On my way out of the reception I found some new things. Like this lone drummer/performer.
He seemed to be having a great time as well as everyone else.
Watch him here: : 
Lone Drummer (1 min wmv)
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The White Drum Dancers
This performance was very cool and my favorite of the night.
These performers are very fit and when you watch the video you’ll learn why.
It’s interesting to see how you can blend drums and dance together.
Watch them here: : Drum Dancers (1 min wmv)
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More Reception Dancing
I did not get video of this either.
Like with the belly dancers I wandered off and grazed my way around some excellent desserts.
After this performance I just stayed there to see what would happen next.
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BIO Belly Dancing
I did not get video of this. Sorry.
The belly dancers or whatever they are caught me by suprise sampling food a long way off.
But you get the picture.
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Great Flute & Drum Action
Once you got into Field Museum for the gala reception last night you were greeted with mini crabcakes since Maryland was a sponsor. Mmm, mmm good.
Then as you wandered back you found the central performing stage. Here’s the first group of performers.
Of course you can hear and see them: : Reception Music (1 min wmv)
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Field Museum Reception
The Field Museum was the site of the second best reception I have ever attended. The BIO folks know how to recept.
The best reception I’ve ever attended was the opening one here. Like with that reception, last night’s was a food feast. Besides that the performers were world class.
My next posts will feature some of the sights and sounds of the reception.
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IL Blues At IL Pavilion
You can’t be in Chicago and miss the blues and thanks to the IL pavilion we had some awesome blues.
This band performed at the trade show reception. I wish I knew who they are.
If you’d like to know what they sound like I shot a short video clip of the which you can watch here: IL Blues (2 min wmv)
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Pony Express A Hit In MO at BIO
My home state is well represented here at BIO.
In the Missouri pavilion at the big trade show reception you could find Pony Express. I think they put a dent in the world supply of Pony Express last night!
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Russian TV Crew
Besides our own domestic ag journalists there has been a large (larger) contingent of foreign ag journalists.
Here’s the Russian tv crew interviewing at the U. S. Grains Council/IL Corn Growers media event.
You heard me interview them in a previous post.
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More Farm Press At BIO
It’s always fun trying to keep posts at a conference in some sort of chronological order. But it just never works out that way. Here’s Orion Samuelson, doing an interview with one of the visiting ag journalists at the U. S. Grains Council/IL Corn Growers event. I was glad to see Orion here since there really hasn’t been many U. S. ag reporters.
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