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Old 08-28-2010, 01:02 PM   #1
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Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show with Blue Wild addition

Ft Lauderdale Boat Show with Blue Wild addition

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Hey all,

Just wanted to let you know that Sheri Daye is having a BIG!!! diving/spearing section in the Broward County Convention Center, during the Ft Lauderdale Boat Show, coming up the end of October. . .it will actually be a PART of the boat show, and naturally, at the same time.

The dates are October 28-Nov 1. Definitely make plans to be there! It should be just as much fun and exciting as Blue Wild. . .so those of you who missed Blue Wild now have the opportunity to come and check it out.

So, not only do you get to come to a great dive show, but also the boat show, too!

She will be posting about the show, probably today.

Daryl Wong Emailed me from Hawaii and he is coming. . .Salty Bones will have a booth there. . .Kirk Krack from PFI is coming and LOTS of other cool folks! The show is filling up FAST!!!! Lots of seminars are planned. . .raffles, giveaways, etc.

If you would like to be an exhibitor, let's support Sheri and help her make it an AWESOME show!

Better get with her pretty soon, for the best booth selection.

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Old 08-28-2010, 05:40 PM   #2
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Re: Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show with Blue Wild addition

Amazing. Thanks for the heads up
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Old 08-28-2010, 05:52 PM   #3
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Wow this is great! Nothing better than having two Blue Wild Expos per Year!!!!
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Wow thats great!! Count me in.
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Old 08-28-2010, 09:23 PM   #5
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Re: Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show with Blue Wild addition

Thanks for posting, Rick. To explain a little more, here is a press release they plan to make:

The Ft. Lauderdale International Boat Show Teams up with "The Blue Wild"

Agreement Creates the new, innovative “Blue Wild Dive and Travel Show”

Ft. Lauderdale, FL, August 30th, 2010 – (PR.com) – An industry changing agreement has been made between the Ft. Lauderdale International Boat Show and The Blue Wild Dive Expo. This new agreement instantly makes this dive show the world’s largest, with thousands of attendees expected to attend the Broward County Convention Center. The new "Blue Wild Dive and Travel Show" is an innovative Dive Show within the Boat Show.

The show will be held at the Broward County Convention Center on October 28th through November 1st, 2010. Attendees will also be able to view boats and yachts from around the world and enjoy everything the Boat Show has to offer.

The Blue Wild, famous for its uniqueness, energy, and uplifting atmosphere, promises to be even better. "We’ve got something for everyone -- from great exhibitors to the DEMA Dive Tank to a Flannigan’s Treasure Hunt," said event producer Sheri Daye who went on to add, "This is going to be one big party inside another big party. This might be the biggest boating/diving event on Earth!”

In keeping with tradition, The Blue Wild is about helping people to enjoy the ocean safely, whether learning to dive or continuing their diving and boating education. The show will feature renowned experts speaking on safe boating, scuba diving, freediving, spearfishing, lobstering, first aid, environmental issues, emergency boat repairs, and more.

Boaters will have a chance to meet and chat with many of the speakers on Friday and Saturday from 4:30 - 6:30 pm at the evening "Happy Diver Happy Hour" located in The Blue Wild Seminar room and lobby. We hope to see you there!
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Old 08-28-2010, 09:44 PM   #6
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Re: Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show with Blue Wild addition

Sheri:

Congratulations on your collaboration, sounds like a great way to get a lot more exposure for diving.

How will this show affect your plans to do "The Blue Wild" next year? Is the "independent" Blue Wild a thing of the past?
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Old 08-29-2010, 11:03 AM   #7
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Re: Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show with Blue Wild addition

This should be an UNBELIEVABLE show! They are expecting 200,000 people at the show, overall, with 60-80,000 coming to the Convention Center!!!

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Old 08-29-2010, 12:25 PM   #8
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Re: Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show with Blue Wild addition

Sounds like a win-win. The boat show (which was very weak at the convention center last year) gets more exhibtors and the BW booths get a lot more traffic. Looking forward to it.
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Old 08-30-2010, 09:10 PM   #9
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Re: Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show with Blue Wild addition

Lazy Bones, the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show (largest boat show in the world) has always been known for its mega-yachts which are located in the Bahia Mar area. The 40-foot-and-under boats are located in the Convention Center. Due to the economy, they expect increasing interest in the "smaller" boats versus the big yachts.

So anyway, they want to add some excitement to the Convention Center area by having this Dive and Travel Show. They will also have IGFA running fishing seminars and such, so it should be a fun "happening" place this year. I'm lining up some great speakers right now, and we have a few fun surprises in store.

Jim, good question. In a nutshell, we plan to run "The Blue Wild Dive and Travel Show" (within the Boat Show) every October, and we will run "The Blue Wild Spearfishing Expo" in May of each year. The latter is more for hard-core spearos from all over the world. The former is more for recreational divers/boaters (but will still have some spearfishing content, of course).

In either case....a fun time!
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Thanks Sheri! Where do you get all this energy?
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Sheri will you marry me?
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Old 09-02-2010, 08:35 PM   #12
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Re: Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show with Blue Wild addition

Well. . .don't miss this show. . . Be a great time to pick up some fishin' gear, too! Just saw in a fishing mag that Flip Pallot (Walker's Cay Chronicles) is going to be nearby. This is gonna be a great show!

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Thanks Sheri! Where do you get all this energy?
And ya wonder why her signature is "so little time" HA!

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Old 09-02-2010, 09:07 PM   #14
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Thanks for the compliment, Epic.

Here's a partial list of exhibitors so far....
American Del Advantage, Armor Products, Austin's Diving Center, Brownie's Third Lung, Cathy Longenberger, Art Pinder, Rob Myers, Commercial Diver Services, DAN, DiveHeart, DiveXtras, Divers D/Lyte, Divers Direct, DiveWise, EZ Dock of Fla and Bahamas, Force-E, IANTD, FWC, Lauderdale Diver, Mar y Pesca, Mel Fisher, PADI, Peformance Freediving, Pegasus Thrusters, Persistent, Red Mangrove Resort, REEF, Riffe International, Salty Bones, Scuba Network, Spearing Magazine, US Coast Guard, Wakatobi Dive Resort, Wong Spearguns, Yacht Innovations Inc, and several more in the process of signing up.
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If there is anything I can do for you, the BW or Dive Flag Awareness I am all yours!
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