by Luca di Piazza

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by Russ Ouellette

The CORPS Expo at the Richmond Convention Center in Richmond, Virginia is the longest continuously running pipe show in the United States. 2013 marked the 29th annual expo, and, as always, I was looking forward to it with great anticipation. Read more

by Luca di Piazza

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by Luca di Piazza

For two successive years the Richmond CORPS Pipe Smokers Celebration and Exposition changed his location. 2011 show was held in the Hilton Shortpump; the C.O.R.P.S. drastically changed direction, giving up the tradition of helding the show inside a hotel in order to save the possibility of smoking during the show. The C.O.R.P.S Expo 2012 was held in the Richmond Convention Center, in the heart of the city and trade fair of the Virginia Capital. It was a huge space, well lit, with large windows and wide, tall rooms. These characteristics allowed to a couple of hundreds of people to smoke during the show without any kind of perception. Read more