We are hitting full stride now with preps. 6 weeks until the park opens. I've been doing a poor job of updating given the new job blocks FBG, and I've been too busy.
• We're finalizing those last couple sponsorship deals trying to get that cash shored up.
• Ms June 2016 Playboy Venezuela has moved, forcinga replacement unfortunately. Her replacement JoJo is a firecracker herself though.
• We're investing in some sort of Pro DMX lighting controller where you program in all the gear you have, and it reads the waveform files of the songs being played and intelligently controls the entire lighting system automatically. For when we don't want to #### with it.
• We are contracting out to a professional London Voiceover artist (woman with a sexy ### voice) to record some "Drops" for the DJ to punch in while blending between tracks. These will be produced with effects and such on part with top radio stations and nightclubs.
• We've opted to contract the illustration for the shirts to a guy from Belarus to try to capture that Eastern European flair we're going for (host country is Czech Republic this year).
• Switching to Colombia PFG comp day shirts. They are being embroidered by Team World in NY, gratis. They're also handling all our "Team Player" (team only), and "Czech Yourself" booth shirts, gratis as part of a sponsorship arrangement.
• We have a Team Cookout this saturday for team, significant others, the bartenders, our videographer, and a couple select sponsors. The menu will feature texas style brisket, shoulder, comp style pork ribs, texas style beef ribs, pork tenderloin, Prime Filet Kabobs,... and an assortment of other goodies.
• At said cookout we will be breaking in the new Saber grill. The local head of their marketing firm will be on hand drinking whiskey and documenting some of the cooking with photos to use at their national sales meeting in a couple weeks.
• Budget is looking okay... not in perfect shape, but we have 2 more irons in the fire and just need one to come through.
• Memphis in May has the annual "Team Day" downtown on Sunday, where teams pay for services (electric, santitation, etc), pick up wristbands/tickets, pay for ancillaries, etc. We will be starting with brunch downtown at 11am for 3 hours before the team day meeting. Ideally we will NOT be so drunk as to forget to register for ancillary entries... thereby mandating a panicked bribery of catering Central BBQ for the entire Memphis in May office to get them to accept our late entries.... not like that happened LAST year or anything....
• We are next door with Memphis Fire and Paramedics again
. They have upped their stockpile of IV supplies from last year. In addition we have another 20 banana bags and accompanying needles/tubing donated by a buddy who runs three pediatric clinics. I think it's safe to say I'll be taking at least a bag of fluid a couple mornings during the festival.
So yeah...we're still idiots. Can't wait to throw down with my Saucepect GB's
@sbonomo and
@tipsy mcstagger, with our Memphis Fire GB
@Tusken Raider next door, and of course
@TheFanatic who will be down from St Louis!
####loads more to do... banners, cups, koozies, LED Wands, etc will all be ordered this week.
Tick tock tick tock!
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It will be amazing. 
