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on the MAIN eddie Gomez MAIN STAGE TIME sunday 10:00AM - 10:40AM MONDAY 10:00AM - 10:40AM Eddie “Stainer954” Gomez is El Patron’s elite international platform artist. Mr. Gomez is a native of Hollywood, Florida. His immense passion for barbering began as early as middle school and later led him to orchestrating free haircuts to his peers and classmates. Immediately following High School graduation, he enrolled himself in Hollywood Institute of Beauty Careers, where he obtained a Master Barber License. In 2011, he founded Florida’s Greatest Barbershop in Davie, Florida where he hosts an elite clientele of NFL, NBA and MLB players, in addition to some of the hottest artists in the music industry. When he isn’t busy blazing the globe with El Patron, Mr. Gomez hosts and judges barbering battles throughout the United States. J DILLARD MAIN STAGE TIME sunday 11:00AM - 11:40AM MONDAY 11:00AM - 11:40AM JD calls himself the ‘barberprenuer’ which spins from his life of being a barber and an entrepreneur. He is former shop owner and Managing Partner of ConAllegiance, which is a consulting firm based out of Atlanta, GA. JD is a master barber, a certified consultant and industry leader with fresh edge cutting ideas that will continue to help the fast growing barbering industry. John Dillard, known as “JD” in the industry, started cutting his own hair at the age of 10 after getting haircuts from his mother. After trials and tribulations JD started to professionally cut hair in 1999 and became a shop owner while attending college at Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama shortly after that. YANCEY EDWARDS MAIN STAGE TIME sunday 12:00PM - 12:40PM MONDAY 12:00PM - 12:40PM Emmy Nominated Yancey Edwards knows hair. From braids to weaves and color in between, this man with the gifted hands lights up the room with his creative energy upon entry. Since 1997, Yancey has been trained by some of the leaders in the hair industry such as Paul Mitchell, Farouk and Aveda, while also specializing in hair replacement. He has also been mentored by industry greats such as Andrea Cheese, Barry Fletcher, Daniel Green, Eric Von Lockhart, Mary Swann, Olive Benson and Q Hardy. Yancey has also lent his expertise while traveling the country teaching other stylists in all major hair show arenas and cosmetology students his signature weaving and cutting techniques. IMAGE is EVERYTHING 4