Demo Days Goes All In for the Fence Industry
In this episode of The Fence Podcast, Brian T. Frederiksen and Susan K. Worley of the Fence Workers Association give listeners an upbeat live update on Demo Days as the event approaches fast—roughly 100 days out. Worley shares that 17 exhibitors are already confirmed, with the entire 700-row exhibit area sold out, and names a growing roster of participating companies, including JC Gury, One Tab Connect, Orlando Hinge Company, Cat 5 Gates, Hammer, NW Quickpool, Father and Son Fence Supply, and Expert Professional Woodcare. She also notes that the podcast has been rolling out short “five minutes with Brian” spotlight videos to introduce exhibitors and build excitement around the show. The conversation emphasizes that Demo Days was created specifically for the fence industry, making it a uniquely industry-focused event rather than a generic trade show. Frederiksen and Worley highlight its “family friendly” atmosphere while clarifying that the event is designed for contractors, exhibitors, and their families. They also discuss one of the event’s standout attractions: two fishing ponds stocked with catfish and bass, including reports of a large bass in the water. The episode frames Demo Days as a growing, hands-on gathering where attendees can network, see products in action, and enjoy experiences beyond the typical expo floor.
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(580 words)All right, we're live here with Susan K. Worley, Fence Workers Association. What's going on? Just getting ready for Turkey Day and getting like super excited about demo days. I think we're like a hundred days away or something crazy like that. It's coming up quick. Hey, um you know, I know we we normally have our meetings. We sit here and we talk about what's going on uh with demo days coming up. So, I'm like, "Hey, why don't we just go why don't we just go live?" Yeah. And give everybody the update at the same time. I think so. So far I have 17 exhibitors confirmed for sure. My entire 700 rows se sold out. Um we have exhibitors from JC Gury, One Tab Connect, Orlando Hinge Company, Cat 5 Gates, so Fence. You mean keep going? I've got a list here. Hammer, NW Quickpool, Father and Son Fence Supply. If people haven't been noticed, we've been uh releasing little five minutes with Brian on demo days of all of our exhibitors. We will be contacting everybody in this list and releasing videos about things going on with their company, all all their brands and and their involvement in demo days. Like I'm really excited. Expert Professional Woodcare is going to be there and they got that going on March. They got an event going on in March, beginning of March as well, you know, with Ashley and Caleb over there. So, I'm excited. We're gonna FW is gonna be out representing that. So, I'll try to get some information out on that one, too. So, that's kind of cool. Yeah. I mean, I just keep I just see the list that keeps growing and growing and growing. But, you know, I think a lot of people out there, if you're listening, this is definitely we we we have what do we have like almost daily updates? I'm asking you who who's new, what's going on, what's happening out there. But, I don't want to lose the excitement of why this why this event was created in the first place. It was it's probably the very first I mean, everybody likes to say family friendly. Family friendly. Well, I mean, a bar area is family friendly at the High Tops, right? But I don't know if you'd call that family friendly, but this is the very first event that was built for the actual industry itself. So, we're kind of excited. So, it's We say family friendly. We mean familyfriendly, right? We're talking about Tell me about this. Tell me again, anybody that's listening for the first time, what are these water? It looks like sunglasses at the top of this thing. Is that what that is? Are those Ray-B band sunglasses or those water? What is that? That's two fishing ponds. One stocked with catfish, one stocked with bass. And apparently there's what, like a a 15 pound bass in one of them. That's crazy. Yeah. I'm taking it. I'm taking it. These are fish that have been pulled out of the pond, right? So, you're saying that besides going around and looking at all these exhibitors and going and seeing the demo arena and checking out all the booths that people or kids, is it for everybody? They're going to be able to actually go fishing at the actual I don't have we ever had an event where you're actually fishing at the expo? No.
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