A Message from Candace Kelley
To Everyone Who Came Out Yesterday!
This is Candace Kelley, organizer of the Let Your Hair Down EXPO and I have read all of your messages and so appreciate your feedback. While there was no line later in the afternoon, those of you who graciously waited, planned your day, drove into the city, dressed your little ones and more, my apologies to you for the wait. No one should have had to wait that long.
That being said, I owe each of you an explaination. Earlier this year, my team and I held the EXPO event at the 5,000 square foot Villian [
http://villain-llc.com/]. A little over 2,000 of you came out and once the doors opened at most, you waited 5-15 minutes to get in. This year, the event was held at the 13,500 square foot SIR Stage37 [
http://www.stage37events.com/about/]. It was twice as big and while we didn't have twice as many people, the arrival times of those in attendance outpaced the space. In addition, the venue's security underperformed in separating the lines as they were asked. That amounted to pure frustration for too many.
I invited Jenell Stewart of KinkyCurlyCoilyMe and Christina Brown of Love Brown Sugar to be a guest of my planned event, so your waiting in line was not a reflection of them, just me. They simply show up at events as guests and did so in perfect form. Hairfinity also provided amazing support for an event planned by my team.
I have already heard from many of you who want the event to come back because once you did get in, you enjoyed all of the offerings. This expo has such great traction and the brands and celebrities that have reached out to me who want to reach you specifically are incredible!
So, the expo will return, but be assured that it will return with pre-sold tickets only and cap measures in place so that all get in the door, as all of my expectations were exceeded with the turnout. Please reach out to me at
[email protected] for anything and I will personally get back to each of you who write me.
Candace Kelley
Let Your Hair Down EXPO
