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46 The Jewelry Business Magazine Ed Levin Jewelry is a designer line of handcrafted jewelry produced in the United States. Ed Levin Jewelry is known for quality innovative designs and has sold to jewelry stores and galleries throughout the United States and Canada for almost seventy years. For more information call Peter Tonjes at 800- 828-1122. A New Show with History The 2016 Midwest Jewelers Conference and Show is the new Jewelers Educational Conference a regional jewelry conference and show that has been held bi-annually in suburban Kansas City MO for 16 years. The name change along with a move to Kansas City Missouris downtown Power Light Entertainment District was made to accentuate a restructured agenda that eliminates slow time for vendor-sponsors and consolidates educational and social time for jewelers and their families. The entertainment district location also offers multiple dining and entertainment venues that are ideal for entertaining family or customers. After scheduling the previous show in July the MJC is moving back to its traditional spring weekend which seems more advantageous for both vendors and jewelers. Friday April 1st is earmarked for meetings of the state associations sponsoring the show and a time to enjoy family or customers in one or more of the 50 plus restaurants night clubs bars andor unique shops in the entertainment district. Educational programming and vendor displays open Saturday morning continue throughout the day and conclude at midday on Sunday. The opening keynote speaker is Bill Jones President of the famed Sissys Log Cabin Fine Jewelry with stores in Pine Bluff Little Rock Jonesboro and Memphis. Bill will share the story of how his mother Sissy Jones began a jewelry store in a rented log cabin and how throughout a half century of growth always made Sissys a family store. Other featured speakers include Terry Chandler president of the Diamond Council of America who will moderate a Town Hall Meeting on Diamond_Grading_Reports The_Jewelers Ticking Time Bomb _David Brown president of The Edge