Takin&#39; a breather from Stockton.  This was a crazy weekend - talk about having to hit the floor running.  Spent nearly the entire weekend at the theater, either working or trying to recover the names.  We do have a course of action.  nowif we can only get the computers to agree with us.  We have two programs that talk to each other and are databases, so we&#39;re hoping to download one to the other, but we keep getting error messages.  when I tried to get tech support to help, I was told that our ontract had expired and we needed to renew before they could help us.  After that and a dozen calls, we&#39;re still getting the same error - if we don&#39;t resolve it by today, we start typing like the devil&#39;s on our heels as we have a mass mailing next week&#33;<br />
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On the rehearsal front, we lost one of our actors - he called at the last minute just before rehearsal to say he couldn&#39;t do it - he&#39;ll not be working for awhile with any of the directors at SCT now.  anyhow, we got the designer, also an acotr in his own right, to take his place.  I&#39;m delighted because I love working with Lee.  He used to work for me at Delta, then I got him his job at SCT in the shop.<br />
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John had a HUGE dinner on Friday night for 34 - it was the live auction item from the scholarship diiner.  Suffice it to say, the people were totally blown away - from the lobster mash potatoes to the Kobe beef to the mutliple desserts and apps, they could stop singing John&#39;s praises. The best part was that last night, they invited us over to help with &#39;leftovers&#39;  He had five pound of Kobe beef leftover that he barbequed for us ...mmmm, I love our friends&#33;<br />
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Now we&#39;ve started working on the planning for the Lucas dinner on the 16th.  john got a couple of kids from Delta to sign on board, which will make it a little easier on us.  Stilldon&#39;t know how many people to expect, but we&#39;ll have a planning meeting soon...I hope.<br />
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We&#39;ve ironed out some of the details for our sail-away dinner.  We are hoping to invite four couples and have each one of them bring a course.  That way no one gets stuck with all the leftovers, especially three days before a cruise.  Jury is still out on where to have it.  I&#39;m thinking here, but Chris is hoping that John and Irene will volunteer their back yard.  We&#39;ll see what happens.<br />
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Chris got into an altercation with three teenage boys and it ended up with them being arrested for vadalism, tresspassing and breaking curfew.  Hopefully, this won&#39;t come back to haunt us.  Already patrols have been stepped up around the complex.  can&#39;t wait for those security fences...  <br />
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Today is another full day of theater, so I&#39;m gonna say cherrio and have a grand day all&#33;<br />
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Charlie