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John transformed the show into an amazingly sucessful space by his generosity.
At the beginning of the show John was real conservative about folk touching his Pits. This was his first show.
By Sunday John was out to convert the world to Pits.
One little girl held a black pine for over two hours in front of his table. John was on a mission to convert the children of Scottsdale to herpetology. Children were holding John's Pits five at a time. They were mesmerized by his Southern Pines & Black Pines.
At one point a tough, truck driver type vendor came to me on the edge of tears clutching a Strictly Pituophis sign as a momento of one of the most generous acts he had ever experienced. John had given him a pair of red bulls and would not accept anything return. Mike, the vendor, was jazzed.
You had to be there to realy get the incredible emotion but John Ginter was definatly a star of the show. He was a star in spite of the fact that he forgot to bring his slides and could not present his talk on Sunday.
As the show organizer, I really thank John for transforming what might have been an ordinary reptile show into a very special event for me and a lot of future & present herpers.
Thank You John.
Stephen Fowler

i totally agree. me and him had a pretty long conversation.offered me some jani for 20$ but i had to refuse cuz my mom would freak. i want him to be at all the shows. when im older i want to be just like him. p.s john if ur reading this i will take you up on that offer later. o and whats your website?

Thanks Steven and Devilgofer for the kind words. It was a great time. I managed to put some faces to telephone friends, renew old friendships, as well as make some new friends,(Mike and Isis among others). The show had a huge turn out. I hope that all who participated had as much fun as I did. I think that we made some new converts to the joys of Pituophis. Thank you very Much to Steven, and the rest of the Pheonix Reptile crowd for all of their hard work and making my first show a memorable one. Outreach is our biggest contribution and I saw many, many young inquisitive faces.

Thanks also to AZ game and Fish for their neat educational displays and to all the vendors who brought beautiful, healthy, captive born jewels for us all to share in.

Cheers, Ginter

lol you dont remember my name do ya.o well it was a big show im sure you met lots a people. im matt i was with my dad. member we were talkin about caging and how you use stackable rubbermaid instead of sliding glass. i was wearin a yellow shirt. member we were talkin and the speaker right behind you came on and we had to talk infront of your booth.lol

Matt, You guessed it. You are a pretty bright kid. I totally remember our conversation etc. but could not recall your name. As anyone here will attest I am lousy with names but never forget a face. stay in touch, DEVILGOFER AKA Matt

Cheers, Ginter

lol it is ok and thanks for the compliments. whats ur email addy or do you have a website or anything??

He can remember faces and what you talked about in detail that I don't remember. He is just lousy with names. He calls my wife Becky instead of Brenda. At least he got your name. Its harder to change the name once he gets it. LOL.

Terry Parks

Many thanks to Stephen Fowler for putting on a great show. He did a GREAT job! The crowds were mostly nonstop both days, lots of inquisitive little kids who will hopefully be the next generation of herpers. We had a great time seeing old friends like Steve, and making new friends like Scott Potts, Drew, and Ginter. Meeting Ginter was the highlight of the show. We were blown away by his very generous gift of a pair of Red Bulls. My husband, Mike, is the "tough, truck-driver type vendor" Steve refers to in his post. Thanks, Steve, for a great show and a great time. And thanks again, Ginter, for the beautiful pair of Red Bulls and for just being who you are.

Best regards to all.

Isis