b'EDITORS LETTERLesley A. Goddin"Keep the circus going inside you, keep it going, don\'t take anything too seriously, it\'ll all work out in the end."David NivenIverecentlyreturnedfromhoursparties,lunchesinthe thetileandstoneextravaganzaInstallation & Design Experience knownasCoverings.Happily,IorinterviewsintheCoverings got to meet and talk with someConnect Lounge.of you there. The third ring isof courseCoveringsremindsmeofatheover1,100exhibitorswho three-ring circus in the best wayoffermorenetworkingopportu-possible.Inonering,youhavenities while you tour through new conference sessions, live demostile and stone products in nearly ontheinstallationstageandevery size, shape, color, texture othereducationalopportunitiesandthicknessimaginable,the likethepresentationscarriedtoolsandequipmenttowork out in the Installation & Designwith them and the setting mate-Experience (IDE).rials to ensure a well-performing Inanotherring,youhavetre- and long lasting installation. Its mendousopportunitiestocon- impossible to see all the exhibi-nectwithfriends,networkandtorsatthisGreatestShowon interactwithpeers,suppli- Earth, but the exhibitor density in ersandcustomersastheshowtheOrangeCountyConvention brings together people and com- Center (or next year, at the Ernest panies from around the globe toN. Morial Convention Center in become immersed in the tile andNewOrleans,La.,fromApril stone experience. Some of these20-23)ensuresthatyoullsee include the vignettes in the IDEplenty of exciting new products that illustrate the magic that cantospuryourcreativityandele-happenwhenyoupairinnova- vate your business.tive designers and skilled NTCAThe payoff is far from peanuts Five-StarContractorsonaproj-its an investment in your busi-ect,awardsceremonies,after- ness that will reap rewards into 16 TileLetter | May 2019'