With comfortable shoes on their feet and rolling bags by their sides, hundreds of retailers joined CBA board members in front of the exhibit hall doors Monday morning for the annual ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the sales floor at the 2012 ICRS in Orlando, Fla.

Irish pop band Rend Collective Experiment drew a buzz among the crowd with their infectious Celtic-flavored pop sound as they introduced new songs to the audience waiting for the doors to open.

Orlando Children’s Church pastor Peter O’Driscoll was also on hand to accept a check for $7,800, a donation given by ICRS attendees to the church for homeless and hurting kids. Monies were collected in an offering at Sunday’s worship service, and Spring Arbor added $2,000 to the total.