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BARBERS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE NOVEMBER 2008
By The Antique Barber | November 27, 2008
On November 8, 2008 I took a trip with my assistant and first cousin De Norval. We headed down to Tunica Mississippi for the third annual Barbers International conference. The trip to the airport was hectic, we were hard pressed to catch a cab that would take us to the airport with one wheelchair and 8 bag of luggage. Once we pulled that off we had to make a few changes in the weight of our bags because if they exceeded 50 lbs the price would jump to an extra $50 per bag. When we finally got to our seats on the plane everything went smoothly, the flight was quick and easy. We touched down in Memphis around 12:30 and ran into about ten barbers at the baggage claim, it must have been my Antique Barber sweat hood that gave me away. I made two sales that morning, thanks guys. We all introduced ourselves and stated our place of residence. De Norval and I met our surrogate bother Scott Sales from Iowa that morning, what a funny guy.The car service was nowhere to be found so after an hour we got lucky with a fella by the name of Issac, he and his associat had two vans and drove us to the Sam’s Town Casino. Thank you so much Issac.
There was nothing to do day one except register meet, greet then get something to eat. The buffet was our best deal for the weekend. I think I must have gain about 5 pounds at Sam’s Town Casino. I can’t believe Hotels have to throw away all that food at the end of each day because there are laws that will not permit them to give away the food.
Sunday morning we got up and headed to the conference room to set up our table for The Antique Barber. It was good to see so many warm professionals of the barber industry all in one place. We met barbers from all around the country such as North Carolina, California, Mississippi,Iowa, and Memphis just to name a few areas.
ANTIQUE BARBER
The panelist were entertaining and informative. The stand outs were Ivan Zoot spokesperson for Andis, Rodrick Samuels of Profile Barber Institute and Ronald Hampton of H42. Ivan holds the genius book of world records for the fastest haircut (55 seconds), the most haircuts in an hour (34) the most haircuts in 24 hours (340). Rodrick Samuels from Profile Barber Institute, who was most energetic, entertaining and interactive gave a shaving demonstration and coloring demonstration. The most memorable panelist was Ronald Hampton of H42 which is a EPA approved virucidal anti/bacterial that kills all viruses and bacteria. Ronald talked about Staphylococcus witch is a group of bacteria familiarly known as staph that can be spread in barbershops if barber’s and there tools are not disinfected properly. For more information visit www.medicinenet.com
IVAN ZOOT
RODRICK SAMUELS
There were a few barber competitions going on simultaneously in an adjacent room but I didn’t really get a chance to see it because I was working myself. Shawn E. Boston from BosMan’s Barber-world was crowned the champ of the most creative cut. As you can see he hit the nail right on the head literally with the Barak Obama piece less than a week after his presidential sweep.
SHAWN BOSTON
The Antique Barber (TAB) had one of the most creative booths at the event, If I do say so myself. The reception of (TAB) was more than expected, attendees really took to the idea of a clothing line geared toward barbers. They also liked the creativity and quality of the garments. The black designer barber jacket was the star of the show and the studded barber pole cape came in second.
To sum up the weekend I had a great time, there’s not many if any other events out there like this one for barbers. I would like to thank Don Fagan and Charles Kirkpatrick of Barbers International for setting a president in the industry. Please let’s all work together to build up the profession of barbering. In closing,” take your time leaving but hurry back” Antique Barber.
IVAN & DE NORVAL
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December 17th, 2008 at 9:53 am
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Rodrick E.Samuels
December 28th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
Thanks for the jacket~Nice product ~Its working out great!
Nice meeting you in Memphis!
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June 4th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
this site is amazing, I’m only 19 years of age and the youngest hear at the networc barbershop but I have huge dreams. I am definetly interested in purchasing clothing and creating some of my own. In addition visiting and participating in barber conferences and competions would be wonderful. I’ve already been in two out here in California(Pasedena & Long Beach), placin 3rd and 1st. Hope we are able to keep in touch and in the future maybe meet and travel together.
June 16th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
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