Paducah is great and I am going to Cincy with my GF's this spring.
I was looking for an immersion in one area. Spending a week with Ricky Tims almost one on one would intimidate me! Empty Spools sounds great but I dont have a whole week with travel time and cost. I thought thread play sounded interesting to explore, Ranae Merrill, Schamber, Karen Stone plus there was a class on curves.
So I have enough money to do both the Karen Stone in March AND the Sharon Schamber in July at the Paducah Museum seminars. Schamber is the one I really want to see since I dont FMQ. I have Merrill's book and might sign up for her online class.