We wanted to impress people with the progress we have made, and I believe we did it (IN SPADES, as they say). We made our entrance at the Opening Night Festivities in our matching T-SHIRTS and TOP SHIRTS bearing our new logo, carrying TOTE BAGS (again w/logo) that were laden with our gifts to EVERYONE.. FANS with "I'M AN IPM FAN" imprinted on them. Beth came up with the idea for fans (Atlanta, in the humid summer...A HIT !), and Jackee tweaked the lettering to look like a face. Needless to say, people were impressed. We were also carrying our new Membership Brochures (in FULL COLOR), and handed out our newly redesigned business cards. It was really good seeing old friends and making new ones. For the Exhibit , we brought two sets of puppets that had influenced each other. Joe Fischers' "Pavlova", the marionette that influenced Frank Paris' creation. This was probably the last time that they will shown until they can undergo MAJOR restoration (they're both so delicate and fragile). By the way that Philip Huber had them posed, they were finally able to "dance" together. We also brought "the Marguerites"; Walton & O'Rourkes' from the 1953 motion picture "Lili" starring Leslie Caron & Mel Ferrer, and Tom Tichenors' (his personal one) from the 1960s Broadway musical "Carnival" starring Anna Maria Albergetti & Jerry Orbach. Pavlova Ballerina Marionette by Joe Fischer