After wandering late into the reception for the International Attendees, I made up for lost time by meeting an entire group of very gracious instructors from Japan. Almost all of them have come to at least 10 conventions (that's a lot of jet-lag), but the youngest, Kayo (forgive any misspellings), was here for the first time and had come all alone. What a brave soul!
Can I just say that the IDEA Party in Paradise kicked some serious Boombsey last night? And, yes, Kukuwa Nuamah, I saw you up there shakin' your business on the stage when we all learned that new dance. My word, what a great looking crowd of stoked, fun people we had there. The energy in that room was turbo Red Bull.