I agonized over several choices that happen early in the week, including the John Marshall class you mentioned, Tien, and ikat, and machine knitting to dye for, etc. The photography class was also on my consideration list. Since I'm travelling from Oregon and wanted to keep the cost down (trying to go to both CNCH and Convergence next year), I settled for going the latter half of the week, so I signed up for another John Marshall class, collector's guide to japanese textiles, indigo dyeing, and silk spinning. It seemed like all my top choices either happened at the same time, or were spread out on either end of the week. But I know I'll have fun with the classes I chose, so I hope I get into them.