T.H.E Show 2021 Exhibition Room Report

I find myself deleting the opening sentence of my piece, “It’s 7am and I’m drinking coffee in a veritable ghost town.” No sooner had I settled into my choice table and chair, in the lobby of the Hilton Hotel, Ralph Sorrentino of CH Precision popped up out of thin air. I swear that man is a wizard! My second sentence was lined up. “A blazer? Can a blazer style with yoga pants? This is the first time I’m faced with wearing ‘real clothes’ in over 14 months.” You see, I am the Director of Marketing for T.H.E. Show and we are (now were) the first show in the US to open after the pandemic shut down and, if I understand correctly, the first audio show in the world to complete its run from start to finish (Guangzhou did launch before us but we understood it, unfortunately, closed after the first day.) On Wednesday, June 10th, after more than a year of sleepless nights, I packed up my suitcase with — gasp — real pants and shirts, and double gasp — drove down to the hotel where T.H.E. Show 2021 was about to kick off.