Billy Vivona's seminar on Basic Crosswrapping set a new Expo (and therefore world) record attendance mark for any rod building seminar ever held - 157 persons attended. Four years ago he was too nervous to even get in front of a couple dozen guys in a seminar setting. Times change.

Photo is up on the photo page now, along with a handful of others.

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That is awesome news. Great photos too.

Hi Tom,
Not only do times change, people also change. It's surprising what you can get used to doing with a bit of effort. Big congrats to Billy for that and that will give him a lot of confidence to do other stuff as well.

You also deserve all the credit you get for organising the event. Looks like you got a great turnout and I'm just getting more jealous of you guys. Hopefully you are up to organising a few more as getting to at least one is on top of my "Bucket List".
Hope everyone had a great time and picked up a few bargains.

ESFNEM Col
Port Kembla, NSW
Australia



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/26/2012 12:09AM by Col Chaseling.

Congrats Billy! You deserve it dude!

Damn , and I missed it ! Wait till tommorrow for the next one. He's gonna blow it out of the water , ...

Freddwhy (Rapt-Ryte)

Billy;

We both go back a while together and I'm glad of your continued success. C2

TOm, that is GREAT NEWS!! It's an amazing feeling knowing that there are that many people interested in seeing my seminars, the feedback tha tI recieve after every one of them is awesome!! I was very comfortable yesterday, and I felt that it was th best seminar performance I've ever given. I never count the people at teh seminars, but I knew yesterday ther ewere more chairs and people were STILL standing in the back and in the entrance.

THANK YOU to everyone!!

Great job Billy...You work very hard at teaching people the art of rod building...keep it up..............

I was one of theose filling the chairs and Billy did a great job. I thought he was an old pro.

Bill

Ohio Rod Builders

Canton, Ohio

Billy,
Thank You for taking the time to share your knowledge...You did a Great Job.....

James Riley
RippinRileys

Way to go Bro. You deserve it!

Kevin Knox
ANGLER'S ENVY CUSTOM RODS
QUEEN ANNE, MD 21657
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www.anglersenvy.com

And I thought the record was the fact he won a door prize at the reception....LOL

Thad
Dutchman's Creek Tackle

Congrats Billy! Well done!

Thanks to everyone again. I'm glad so many people appreciate the info that ALL presenters of seminars share, and recognize that it is NOT easy to do so in an hour in front of a large crowd (with hecklers!, although I was heckling the crowd in my seminar)

Way to go Bill. Congrats.

Hello Billy

Great show.
Just got back(went to Dads).

Have you had a good nights sleep yet, you sure were dragging Saturday Night.

Had a great time "hanging" see you again next year.

Again "Great Show"!!

Bob,

New Bern, NC.

Bob, I slept almost the entire day & night yesterday. I needed it. I was dead tired. Sat Nite was craz, tehre were so many people in teh lobby, gotta love the show within the show. Hope you enjoyed dinner too!!

Hello Billy

Yea had a great time, good conversation, great food, and a real learning experience.

I'll talk to you later, take it easy.

Bob,

New Bern, NC.