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In the mid 1970s, a group of visionary members of two trade associations in Southern California had an idea to create an educational program for pool and spa service technicians.
The first Swimming Pool Symposium was held in 1975. It was a one-day affair with a handful of classes and no exhibits. The pool technicians' hunger for knowledge was evident immediately, as all classes were filled to capacity.
Still sponsored by the Swimming Pool Trades & Contractors Association and the Independent Pool and Spa Service Association (San Fernando Valley Chapter), the Annual Western Pool & Spa Show features more than 100 hours of seminars as well as displays by more than 220 exhibitors.
With attendance topping 9000, the Annual Western Pool & Spa Show has become one of the premier pool and spa industry trade shows in the United States. Yet it still remains faithful to it's original purpose - to educate and train pool and spa service technicians and the trade while giving manufacturers and distributors the opportunity to reach this very specific and influential portion of the swimming pool and spa industry.
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