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The Jeff Gauthier Goatette: Open Source
Crunching guitar, drums and bass unison riffs launch Gauthier's "40 Lashes (With Mascara)," separated by brief, almost classical trumpet and violin motifs. Bassist Joel Hamilton and drummer Alex Cline forge a wicked groove, while Dave Witham's grungy, distorted keyboard solo stirs up some serious sonic waves, like Bojan Z in a dark mood. Fumo follows with a concise, vibrant statement, before guitarist Nels Cline ups the ante with a ferocious, effects-laden assault that sounds like a bunch of cats scrapping. It's a dramatic and compelling opener.
Witham's little gem, "From a Rainy Night," has a hint of Mahavishnu Orchestra's grace about it. Trumpet and violin trace the melody, while piano dances lightly. Liftoff comes almost surreptitiously, but the gathering momentum is enveloping. Propulsive drumming dominates, while Nels Cline's classical guitar registers almost subliminally. Gauthier's beautifully weighted yet zesty solo is the heart of a song which simply seduces from the first note. The leader's buoyant, folk-colored, classically-informed improvisations throughout Open Source walk a line between timeless tradition and modern verve.
"Seashells and Balloons" flits between form and chaos, the elegant trumpet and violin intro giving way to a stuttering waltzall jagged piano, jittery accordion and stumbling percussion, as if Tom Waits had been drinking all night with left-field multi-instrumentalist/instrument inventor Harry Partch. It's a curio of some ambition, but in a recording of tremendous compositional breadth, no anomaly. "Prelude to a Bite" is more structurally spacious, and features meaty solos from Fumobristling like electric-period Miles Davisand Nels Cline, with a rattling conclusion from twin brother Alex. The gentle lyricism of the piano-dominated "Things Past" provides another example of the late bassist/pianist Eric Von Essen's composing strengths, and features muted trumpet and beautifully serene violin.
The intensity is ratcheted up a notch or two on saxophonist Ornette Coleman's episodic "Joy of a Toy," from 1960, which goes from tightly knit post-bop charge to more out-there improvisation. Nels Cline's twisted blues lines provide the pick of a crop of exuberant solos. And at almost fifteen minutes, the epic title track moves from spacey melancholy through neoclassical melodies and noise abstractions. The sextet emerges into more clearly defined rhythmic territory, with Gauthier and Fumo weaving melodic lines around each other as effects rage like a galactic storm.
Whilst Goatette references jazz's past, its approach is nevertheless utterly modern and makes for absorbing listening. Open Source is a boldly inventive collective statement by a soaring ensemble that may not have even peaked yet.
Track Listing: 40 Lashes (With Mascara); From a Rainy Night; Seashells and Balloons; Prelude to a Bite; Things Past; Joy of a Toy; Open Source.
Personnel: Jeff Gauthier: violin, electric violin, effects; John Fumo: trumpet, effects; Nels Cline: electric guitar, classical guitar, effects; David Witham: piano, keyboards, effects; Joel Hamilton: bass; Alex Cline: drums, percussion.
Title: Open Source | Year Released: 2011 | Record Label: Cryptogramophone


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REVIEWED High bay lights for retail
There used to be two sorts of light fitting used for retail. If it was a large store, the lighting was predominantly fluorescent either as ceiling panels or linear battens.
There used to be two sorts of light fitting used for retail. If it was a large store, the lighting was predominantly fluorescent either as ceiling panels or linear battens.
A trial of connected lighting at a French hypermarket has led to a dramatic increase in sales from customers who used the app.
Allan Murray is engineering project manager at upmarket supermarket Waitrose, part of Britain's largest employee-owned retailer, the John Lewis Partnership. The brand has 352 branches across the country and a 5 per cent share of the grocery market, making it the sixth-largest grocery retailer in the UK.
Spotlights are getting smaller. The simple reason: light sources are getting smaller too.
Internet-connected lighting could help parents track children in supermarkets; it could assist jet-lagged travellers adjust quickly to new time zones; it could find meeting rooms, desks and colleagues in large workplaces; it could tell retail assistants and their customers the real-time back-of-house stock; and it could personalise lighting automatically by detecting a user's smartphone.
American retail giant Target has rolled out its lighting-based indoor-positioning technology to 27 million users of its app.
Europe's largest chain of consumer electronics stores, MediaMarkt, has installed connected lighting to market to customers via their mobile phones.
Sales at stores of the American fashion brand Guess in Switzerland have been boosted by its connected lighting, the suppliers have claimed.
In the run-up to the first Lux connected lighting conference, a Lux team took a stroll down Oxford Street to assess the state of UK retail lighting.
The analytics partner for big retail names including Starbucks and Walgreens is to focus on lighting as a platform for its advanced services, it has announced.
Store lighting isn't complicated, so why do so many high street brands get it wrong? Here's Lux's top tips for getting it right every time.
These LED retrofits are designed as energy saving replacements for the original tungsten halogen filament lamps. The AR111 filament lamp is usually 12V and, unsurprisingly, 111 mm diameter.
One of Britain's biggest shopping mall operators is experimenting with power-line communications as a platform for connecting its lighting to the Internet of Things.
Premier car manufacturer BMW is pioneering Internet-connected lighting at its flagship showroom in Munich.
When Jonathan England, head of property at Maplin and Steven Hewison, lead project manager, first embarked on the gargantuan task of converting the firm's estate to LED, their knowledge of lighting was limited to say the least.
Indoor positioning is the next revolution that is set to reshape retail. New projects are now popping up around the globe and the initial results are often quite impressive. Here are Lux's top ten indoor positioning projects that you need to know about.

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Madoka Magica Locations
Puella Magi Madoka Magica's storyline predominantly takes place within the confines of Mitakihara Town, a city in Japan which, in the anime, features an unusual combination of ultramodern and archaic urban design.
Notable locations in the anime within Mitakihara Town include:
- Mitakihara Middle School
- Madoka's House
- Homura Residence
- Mami's Residence
- Sayaka's Apartment Complex
- Sakura Cathedral
- Witch Barriers
Sharing similar characters as their original source material, the manga version of the anime as well as Puella Magi Oriko Magica also take place within Mitakihara Town, although the city in both mangas has been illustrated to resemble a more generic Japanese city.
According with the Drama CD "Farewell Story", the neighboring city of Mitakihara is Kasamino, where Kyoko hails from.
Puella Magi Kazumi Magica, which features a different ensemble of cast, is set in a separate location, Asunaro City. The main character's home is the Misaki Residence.


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Sunset Social @ CASS (Vintage Paso Festival)
Friday; March 15th, 530-730pm
$10pp / Wine club members receive 2 complimentary tickets to attend
*Please note tickets are required for all attendees, including wine club members.
Just arriving into town for the festival weekend? Stop by Cass Winery to relax & enjoy some music, savor the sunset, and cheers to the weekend! Your ticket allows you access to the winery after hours to enjoy live music and we'll have extended café hours. Food & wine will be available for purchase.
Vineyard Notes
WARNING: Many food and beverage cans have linings containing bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical known to the State of California to cause harm to the female reproductive system. Jar lids and bottle caps may also contain BPA. You can be exposed to BPA when you consume foods or beverages packaged in these containers. For more information, go to: www.P65Warnings.ca.gov/BPA
WARNING: Drinking distilled spirits, beer, coolers, wine and other alcoholic beverages may increase cancer risk, and, during pregnancy, can cause birth defects. For more information go to www.p65warnings.ca.gov/alcohol
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text: Special Guests Scroll down to view our guests! 2020 Voice Actors Carolina Ravassa Born in Cali, Colombia, Carolina Ravassa has appeared on The Affair opposite Dominic West, Mr. Robot with Bobby Cannavale & Rami Malek, and has done a few shorts with Reggie Watts. She produced, directed, and starred in the webseries Hispanglosaxon, which won an Imagen Award for Best Webseries. She is known for her voice work in the video games Overwatch (Sombra), Grand Theft Auto V (Taliana Martinez), Max Payne III, Red Dead Redemption II, Just Cause 4 and upcoming voices on Disney, Nickelodeon, Netflix and Cartoon Network. She also worked on Step Up 3-D and Maybe Tomorrow. Appearance Dates: Friday-Sunday Pricing: TBA Close Gaku Space Born in Tokyo, Japan, Gaku Space decided to forgo a baseball career to pursue his passion for acting. Relocating to Los Angeles, he studied acting and became an advanced martial artist in Filipino Kali and Japanese sword fighting. In 2014, he landed a lead role in the live-action series Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist by Capcom as Goki. He's now best known for his work as Genji from Blizzard Entertainment's Overwatch. Appearance Dates: Friday-Sunday Pricing: TBA Close Jonny Cruz Jonny is an actor/director know for titles such as Matador, Overwatch, Hitman, Hero's of the Storm, Prototype 2, Stinky and Dirty. Jonny's passions led him to start his career in Dallas Texas, landing him some fun direct to DVD action movies (Walking Tall: Long Justice, Missionary Man) and early TV appearances (Prison Break). He produced and directed his first feature film (Small Timers) and many online series before moving to LA. Since living in LA he has made his way into television (Matador, The Closer, NCIS: Los Angeles) and voice over (Overwatch as Lucio, Hitman, Hero's of the Storm, Prototype 2, Stinky and Dirty). He is Currently working on a few new VO titles and is a Producer at Facebook | Instagram Facebook @jonnyCruzzz Instagram @jonnycruzzz twitter @jonnycruzzz Appearance Dates: Friday-Sunday Pricing: TBA Close Jen Cohn Jen Cohn is best known for her role voicing 'Pharah' in Overwatch. She's also the voice of 'Lord Zash' in Star Wars: The Old Republic, and of Zuko and Azula's mother 'Ursa' in Avatar: The Last Airbender. Jen's other voice credits include characters in Turbo, Word Girl, Assy McGee, MAD, World of Warcraft, a few Grand Theft Auto's, and Red Dead Redemption I. When not doing voiceovers for video games, animation, and commercials, Jen can be found acting onscreen, writing and producing, and running around New York and Paris Fashion Weeks, where she trend scouts and consults new brands. She lives in New York City. Appearance Dates: Friday-Sunday Pricing: TBA Close Charlet Chung Charlet Chung is a Japanese/Korean-American television and film actor who is also the voice of D.Va from Blizzard Entertainment's OVERWATCH, Julia Argent from Netflix's CARMEN SANDIEGO and Seraph from CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS III. Her extensive list of on-screen credits include appearances on truTV's FAMELESS, Netflix's GRACE AND FRANKIE and Fox's 911. Charlet is recurring on Fox's FAMILY GUY, TBS' AMERICAN DAD and Cartoon Network's CRAIG OF THE CREEK and is also a series regular on two upcoming animated series that will air later this year. Appearance Dates: Saturday & Sunday Pricing: Autograph on Personal Item: $40 Autograph on Funko Pop/Collectible: $50 Selfie: $40 Voice Recording: $50 Add on Selfie w/ Purchase of Any Item: $30 Close Paul Nakauchi An LA native, Paul Nakauchi has worked in many facets of the entertainment industry., including theater, voice overs, television and film. He began his career in the ensemble of the "King and I' with the legendary Yul Brynner. He was in the 1996 revival with Donna Murphy and Lou Diamond Phillips and two years, later he ascended to the throne of the "King" on London's West End starring opposite Elaine Paige, and most recently finished a year and a half run of the 2016 Tony award winning revival directed by Bart Sher as the Kralahome starring with Ken Watanabe and Tony award winners, Kelli Ohara, and Ruthie Ann Miles. His other theater credits include the First National Tour of "Miss Saigon," as well as the world premier of "Allegiance" the musical dramatizing the interment of Japanese Americans during WWII at the Old Globe in San Diego, where he played Tatsuo Kimura, fictional father of Star Trek's George Takei. He has voiced numerous animated characters including, Wong in Marvel's "Dr Strange," Hutch in Lionsgate's "Alpha and Omega," "Savatte in "Star Wars, the Clone Wars," as well as numerous video games, such as "Game of Thrones," "Pirates of the Caribbean," "World of Warcraft, Mists of Pandaria," and Blizzard's most recent release, "Overwatch" in which his voice enhabits the samurai Hanzo. His TV credits include "ER," "Star Trek, Deep Space 9." Hulu's "Deadbeat," and his film credits include "The Great Raid," He was in Vancouver BC, filming Adam Wingard's adaptation of the anime series "Death Note," where he plays the role of Watari. Appearance Dates: Saturday & Sunday Pricing: TBA Close Colleen Clinkenbeard Colleen Smith Clinkenbeard (born April 13, 1980) is an American voice actress, line producer, ADR director and script writer at Funimation who provides the voices for English versions of Japanese anime series. Having starred as Rachel Moore in the long-running detective series Case Closed, she then served as the ADR director on Fullmetal Alchemist which aired on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim and would star in many other popular anime shows including as Monkey D. Luffy in the Funimation dub of One Piece; the young Goku and Gohan in Dragon Ball Z Kai; Yuko Ichihara in xxxHolic, Riza Hawkeye in the Fullmetal Alchemist series and Erza Scarlet in Fairy Tail. Appearance Dates: Friday-Sunday Pricing: TBA Close David Matranga David Anthony Matranga (born April 20, 1975 in Houston, Texas) is an American voice actor. He works primarily for English dubbed anime for Funimation and Sentai Filmworks. David is best known as the voice of Shoto Todoroki from My Hero Academia, Hideki Hinata from Angel Beats, Bertholdt Hoover from the popular Attack on Titan series,Tomoya Okazaki from the Clannad series, Takumi Usui from Maid Sama, Ghost from the Halo Legends movie,Briareos from the Appleseed series,Yu Himura from the EF series, and God Serena from Fairy Tail. Appearance Dates: Friday-Sunday Pricing: TBA Close Monica Rial Monica Rial has been working in the anime industry for 20 years and she is currently listed as the most prolific anime voice actor in the USA. She is best known for her work as Bulma in the Dragon Ball franchise but she has lent her voice to over 500 anime including: Black Butler, Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card, Deadman Wonderland, Fairy Tail, Hello Kitty, Michiko & Hatchin, My Hero Academia, One Piece, OuranHost Club, Panty and Stocking, Saga of Tanya the Evil, Soul Eater, Yuri!!! on Ice, and many more. She's also appeared in Aqua Teen Hunger Force, RWBY, and several video games including Tales of Berseria, Fire Emblem Echoes, Ms. 'Splosion Man, the Angry Birds series, Monster Tale, Tribes Ascend, Smite, Borderlands 2, Borderlands the Pre-Sequel, Dungeon Boss, and Orcs Must Die! You can follow her on Twitter and Instagram @Rialisms. Be sure to come by and say hello! Appearance Dates: Friday-Sunday Pricing: TBA Close Sean Schemmel Sean Schemmel is a professional Voice Actor, ADR Director, Audio Engineer, and Musician. Since 1999 he has been the definitive English voice of Goku (as well as King Kai and Nail) from the internationally acclaimed anime Dragon Ball Z, as well as Dragon Ball Super, Dragon Ball Z Kai, Dragon Ball GT and Dragon Ball video games for all English speaking countries. A veritable vocal chameleon, Sean has provided voices for hundreds of animated characters over the past 20 years on many hit shows and video games spanning many different genres, including but not limited to; Pokemon, Sofia the First, Little Big Awesome, Super Smash Brothers, Tom and Jerry, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (4Kids Productions), Fallout 4, God of War, Batman, DC Super Hero Girls, Scooby Doo, Yu Gi Oh GX, DC Super Friends, and many many others. In his spare time he enjoys playing video games, canyon carving, and playing French Horn, Guitar, and Bass and reading. He lives in Los Angeles with his partner and their magical doggie. Who he swears is psychic. Appearance Dates: Friday-Sunday Pricing: TBA Close Christopher R. Sabat Currently tallying well over 650 roles spanning video games, anime, television and film, Christopher R. Sabat (@VoiceOfVegeta on Twitter) has been an active part of the entertainment industry since 1998. Starting his career as the Voice Director of the hit anime series Dragonball Z, he is best known as the show's antihero Vegeta, and Piccolo the brooding green father figure. Christopher also voiced many other characters in DBZ including Yamcha, Mr. Popo, Kami, Korin, Burter, Shenron, Zarbon, Guru, and many more. His other popular voice roles include Zoro (One Piece), Alex Luis Armstrong (Fullmetal Alchemist), Elfman (Fairy Tail), Roronoa, Ayame Sohma (Fruits Basket), Saiga Tatsumi (Speed Grapher), Kurogane (Tsubasa Chronicles), Daisuke Jigen (Lupin III), Father Tres (Trinity Blood), Braun (Stiens Gate), Giroro (Sgt Frog), Rundas (Metroid Prime 3: Corruption), Garterbelt (Panty and Stocking), Sakaki (Kenichi), Masa (My Bride is a Mermaid), Saito (Darker Than Black), Woerman (Attack on Titan), and Alex D (Deus Ex: Invisible War). Most recently, he can be heard as All Might on My Hero Academia, Kyoma Mabuchi in Dimension W, Yano Sukehiro in Black Clover, Rath, Geoff and Attikus in Gearbox's Battleborn, Batou in the Ghost In the Shell: Arise series, Goro Sasabe in Free! Eternal Summer, Sakuya Togane in the second season of Psycho-Pass, Christophe Giacometti in Yuri On Ice, Jason in Tokyo Ghoul, and Mondo in Dangan Ronpa. In 2004, hefounded Okratron 5000, a voiceover production studio based in Dallas, Texas which he continues to run to this day. When he's not in the studio, he likes to play with his daughters, make electronic music, and buy vintage synthesizers and airline glassware on eBay. To see him in one of his rare film appearances, find him opposite of Michael Madsen in the ridiculous horror film Lumberjack Man. Appearance Dates: Friday-Sunday Pricing: TBA Close Troy Baker Troy Edward Baker is an American voice actor and musician known for portraying the lead characters in various video games. His best known voice performances include Joel in The Last of Us, Kanji Tatsumi in Persona 4, Booker DeWitt in BioShock Infinite, the Joker in Batman: Arkham Origins, Batman in other titles, Delsin Rowe in Infamous Second Son, Samuel Drake in Uncharted 4: A Thief's End and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, Revolver Ocelot in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Pagan Min in Far Cry 4, Rhys in Tales from the Borderlands, Logan Thackeray in Guild Wars 2 and Yuri Lowell in Tales of Vesperia. He has voiced in a number of anime, including Basilisk, Trinity Blood, Fullmetal Alchemist, One Piece, Bleach and Naruto: Shippuden. He also voices Hawkeye and Loki in several Marvel projects. Appearance Dates: Friday-Sunday Pricing: TBA Close Nolan North Nolan Ramsey North is an American actor and voice actor. His voice-work includes characters such as Nathan Drake from the Uncharted series, Desmond Miles from the Assassin's Creed series, Ghost and Cayde-6 from Bungie's titles Destiny and Destiny 2, the Penguin in the Batman: Arkham franchise, Palawa Joko in Guild Wars 2, Meepo the Geomancer in Dota 2, David in The Last of Us, Martin Walker in Spec Ops: The Line, Deadpool in various media, Superboy in Young Justice, himself as one of the voices for the Boss in Saints Row IV, Edward Richtofen in Call of Duty and the titular role in Blaze and the Monster Machines. Appearance Dates: Friday-Sunday Pricing: TBA Close Maile Flanagan Maile Flanagan (born May 19, 1965) is an American actress and voice actress, best known for her roles as Naruto Uzumaki in the English dub of Naruto and Terry Perry on Lab Rats. She has also had recurring roles on Shameless, Bad Teacher, The Class, Grey's Anatomy and many cartoons. Appearance Dates: Friday-Sunday Pricing: TBA Close Yuri Lowenthal Yuri Lowenthal (born March 5, 1971) is an American actor, voice actor, producer and screenwriter known chiefly for his voice-over work in animation, anime and video games. Some of his prominent roles in animations and anime include Sasuke Uchiha in Naruto, teenage Ben Tennyson in Ben 10, Jinnosuke in Afro Samurai, Simon in Gurren Lagann and Suzaku Kururugi in Code Geass. In video games, he voices The Prince in Ubisoft's Prince of Persia, Alucard in Castlevania, Hayate/Ein in Dead or Alive, Matt Miller in Saints Row, the protagonist in Persona 3, Yosuke Hanamura in Persona 4, Marth in Fire Emblem and Peter Parker / Spider-Man in Insomniac's Spider-Man. He has a production company Monkey Kingdom Productions with his wife, Tara Platt, where they have produced several feature films and a live action web series called Shelf Life. He co-authored the book Voice-Over Voice Actor. Appearance Dates: Friday-Sunday Pricing: TBA Close Tara Platt Tara Oliver Platt (born June 18, 1978)is an American actress, voice actress and producer who has provided voices for dozens of English language versions of Japanese anime films, television series and video games. Her notable roles in anime include Temari in Naruto and Reina in Rave Master. In video games, she has voiced Noir in Tales of the Abyss and Mitsuru Kirijo in Persona 3, Anna Williams from the Tekken series, as well as characters in Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Saints Row: The Third, Soul Calibur IV and League of Legends. On screen she has appeared in television shows like Scandal, Hawaii Five-0, Castle and Revenge, as well as the feature film The Call. She has a production company Monkey Kingdom Productions with her husband, Yuri Lowenthal, where they have produced several films that have made the film festival rounds and a live action web series called Shelf Life. They authored the book Voice-Over Voice Actor and its follow-up The Extended Edition which gives career tips. Appearance Dates: Friday-Sunday Pricing: TBA Close Dave Wittenberg David Richard Paul "Dave" Wittenberg (born September 1, 1971) is a South African-born American voice actor from the Los Angeles area who provides voice-overs in English dubs of Japanese anime shows, as well as animations and video games. Appearance Dates: Friday-Sunday Pricing: TBA Close 2020 Esports Phil Visu Witty wonder. Velvety voice. Phenomenal Phil. Appearance Dates: Friday-Sunday Close TKbreezy TKbreezy is one of the most well known Smash commentators of our time. He has commentate many high profile events throughout the 10+ years he's been on the mic you can catch him live at LVL UP EXPO Appearance Dates: Friday-Sunday Close XxShinobazuxX Before he got into steaming, XxShinobazuxX dreamed of a day where he could play video games for a living, like most gamers. Years later, he's achieved that dream against all odds. Shino is now a full time content creator and has been in the content creation industry for about eight years. Before going full-time Shino held multiple jobs throughout the gaming industry including a 5 year term with Microsoft, as an Xbox Specialist and Gaming Expert for the Launch of the Xbox One. Shino is also a Twitch Partner who has also been practicing personal Stream Coaching for about three years helping over a dozen streamers reach Twitch Partnership. Shino works with content creators of all sizes looking for advice on how to grow a community and be successful in what they love to do. Having that mindset and having been a Las Vegas local since childhood, Shino also leads "Twitch Vegas" The Official Streamer community of Las Vegas Powered By Twitch. Shino's current goal is to grow his community and help teach the next generation of streamers and Content Creators. Appearance Dates: Friday-Sunday Close 2020 Industry Guests Jez Roth Cirque du Soleil. Celebrities. One Piece. EDC. Red Carpets. School of Cosplay. After many years of competing at anime convention masquerades, winning Best in Show 17 times with tailored costumes and heavily choreographed skits, he moved to Las Vegas to work for The Venetian designing the Opera Gowns. Eventually he landed at Cirque du Soleil's water spectacular O building costumes. Since leaving Cirque, he has worked freelance out of his own studio – creating everything from mermaids that shoot water, to Mirrorball Men, and Golden Fairies that contort through the air. Jez has designed for events with A-list celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, Eva Langoria, Snoop Dogg, and DJs such as Benny Benassi, and Dash Berlin; his jewelry has even been worn on the red carpet at the Billboard Awards. He has represented the United States at the IOEA Otaku Expo in Japan as a Cosplay Guest, and also helped choose the Canadian World Cosplay Summit representative for 2016. He believes that the world of costuming is an endlessly fascinating pursuit-from armor to gowns, giant puppetry to monsters. He shares unique events that educate and involve the community (such as Lip Sync For Your Cosplay and PROJECT: Cosplay!) and has restructured and organized cosplay events for conventions in his goal to make the competition scene more streamlined. His artistic journey came full circle in 2015 when he was hired as an Artistic Consultant for the One Piece: Gold film, working with Toei Animation to give their film a fully realized Las Vegas feel. In 2018 he was hired by Right Stuf Anime to create the Official Brand Costumes for animes Aria and Emma. In Winter 2019 he launched GamerVsTailor, a studio that not only doubled as an online race pitting the Gamer vs the Cosplayer who see who could finish first in a variety of races but as the first SCHOOL OF COSPLAY located in Las Vegas. There teachers instruct Sewing, Make-Up, props, weapons, wig building, and much more. Jez Roth and GamerVsTailor is thrilled to be appearing at Lvl-Up Expo and can't wait to meet you all! Close 2020 Cosplay Guests Holly Wolf Travelling to numerous destinations each year to model for exclusive companies, Holly Wolf has also been featured in multiple of your favourite magazines such as the FHM's and Maxim's all around the world. Also, as a 4x International Playmate that holds two lucrative Playboy Covers and a Playmate of the Year under her belt, Holly Wolf is a certified goal digger. <p>This avid gamer and cosplayer loves to stay at home to catch up on her favourite shows, such as My Hero Academia and the Fate Series, while creating her next cosplay project in her spare time. Holly is known for several of her cosplays, including several renditions of Zelda from The Legend Of Zelda, and Cammy from Street Fighter. With a passion for cosplay and traveling to conventions all over the world, Holly Wolf's cosplay projects have reached audiences from multiple continents around the globe. The news site Vice has publsihed a cosplay article reaching over 15 million people worldwide, and she has co-hosted a gaming show on Playboy.com titled "The Rabbit's Arcade". Holly also runs 2 Youtube channels, one for her cosplays construction, vlogs, gaming and hauls, with her secondary channel for gardening and home improvment. You can also find Holly streaming weekly on Twitch as a partnered streamer, and catch her creating cosplay content on her Patreon. Close Miso Tokki Miso Tokki is a cosplayer of 10 years with a background in sewing and theater. She is inspired by the vast talents the cosplay community brings herself and others. She strives to always improve her crafting skills to bring smiles and joy to fans and other artists through cosplay. Insta: miso_tokki Twitter: tokkimiso Patreon: Patreon.com/misotokki Close Ali Brazil Aly is a cosplayer and bright personality who has been dedicated to cosplay for 10 years. She has spent her decade of experience being self taught in costuming, makeup, and art. Her goal is to bring her passion for anime and costuming into the community to inspire other fans alike and bring favorite characters to life through cosplay. insta: aly.brazil twitter: alybrazil_ facebook: Aly Brazil Cosplay Patreon: patreon.com/alybrazil Close Unicorn Astronaut Unicorn Astronaut has been cosplaying for four years and is an avid streamer on Twitch. She has traveled around the United States attending countless conventions and gaming expos displaying her love for anime and video games through costumes from the Dragon Ball Series, Mortal Combat, My Hero Academia and more. Taking her craft one step further she has mixed cosplay and hosting to travel with the Hyper X Esports Truck and entertain their gaming events. When not getting her hands dirty on a project or binge watching an anime she is hunting for shiny Pokemon on Twitch and producing a high energy show for her fans. Twitch: Unicorn_Astronaut Instagram: Unicorn_Astronaut Facebook: UnicornAstronaut Twitter: UnicrnAstronaut Close Past Voice Actors Lindsay Jones Lindsay Jones is an actor/voice actor based in Austin, TX, and is known for her voice roles in various Rooster Teeth Productions including Ruby in RWBY, Kimball in Red vs. Blue, Space Kid in Camp Camp, and more. She is also one of the main on-camera personalities at Rooster Teeth, appearing in various live-action series and podcasts, and as a cast member of the popular Gaming channel, Achievement Hunter. Appearance Dates: Friday-Sunday Pricing: Autographs: $20 Selfies: $20 Close Arryn Zech Arryn Zech is an American actress best known for her role as Blake Belladonna from RWBY. She also voices the character Dr. Emily Grey in the longest running web-based series, Red vs. Blue, created by the Austin-based production company, Rooster Teeth. Arryn was born in Rota, Spain, but was raised in the city of New Braunfels, Texas. She attended the North East School of Arts high-school in San Antonio, Texas, where she majored in Musical Theatre. She graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelors of Journalism in Copy Editing and Design, but found her passions still lie with acting and singing. She worked at the university's student run television station, TSTV, where she worked as an actress, writer, and host for multiple shows including Videogame Hour Live and Still Life. With over 10 years of training in theatre, various acting methods, and classical voice, Arryn is now based in LA pursing her career in film and television. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram @ArrynZech. Appearance Dates: Friday-Sunday Pricing: Autographs: $20 Selfies: $20 Close Kara Eberle Kara Eberle is an American voice actress and Internet personality. She's most known for her role as Weiss Schnee in the award-winning anime series, RWBY. Kara first stepped into the industry working at Rooster Teeth Productions, where she met Monty Oum (RWBY ) in 2011. They became close friends, and Oum shared a "crazy idea" that would turn out to be a global phenomenon. Warner Bros. Japan recently debuted RWBY to the eastern market in late 2015. Kara also lends her voice to the new video game, RWBY: Grimm Eclipse– introduced at RTX 2015 and currently available on Steam. In addition to voice acting and interacting with fans, Kara works as an executive at Powerhouse Animation Studios, located in Austin, TX. She enjoys seeing all aspects of the animation world! You can find her on Twitter and Instagram @Kara4tx. Appearance Dates: Friday-Sunday Pricing: Autographs: $20 Selfies: $20 Close Barbara Dunkelman Barbara Dunkelman is an actor/voice actor based in Austin, TX, and is known for her voice roles in various Rooster Teeth Productions including Yang in RWBY, Jensen in Red vs. Blue, Nerris in Camp Camp, and ORF in X-Ray & Vav. She is also one of the main on-camera personalities at Rooster Teeth; she is the host of the Always Open podcast, and often appears on the Rooster Teeth Podcast, Immersion, Million Dollars, But…, and much more. Appearance Dates: Friday-Sunday Pricing: Autographs: $20 Selfies: $20 Close Sonny Strait Most recognized as the voice of Krillin on the wildly popular, animated TV show Dragon Ball Z and as an illustrator for, arguably, the most famous, independently published comic book series Elfquest. Strait has over 20 years of experience in the arts. As a voice actor, Strait is considered to be one of the most recognized in the business. Besides Dragon Ball Z, he has worked on many popular animated series including Usopp in One Piece, Maes Hughes in Fullmetal Alchemist, and Cartoon Network's laid back, robot host Toonami TOM. He has also worked as a writer and director on several TV series including Dragon Ball series, Case Closed, and Lupin the Third. As a comic book artist he has 17 published works to date including his débuted self-published series Mr. Average featured in The Comics Journal and Elfquest which was published by both WARP Graphics and DC Comics and he's considered one of the top Elfquest artists from its over 30 year history. In 2007, he wrote and illustrated a graphic novel about a reluctant punk rock, faerie princess named Goat. The book, called We Shadows, was published by Tokyopop and was nominated by The American Library Association for Best Graphic Novel 2008. The book received glowing reviews in many trade magazines including Publishers Weekly, Newtype, Play and Anime Insider. He has also appeared in many video games such as the title role in S'plosion Man, the psychos in Borderlands and Neptune in Smite. Recently, Strait has reprised his roles of Krillin in the theatrical release Dragonball Z Resurrection F and Toonami TOM 1 in the Intruder 2 series for Cartoon Network. He was also cast in his current favorite roles of Koro Sensei in Assassination Classroom and Maple in Show By Rock. In 2015 Sonny returned to directing starting with the anime series Maria the Virgin Witch, Mikagura School Suite and the highly controversial Prison School. He has also returned to Elfquest as a colorist for Dark Horse Comics. He also did a Ford commercial as Krillin! If you are a geek genre unmarred by his carnage, know that you are so next! Appearance Dates: Saturday Pricing: Selfie/Photograph: $20 Autograph: $20 Video Recording: $10 Close Eric Vale Eric Vale can eat an entire Quarter Pounder with Cheese in a single bite. He crossed the English Channel riding on the antlers of a Canadian Moose. His favorite time of the year is dinnertime. This man has voiced characters such as Trunks in Dragon Ball Z, Sanji in One Piece, Yuki in Fruits Basket, Kymblee in Fullmetal Alchemist, America and Canada in Hetalia, and most recently Nishiki in Tokyo Ghoul. You can also hear him on radio and TV as the voice of the Dallas Stars and Dave & Busters. But wait! That's not all! He also wrote and produced the feature film Chariot, which is quite possibly the greatest American movie ever made. He's written screenplays as well as scripted over 50 anime programs and he's a full-on, for reals published writer. Eric has also directed for film and stage. So he sounds pretty busy, right? Well, tack on the fact that he's a husband and father of three and you'll understand why he always looks so tired. He began studying the world of entertainment when he was only 12 years old, and he never looked back. Living a "normal" life with "normal" people isn't something Eric would know how to do. It's not something he'd want to do. The best thing he can say about life is that you have your options; you can be safe or you can be crazy. Guess which one he chose? Appearance Dates: Friday – Sunday Pricing: Photograph: $30 Autograph: $30 Photograph & Autograph Combo: $50 Audio & Video Recording: $40 Close Charles Martinet Beloved the world over for voicing perhaps the most popular and recognized character in video game history, Charles Martinet is an American actor, best known for providing the voice of Mario, the titular character in Nintendo's flagship video game franchise. Beyond the mustachioed plumber, Martinet also voices Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Toad, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi and a select few other characters from the same series. Like all great stories, Charles Martinet's road to fame had humble beginnings. Martinet was told by his friend that there was going to be an audition at a trade show in which you "talk to people as a plumber". At first Martinet planned to talk like a stereotypical Italian American with a deep, raspy voice (which is how Mario sounded in the Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World cartoons). He then thought to himself that it would be too harsh for children to hear, so he made it more soft-hearted and friendly, resulting in what Mario's voice is today. Martinet began working for Nintendo in 1994 as the voice of Mario in a computer generated version of the character that greeted and interacted with attendees at industry and trade events. This system was called Mario in Real-Time or MIRT and was developed by Pasadena based SimGraphics. Martinet could see the attendees by means of a hidden camera setup and a facial motion capture rig recorded his mouth movements in order to synchronize Martinet's mouth movement with the on-screen Mario mouth movement. This digital puppetry, with Martinet's comic performance, was a novelty at the time. Although most fans were introduced to Martinet's version of Mario with the 1996 Nintendo 64 game, Super Mario 64, Martinet's video game voice over debut was as Mario in the 1995 Windows release of Interplay's game Mario's FUNdamentals. Since then, he has gone on to voice Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Toadsworth, Metal Mario, Shadow Mario, Piantas (Male), Mini-Mario Toys, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi and Baby Wario in most games wherein these characters speak. He also voiced the enemies Wart, Mouser, Tryclyde, and Clawgrip in Super Mario Advance. His voice work appears in the English and Japanese language versions of the games. Not just limited to roles in Mario games, Martinet has also lent his voice to the boxers and the announcer in the Super NES title Super Punch-Out!!. He voiced the character Vigoro in Sega's Dreamcast and Nintendo GameCube role-playing video game, Skies of Arcadia. He did the voice of Homunculus in the Konami PlayStation 2, Xbox and Windows game Shadow of Destiny, and provided voices for Reader Rabbit and The ClueFinders games. Charles Martinet wanted to voice Link in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, but Shigeru Miyamoto told him that Link would remain without a voice. However Link's grunts have been voiced by various Japanese voice actors. In addition to video game voice overs, Martinet has worked as a voice actor in commercials, cartoons, and promotions. At the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) trade show in 2005, Charles (as an Animal Crossing character) could be found roaming the virtual village featured in the playable demo of Animal Crossing: Wild World. Martinet did Mario's voice as the announcer for Pac-Man Vs. on the Nintendo GameCube. Fans can also hear Martinet's voice in non-Nintendo games such as Damage as the voice of Fowl Mouth, as well as the primary voice work in several educational game series such as LeapFrog. He also voiced the dragon Paarthurnax in the 2011 video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and narrated the cutscenes and menus for the 2013 video game Bit.Trip Presents… Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien. Appearance Dates: Friday – Sunday Pricing: Photographs: 3 Mario poses $40 Autograph: $40 Combo: $70 Autograph on Poster: $50 Voice Recording: $50 Close Christopher Sabat Christopher R. Sabat (@VoiceOfVegeta on Twitter) has lived on a diet of Senzu Beans for over 15 years. As the Voice Director for Dragonball Z, the voice actor behind Vegeta, Piccolo, Yamcha, Mr. Popo, Korin, Burter, Shenron, Zarbon, Guru, and countless others, you could almost say he is the "voice" of Dragonball Z. Chris has lent his voice to countless other roles including: Alex Luis Armstrong in Fullmetal Alchemist; Elfman in Fairy Tail; Roronoa Zoro in One Piece; Ayame Sohma in Fruits Basket; Saiga Tatsumi in Speed Grapher; Kurogane in Tsubasa Chronicles; Daisuke Jigen in Lupin III; Father Tres in Trinity Blood; Braun in Steins;Gate; Giroro in Sgt. Frog; Pokémon: Black and White as TV announcer; Cliff (ep 46) Rundas in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption; Garterbelt in Panty and Stocking; Sakaki in Kenichi; Masa in My Bride is a Mermaid; Saito in Darker Than Black; Woerman in Attack on Titan; Alex D in Deus Ex: Invisible War; Captain Smiley & Star in Comic Jumper; and many others. Most recently, he was cast in Psycho-Pass 2 as Sakuya Tougane; Hak in Yoma of the Dawn; and Batou in Ghost In The Shell: Arise. When not in the studio, Christopher loves to make electronic music, play video games, and spend time with his wife and daughters. Appearance Dates: Saturday and Sunday Pricing: Selfie/Photograph: $30 Autograph: $30 Photograph & Autograph Combo: $50 Close Kenny James Kenny is best known as the voice of Bowser in the Nintendo Super Mario Bros franchise with over 35 title credits. He has been providing the voice and personality of Bowser since Super Mario Strikers in 2005. Other voice work includes Zingo, a story telling dragon for a children's program, narration and audiobooks. Kenny is also a prolific theater actor performing in musicals, dramas and comedies in the Puget Sound area. Appearance Dates: Friday – Sunday Pricing: Selfie/Photograph: $20 Autograph: $30 Photograph & Autograph Combo: $40 Close Past Horror & Film John Kassir John Kassir is an American actor, voice actor and comedian. He is known as the voice of the Crypt Keeper in HBO's Tales from the Crypt franchise.[1] Kassir is also known for his voice over work as Buster Bunny (taking over for Charlie Adler late in the final season of Tiny Toon Adventures), Ray "Raymundo" Rocket on Rocket Power, the mischievous raccoon Meeko in Pocahontas and its direct-to-video sequel, Jibolba in the Tak and the Power of Juju video game series, Pete Puma in The Looney Tunes Show, and Deadpool in X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse and the Marvel: Ultimate Alliance series. He has also done the voice of Rizzo for the Spyro game, Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, and voiced Ghost Roaster in Skylanders: Giants, as well as Short Cut in Skylanders: Trap Team and Pit Boss in Skylanders: Imaginators. He is also known for his various roles in season 1 of The Amanda Show. He voiced the Ice King in the original Adventure Time pilot. He also provided additional voice over work for Sonic the Hedgehog, Eek! The Cat, The Brothers Flub, Dead Rising, Casper's Scare School, Spider-Man 3, Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!, Diablo III, Monsters University, The Prophet, Halo 5: Guardians and The Secret Life of Pets. You can find John on Twitter @JohnKassir Appearance Dates: Friday – Sunday Pricing: Table Selfie: $20 Autograph: $40 Table Selfie & Autograph Combo: $50 Audio & Video Recording: $50 Close Mark Dodson Mark Dodson is the voice talent that provided the voice for Salacious Crumb in Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi. For Gremlins he is the voice of many of the Gremlins and mischievous Mogwais. For Gremlins 2, he is the voice actor for Daffy, George, and Lenny, along with miscellaneous gremlins/mogwai. He continues to voice for films, commercials, video games, and narrate TV shows. Appearance Dates: Friday – Sunday Pricing: Table Selfie: $20 Autograph: $40 Table Selfie & Autograph Combo: $50 Audio & Video Recording: $50 Close Roger Jackson Roger Jackson is an American voice actor. He is best known for voicing Ghostface in the Scream film series, where E! ranked him as #46 on Best Kept Secrets of Hollywood. He is also well known for voicing the character Mojo Jojo on The Powerpuff Girls. Jackson is known for providing the voice for the serial killer "Ghostface" in Scream as well as Scream 2, Scream 3 and Scream 4. He has also appeared in animated films and television series like The Walt Disney Company's The Book of Pooh. He also voiced the maniacal monkey genius Mojo Jojo and the Rowdyruff Boy Butch on The Powerpuff Girls. Jackson has also played an active role in the video game industry; voicing heroes for Galleon and Baldur's Gate, robots in Thrillville: Off the Rails and working for several Star Wars and Star Trek titles. On top of that, he provides voices for all the original cats on the Catz virtual pet program. He has contributed to Final Fantasy X and King's Quest VII and has done educational programs for both The Learning Company and Broderbund. For American McGee's Alice and its sequel, Alice: Madness Returns, he has also provided the voices for the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, the Dormouse and the Jabberwock. He played the tyrant Colonel Nohman from Zone of the Enders and Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner. He also voiced John O'Conner in Delphine Software International's Fade to Black. Roger has also voiced many characters for the video game franchises of The Walking Dead, Mass Effect and Lego. Appearance Dates: Friday – Sunday Pricing: Table Selfie: $20 Autograph: $40 Table Selfie & Autograph Combo: $50 Audio & Video Recording: $50 Close Felix Silla Cousin It in Adam's Family (Horror) Twiki in Buck Rogers (Sci-Fi) Glider Ewok in Star Wars Return of the Jedi Planet of the Apes Appearance Dates: Friday – Sunday Pricing: $40 Autograph $20 Selfie $50 Combo Close Tony Todd Tony Todd is an American character actor, voice artist and film producer known for portraying Sergeant Warren in Platoon (1986), Kurn in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990–1991), Ben in Night of the Living Dead (1990), the titular character in the Candyman horror trilogy (1992–1999), William Bludworth in the Final Destination franchise (2000–2011) and as the voice of The Fallen in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009). In 2015, Todd was cast as the disguised voice of Zoom in the second season of The Flash. Todd has appeared in more than 100 theatrical and television films, and has played opposite many major Hollywood stars. His movie credits include: Platoon (1986), Night of the Living Dead (1990), Candyman[3] (1992), The Crow (1994), The Rock (1996), Wishmaster (1997), the Final Destination series (2000–2011), Minotaur (2006) and Beg (2010).[4] Todd was the voice of The Fallen in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) Todd's television appearances include a recurring role on Boston Public and guest appearances on Law & Order, Homicide: Life on the Street, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena Warrior Princess as Cecrops, The X-Files, Smallville, Psych, 24, Charmed, Stargate SG-1, Andromeda, Criminal Minds, 21 Jump Street and Chuck. He has portrayed several characters in the Star Trek universe: Worf's brother Kurn in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, an adult Jake Sisko in the episode "The Visitor" in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and an Alpha Hirogen in the episode "Prey" in Star Trek: Voyager. In 2017, Todd returned to the world of Star Trek as General Rodek in the MMORPG game Star Trek Online; Rodek was the persona taken on by Kurn after he lost the memories of his past life as Worf's brother in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Sons of Mogh". 2018 saw Todd appear in the horror fan favorite movie Hellfest and to start 2019 the critically acclaimed movie Reign of the Supermen was released with Todd voicing the villain Darkseid for the picture. Todd will star in a recurring role in the third season of the slasher television series Scream. Tony enjoys meeting his fans at conventions and talking theater, television and movies. Tony can be found on twitter @TonyTodd54 Appearance Dates: Friday – Sunday Pricing: Table Selfie: $20 Autograph: $50 Table Selfie & Autograph Combo: $70 Audio & Video Recording: $50 Close Past YouTube Stars Grant Smith Grant "MasterWuggles" Smith is a member of Team Four Star who primarily contributes to the TFS Gaming branch of operations. When he's not busy being handsome and smart, you can typically find him being 100% correct on all things related to Pokémon and being the most competent Dark Souls player in the company. He also really likes Kingdom Hearts. Appearance Dates: Friday – Sunday Close Blastphamous Richard Maurice Barnett a comedian, also known as Blastphamous HD to his fans, was born on October 16th, 1985 in Compton, California. He spent most of his childhood growing up in Cleveland, Ohio with his mother, 2 brothers, and 2 sisters. After landing in Las Vegas he began working various jobs in the construction and casino industries. In a few short years he developed a love for poker and began studying to become a professional poker player, winning many online tournaments and even getting an invitation to attend the infamous World Series of Poker. In 2013 a friend introduced Richard to the YouTube platform. Shortly thereafter Richard started his most popular channel BlastphamousHD TV and grew it to 2.3 million Subscribers. Today he has 4 Channels. BlastphamousHD TV2, for reactions with 1.2 million subscribers, Maurice Barnett, for Vlogs with 191,000 subscribers, BlastphamousHD Gaming with 1.04 million subscribers, and BlastphamousHD Pranks with 359,000 subscribers where he plays harmless pranks on his family and friends. Over the last four years he has gained 74.1k followers on Twitter, 158k followers on Instagram, numerous fan pages and channels dedicated to his comedic style on facebook and youtube. Appearance Dates: Friday – Sunday Close Kirran Somerlade Kirran Somerlade is the supreme overlord of Team Four Star's gaming branch and a world record speedrunner. As a master-class orator he plays the esteemed role of the World Tournament Announcer in Dragon Ball Z Abridged. He also appears in many other online parodies and reviews. He has co-written multiple episodes of Dragon Ball Z Abridged and a few of the movie specials and one-offs. Thanks to his degree in English he knows how to words really good. He thinks he can play the guitar, speak Japanese, and make the yucks. If you've heard of a Kirran on the Internet, it's probably him. Appearance Dates: Friday – Sunday Close D Piddy Cosplaying and attending geek-centric social gatherings since the release of Hello Kitty: Roller Rescue on Nintendo's short lived Gamecube, D-Piddy's unique take of the morally ambiguous Deadpool has infused levity and multi-fandom awareness to a character many fans have admired for years. Starting his YouTube channel in late 2012, D-Piddy now creates content that spans various genres within pop culture, sometimes even collaborating with the likes of Marvel, 20th Century Fox, FUNimation, Bandai Namco Entertainment and many more. Destined to save the world, D-Piddy now travels the universe on his trusty robot unicorn, the Mikazuki 5, always on the lookout to discover new meanings to life, in the pursuit of knowledge, adventure and love. You can also find him playing his favorite video games on Twitch nowadays Appearance Dates: Friday – Sunday Close Tyler Koi Bio Coming Soon Appearance Dates: Friday – Sunday Close Funker Funker is a Canadian infantry veteran, and founder of the popular Funker530 veteran community sites across social media (one of the largest worldwide military networks in existence). Funker's mission is to give veterans and active duty members a place to connect with others who have shared similar life experiences and ensure that no veteran is left in the dark feeling alone after their service. When Funker isn't streaming PUBG and other FPS games on Twitch.tv/FunkerGaming, he's spending time with his wife and son, hunting, or fishing. Appearance Dates: Friday Close Past Esports TK Breezy TKbreezy, or TK, is a Super Smash Bros. 4, Melee, and Project M commentator from Honolulu, Hawaii who is currently residing in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He is known for his commentary at Smash @ Xanadu and regionals in the MD/VA area, and he commentates national tournaments regularly. As a player, TKbreezy was also formerly ranked 20th on the MD/VA Smash 4 Power Rankings. Appearance Dates: Saturday and Sunday Close EEvisu EEvisu is a Professional Esports Caster, SmashBros Enthusiast & Personality, Twitch Partnered Streamer for Splyce Appearance Dates: Saturday and Sunday Close Miccoy Kevin "Miccoy" Linn is entering his 2nd year with Ghost PUBG. Not only attending more LAN events in his first year with Ghost, but he is also currently the #1 earning NA player since PUBG esports began. Miccoy has been a leader since day one with consistent LAN performances in the top of the Kill and Damage leaderboards. Staying away from sniper rifles, Miccoy's AR skills have developed into some of the best in the entire PUBG scene. Along with that, Miccoy is consistently able to realize a negative situation and snake his way into top 5 placements to earn much-needed points for Ghost. Appearance Dates: Friday Close KatContii KatContii was born in California and raised in Las Vegas. She started playing video games at a young age on the NES, but really got into gaming thanks to Xbox. She competed in Twitch Broadcaster Royale Season 2 last year where she made it into the finals and also actively creates content for Rogue, a professional esports team. Kat has been streaming on Twitch for 4 years where she's been partnered for the past three and a half. She's known as an intelligent and direct gamer caring as much about the more complex mathematical aspects of a game, as the game mechanics themselves. Appearance Dates: Friday Close Lucy Mae Lisa Malambri aka "LucyMae" is a vibrant on-camera personality with over 10 years experience in front of the camera & on live stage. She is a host and shoutcaster having worked on several video game titles such as PUBG, Rainbow Six, Guns of Boom, Fortnite & Gears of War alongside companies such as ESL, ESP Gaming, Twitch & NGE. On her down-time, you can catch Lisa live streaming Playerunknown's Battlegrounds as a Twitch partner under the alias "iAmLucyMae" where there is no shortage of chicken and high octane fun. Appearance Dates: Friday Close Past Industry Jez Roth Cirque du Soleil. Celebrities. One Piece. EDC. Red Carpets. After many years of competing at anime convention masquerades, winning Best in Show 16 times with tailored costumes and heavily choreographed skits, he moved to Las Vegas to work for The Venetian designing the Opera Gowns. Eventually he landed at Cirque du Soleil's water spectacular O building costumes. Since leaving Cirque, he has worked freelance out of his own studio – creating everything from mermaids that shoot water, to Mirrorball Men, and Golden Fairies that contort through the air. Jez has designed for events with A-list celebrities such as Kim Kardiashian, Eva Langoria, Snoop Dogg, and DJs such as Benny Benassi, and Dash Berlin; his jewelry has even been worn on the red carpet at the Billboard Awards. He has represented the United States at the IOEA Otaku Expo in Japan as a Cosplay Guest, and also helped choose the Canadian World Cosplay Summit representative for 2016. He believes that the world of costuming is an endlessly fascinating pursuit-from armor to gowns, giant puppetry to monsters. He shares unique events that educate and involve the community (such as Lip Sync For Your Cosplay and PROJECT: Cosplay!) and has restructured and organized cosplay events for conventions in his goal to make the competition scene more streamlined. His artistic journey came full circle in 2015 when he was hired as an Artistic Consultant for the One Piece: Gold film, working with Toei Animation to give their film a fully realized Las Vegas feel. In 2018 he was hired by Right Stuf Anime to create the Official Brand Costumes for animes Aria and Emma. TL;DR – Lip Sync for Your Cosplay is here. Get ready to werk! Appearance Dates: Friday – Sunday Close Past Performing Artists The Chalk Twins An extraordinary pair of artists, the Chalk Twins are renowned for their chalk murals of epic proportions. Traveling the world in pursuit of artistic mastery, they are a regular installment at conventions and events across the country where they produce massive chalk masterpieces live. The Chalk Twins are truth in advertising – they are twins, and they work together with soft pastel chalk. When you see them, we encourage you to get down low and talk to them. They would be glad to answer questions and talk about art, geeky stuff, twin stuff – whatever you like. They don't bite. We promise. Follow them on their adventures across the country and around the world on Twitter or Instagram @chalktwins. Like them on Facebook at facebook.com/chalktwins, buyprints and originals online at http://chalktwins.com/wp1/shop/. Appearance Dates: Friday – Sunday Close Past Comic Dan Mendoza With a background in animation and a love for comic books, Dan Mendoza set out to make his own Title using the elements that influenced him most. Grind house movies, Russ Meyer Films, Tokyo Shock cinema, horror, and anime. These 5 ingredients combined together made ZOMBIE TRAMP. With the 1st 7 books done completely on his own, and guidance from comic editor and friend Jason Martin, the book was eventually picked up by ACTION LAB comics for their Mature readers line DANGER ZONE. The company stayed alert to Dan's "cult" following and offered to put together a creative team to tackle making ZOMBIE TRAMP a regular ongoing series. Dan is now the writer and creative consultant to the series as well as Cover and interior artist from time to time and promises to keep the book going in the direction that his fans have come to love. Dan Says: "Not only is Janey Belle my baby, but also my therapy and stress reliever. I feel most comfortable when writing her reflections and observations on the flaws of humanity. It makes me feel good when so many fans come up to me or write me to say that Janey Belle is such a relatable character and identify with her on so many levels." Appearance Dates: Friday – Sunday Close


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This guide covers topics related to RabbitMQ installation upgrades.
It is important to consider a number of things before upgrading RabbitMQ.
Changes between RabbitMQ versions are documented in the change log.
There are two major upgrade scenarios that are covered in this guide: a single node and a cluster, and two most commonly used strategies:
An in-place upgrade usually involves the following steps performed by a deployment tool or manually by an operator. Each step is covered in more detail later in this guide. An intentionally oversimplified list of steps would include:
Rolling upgrades between certain versions are not supported. Full Stop Upgrades covers the process for those cases.
The Blue/Green deployment strategy offers the benefit of making the upgrade process safier at the cost of temporary increasing infrastructure footprint. The safety aspect comes from the fact that the operator can abort an upgrade by switching applications back to the existing cluster.
The rest of the guide covers each upgrade step in more details.
When an upgrade jumps multiple release series (e.g. goes from 3.4.x to 3.6.x), it may be necessary to perform an intermediate upgrade first. For example, when upgrading from 3.2.x to 3.7.x, it would be necessary to first upgrade to 3.6.x and then upgrade to 3.7.0.
A full cluster stop may be required for feature version upgrades.
Current release series upgrade compatibility with full stop upgrade:
|=< 3.4.x
3.7.18 and later 3.7.x versions support rolling upgrades to 3.8.x using feature flags.
We recommended that you upgrade Erlang together with RabbitMQ. Please refer to the Erlang Version Requirements guide.
Priority queue on disk data currently cannot be migrated in place between 3.6 and 3.7 (a later series). If an upgrade is performed in place, such queues would start empty (without any messages) after node restart.
To migrate an environment with priority queues and preserve their content (messages), a blue-green upgrade strategy should be used.
Unless otherwise specified in release notes, RabbitMQ plugin API introduces no breaking changes within a release series (e.g. between 3.6.11 and 3.6.16). If upgrading to a new minor version (e.g. 3.7.0), plugin must be upgraded to their versions that support the new RabbitMQ version series.
In rare cases patch versions of RabbitMQ (e.g. 3.6.7) can break some plugin APIs. Such cases will be documented the breaking changes section of the release notes document.
Community plugins page contains information on RabbitMQ version support for plugins not included into the RabbitMQ distribution.
RabbitMQ management plugin comes with a Web application that runs in the browser. Clear browser cache, local storage, session storage and cookies after upgrade is recommended.
Sometimes a new feature release drops a plugin or multiple plugins from the distribution. For example, rabbitmq_management_visualiser no longer ships with RabbitMQ as of 3.7.0. Such plugins must be disabled before the upgrade. A node that has a missing plugin enabled will fail to start.
Different versions of RabbitMQ can have different resource usage. That should be taken into account before upgrading: make sure there's enough capacity to run the workload with the new version. Always consult with the release notes of all versions between the one currently deployed and the target one in order to find out about changes which could impact your workload and resource usage.
In RabbitMQ versions before 3.6.7 all management stats in a cluster were collected on a single node (the stats DB node). This put a lot of additional load on this node. Starting with RabbitMQ 3.6.7 each cluster node stores its own stats. It means that metrics (e.g. rates) for each node are stored and calculated locally. Therefore all nodes will consume a bit more memory and CPU resources to handle that. The benefit is that there is no single overloaded stats node.
When an HTTP API request comes in, the stats are aggregated on the node which handles the request. If HTTP API requests are not distributed between cluster nodes, it can put some additional load on that node's CPU and memory resources. In practice stats database-related overload is a thing of the past.
Individual node resource usage change is workload-specific. The best way to measure it is by reproducing a comparable workload in a temporary QA environment before upgrading production systems.
In RabbitMQ versions before 3.6.11 memory used by the node was calculated using a runtime-provided mechanism that's not very precise. The actual memory allocated by the OS process usually was higher.
Starting with RabbitMQ 3.6.11 a number of strategies is available. On Linux, MacOS, and BSD systems, operating system facilities will be used to compute the total amount of memory allocated by the node. It is possible to go back to the previous strategy, although that's not recommended. See the Memory Usage guide for details.
After upgrading from a version prior to 3.6.11 to 3.6.11 or later, the memory usage reported by the management UI will increase. The effective node memory footprint didn't actually change but the calculation is now more accurate and no longer underreports.
Nodes that often hovered around their RAM high watermark will see more frequent memory alarms and publishers will be blocked more often. On the upside this means that RabbitMQ nodes are less likely to be killed by the out-of-memory (OOM) mechanism of the OS.
When upgrading a single node installation, simply stop the node, install a new version and start it back. The node will perform all the necessary local database migrations on start. Depending on the nature of migrations and data set size this can take some time.
A data directory backup is performed before applying any migrations. The backup is deleted after successful upgrade. Upgrades therefore can temporarily double the amount of disk space node's data directory uses.
Client (application) connections will be dropped when the node stops. Applications need to be prepared to handle this and reconnect.
With some distributions (e.g. the generic binary UNIX) you can install a newer version of RabbitMQ without removing or replacing the old one, which can make upgrade faster. You should make sure the new version uses the same data directory.
RabbitMQ does not support downgrades; it's strongly advised to back node's data directory up before upgrading.
Depending on what versions are involved in an upgrade, RabbitMQ cluster may provide an opportunity to perform upgrades without cluster downtime using a procedure known as rolling upgrade. A rolling upgrade is when nodes are stopped, upgraded and restarted one-by-one, with the rest of the cluster still running while each node is being upgraded.
If rolling upgrades are not possible, the entire cluster should be stopped, then restarted. This is referred to as a full stop upgrade.
Client (application) connections will be dropped when each node stops. Applications need to be prepared to handle this and reconnect.
Rolling upgrades are possible only between compatible RabbitMQ and Erlang versions.
RabbitMQ 3.8.0 comes with a feature flag subsystem which is responsible for determining if two versions of RabbitMQ are compatible. If they are, then two nodes with different versions can live in the same cluster: this allows a rolling upgrade of cluster members without shutting down the cluster entirely.
The upgrade from RabbitMQ 3.7.x to 3.8.x is also permitted, but not from older minor or major versions.
To learn more, please read the feature flags documentation.
With RabbitMQ up-to and including 3.7.x, when upgrading from one major or minor version of RabbitMQ to another (i.e. from 3.0.x to 3.1.x, or from 2.x.x to 3.x.x), the whole cluster must be taken down for the upgrade. Clusters that include nodes that run different release series are not supported.
Rolling upgrades from one patch version to another (i.e. from 3.6.x to 3.6.y) are supported except when indicated otherwise in the release notes. It is strongly recommended to consult release notes before upgrading.
Some patch releases known to require a cluster-wide restart:
A RabbitMQ node will fail to [re-]join a peer running an incompatible version.
When upgrading Erlang it's advised to run all nodes on the same major series (e.g. 19.x or 20.x). Even though it is possible to run a cluster with mixed Erlang versions, they can have incompatibilities that will affect cluster stability.
Running mixed Erlang versions can result in internal inter-node communication protocol incompatibilities. When a node detects such an incompatibility it will refuse to join its peer (cluster).
Upgrading to a new minor or patch version of Erlang usually can be done using a rolling upgrade.
It is important to let the node being upgraded to fully start and sync all data from its peers before proceeding to upgrade the next one. You can check for that via the management UI. Confirm that:
During a rolling upgrade connections and queues will be rebalanced. This will put more load on the broker. This can impact performance and stability of the cluster. It's not recommended to perform rolling upgrades under high load.
When an entire cluster is stopped for upgrade, the order in which nodes are stopped and started is important.
RabbitMQ will automatically update its data directory if necessary when upgrading between major or minor versions. In a cluster, this task is performed by the first disc node to be started (the "upgrader" node).
Therefore when upgrading a RabbitMQ cluster using the "full stop" method, a disc node must start first. Starting a RAM node first is not going to work: the node will log an error and stop.
During an upgrade, the last disc node to go down must be the first node to be brought online. Otherwise the started node will emit an error message and fail to start up. Unlike an ordinary cluster restart, upgrading nodes will not wait for the last disc node to come back online.
While not strictly necessary, it is a good idea to decide ahead of time which disc node will be the upgrader, stop that node last, and start it first. Otherwise changes to the cluster configuration that were made between the upgrader node stopping and the last node stopping will be lost.
Automatic upgrades are only possible from RabbitMQ versions 2.1.1 and later. If you have an earlier cluster, you will need to rebuild it to upgrade.
There are some minor things to consider during upgrade process when stopping and restarting nodes.
Known bugs in the Erlang runtime can affect upgrades. Most common issues involve nodes hanging during shutdown, which blocks subsequent upgrade steps:
A node that suffered from the above bugs will fail to shut down and stop responding to inbound connections, including those of CLI tools. Such node's OS process has to be terminated (e.g. using kill -9 on UNIX systems).
Please note that in the presence of many messages it can take a node several minutes to shut down cleanly, so if a node responds to CLI tool commands it could be performing various shutdown activities such as moving enqueued messages to disk.
The following commands can be used to verify whether a node is experience the above bugs. An affected node will not respond to CLI connections in a reasonable amount of time when performing the following basic commands:
rabbitmqctl status rabbitmqctl eval "ok."
Before stopping a node, make sure that all mirrored queue masters it holds have at least one synchronised queue mirror. RabbitMQ will not promote unsynchronised queue mirrors on controlled queue master shutdown when default promotion settings are used. However if a queue master encounters any errors during shutdown, an unsynchronised queue mirror might still be promoted. It is generally safer option to synchronise a queue first.
This can be verified by listing queues in the management UI or using rabbitmqctl:
# For queues with non-empty `slave_pids`, you must have at least one # `synchronised_slave_pids`. rabbitmqctl -n rabbit@to-be-stopped list_queues --local name slave_pids synchronised_slave_pids
If there are unsynchronised queues, either enable automatic synchronisation or trigger it using rabbitmqctl manually.
RabbitMQ shutdown process will not wait for queues to be synchronised if a synchronisation operation is in progress.
Some upgrade scenarios can cause mirrored queue masters to be unevenly distributed between nodes in a cluster. This will put more load on the nodes with more queue masters. For example a full-stop upgrade will make all queue masters migrate to the "upgrader" node - the one stopped last and started first. A rolling upgrade of three nodes with two mirrors will also cause all queue masters to be on the same node.
You can move a queue master for a queue using a temporary policy with ha-mode: nodes and ha-params: [<node>] The policy can be created via management UI or rabbitmqctl command:
rabbitmqctl set_policy --apply-to queues --priority 100 move-my-queue '^<queue>$;' '{"ha-mode":"nodes", "ha-params":["<new-master-node>"]}' rabbitmqctl clear_policy move-my-queue
A queue master rebalancing script is available. It rebalances queue masters for all queues.
The script has certain assumptions (e.g. the default node name) and can fail to run on some installations. The script should be considered experimental. Run it in a non-production environment first.
A queue master rebalance command is available. It rebalances queue masters for all queues, or those that match the given name pattern. Queue masters for mirrored queues and leaders for quorum queues are also rebalanced in the post-upgrade command.
There is also a third-party plugin that rebalances queue masters. The plugin has some additional configuration and reporting tools, but is not supported or verified by the RabbitMQ team. Use at your own risk.
In order to reduce or eliminate the downtime, applications (both producers and consumers) should be able to cope with a server-initiated connection close. Some client libraries offer automatic connection recovery to help with this:
In most client libraries there is a way to react to a connection closure, for example:
The recovery procedure for many applications follows the same steps:
Topology recovery includes the following actions, performed for every channel:
This algorithm covers the majority of use cases and is what the aforementioned automatic recovery feature implements.
During a rolling upgrade when a node is stopped, clients connected to this node will be disconnected using a server-sent connection.close method and should reconnect to a different node. This can be achieved by using a load balancer or proxy in front of the cluster or by specifying multiple server hosts if client library supports this feature.
The following libraries support host lists:
If the value of the environment variable COMPUTERNAME does not equal HOSTNAME (upper vs lower case, or other differences) please see the Windows Quirks guide for instructions on how to upgrade RabbitMQ.
Select a version to upgrade to.
Patch releases contain bugfixes and features which do not break compatibility with plugins and clusters. Rarely there are exceptions to this statement: when this happens, the release notes will indicate when two patch releases are incompatible.
Minor version releases contain new features and bugfixes which do not fit a patch release.
As soon as a new minor version is released (e.g. 3.7.0), previous version series (3.6) will have patch releases for critical bug fixes only.
There will be no new patch releases for versions after EOL.
Version 3.5.x reached it's end of life on 2017-09-11, 3.5.8 is the last patch for 3.5. It's recommended to always upgrade at least to the latest patch release in a series.
Read carefully the release notes up to the selected RabbitMQ version.
The release notes may indicate specific additional upgrade steps. Always consult with the release notes of all versions between the one currently deployed and the target one.
Check RabbitMQ version.
To upgrade from 3.4.x to 3.7.x, the intermediate upgrade is required. See the RabbitMQ Version Upgradability section above.
Check Erlang version requirements.
Check if the current Erlang version is supported by the new RabbitMQ version. See the Erlang Version Requirements guide. If not, Erlang should be upgraded together with RabbitMQ.
It's generally recommended to upgrade to the latest Erlang version supported to get all the latest bugfixes.
Make sure all package dependencies (in particular Erlang) are available.
If you are using Debian or RPM packages, you must ensure that all dependencies are available. In particular, the correct version of Erlang. You may have to setup additional third-party package repositories to achieve that.
Please read recommendations for Debian-based and RPM-based distributions to find the appropriate repositories for Erlang.
If running RabbitMQ in a cluster, select the cluster upgrade strategy.
It can be possible to do a rolling upgrade, if Erlang version and RabbitMQ version changes support it.
See the Upgrading Multiple Nodes section above.
Verify broker health.
Make sure nodes are healthy and there are no network partition or disk or memory alarms in effect.
RabbitMQ management UI, CLI tools or HTTP API can be used for assessing the health of the system.
The overview page in the management UI displays effective RabbitMQ and Erlang versions, multiple cluster-wide metrics and rates. From this page ensure that all nodes are running and they are all "green" (w.r.t. file descriptors, memory, disk space, and so on).
We recommend recording the number of durable queues, the number of messages they hold and other pieces of information about the topology that are relevant. This data wil help verify that the system operates within reasonable parameters after the upgrade.
Use the rabbitmqctl node_health_check command to vet individual nodes.
Queues in flow state or blocked/blocking connections might be ok, depending on your workload. It's up to you to determinate if this is a normal situation or if the cluster is under unexpected load and thus, decide if it's safe to continue with the upgrade.
However, if there queues in an undefined state (a.k.a. NaN or "ghost" queues), you should first start by understanding what is wrong before starting an upgrade.
Make sure the broker has a capacity to upgrade.
The upgrade process can require additional resources. Make sure there are enough resources available to proceed, in particular free memory and free disk space.
It's recommended to have at least half of the system memory free before the upgrade. Default memory watermark is 0.4 so it should be ok, but you should still double-check. Starting with RabbitMQ 3.6.11 the way nodes calculate their total RAM consumption has changed. When upgrading from an earlier version.
It is required that the node has enough free disk space to fit at least a full copy of the node data directory. Nodes create backups before proceeding to upgrade their database. If disk space is depleted, the node will abort upgrading and may fail to start until the data directory is restored from the backup.
For example, if you have 10 GiB of free system memory and the Erlang process (i.e. beam.smp) memory footprint is around 6 GiB, then it can be unsafe to proceed. Likewise w.r.t. disk if you have 10 GiB of free space and the data directory (e.g. /var/lib/rabbitmq) takes 10 GiB.
When upgrading a cluster using the rolling upgrade strategy, be aware that queues and connections can migrate to other nodes during the upgrade.
If queues are mirrored to a subset of the cluster only (as opposed to all nodes), new mirrors will be created on running nodes when the to-be-upgraded node shuts down. If clients support connections recovery and can connect to different nodes, they will reconnect to the nodes that are still running. If clients are configured to create exclusive queues, these queues might be recreated on different nodes after client reconnection.
To handle such migrations, make sure you have enough spare resources on the remaining nodes so they can handle the extra load. Depending on the load balancing strategy all the connections from the stopped node can go to a single node, so it should be able to handle up to twice as many. It's generally a good practice to run a cluster with N+1 redundancy (resource-wise), so you always have a capacity to handle a single node being down.
Take a backup.
It's always good to have a backup before upgrading. See backup guide for instructions.
To make a proper backup, you may need to stop the entire cluster. Depending on your use case, you may make the backup while the cluster is stopped for the upgrade.
Perform the upgrade.
It's recommended to upgrade Erlang version together with RabbitMQ, because both actions require restart and recent RabbitMQ work better with recent Erlang.
Depending on cluster configuration, you can use either single node upgrade, rolling upgrade or full-stop upgrade strategy.
Verify that the upgrade has succeeded
Like you did before the upgrade, verify the health and data to make sure your RabbitMQ nodes are in good shape and the service is running again.
Check new feature flags
If the new version provides new feature flags, you can now enable them if you upgraded all nodes and you are sure you do not want to rollback. See the feature flags documentation.
If you have questions about the contents of this guide or any other topic related to RabbitMQ, don't hesitate to ask them on the RabbitMQ mailing list.
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When I asked this boy to put on tefillin he walked right over. He spoke English with an European accent.
He said, "But I want to put on my tallis (prayer shawl). My grandfather bought it for me." I smiled thinking that even though the boy was not religious his grandfather wanted him to have a tallis. He brought the brand new tallis with him on his trip to put on at the Kotel. I showed him how to put it on. He could read the blessing in Hebrew. I was surprised. I asked him where he was from.
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I have to admit that I do not like hearing that a Jew is living in that place.
"What are you doing there? Come live here, you are a Jew."
"My parents live there. Maybe latter."
I helped him with tefillin, to read the prayers, and to open his heart praying for his family and all that he loved. When he finished we spoke for a while. It turns out that his family is Russian. They got out of Russia when they could and went to Germany. The boy speaks fluent Russian, German and English. He told me that he was now living in Brussels where he was in medical school.
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Wonky Star Quilt
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- Grandma Kathy said...
You are so talented and I love the work you do. Keep it up and keep blogging!
- December 15, 2013 at 6:01 PM
- Joan @ Debt of Gratitude said...
Thanks for posting at M*. Glad to find your blog and love your scrappy quilt!
- December 16, 2013 at 6:19 AM
- Tami C said...
Great job Lindsey! I've had Wonkey Stars on my To Do List for a while and yours looks wonderful!
- December 16, 2013 at 4:25 PM
- Christine S said...
Love wonky stars but have yet to make one!
- December 17, 2013 at 2:12 PM
- Sherry said...
Very lovely quilt. I may have to check into making one of these and Happy New Year to you.
- January 1, 2014 at 5:17 AM
- Lorna McMahon said...
Happy New Year, Lindsey! Love how all those fabrics worked together, especially with the addition of that red border/binding fabric. Looks like a really cozy quilt! I have not made a wonky anything, yet.
- January 1, 2014 at 9:22 AM
- Jayne said...
Its fun to try new patterns/things! I love a wonky star now and again! Love it!
- January 1, 2014 at 9:37 AM
- Sarah @ Berry Barn Designs said...
that color scheme isn't really my thing either, but the finished quilt is gorgeous and the fabrics all work so well together!
- January 1, 2014 at 12:41 PM
- Pam @ Quilting Fun said...
Happy New Year! I have a problem with wasteful projects too. Can't wait to see it in bright colours.
- January 2, 2014 at 1:31 AM
- Patricia said...
I hate to waste fabric to when there is another way to get a similar look without the waste. I found you at Let's bee social.
- January 2, 2014 at 9:23 AM
- Andee said...
Vrey nice wonky stars quilt. I have that on my to be made list!
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