Chicagoland Mini-PLUS/C3 2008 Tentative Schedule
Friday, August 29, 20085:00p.m.
| Meet 'n Greet - Chicago Pizza Night
Come share a meal and learn about your fellow PC/CCers! Time to meet up with old friends and make new ones. Talk Christmas! Optional Pre-Event.
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Saturday, August 30, 2008
Our morning block will loosely adhere to this schedule, but we will continue with the various topics, some running concurrently based on interest | 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast Continental breakfast, coffee, tea, etc. | | 9:30 a.m. | Wireframes (Gregg Jones & Bill Hoffman)
Overview & demonstration of Wireframes and hands on welding, wrapping a frame, mini and ropelight, lighting techniques.
| | 10:30 a.m. | Blow molds (Bill Weis, Bill Miller)
History, manufacturers, identification, overview, and discussion
| 11:30a.m.
| Wood Cut-out Workshop (Val Piechur)
Preregistration required if you wish to take part. (This class will run simultaneously with Inflatables and will run until complete)
| 11:30a.m.
| Inflatables (Marty Slack)
Demonstration, how to disconnect the lights from the motor. | | 12:00 p.m. | Lunch
While you eat and relax, discuss your questions and techniques with friends! | 12:45 p.m. | Light-O-Rama (Michael Farney & Chris Berglund)
Introduction to LOR computer control, show planning, sequencing, easy light linkers | 1:45 p.m.
| El Wire (Jerry Plak)
Presentation and discussion
| 2:30 p.m.
| Mini Trees (Chris Berglund)
Presentation, building, wrapping, tomato cage vs. floral easel!
| | 3:15 p.m. | Coro (Marty Slack)
Presentation and discussion | 4:15 p.m.
| Break & Stop N Shop
Bring your items, sell them, swap them.
| 5:00 p.m.
| All Things Electrical (Tony Furst)
Presentation. How to safely power those displays. | 5:45 p.m.
| Dinner BBQ! | | 6:45 p.m. | DMX (Michael Farney) Demonstration and discussion. | | 7:45 p.m. | Round Table discussion, Roof grids, Storage issues, What's new for 2008? Holiday Lights 2007 review. |
Keep in mind that none of the foregoing is in stone. If one segment is shorter or longer, we are all a creative and flexible group--feel free to wander around, talk, ask questions--or not. This is YOUR mini and we're open to suggestions!
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Mini / C-3 Schedule 
