I would echo what others have said - thanks to Festool for "hosting" event. Problem is, when I say "Festool" there are so many people included under that name, the word "Festool" does not do it justice. And I'm missing a bunch of names here, but special thanks to Rick Bush, Shane, Michael Williams, Brian Sedgley, Steve Bace, Chris, Gil, Minnie, Greg P and those 2 young photographers for all their planning and hard work. Pleasure meeting up and speaking with many of Festool's Regional Sales Managers, Scott B and Todd, Seth, the gang at Tool Nut, Sal, as well as some of my customers.
Up until a few years ago, "Connect" was a yearly event for dealers only, meant to introduce and present and demonstrate new tools. It was a very wise decision to rethink this and open it up to the public. Lots of fun and excitement and looks like the attendance this year was about double that of last year. This is one of those win-win events, that those on the fence about attending in the future, should simply attend.
Bob