Scott,
I was one of the presenters. After our embu, we fielded some queries from interested audience members. Usually, before a group did a demo, we introduced ourselves and explained what was going to happen...and then we went at it, with just a bit of info added in now and then during the demo so as not to lose too many people.
The groups involved:
Tenshin Sho Katori Shinto-ryu, Yagyu Shinkage-ryu kenjutsu, Shinto Muso-ryu jo, Toda-ha Bukko-ryu Naginata, Takenouchi-ryu kobudo.
For each of the three days, we did something different, just for the heck of it. Phil Relnick sensei of TSKSR often told his students what they were doing on THAT day, just before they went up to demo. "Just think of it like a usual practice session," he said.
For us, Takenouchi-ryu, on Saturday we showed some Bitchuden iaibatto, then Sunday we did some TR jutte, and on Sunday we did some TR iaijutsu, along with the usual kogusoku, grappling and sword stuff. I'm not sure how the audience took it (thanks for the comments) but among us, we had a blast watching each other and then eating and talking together afterwards and comparing notes and ideas.
I had never seen Ikkaku-ryu kusarigama (an adjunct ryu to Shinto Muso-ryu jo) until then. It was impressive.
Wayne Muromoto