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Evening Events at CFUnited
We are excited to announce our evenings events for this year's CFUnited:
On Wednesday night, from 7-9 pm, we are hosting a networking reception event in the Ballroom Foyer. Our reception is the most opportune time to meet and greet with our wonderful speakers and sponsors and of course, our attendees. Make sure you bring plenty of business cards! And don't worry, we will have a bar and passed hors d'oeuvres such as buffalo chicken skewers, vegetable spring rolls and curried wonton shrimp! yum!!
On Thursday night, Adobe will be hosting their Pool Party from 7:30 - 10:00 pm. Take a dip in any of the three refreshing and super awesome pools at the Lansdowne Resort. You may also enjoy the scrumptious cajun seasoned french fries (yes, we're bringing them back), chicken cashew spring rolls, roasted mushroom fritters and glamorous deserts! Make sure you bring your bathing suits!!
On Friday, our last night, the Lansdowne Resort will have a fabulous concert, as part of their Sounds of Summer Concert Series. To our luck, this week's band is The Reflex, an ultimate 80s tribute band! Cara and I will be rocking out in our leg warmers and cut off t-shirts - it's going to be rad, totally.
If you are already registered, but would like your spouse to take part in these awesome fabulous events, check out our packages for a guest pass!
But the open mike was free to run of course, right? If it could still happen, I'll note that it could could use some amplification, if I recall. If you wouldn't be forced to rent from the hotel, I'm sure some attendee(s) could bring something along to help.
And if even organizing it is one more time challenge, I'd bet someone in the community would step up to help organize things before and at the event.
Let us know if it's a possibility, what help may be needed, etc.
I'm more than open to anybody wanting to organize/plan anything! Both Cara and I haven't had any extra spare time to plan anything else, so if anybody wants to put something together - that would be wonderful!
Ping me if you want me to bring the mics though (jeff [at] jeffcoughlin_com)
I also have an SUV at my disposal, so if there is any equip that needs hauled in with me from MD to VA or can be picked up fairly conveniently, let me know that too!
Charlie, Sid and Josh are working out some karaoke equip. So looks like it will be a combo of karaoke and open mic... music? Comedy? (Ahem, Boyzoid!)
Awesome! Since CFMeetup guy stepped forth, I vote we call this the CFMicUp !
I also asked Scott about doing his standup again. He says, "We'll see." I think if we buy him a few beers, we can get him to do it. ;)
But I want to caution people that we are still working things out, which is why I'd not stepped up to comment yet. I'll be talking to Josh later today. I'd just rather not have people start making plans to bring instruments, etc., until we clarify things.
Also, I'm not even sure that we have power in that pavillion. If not, then it would be a bust. I seem to recall last year that we had no amplification (could be wrong), which could have been for that reason. Does anyone know/remember/want to find out?
If you want me to throw something in to the mix, I'd be over the moon to stream a radio show for an hour or so with some songs to get you guys in the 80s mood.
Let me know, and I'll prepare 'the decks'
@Scott There is no microphone/speaker from hotel this year - we need to bring our own
@Matt There is no wifi in the pool area
I have an MBP and an AT&T USB stick for internet. If that can be connected to a good speaker, maybe streaming is possible. I'm guessing we'd see how much time we can fill with live stuff before figuring out how much time for streaming?
Even then, I have a decent set of speakers I can bring that would be better than nothing if we can't pull this off.. so Matt, I think you should do something pre-recorded that could serve as backup, and I'd be proud to haul my speakers along and play it at any appropriate opportunity where music might be needed during the week. I definitely think it'd be awesome to have a pre-recorded intro for these guys to play before the karaoke and stuff begins, even if only just end up needing a couple minutes.
Anything longer, I could still have fun with on an impromptu and appropriate basis. I really love what you did with the ColdFusion Playlist. Who else can craft such a thing? A must-have at this very special CF conf imo. It wouldn't go to waste.
Folks with instruments who want to jack into the mixer will need to bring their own cords--and chords. :-)
Josh has said that while he can't be sure he can be at the helm the whole time, he expects to be at the party at least long enough to help us get setup, and be available if needed from then on (and I have his mobile).
So it looks to be "Thunderbirds Are Go!"
I'll let you folks know about the equipment situation in the morning, if not tonight.
And I've got a new nickname for Vicky: Tenacious V! :-)
I am bringing a Spirit Steinberger guitar (import) with some picks, a strap, and cord to jack it in.
Soon as I hear it all fits in your car, I will post & start gathering names of participants. Too cool. :) Thanks for enabling CFMicUp, Charlie. :)
My set up is really portable but we will need some speakers.
CFMicUp is on. Come party with Tenacious V. :-) See y'all Thursday night by the pool party.
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(read as Laptop, cables, and drives) - I have a fairly large selection of Karaoke - just can't afford to bring my DJ rig on the plane :-)
Just gonna point out: See what happens when you present a challenge (code or otherwise) to the CF Community! We ALWAYS rise to the occasion. :-)
Matt Gifford / #monkehRadio will be recording some stuff for us for a kickass intro and filler since streaming quality is in question.
Wow, this is so going to rock!
So the question is, when?
While I can't do Tuesday night myself (as there are both a speaker dinner and another reception I will be attending), perhaps if Josh were free he could handle setting up his gear. I'll reach out to him directly.
As for Wed night we already have the sponsor networking party from 7-9, and then the SciFi and Mango BOFs from 9:30-10:30. If the folks involved in this "pool party music bof/meeting" are free then, that may be our best chance.
Thurs is full on with sessions until 6:30, then a bof led by Chaz and others (and another on the next release of CF) until 7:30, then the party at 7:30.
That said, if it's like last year, most would hang out at the pool (where the food and drinks are) and would gravitate to the pavillion with the music only later (when the music started playing, really), so if we needed an hour to still get setup then, it shouldn't be a problem.
What do folks think?
BTW, beware that this blog is moderated, so comments may arrive hours after being posted (mine from last night only showed up this morning), so be careful to read them with that in mind, in case things seem "out of sync". (For instance, Chaz's post at 11:19 last night was not there when I wrote mine at 12:36am, and both arrived only this morning.)
Given the sense of urgency some may feel about making plans about all this, it just seems we're operating at a bit of a disadvantage, so keep it in mind.
Click on my name on this post.
http://codebass.net/2010/07/23/cfmicup-at-cfunited...
See folks there Thursday night!