I, myself, have been to the Paducah show twice. Enjoyed it tremendously the first time, too ill to enjoy it the second time. My travel buddies went to view the quilts and visit the Gammill booth--I spent the day sitting at a thread booth (the lady was so accomodating after she noticed I was about to faint while looking at her selection of thread) and needless to say, I spent a ton of money on thread that year. Still using some of it, and have used up the best colors--I forgot the name of the thread, but my Gammill loves it (mine has a particularly contrary tension problem).....I noticed an ad recently on this board of a show that is coming up in January in Florida--and and considering talking DH into a road trip about that time. We love to go to FL in the winter.....