up" but this will lock-in our reservation.

If you find anyone at the show who wants to climb aboard, The Beach has plenty of room. Just make sure I get their $20 per head. :-) 

Here are some of the people we can look forward to meeting at the show:

Peter & Kathy Vasic (Engraving Services Co.)**
Harvey & Dee Lentchner (Accent on Engraving)**
David Lavaneri (DGL Engraving)**
Mick Eminger & Kevin EuBanks (Cactus Equipment)**
Cody & Janna Stewart & Tom Fouse (Eternity Creations)**
Joe & Toni Hayes (Graphics Galore Inc.)**
Ed & Sharon Holley (Victor Valley Trophy Co.)**
Jeff & Lisa Higginbotham (TrophyUSA)*
A J Palik (Photon Graphics)
Rolf & Leslie (Mountain Memories)**
Roy Brewer, Jeanette Brewer & Randy Allen (Engraving Concepts)**
Mike Mackenzie & Treavor Hertel (CEM)*
Bruce and Packy Larson (Magic Router)*
Chuck Burke (American Pacific Awards)*
Larry & Sandy Herman (Century Badge & Engraving, Inc.)
Rob Simpson (PlayAll Awards & Engraving)**
John & Alexa Montgomery (Lakeshore Engraving)
Greg Bencsik & Debbie Koehler (Bux-Mont Awards)**
Zona & Steve Hudkins (Zona's Engraved Creations)**
Garry & Kris (AAA Awards & Embroidery)
Diane & Rob Bosworth (ACCESS Business Solutions, Inc.)
Rebecca Leedy & John Feeman (YNH Laser Graphics Company)
Dave & Lynn Loda (Big Sky Awards)**
Anna & Laszlo Varga (A & L Engraving)*
Todd & Jolynne Welter (Oregon Awards & Engraving)**
Ed & Dyanna Mana (PromoCreation, Inc.)**
Joyce & Mike Mayer (Abbott Trophies)**
Rebecca & Don Lyon (LaserCraft Engraving)
Brett Halle (Comet Technologies)**
Chris Tegard (Treasured Creations)**
Gary & Linda Shoemake (When Spirits Dance, LLC)*
Rick & Virginia Hindsley (Thumbs UP Gifts & Awards)*
Paul & Mary Whitehill (Bison Coatings)**
Rich & Lois Neely (RN Coatings)**
David & Lori Vernon (Lip Chip Solutions, Inc.)*
Gary Nelson (A to Z Engraving)
Patty Tingstad (PD Images)*
John Stangle & David Burks (Creative Awards)
Tom & Denise Geenen (Gulf Coast Laser Graphics)**
Kurt Hsu (The Engraving Wiz)
Carl Drake (Personal Designs & Images) **

* = Those planning to attend the Thursday evening get-together.
** = Prepaid.