my GF and I did a Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson 3 day seminar, this past Thursday-Saturday. we also volunteered to help with the setup, store, quilt show.....it was ABSO AWESOME!!!!! if you've got the chance, do it, even if you only do the seminar. he did a concert Friday night, which we made our hubbys come to. the weather here, San Antonio, went into some wild and crazy funk, cold, freezing rain, it was crazy. oh, and, well, I bought a Bernina 580E!!! yikes, still can't believe I did, now I can do embroidery. I've never had a fancy machine, I'm a bit scared. lol.