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Re: FIRST should try and schedule the Blue Man Group

While we were in Vegas for a competition, 4 of our students went with parents to see BMG. The tickets were pretty expensive but they had a blast. On a different note, I wasn't a fan of the wrap party this year, perhaps because the music was pretty loud, it was terribly dark, nowhere to sit, and most of the stuff was kid-oriented -- though the gladiator ring and obstacle course race looked like fun. It was my first ever wrap party, and I guess the rain had something to do with it.

To really make this happen, we have to figure out when and how. We'll leave the how to FIRST up-and-ups unless there's a good idea, but I think we all know enough about the championship to determine when. I didn't like how rushed the awards in Einstein seemed this year, nor did I like a long lull in the action on Einstein. Adding BMG in the middle of this wouldn't be a good idea because it's the awards and speakers that are important to hear and take the longest time.

My vote is to somehow have them (since they're technologically-oriented) integrated into the overall event, like a performance stage in the pits for part of the time, probably best during afternoon on practice day. It's not like we could EVER hear the announcements in the pits anyways. Then they could do a Friday night big show at some venue in Atlanta, whichever show they do, and could either make an offer for team-discount tickets or leave the show open to the public. Then Saturday, they could do something at the wrap party.

Honestly, you could somehow do this with any musical group. As FIRST expands into more schools, it'd be fairly decent exposure to a specific group of the population.
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