FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING INTEREST IN OUR SHOW, EITHER AS A CLIENT OR AN ATTENDEE, WE TRULY HOPE YOU ENJOY WHAT WE HAVE BUILT. THAT BEING SAID, IF YOU ARE NEW HERE, HERE IS A LITTLE HISTORY.

THE INVITATIONAL HAS BEEN A STAPLE SHOW HERE IN GLENDALE, ARIZONA WITH THS BEING ITS 9TH YEAR. PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY JON AND SAGE, GIVING ARIZONA A LOCALLY OWNED SHOW TO GIVE ARTISTS FROM NEAR AND FAR TO ATTEND , NETWORK, AND SHOWCASE THEIR WORK. JON AND SAGE GAVE US ALL A PLACE TO BE OURSELVES AMONGST OUR PEERS AND CLIENTS IN THE SAME SPACE.

REWIND A BIT, RIGHT BEFORE THE INVITATIONAL WAS BORN, BOOMER WAS DREAMING OF THE SAME THING, OWNING AN EXPO WAS SOMETHING HE HAD ALWAYS DREAMED OF. JON AND SAGE HAD IT COVERED AND THAT WAS FINE, WE ATTENDED AS A SHOP FOR YEARS AND ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF THAT. ALONG WITH OTHER EXPOS OVER THE YEAR, BOOMER GATHERED IDEAS AND TOOK NOTES OF HOW HE WOULD DO THINGS AT HIS OWN SHOW IF HE HAD ONE IN THE FUTURE.

FAST FORWARD TO 2024, JON AND SAGE GAVE BOOMER THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH THE INVITATIONAL AND JUST LIKE THAT, HIS DREAM WAS UNFOLDING. 2026, BOOMER BECAME FULL OWNER, HIS DREAM HAS COME TRUE. IF YOU KNOW BOOMER, THAT JUST MEANS THE DREAM GETS BIGGER, HIS IDEAS MORE FOCUSED, HIS GOALS WIDEN TO NOT ONLY HAVE HIS DREAM EXPO, BUT HOPEFULLY, YOURS AS WELL.

GIVING ARTISTS A SHOW THEY CANT WAIT TO ATTEND, SOMETHING THEY LOOK FORWARD TO ALL YEAR. NOT ONLY TO MAKE MONEY, BUT TO SEE THEIR PEERS, NETWORK, AND HAVE FUN. FAMILY AND COMMUNITY IS HUGE TO US, AND WE REALIZE WE WOULD NOT BE HERE WITHOUT THAT. SEE YOU IN FEBRUARY!