Tennessee will be well represented! I know folks who will be attending the Expo from the Nashville, Knoxville (Hi, Dean!), and (my own) Mid-Appalachian (TriCities) bonsai clubs.
And, yes, I got in the Valvanis Cryptomeria workshop.
And the Ikebana flower workshop. Variety is the spice of life....
I'm looking forward to the toy, errr - vendor - section, too. I'm sorry it is kinda limited (space limits numbers) - there are some rumors there will be more room when the new building the NC Arboretum is working on gets done. In the meantime, we 'customers' should continue to lobby this.
I can't wait! 3wks and counting!