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| Ladies and Gentlemen, Reef-A-Palooza 2007 has officially SOLD-OUT its Floor Plan! This is one of the biggest Marine Aquarium shows EVER, ANYWHERE! Here are some quick facts: When: Saturday, August 18, 2007 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM Where: Orange County Fair and Exposition Center, building #14 Address: 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 building 14 Admission: $5.00 adults, kids 12 and under are FREE (free parking) Presale: $5.25 each via Paypal to: quidproquo820@aol.com (5 for 4 quantity discount available) tickets mailed immediately upon payment. Website: http://www.reefapalooza.org/ Hotel: Courtyard by Marriott: $89 King, $99 2 queens, unlimited people Closest Airport: John Wayne/SNA - 10 minutes. LAX - 45 minutes Booth Vendor ratio: 1/3 livegood vendors, 1/3 retailers, 1/3 manufacturers Statistics: - 80 + vendor booths - 1,500 + attendees - 4 speakers/lectures - 24,000 postcards distributed - 145 tables (draped) - 350 foldup chairs - 50 pipe-and-drape walls - All Non-Profit organized YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY BE AT THIS ONE! Sincerely, Kevin T. Adams, MBA, President Southern California Marine Aquarium Society "Reef-A-Palooza 2007" SCMASPresident@aol.com
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| Here is our vendor booth floorplan for Reef-A-Palooza: 
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April 6, 2007 “About Reef-A-Palooza” Reef-A-Palooza is an annual event promoted by the Southern California Marine Aquarium Society (SCMAS). Now in its fourth year, RAP can best be described as an indoor marketplace where sellers, exhibitors, and hobbyists of all types can buy, sell, trade, showcase their products to the marine hobbyist community. The main purpose of RAP is to provide an enjoyable, positive atmosphere that is conducive to education and trade of both product and knowledge. As such, participating vendors range from large manufacturers, to retailers, to small livestock sellers, and participating hobbyists range from the beginner to the elite rare-species coral farmer. It is the perfect venue to showcase new products in the marine aquarium industry as well as retail products for sale. We strive to rally a diverse range of participants into the one-day event so as to present the best value and interest to everyone involved. Considering our current bookings and the popularity of previous years, we expect 60+ vendors/exhibitors and well over 1,000 attendees this year!
Reef-A-Palooza provides the perfect venue for marine aquarium hobbyists to meet fellow enthusiasts, exchange information, and trade, and learn about new products. One of our main goals at Reef-A-Palooza, and within SCMAS, is to educate and enlighten the public with the latest knowledge in marine animal husbandry skills and environmental responsibility. For instance, SCMAS fully encourages the rapid advancement and allure of coral propagation as a viable alternative to wild harvest collection practices. As such, many of our booth vendors are local hobbyists who grow their own corals specifically to sell and trade at Reef-A-Palooza and similar events. SCMAS thoroughly encourages this type of “green commerce” for both the betterment and future of our hobby, as well as the resulting benefit to the marine environment.
Southern California is one of the most prolific areas in the world for the marine hobby in terms of retail, supply, and demographics. The density of marine aquarium hobbyists living within the greater LA and laceName>OrangelaceName> laceType>CountylaceType> area is simply phenomenal! As such, we fully leverage this advantage by properly directing resources to proactively promote Reef-A-Palooza far in advance of the actual event. Significant effort is made to advertise the event effectively, such as posting abundant signs, distributing postcards, and providing other similar displays to various retail locations. Booth rates are extremely reasonable and affordable.
Reef-A-Palooza is focused mainly to cater to the vendor and hobbyist, rather than as an educational conference. As such, we tend to attract customers who come specifically for the purpose of buying and seeing all the different exhibitor’s booths and displays. Nonetheless, speakers, raffle drawings, and other entertainment are provided to help keep people around for most of the day, even after seeing all the booths. In addition, our promotional and marketing efforts are nearly guaranteed to attract high participation and attendance rates, and hence, heavy foot-traffic throughout the building. RAP 2007 is going to be HUGE this year due to the popularity of its new venue (laceName>OrangelaceName> laceName>County Fair & ExpositionlaceName> laceType>CenterlaceType>, Building #14) as well as the number of sellers, vendors, and manufacturers involved. We now have 18,000 square feet of indoor, climate-controlled space in which to make this event a resounding success. Now into its fourth year, Reef-A-Palooza has quickly gained the reputation as an event that is NOT to be missed!
Thank you,
Kevin T. Adams
President – SCMAS
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...Which Begs the Question...  
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| Wow...it is amazing to see how this has grown since the first one. I can still remember Marc, Ben, Steve, Jerry (I think he was there), Drew (I think he was there) and myself coming up with a name and plans for RAP 1. Who know what this would grow in to. Congratulation to SCMAS for making this such a great event and keeping it going, just another reason I am sad for leaving SoCal
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but I'm having a terrible time getting out of them.” - Harry Tofcano
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| Yea, I miss all you guys; what a great team that would've been for RAP 2007. Let's just say that I grabbed the ball and ran with it....to a whole new playing field  | | | |