Sounds like your a busy man for conventions. Personally, I would love to attend some type of magic lecture, and I'm going to work on getting to one next summer. TN is a LONG way away from where I live, so most likely that may be out of the picture, but I don't know.

Glamourboy,
That's what I did when I went to Kidabra. I went down a few days in advance with my spousal unit and the boy and friends and their tax deductions. That way I was able to do things with them before the actual convention began.
I went to the marketing part of it which was a waste because it was everyone marketing their stuff. But overall I enjoyed it. Maybe next year if we both go I'd like to get up with you. The only person I've met from this site is Paddy and that's because we live in the same area.