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I won't be able to make it this year. Budgets are extremely tight in Pageantland this year and I don't have the vacation time available to go on my own dime.

I think I'll stick with the Harting catalogue of connectors for when I need something custom or configurable. If I need a standard connector type, I probably already have it in stock or have a supplier who can get it to me within twenty-four hours for less than the asking price of the connectors...

I'm sorry it took me so long to respond. It's been a very busy month.Feel free to share the story with your students. Hopefully they'll learn from my mistakes rather than making their own.

Twenty years ago today.

Many long time Controlbooth members have heard this story before but many of our newer members have not. I'm retelling it now in the hope that at least a few of our younger members will learn from the mistakes I made when I was at what I call the magical age of twenty-five; old enough to know...

My furlough has been extended another five months until March 1st. 2020.Looks like I'll be driving the Zamboni for a bit longer than expected. Fortunately, it's at least a fun job, not too difficult. The process itself is relatively easy. I just have to pay attention and not get distracted...

Granted, I'm still in the training faze of the job, but so far, they've all managed to escape from the ice before I can even get the Zamboni out there.No extra points for me. :wall::boohoo:

There's a little good news for me. I've found some work to tide me over for a while. I'll be driving the Zamboni at a local ice skating rink for the next few months.

I'm probably going to have to move back into my mom's place and rent out my condo in order to keep making the mortgage payment.

I'm on unpaid leave through September 30th.

I got the official word a few days ago. The 2020 Pageant of the Masters has been cancelled. I knew it was coming. There was no way we could complete the show, having lost a third of our build time to the California Stay at Home order. Plus, ticket sales were way down due to the uncertainty of...

There were also caricature artists at the 4Wall party.

As sk8rsdad said, you need to go into your settings on the CEM at the rack and set the dimmers that you're going to double to dimmer doubling. The older CEM's on the Sensor rack automatically set the B side of the Doubled Dimmer to A's DMX plus 256 with no way to change it. The newer CEM's allow...

This is sad news. I didn't know him well, but I knew Roger. I took a number of seminars he was involved with at LDI over the years and always looked forward to chatting with him on the show floor. May he rest in peace.

I'll be there!I'm signed up for a couple of classes, Fall Protection and Rescue Planning for Technicians and Venues and Ethernet for Entertainment.