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Presenting Big Boys Toy Show 2009

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Big Boys Toy Show 2009

January 31, 2009 was the 19th Annual Big Boys Toy Show in Wichita KS.

T&S Mobile Projectors set up at the main stage next to the Entercom booth.

Michael John Potts

First up on the schedule, Potts painted this huge portrait that was given away at the end of the day. Read more about this fascinating artist and see what this picture looked like when he finished...

Ryan Windham

Ryan was back and as GREAT as ever...

Cowtown Cowboys

Reach for the sky, Pardner...

Eye Win Fight Gear

MMA teams demo their skills...

Great Plains Renaissance Festival

What could be more fun! Pirates, Barbarians, Knights, Ladies and Belly Dancers....

Girls! Girls! Girls!!!

There were girls from Wichita Wild, Wichita Thunder, Women of KU, the February Playmate, Midwest Promotions Calendar Girls and Alefs Harley Davidson/Buell Fashion Show...

Bikes

There were certainly bikes to drool over at the Big Boy Toy Show...

Cars plus

Lots of nice shiny cars/trucks of all years/sizes and shapes...

Green Screen Fun

Kids of all ages had fun with the green screen projections. OH MY! The Hitman REALLY has Power!...

Playtime

Fun comes in all forms, from an indoor bungee jump to Trikkes to computer games and having your likeness sketched...

Wichita Toy Train Club

I don't know an age group the doesn't like the scale model trains and everything that goes with them...

Entercom Staff

And finally the people that make it all happen...

Giving Gardens 2009

Sunday my son, granddaughter and I were at the Giving Gardens Show at Century II in Wichita Kansas with our T&S Mobile Projectors big screen and projector for Entercom's presentations.

After we got set up, granddaughter and I went out with the camera and camcorder and got pictures. Here are two slide shows that I've put together with pictures I took. There's 50 pictures in each. I haven't looked at the video yet that the granddaughter took, it ought to be interesting.

Because I could not get the slideshows to work in this post, I have posted them individually at these links...

Giving Gardens Slideshow 1

Giving Gardens Slideshow 2

The Green Day guest speakers were all very informative and interesting. The granddaughter was even involved in a couple of presentations.

There were 5 (I believe) drawings for $500 cash each. The winner had to be present to win. I think they gave away all but one $500 drawing.

KNSS's Steve Macintosh and Ted Woodard MC'd the giveaways.

It was a fun day that lots of people came out to enjoy and get ideas for their home and gardens.

Fun Fair 2008

Saturday was Fun Fair for Kids at Century II in Wichita KS. This is the event that I took over 500 pictures at that I mentioned in my last post. Since I have taken so many pictures at this event I think I will do at least two posts, the second post will feature pictures from the stage shows. That would be singers, dancers, Benjamin Franklin, the Hannah Montana look alike competition and the Super Heroes.
T&S Mobile Projectors has been setting up with Entercom at Fun Fair for the last 4 or 5 years.

Using the camera crane we project the stage shows on the big screen live. Between events we have fun with the kids and zoom in on them. They love seeing their faces on the big screen.
Below is a balcony shot looking out over the event. Can you see the main stage in the upper left, with our booth to the right? Click on the picture for a better view.
Here's another shot looking across the center, there were lots of inflatables for the children to play in and the lines got quite long at all of them.
There were lots of mascots there, the children (most of them) love these and run up and hug them.

I'm not sure who all they represent, I just took pictures of them as I found them.
The giraffe did a little dance for me, but I'm only putting up one shot.
Strawberry Shortcake was cute. The person constantly had their hands on her cheeks, making her look like she was being sweet and innocent, but they were actually having to hold the head up.
The mascot below is the Wichita Thunderdog, mascot of the Wichita Thunder Hockey team.
There were lots of things for the kids to do, some free and some you had to pay for. There were lots of balloon...

...and opportunities to color and be creative.
Sports stuff and inflatables...
...Princess crowns and gowns...
...make up and nail polish...
...and paint to get on your fingers.

Did I mention that there was a Hannah Montana look alike contest?
And face paint and giant teddy bears.
...Rubber duckies in a wading pool...
...and paints.
There's always lots of things to occupy children and information for adults for education and other means and interests having to do with raising children.

I'm going to attempt to use the new posting feature to choose the date and time of posting so the post(s) about the shows will follow this post.

Big Boys Toy Show 2008

Saturday my son and I set up our T&S Mobile Projectors equipment at the 2008 Big Boys Toy Show, a trade show that we've been at for several years now. We set up with Entercom Wichita and projected the events of the main stage onto our big screen. This year we set up and had fun with the green screen when the second camera wasn't busy recording. The children got a real kick from being on "TV" (their usual concept when seeing their image on the smaller screen) with the various backgrounds, under the sea, desert rock bridge, etc...

Big Boys Toy show was presented by Entercom and Dopps Chiropractic.
The bike below was built by the welding shop at Hutchinson Community College.

Of course Harley Davidson was there, represented by Alefs Harley Davidson.
The Toy Train Club always has a nice display that welcomes all ages of boys as well as girls.
Here's a closeup, do you see the two men on the hand car?
I recognized the General Lee right away and had to get a picture.

Our own Patriot Guard was well represented and I saw their members throughout the show all day.

One item I really like, chainmaille, was being sold in jewelry form at one of the booths.
There were a couple of artists present...
...each had their own distinctive style.

Then there was the favorite of a lot of the guys, the beer garden.
Several of the booths were dedicated to trying out the newest version of video games. I took this picture for you KSHIPPYCHIC!

Here's a picture of the schedule, I made sure and got this picture before anything started, I didn't last year was hunting names for events the next day. Aces & Six guns didn't make it out this year so the the schedule was bumped up and ended earlier than what was listed.

I failed to get a still picture of the Cowtown Cowboys on stage, I got video of them that I can take a clip from, and I did get some shots of them hanging out around their booth. They roamed the show all day and you could easily hear them coming up on you with the jingle-jangle of their spurs. Their stage show was quite loud with a lot of gun shots, and even though I knew they were coming, I still flinched with each shot.

The belly dancers with Amira Dance Productions were back this year handing out discount coupons for the Renaissance Festival in April.

Knights, Pirates and Belly Dancers with Great Plains Renaissance Festival entertain the crowd with their bawdy pirate ways.

SSI Equipment had several taser demos throughout the day, not something I'd like hit with.

Quite a diverse crowd comes to see the Big Boys Toy Show.
Ryan Windham was back this year, he has added a few things to his show, like playing the spoons in his one man band presentation.
John Gamache is new to the show and plays the bass in the same style as Ryan.

A big draw this year was Hacksaw Jim Dugan & Diva Layla. The line was half the length of the room to get signatures.
I wasn't able to get a real good overview of the Expo Hall because this year they had a banner up the obstructed the left side of my usual shot. T&S Mobile Projectors' big screen can be seen at the back wall to the left of the stage, right of the big double doors.
It was a good day, we had a lot of inquiries about our service and had a lot of fun with the green screen. After I finish up a couple other projects I'll look at the video I've taken and see about putting together another montage.